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Mech Engineer
A dark sci-fi mech assembling manager with semi-auto battles against mutating, alien bio-weapon.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“[h1]It's Not That Complicated[/h1] OK, the main issue with Mech Engineer is that people don't understand how to play it. Things are indeed not very well explained, and I was initially at a hopeless loss myself. But after 2 hours or so you get it. And once you do, the game is…”
— a player, Steam review · 61 hrs played“Didn't really know what to expect from this game but it genuinely surprised and impressed me with its level of depth far exceeding what first meets the eye. It's certainly not an easy game, at least not until you become intimately versed in the mechanics, which takes a good…”
— a player, Steam review · 172 hrs played“I don't like leaving negative reviews since I know how much effort and love devs put into their work and negative reviews can potentially damage a game's reputation. I want to clarify that this is review is meant to offer feedback on the main reason I'm dropping this game so…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:06 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Nominate us for The Steam Awards!
The Steam Game Awards nominations are now open and Mech Engineer will take a shot in the "Best Game You Suck At" category. For your information, Steam describes this category as follows: “This is the
Update 65 (Ross 154)
Hello! Thank you for playing the game and leaving your feedback. Here is this month's changelog: M :\Modding Create custom world maps with the restored in-game map editor. Press f6 then f10 on the glo
Patch
B :\Balance /// Buffs Increased armor for Holo mechs from 1 to 6. Cyborgs will ignore the relation to the squad leader and always obey. /// Nerfs Lowered damage for fire pools made with the fire weapo
Patch
F :\Fixes gml_Object_obj_FUI_render_Draw_0 (line 344) (winning with mods should be possible now) gml_Object_obj_pilot_sheet_Draw_73 (line 24) gml_Object_obj_content_hangar_Step_0 (line 2356) gml_Objec
Update 64 (Gliese 65) - 1.0 is OUT!
Hello fellow Mech Engineers! Welcome to the final update for 1.0! Yes, you have read it right. We have finally made it to 1.0 and I am hugely grateful to everybody who followed and contributed to this
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Management · Mechs · Character Customization · Resource Management · Simulation · Dungeon Crawler · Strategy · Indie · Building · Pixel Graphics · Real Time Tactics · RTS (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Russian, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese * |
| Achievements | 15 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.microprose.com/games/mech-engineer/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2-core 2.5 GHz Memory: 500 MB RAM Graphics: Need video card. 1gb video memory, 800 MHz DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 100 MB available space Additional Notes: Screen ratio 16:9