Posted on: August 13, 2025
ArgonEye
Verified ownerGames: 64 Reviews: 1
Great game witg some flaws
I have to leave, but just one moce battle...
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BATTLETECH
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Also Available on GOG.com: BATTLETECH - Digital Deluxe Edition
BATTLETECH - Season Pass
From original BATTLETECH/MechWarrior creator Jordan Weisman and the developers of the award-winning Shadowrun Returns series comes the next-generation of turn-based tactical 'Mech combat.
The year is 3025 and the galaxy is trapped in a cycle of perpetual war, fought by noble houses with enormous, mechanized combat vehicles called BattleMechs. Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war. Upgrade your starfaring base of operations, negotiate mercenary contracts with feudal lords, repair and maintain your stable of aging BattleMechs, and execute devastating combat tactics to defeat your enemies on the battlefield.
BATTLETECH - Season Pass
From original BATTLETECH/MechWarrior creator Jordan Weisman and the developers of the award-winning Shadowrun Returns series comes the next-generation of turn-based tactical 'Mech combat.
The year is 3025 and the galaxy is trapped in a cycle of perpetual war, fought by noble houses with enormous, mechanized combat vehicles called BattleMechs. Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war. Upgrade your starfaring base of operations, negotiate mercenary contracts with feudal lords, repair and maintain your stable of aging BattleMechs, and execute devastating combat tactics to defeat your enemies on the battlefield.
- COMMAND A SQUAD OF 'MECHS IN TURN-BASED COMBAT: Deploy over 30 BattleMechs in a wide variety of combinations. Use terrain, positioning, weapon selection and special abilities to outmaneuver and outplay your opponents.
- MANAGE YOUR MERCENARY COMPANY: Recruit, customize, and develop unique MechWarriors. Improve and customize your dropship. As a Mercenary, travel a wide stretch of space, taking missions and managing your reputation with a variety of noble houses and local factions.
- TAKE PART IN A DESPERATE CIVIL WAR: Immerse yourself in the story of a violently deposed ruler, waging a brutal war to take back her throne with the support of your ragtag mercenary company.
- CUSTOMIZE YOUR 'MECHS: Use your MechLab to maintain and upgrade your units, replacing damaged weapon systems with battlefield salvage taken from fallen foes.
- PVP MULTIPLAYER & SKIRMISH MODE: Customize a Lance of 'Mechs and MechWarriors to go head-to-head with your friends, compete against opponents online, or jump into single-player skirmish mode to test your strategies against the AI.
Please note:
3rd party Paradox account is needed to challenge other players in 1v1 multiplayer matches and to redeem unlock codes for Kickstarter Backer or Pre-Order DLC. Bonus decorations and emblems require online connection in order to be appliable.
Copyright© 2018 Harebrained Holdings, Inc. All Rights Reserved. BATTLETECH® is a trademark of Microsoft in Europe, the U.S., and other countries. Published by Paradox Interactive AB. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are property of their respective owners.
Popular achievements
One Shot
Destroyed an enemy 'Mech's head with a Called Shot
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30.5%
Kneecapper
Destroyed an enemy 'Mech's leg with a Called Shot
common
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51.01%
Had Your Chance
Missed a Called Shot
common
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46.4%
Double Kill
Destroyed two 'Mechs in the same turn
common
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35.14%
Alpha Striker
Destroyed an enemy 'Mech with an Alpha Strike
common
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76.69%
Dropping like Big Metal Flies
Destroyed 250 'Mechs
common
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35.85%
Just Getting Started
Destroyed 50 'Mechs
common
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51.68%
Heavy Metal
Destroyed 50 heavy 'Mechs
common
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30.73%
Killer of Light
Destroyed 50 light 'Mechs
common
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47.7%
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85/100
A deep tactical wargame with strong fundamentals supporting a broadly successful campaign system.
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Recommended
A compelling fusion of tabletop manoeuvring and characterful campaign progression
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7.5/10
Lumbering and flustering at times with a dry narrative, BattleTech still provides a solid strategy experience true to its roots
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Posted on: August 15, 2025
Banshee3S
Verified ownerGames: Reviews: 2
Battletech
Best game ever!! Hopefully there will come a next one!
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Posted on: August 17, 2025
whozk
Verified ownerGames: 19 Reviews: 1
85% off and still regret
Tons of dead time, horrible tutorial, 5/10 gameplay at best - there are thousands of better games out there, pick one of those and forget about this one.
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Posted on: September 7, 2018
zaboof
Verified ownerGames: 152 Reviews: 4
Not my cup-o-tea
I haven't played very much, nor do I feel inclined to revisit this game in any meaningful way. The reason why? Its difficulty and the opacity/complexity of its systems (skills, salvage, mech builds, contract ratings, etc.) have drained almost all the fun from the game. For example, I'm playing a 1-1/2 skull rated contract, which I had previously enjoyed playing and beating. This mission drops me into a scenario where I'm almost immediately set upon by 6+ mechs and some LRM artillery. The environment is "badlands", so the heat build-up is yet another limiting factor. The level's terrain is a ridged valley, where you can choose to get mired in the canyon floor, getting pummled from all sides, or try to make it to high ground, only to be closed down within the first two turns and be stuck on the middle tier, with terrible hit chances and almost no cover. It's a complete nightmare and just an overall terrible experience. I don't understand how this contract could be rated so low and be placed in the game so early, when it clearly requires heavier mechs and / or more familiarity with the game (which is never forthcoming). The game does a poor job explaining how to build optimal mechs and lances, as well as what to drop your upgrade points into. The RNG for hits will always tilt the battles in favour of the AI and on a number of occasions I've had a medium mech, in cover, with 3-4 evasion get internal damage on the first volley from a light mech. It just doesn't feel great nor fun to play. I backed the game a long time ago and don't regret it, but with that said, knowing what I know now, I wouldn't recommend purchasing it. I find it so unwelcoming to the player as to be unpleasant and near-unplayable.
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Posted on: May 2, 2018
fahbs
Games: 354 Reviews: 90
Typical freebirth optimization, quiaff?
So everything everyone says is true. This is one of the worst optimized games I've ever seen (how does a turn based game with a max of 4 units run ten times worse and have ten times the loadtime as the Witcher 3 at max settings?). The tutorial is a dumpster fire of uselessness. It doesn't explain ANYTHING and just briefly glosses over some very important features without going into specifics. In fact the tutorial spends one-third of its time demonstrating how water cools mechs faster, then none of the following levels have any water! Why focus on teaching a mechanic that never comes up but never explain the most basic interface stuff? Prompts constantly tell you how important "stability" is, yet it NEVER tells you the slightest hint on how it works. Good thing they dedicated all that time to talking about water that never shows up instead... I would say it's a typical Hairbrained product that you should wait for the director's cut on, but I don't think patches will save this. Beyond the optimization and garbage tutorial, it's just not very fun. Way too many missions are designed to be 30% fighting, 70% sloooowly traveling to the next waypoint, like someone decided to design every mission around the most tedious aspect of X-COM battles. At least your squad moved quickly in X-COM, not like this game's slow clunkiness. Tons of interface and design issues too. How it hit chance determined? What ranged are each weapon best at? The game does not tell you. Why can the enemy run around and melee me from behind, yet my only melee option is a straight charge and hit from the front? Why is a helpless, knocked down battlemech at point blank range harder to hit than a moving mech at medium range? I quit in boredom on the 3rd mission of stuttering between empty waypoint paths. I was never a fan of Mech Commander, but firing that up would be more fun right now than this. Maybe check it out once it's optimized, but even that may not save it.
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