MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries vs War Robots: Frontiers
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is an FPS simulation game from Piranha Games Inc. (2021) while War Robots: Frontiers is a simulation game from MY.GAMES (2025).
What each one is
Steam files MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries under FPS and Simulation. In contrast, it files War Robots: Frontiers under Simulation.
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.
Gear up for tactical mech action in War Robots: Frontiers, a free-to-play multiplayer mech shooter. Construct and customize, squad up with Pilots online, and fire up your engines in massive intergalactic battles.
At a glance
| MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries | War Robots: Frontiers | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.3/10 | 5.8/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (85%, 15,836) | Mixed (66%, 4,884) |
| Critic aggregate | 73/100 | No aggregate |
| Price | $29.99 | Free |
| Install size | 80 GB | 10 GB |
| Steam Deck | playable | playable |
| Released | 2021 | 2025 |
| Developer | Piranha Games Inc. | MY.GAMES |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries vs War Robots: Frontiers, 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
MechWarrior 5: MercenariesFPS simulation gameWar Robots: FrontiersSimulation gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
MechWarrior 5: MercenariesMechs, Simulation, FPSWar Robots: FrontiersFree to Play, Third-Person Shooter, MechsThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries ✓Score 7.3 · 85% on Steam · 73 criticWar Robots: FrontiersScore 5.8 · 66% on SteamThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries15,836 reviews · 9 add-ons · 80 GBWar Robots: Frontiers4,884 reviews · 4 add-ons · 10 GBReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries$29.99War Robots: Frontiers ✓FreeRead live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
MechWarrior 5: MercenariesPlayableWar Robots: FrontiersPlayableValve'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
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2 games have both
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 higher-rated of the two: MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (GamingPickz Score 7.3)
- The cheaper right now: War Robots: Frontiers (Free)
- Lighter on storage: War Robots: Frontiers (10 GB)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries (15,836 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
MechsSimulationActionShooterDestruction3DOnline Co-OpCombat
Where they differ
FPSCo-opVehicular CombatFirst-PersonModdableSingleplayer
Free to PlayThird-Person ShooterPvPMultiplayerArena ShooterRobots
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. War Robots: Frontiers is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries | War Robots: Frontiers | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X | — |
| Minimum CPU | Intel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200 | — |
| Minimum RAM | 8 GB | — |
| Install size | 80 GB | 10 GB |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries · War Robots: Frontiers.
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and 7 for War Robots: Frontiers. A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and War Robots: Frontiers in scope?
MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries has drawn 15,836 Steam reviews, ships 9 add-ons and installs in 80 GB. War Robots: Frontiers has drawn 4,884 Steam reviews, ships 4 add-ons and installs in 10 GB.
Is MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries or War Robots: Frontiers better?
By the GamingPickz Score, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries rates higher (7.3 to 5.8). 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, MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries or War Robots: Frontiers?
War Robots: Frontiers 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.