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Mechabellum
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “Strategic depth without twitch gameplay” (82 of 103 reviews) and “Quick matchmaking with active tournaments” (14); the most common complaint is “RNG and forced mechanics undermine strategy” (14). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
82 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Would be a great strategy game without the gimmicky battlefield powers. Incredibly frustrating part of the game. Need a ranked mode without lasers/electromagnetic drops/nukes etc.”
“Amazing game. Its kinda like playing chess with mech units!!!!! Over 1,500 hours. They CONSISTENTLY ADD NEW Mechs and Skils!! Finding a game is NOT a problem. Usually only takes 10-30 Seconds to get in a match! I wish…”
“Great game, over 1k hours and still plenty to learn. The matchmaking is pretty good, you'll fight people around your MMR so you can play casual or full on sweat. Negative reviews are probably skill /knowledge issue or…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Amazing game. Its kinda like playing chess with mech units!!!!! Over 1,500 hours. They CONSISTENTLY ADD NEW Mechs and Skils!! Finding a game is NOT a problem. Usually only takes 10-30 Seconds to get in a match! I wish…”
“Great game, over 1k hours and still plenty to learn. The matchmaking is pretty good, you'll fight people around your MMR so you can play casual or full on sweat. Negative reviews are probably skill /knowledge issue or…”
“This is one of those games that once you get into it you will never put down. Also if your friends are playing this too, the 2v2 aspect of the game makes it so worth pulling some insane tactics together. Would heavily…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Fun, strategic game where you have the thrill of PVP without the need for millisecond reaction time. The typical games last between 10 and 25 minutes. Next level chess, Well worth it.”
“Fantastic game with near infinite replayability with varying opening packs + perk combos, the same options available to both players within rounds, and "persistent" boards throughout the game so you can build upon…”
“Chess of the future I swear. it feels so good to outsmart someone, ping doesn't really matter since its simultaneous turn based. You have so much control but at the same time have to adapt every single game, but you can…”
9 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Great game, over 1k hours and still plenty to learn. The matchmaking is pretty good, you'll fight people around your MMR so you can play casual or full on sweat. Negative reviews are probably skill /knowledge issue or…”
“An autobattler in the vein of the popular mobile game Clash Royale but much more complex in every dimension. That is to say that it's not from the Auto Chess school of autobattlers. Mechabellum is a very good PvP 1v1…”
“this game is the best "auto battler" i've ever played, the learning curve can be steep, but I can't not recommend it”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“This is one of those games that once you get into it you will never put down. Also if your friends are playing this too, the 2v2 aspect of the game makes it so worth pulling some insane tactics together. Would heavily…”
“Fantastic game with near infinite replayability with varying opening packs + perk combos, the same options available to both players within rounds, and "persistent" boards throughout the game so you can build upon…”
“Mechabellum is the best auto-battler game I've played. This game has quite the amount of polish for the genre with an large emphasis on strategy and tactics in mostly 1v1 matchups. The units are well made with a high…”
14 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Would be a great strategy game without the gimmicky battlefield powers. Incredibly frustrating part of the game. Need a ranked mode without lasers/electromagnetic drops/nukes etc.”
“Definitly THE most TOXIC community on all games on STEAM. There is nothing too vile and too cheap to get a win, even on casual people nuke you. Seven seasons in and people and the game are just getting worst. People…”
“Cannot recommend anymore fun has disappeared now that a high percentage of the active player base just meta chases so games play out very similarly 80% of the time. Edit: Came back to try again because I did really used…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“Definitly THE most TOXIC community on all games on STEAM. There is nothing too vile and too cheap to get a win, even on casual people nuke you. Seven seasons in and people and the game are just getting worst. People…”
“Genuinely only fun if your into mechs and slowcooking your own legs, playerbase is far too small to have a variety of matches and the balancing sees to it too that you will see the same unit in every comp. It could have…”
“Small playerbase, huge learning curve, you will experience plenty of losses where it's not clear what you did wrong. To do well at this game requires research and reading guides and tons of hours. I think the level of…”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Mechabellum is a great game at its core. Unit design, tactical depth, board reading, counters, timing — all of that is genuinely fun and well made. The game has real potential and can be extremely satisfying. But the…”
“Cute concept. No matchmaking, barely any players left, ♥♥♥♥♥ balance. Glad there were better games in the bundle. Teams will fight randoms in ranked. Devs seem to have abandoned this in the early stage.”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Game is getting worse and dieing dont buy it. Lost something along the way.”
“Cute concept. No matchmaking, barely any players left, ♥♥♥♥♥ balance. Glad there were better games in the bundle. Teams will fight randoms in ranked. Devs seem to have abandoned this in the early stage.”
“I really enjoy playing the game the updates are kind of slow though :/”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I can't recall when a game has caused as many rage quits - on one hand it _is_ a great game, but otoh it violates one of the core principles of all great games: "when you lose, you know exactly why". More often than not…”
“Small playerbase, huge learning curve, you will experience plenty of losses where it's not clear what you did wrong. To do well at this game requires research and reading guides and tons of hours. I think the level of…”
“Mechabellum is not a strategy game, and playing it with a competitive mindset is painful. RNG is everywhere, and more RNG mechanics, such as buildings or items, are being added as time goes on. Spells, starting packs,…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 83.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Really glad I didn't listen to the bad reviews and gave this game a shot. The people who are leaving bad reviews are basically pvp try-hards and sweats. If you're really into pvp and you're looking for a game to stomp people in: Don't buy it. Easy. There are thousands of games…”
— a player, Steam review · 19 hrs played“This game is AMAZING. It's a distillation of everything that makes Starcraft great - the strategical decisions, the mind games, the depth - but without the "autism". No need to be a mouse athlete with your "APM", your "macro", your "hotkeys" and "control groups", your…”
— a player, Steam review · 734 hrs played“Mechabellum is a fun game. But in it's current state, I can't recommand it. The game has been out for more than 2 years now and there's barely 1000 people playing, and the people playing are mostly veterans and sweat players that knows more about all the cheap tricks then you…”
— a player, Steam review · 54 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Update 2.0.0.5
Greetings, Commanders! Following the launch of Update 2.0, we noticed a few issues related to server load. With the Steam Auto Battler Fest and a major update (featuring Expedition progress saving, ma
Update 2.0.0.4
Greetings, Commanders! Following the release of Mechabellum 2.0, we’ve gathered a lot of incredibly useful feedback. The development of our next major update is currently in full swing. However, befor
Hotfix: Star Expedition Difficulty Issue
Commanders, In yesterday's 2.0.0.3 patch, an incorrect configuration related to the Star Expedition difficulty was accidentally pushed live. As a result, many players encountered extremely difficult e
Update 2.0.0.3
This update primarily focuses on Centurion and the Star Expedition mode. We are taking a more cautious approach to the balance of Standard Versus, so further Standard Versus-related changes will be gr
Update 2.0.0.2
Mechabellum 2.0 has been out for a week now! During this time, we have collected a lot of interesting suggestions and feedback about \ and \ . Your feedback has been very inspiring. Many related new f
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Indie, Massively Multiplayer, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Mechs · Auto Battler · Robots · Wargame · Tactical · PvP · RTS · Multiplayer · Action RTS · Turn-Based Strategy · Co-op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese, English, French, German, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish - Latin America, Russian |
| Official site | https://playmechabellum.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8 and above (64 bits) Processor: Intel, AMD 2 cores CPU at 2Ghz Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon™ HD 7730, NVIDIA GeForce® GT 640 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space