Enlisted: Reinforced vs MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
Enlisted: Reinforced is an FPS mmorpg game from Darkflow Software (2024) while MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is an FPS simulation game from Piranha Games Inc. (2021).
What each one is
Steam files Enlisted: Reinforced under FPS and Mmorpg. In contrast, it files MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries under FPS and Simulation.
In Enlisted, you are not only commanding a single soldier, but an entire squad! This MMO squad based shooter recreates the key battles of the bloodiest war of the 20th century, with hundreds of soldiers, tanks and aircraft taking part in each battle.
The year is 3015. The battlefields are dominated by war machines known as BattleMechs. Level entire cities and decimate the enemy in your BattleMech. Follow a quest for glory and revenge. Manage an expanding mercenary company. Fight alongside your friends with a four-player PvE co-op.
At a glance
| Enlisted: Reinforced | MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.2/10 | 7.3/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (80%, 47,229) | Very Positive (85%, 15,836) |
| Critic aggregate | No aggregate | 73/100 |
| Price | Free | $29.99 |
| Install size | 49 GB | 80 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | playable |
| Released | 2024 | 2021 |
| Developer | Darkflow Software | Piranha Games Inc. |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Enlisted: Reinforced vs MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Enlisted: ReinforcedFPS mmorpg gameMechWarrior 5: MercenariesFPS simulation gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Enlisted: ReinforcedFPS, World War II, ShooterMechWarrior 5: MercenariesMechs, Simulation, FPSThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Enlisted: ReinforcedScore 7.2 · 80% on SteamMechWarrior 5: Mercenaries ✓Score 7.3 · 85% on Steam · 73 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Enlisted: Reinforced47,229 reviews · 10 add-ons · 49 GBMechWarrior 5: Mercenaries15,836 reviews · 9 add-ons · 80 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Enlisted: Reinforced ✓FreeMechWarrior 5: Mercenaries$29.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Enlisted: ReinforcedPlayableMechWarrior 5: MercenariesPlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueEnlisted: Reinforced and MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
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Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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How positions are decided
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Which to pick, by what you want
- The cheaper right now: Enlisted: Reinforced (Free)
- Lighter on storage: Enlisted: Reinforced (49 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: Enlisted: Reinforced (47,229 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
FPSShooterVehicular CombatFirst-PersonAction3DCo-opSimulation
Where they differ
World War IIMultiplayerPvPTeam-BasedWarRealistic
MechsModdableDestructionCombatFuturisticTutorial
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Enlisted: Reinforced is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Enlisted: Reinforced | MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X |
| Minimum CPU | Intel Core i3 | Intel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Install size | 49 GB | 80 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Enlisted: Reinforced · MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 4 accessibility features for Enlisted: Reinforced and 1 for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Enlisted: Reinforced and MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries in scope?
Enlisted: Reinforced has drawn 47,229 Steam reviews, ships 10 add-ons and installs in 49 GB. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries has drawn 15,836 Steam reviews, ships 9 add-ons and installs in 80 GB.
Is Enlisted: Reinforced or MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries better?
By the GamingPickz Score, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries rates higher (7.3 to 7.2). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Enlisted: Reinforced or MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries?
Enlisted: Reinforced is cheaper right now at Free, against $29.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.