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BATTLETECH
Developer Harebrained Schemes
BattleTech is a mech turn-based strategy video game developed by Harebrained Schemes and published by Paradox Interactive. It was released on macOS and Windows on April 24, 2018, with a Linux release on November 27, 2018. The developers set aside US$1 million to create the game, and turned to Kickstarter to secure funding for additional features, including a single player campaign, an expansion of that campaign, and… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
543 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
75
LovedLoved
235 positive · 80 negative
95% range 70–79%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 235 | 80 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 59 | 6 | 124 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 20 |
| Mastodon * | 4 | 0 | 14 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
22,650 of 26,513 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
73% recommend · 195 yes, 72 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 267 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (27,915 of 33,234 positive).
Many highlight the transformative mods that add immense replayability and depth. [1][2][3]
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Representative posts
- [16]
DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. You may be the biggest fan of this genre, this lore, this IP. I say do not buy it b/c PARADOX INTERACTIVE no longer supports it and there are still mission-breaking bugs -- SIX MFING YEARS LATER. There are not enough words in the English language to express my anger over something so simple yet P.I. still refuses to fix. This is what they think of their players.
- [4]
I have been playing BattleTech and related properties like Mechwarrior, Mechassault etc. for a long time. And I have played a LOT of them, as well as quite a bit of the tabletop. This is on balance probably the 'best' battletech game there is right now in terms of accessibility, storytelling, and gameplay, in roughly that order. This is probably the best game to be introduced to the setting with for the following …
- [1]
Base game is okay, but it reaches its final form when you download the RogueTech mod which is a total overhaul of the base game, adding hundreds of different mechs, weapons and parts. It tranforms the campaign into a free roam mercenary romp across the galaxy where you choose which planets you vist, which battles you take on, which campaigns you participate in. Adds so much depth to every mechanic within the game …
- [5]
After thousands of hours I should share why. This is a five star transition from the tabletop game. First the negatives: Mastering the controls can pose a steep learning curve, and a rare mis-click can really mess your iron man run, but once you get things like aiming, waypoints, melee facing, and one or two more, you are good to go. The biggest gripe I have is that there is endlessly more that can still be done, …
- [2]
The vanilla game is good to begin with, but it is the mods that make this game shine, BattleTech Advanced (Universe/3062) is the best of them, The tragedy is we won't get a sequel.
Summarised from 34 of the 414 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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BATTLETECH sits at 75% positive across 315 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 543 · most liked firstThe BattleTech community has been impossibly welcoming, especially considering I haven’t even played the game yet. No worries.
neutral · AI labelView post →So, the great Bryan Young, author of 834 BattleTech novels, aka @swankmotron.com, sent me some cool stuff to start with learning the game. I am told a bunch of new stuff is coming from @catalystgamelabs.bsky.social in a couple weeks and that's a good thing because I am obsessed with lil robots!
neutral · AI labelView post →Local trans polycule in shambles after it turns out Natalie really did just want to run a regular old game of Battletech.
neutral · AI labelView post →Scan of Les Dorscheid's Gallery Set One. Cover artwork of MechWarrior The BattleTech Role Playing Game Second Edition. Published in 1991
neutral · AI labelView post →Atlas Cutaway by Eldon Cowgur @eldoniousrex.bsky.social #battletech #mechwarrior Featured on the cover of Catalyst Game Labs' recent Battletech Technical Manual.
neutral · AI labelView post →BATTLETECH - A GAME OF ARMORED COMBAT MALIBU INTERACTIVE 1994 SEGA GENESIS
neutral · AI labelView post →Fourteen in attendance at Glasgow Phoenix tonight. LotR Duel, Arcs, Pulp Fiction on a nice table, 10mm ECW and my first game of Battletech this millennium!
positive · AI labelView post →Although I bought the 2nd edition box set of Battletech back in 1985. I never actually played a game. Thanks to some friends I finally managed a game today, 41 years later 😎
positive · AI labelView post →Some recently painter miniatures - all for #battletech Alpha Strike solo games.
neutral · AI labelView post →a number of tactical blunders were made (cute tgirls introduced me to a game with mechs) #miniaturepainting #battletech
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonights game was OG Battletech!
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 30 year anniversary to Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries! The game laid down the successful blueprint that other high-quality Battletech/Mechwarrior video games have since emulated: "Look at the bright side, kid. You get to keep all the money!"
neutral · AI labelView post →For a game made in 2018 by a relatively small team in Unity, Battletech by Harebrained Schemes looks like concept art at times. Really strong art direction and technical execution
positive · AI labelView post →I will not leave a positive review for this game, as you can read about how great the game is from many others. I will say I love this game and give ALL credit and praise to Harebrained Schemes for this wonderful masterpiece. I will say I HATE Paradox and HATE that they ruined HBS. For those that would like to try this game, NOTE that your money does not go to support the original development team. It goes to the greedy predators that is Paradox. Paradox also gutted the OG team of HBS, due to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →As part of looking into something I've stumbled on to a forum thread from 2011 that is driving me slightly mad. Battletech fans getting upset because Slocombe's Warbots from Citadel were aping Battletech designs in 1987. Battletech. A game that has never stolen any designs ever, honest.
neutral · AI labelView post →I gotta say @anthonyscroggins.bsky.social really knocked it out of the park with the new 40 Year Anniversary covers for Battletech A Game Of Armored Combat 😍
positive · AI labelView post →In case you're wonding about the sudden negative ratings: A moderator on the Hearts of Iron Discord had an argument with and subsequentially banned a Turkish user that had an avatar of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, which then got picked up by some media as Paradox isulting Atatürk. Yes, it's really that dumb. And it has nothing to do with either the developers, nor the quality of this game at all. It's all about the Publisher. People reviewbombing every game of a publisher over Discord drama should…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Jagermech artwork for the Battletech Collectible Card Game by Randy Asplund-Faith, published in 1996
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's a Catapult based on this Jenn Ravenna piece for the HBS Battletech game! I love what the game has done for the series and this piece really stuck with me. If only I could put the mech warrior on it too! #nerdlings #paintingminiatures #battletech
positive · AI labelView post →HAPPY PRIDE EVERYONE! BE A GOOD PROBLEM! And play more BattleTech! <3 ( Also join our weirdo leftist furry queer BattleTech discord discord.gg/BC6edACnxR if you didn't already xD )
neutral · AI labelView post →It's fun how tabletop Battletech fans versus video game Battletech fans both see the setting as revolving around the political dramas of a specific group of people (plus a bunch of pricks who don't matter Way Over There), and they're both talking about the same two groups from opposite directions.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anybody ever heard of this Japanese game called “Battletech?” It had mechanical designs by Shoji Kawamori and character designs by Kenichi Sonoda… looked cool.
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally grabbed Mechwarrior 5 and all the DLC and it is basically the Battletech game I imagined as a kid in ‘89.
positive · AI labelView post →The look for tonight's holiday themed #Battletech game plus a couple photos from it! #selfie #transselfie #transwoman
neutral · AI labelView post →Thursday evening WarCabin Wargaming with Battletech on the table. Still learning, but absolutely loving this game. After trading heavy blows, 82nd Heavy Cavalry Battalion, 71st Light Horse, Eridani Light Horse wins the field. #Battletech #Nerdlings #Wargaming #Wargaming #Battletech #Nerdlings
positive · AI labelView post →Spider - Free World's League I don't run lights on the tabletop often, but I really enjoy this in the HBS Battletech game #battletech #mechwarrior #paintingminiatures #miniatures
positive · AI labelView post →I snagged another Japanese BattleTech book... This one appears to be more RPG supplement and is surprisingly light on ’Mechs.
neutral · AI labelView post →DO NOT BUY THIS GAME. You may be the biggest fan of this genre, this lore, this IP. I say do not buy it b/c PARADOX INTERACTIVE no longer supports it and there are still mission-breaking bugs -- SIX MFING YEARS LATER. There are not enough words in the English language to express my anger over something so simple yet P.I. still refuses to fix. This is what they think of their players.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Running a game of BattleTech tonight, so have painted up the core box (AGoAC) minis
neutral · AI labelView post →Battletech Alpha Strike game, 6x4 city fight. Kell Hounds plus mercenaries trying to protect a city from a Clan Smoke Jaguar invasion. #battletech #wargaming
neutral · AI labelView post →Day 3 of #MechTober is video games. They were my first introduction to the universe when I was a kid and I still cherish this game I’ve had that whole time. I even pulled it out and replayed it while I was writing my first BattleTech novel, Honor’s Gauntlet
positive · AI labelView post →A 4 way, 9K IlClan Era each side game, and it was a doozy, loads of fun! #Battletech
positive · AI labelView post →Still haven't played a single damn game of #battletech or MechWarrior Destiny.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh yes, new loot Inner sphere here we come! #battletech #mechwarrior #tabletopgames #wargames #mechs
neutral · AI labelView post →April showers bring BATTLETECH NEWS! This month is less a focus on April Fools and more a focus on all the new fiction, game updates, upcoming DLC, live events, and more! Get your monthly blast of BattleTech news today! #BattleTech www.sarna.net/news/battlet...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finished up some Ghost Bear clan mechs on Tuesday. Increasing the Battletech collection. Battletech was my first mini game when I was little. Got back into it last year. #miniaturepainting #battletech
positive · AI labelView post →Painted up some of the mechs from the BattleTech: AGOAC. A fairly quick scheme, but I think they’ve come out well! I play my first game irl in just over a week 🤖 #BattleTech incidentally, can anyone recommend peeps to follow on here for battletech content?
positive · AI labelView post →Linux gaming hardware/software. ## Background I use Mac as my daily driver for my work and personal machines, but for gaming I use my Playstation 5 for online or supposedly AAA games (think Call of Duty or Helldivers 2) and I use my Steam Deck for more indie titles. I've got some Linux experience, primarily via my old Mac Mini running Proxmox with mostly Debian VMs and messing around briefly with NixOS. I love our Steam Deck, but it does feel a little underpowered, the battery isn't as strong…
neutral · AI labelView post →Game of Armored Combat miniatures painted as Eridani Light Horse. #Battletech
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduced two new players to #Battletech and they both enjoyed the game 👍😊
positive · AI labelView post →Got a Battletech game in yesterday. Lots of mutually assured destruction, was fun. #nerdlings #battletech
positive · AI labelView post →I always wondered who are these people who play a game for 40+ hours and leave a bad review...and now I'm finally one of those people. I figured if I kept leveling up and grinding away, I could make my way through, but am convinced that the computer just cheats constantly, or hides the necessary stats for you to understand what's actually going on. So tired of getting picked off by a constant rain of missiles on my guys, and even though I'm rocking 4 assault mechs, I can't do the same. I can't…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →CityTech advert for the BattleTech game line from FASA (1984) #BattleTech #FASACorporation #FASA #CityTech
neutral · AI labelView post →I have been playing BattleTech and related properties like Mechwarrior, Mechassault etc. for a long time. And I have played a LOT of them, as well as quite a bit of the tabletop. This is on balance probably the 'best' battletech game there is right now in terms of accessibility, storytelling, and gameplay, in roughly that order. This is probably the best game to be introduced to the setting with for the following reasons: 1. The skill floor is low and the skill ceiling is high--just like it…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Anyone still playing the HBS #BATTLETECH game? I’m shockingly addicted right now.
positive · AI labelView post →Absolutely! Our Black Remnant game (Battletech! Tuesdays! Role Playing! Wargaming!) uses Battletech: Alpha Strike's streamlined combat and MechWarrior: Destiny's strong roleplaying system. They're designed to work together!
neutral · AI labelView post →raven sprite appreciation (in game!!) #BattleTech #openra #commandandconquer
neutral · AI labelView post →Uploading some pics of my most recent #battletech alpha strike game. #miniatures
neutral · AI labelView post →First game of #battletech last night The Professionals (mine in yellow) scrapping with Lockley's Lancers (my mate John) over a frontier world beyond the periphery; ending in an draw. Both sides taking heavy damage and retreating to lick their wounds.
neutral · AI labelView post →BATTLETECH: A GAME OF ARMORED COMBAT
neutral · AI labelView post →Making a lance based on my favorite game consoles ha #miniatures #battletech
neutral · AI labelView post →We played a mission from the #Battletech Core Rulebook. It was a huge game, 5 players, IS vs Clans. Mission: Objective Raid. The Clans didn't need to go looking for trouble, the Sphereoids came a knockin'. In the end, the Clans won, by a single point, but it was CLOSE @battletech.bsky.social
positive · AI labelView post →I was a FidoNet admin at age 17. I was on the Internet before Elon Musk left Canada. Nobody forced people to use Email or USENET. People paid $6/hour for dialup access to GEnie and CompuServe. People played BattleTech as an 8-player online game at that price. Minimum wage was $4.25/hour then.
neutral · AI labelView post →People say that Battletech is a game of combat math, but I think it is more a game of... "Strategic Stationary" #battletech #stationary
neutral · AI labelView post →#mechtober day 3 is video games. The first Battletech game I played on the computer was Crescent Hawks Inception and it was one of the bigger intros to the BT universe for me. Naturally, when I was finally able to get the minis, I built a Crescent Hawks force.
positive · AI labelView post →It's mf'ing BATTLETECH CAMPAIGN DAY! We're headed to the game shop now! #battletech
neutral · AI labelView post →AS a huge fan of X-Com and squad based combat games, I have tried to get into this game multiple times, and each time I have lost interest, almost entirely due to this games incredibly ass optimization. Constant fps drops no matter the system, memory leaks that make it perform worse over time and more. If this game was optimized it would be a strong recommend, but the performance was just too frustrating for me to continue. Please, just properly optimize the next Battletech game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →MegaMek, a libre clone of BattleTech, a sci-fi themed boardgame-style battlefield strategy game, has a new release, with new features, UI/UX improvments and bugfixes..
neutral · AI labelView post →Battletech Battletech Battletech! 3-player free-for-all on a Heroscape arena using the power ups from Arcade Ops. Very silly game with a lot of melee and backshots.
positive · AI labelView post →Played my second game of Classic #Battletech using the new rules, and I'm finding that with the new Core Rulebook I'm using a wider variety of gear, which is fun. Played a Jade Hawk vs a Warhammer IIC on one of the gorgeous new maps. The Jade Hawk got destroyed pretty quickly. Great stuff!
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