How much revenue did MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries make?

$3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's roughly 30% cut, derived from the copies estimate and its price.

How many copies did MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries sell?

Q: How many copies did MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries sell?

397k to 645k copies, based on its 16k Steam reviews. This is a labeled estimate from the review count, not exact sales.

Estimated copies sold: ≈ 397k–645k; $3.3M–$8.8M after Steam's cut $6.0M–$13.5M before Steam's cut; from 16k reviews (Very Positive)

Copies are estimated from the public review count, adjusted for release year, and cross-checked against SteamSpy's own estimate.

Did the prediction match what actually happened?

We hid MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries and predicted how it would do from its 8 similar games. Every figure here, including MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries's, is estimated from Steam reviews.

Copies, estimated from reviews

typical (middle half) 3k–75k

best case 823k (MechWarrior Online™ Legends)

Games like MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries

A typical game among these

≈ 3k–75k copies

≈ $10k–$570k after Steam's cut

from ~184 reviews

Only the top fifth of 2019's Steam releases earned $34k or more before Steam's cut, so plan for that or less.

2 of the 8 similar games are hits.

Best case: MechWarrior Online™ Legends at ≈ 627k–1.0M copies.

What their first month looked like

About half the games that made it here had over 109 reviews in their first month; the range was 10 to 3k.

The genre you'd be entering

These games: The similar games share Mechs (8 of 8) and Simulation (6 of 8).
The winners: Winners here lead with Mechs + Shooter.
When they shipped: The similar games span 2015 to 2025, and 2 of the 8 shipped in the last two years.

How these numbers were worked out

A hit here: 1,000+ reviews, roughly $150k+ before Steam's cut (a standard indie benchmark).

Copies come from each game's reviews times a sales-per-review rate that falls with release age, from about 31 for the most recent game here to about 61 for the oldest, then widened into a range; revenue rides on that estimate times price. Source: GameDiscoverCo (2020) and VG Insights (2021).

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MechWarrior Online™ Legends 2015	Est. copies ≈ 627k–1.0M 70x vs typical SteamSpy 2M–5M	Est. revenue Free	Free	13k reviews Very Positive	Free to PlayMechs
MechWarrior 5: Clans 2024	Est. copies ≈ 146k–238k 32x vs typical SteamSpy 100k–200k	Est. revenue $1.2M–$3.2M after Steam's cut $2.2M–$5.0M before Steam's cut	$29.99	6k reviews Mostly Positive	ActionSimulation
War Robots VR: The Skirmish 2017	Est. copies ≈ 27k–44k 4.3x vs typical SteamSpy 200k–500k	Est. revenue Free	Free	784 reviews Mostly Positive	Free to PlayAction
Code51:Mecha Arena 2018	Est. copies ≈ 973–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $10k–$22k before Steam's cut	$19.99	32 reviews Mostly Positive	ActionVR
Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri 2015	Est. copies ≈ 6k–10k SteamSpy 20k–50k	Est. revenue $10k–$26k after Steam's cut $18k–$40k before Steam's cut	$5.99	120 reviews Very Positive	SimulationAction
Heavy Gear Assault 2017	Est. copies ≈ 8k–13k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	240 reviews Mostly Negative	ActionEarly Access
ARMS DOLL 2022	Est. copies ≈ 992–2k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue $5k–$14k after Steam's cut $9k–$21k before Steam's cut	$18.99	40 reviews Positive	ActionVR
Mech Merc Company 2025	Est. copies ≈ 3k–5k SteamSpy under 20k	Est. revenue Free	Free	128 reviews Mostly Positive	MechsSimulation