The Ultimate Best Mech Games To Play Right Now (Top 10!)

Best Mech Games
Conquer the galaxy piloting futuristic robots


Why be a foot soldier when you can operate mech warriors armed with cannons, lasers and flamethrowers?

Here are the 10 best mech games for PC:

10. Titanfall 2

Titanfall 2 gameplay

Join the battle between the IMC and the Frontier Militia for control of the resource rich Frontier space.  Pilot one of seven deadly mechs called Titans, each with its own style, in this first-person shooter. Play pilot Jack Cooper of the Frontier Militia who has been sent to Typhon to fight back mechs from the Interstellar Manufacturing Corporation, only interested in ravaging the mineral rich Frontier.

Enter the game as a pilot and kill opponents before “Titanfall” when your mech is dropped from orbit.  Pilots are agile and quick, able to run on walls, double jump with a jet pack, vault obstacles, and glide across ziplines, all while targeting and shooting enemy pilots. Use a wide arsenal of weaponry while employing the use of new gadgets like a pulse blade, holo-pilot (used to trick the enemy), and grappling hook.  Once your Titan lands, operate the high-tech instruments to deal deadly damage to both foot soldiers and other Titans.

As a pilot, it is your job to stay alive long enough to acquire your own Titan.

Choose one of seven deadly Titans.

9. Battletech

Battletech gameplay

In 3025 noble houses fight against one another in a perpetual war using combat vehicles called BattleMechs in this turn-based tactical game. Command a mercenary squad of mechs to help take back the throne of a deposed ruler.

Deploy over 30 BattleMechs in the field, using terrain, as well as raw fire power to complete missions.  Outwit your opponent in the field by superior tactical maneuvers and coordination among your units.  Recruit or customize your own BattleMechs as well as your dropship.

Assess the battlefield and take tactical advantage

Storm the base of enemy feudal lords.

8. MechWarrior Online™ Solaris 7

MechWarrior Online™ Solaris 7 gameplay

Set in the BattleTech universe, MechWarrior Online Solaris 7 is an online shooter where players pilot BattleMechs in the 31st Century in the Solaris Arena.  Fight solo or seek out other players to fight together under the allegiance of powerful galactic empires.  Help your faction expand their territory in the Inner Sphere!

Climb aboard a BattleMech and fight against other Battlemechs on alien worlds.  Move across the terrain while observing stats of your opponent on your HUD.  Assess the battlefield, moving to cover, closing in on your opponent until you can blast him apart.  Dodge his return fire and be the last BattleMech standing!

Cockpit view

Customize and upgrade your BattleMech in the hanger.

7. Hawken

Hawken gameplay

Hawken is a mech-based first person shooter.  Play a pilot of a deadly war machine caught in a struggle for resources in a post-apocalyptic setting.  Engage in deadly combat in abandoned, run-down cities.

View your mech in third person and customize your mech to make it truly deadly. Then enter into your cockpit and stalk other mechs in urban environments. Move quickly, target opponents and take enemy fire.  Use buildings for cover and outwit your opponent on one of ten maps.

Don't get ambushed!

Fight other players in multiplayer combat.

6. Iron Brigade

Iron Brigade gameplay

Iron Brigade is set in an alternate history post WWI.  Players pilot mecha-styled robots called “Trenches” in the battle against an alien robotic species known as The Monovision.

Customize your Trench by selecting a hull and armaments.  Then complete missions and kill the enemy in third person combat.  Gain resources and experience with each kill, then return to base to customize and upgrade your Trench.

Operate a Trench in this alternate history after WWI

Square off against The Monovision.

BONUS

Anthem

Anthem gameplay

In Anthem players are freelancers who leave the safety of civilization to explore an alien landscape. Team up with three other players or play by yourself, killing savage beasts and marauders.  Explore the lost ruins of an alien race.

Players wear exosuits called Javelins which resemble an Iron Man suit more than a hulking mech as in other games.  Each Javelin is highly customizable and has a different play style.  Fly or walk through massive super structures.  Fend off the wild life and discover resources and treasure. Brave natural hazards like storms. Release date is set for 2019.

Select different Javelins according to your play style.

Loot for upgraded weapons

5. Project Nimbus

Project Nimbus gameplay

Set in a post-apocalyptic world, players fly in mechs called “Battle Frames.”  The game is anime styled and players engage in fast-paced dogfights.

Strap yourself into your Battle Frame and take flight in intense aerial combat.  Target your enemies using your HUD and maneuver to get within range.  Bank left and right to stay on target. Evade enemy incoming missiles.

View of your Battle Frame in third person.

Aerial dog fight.

4. War Tech Fighters

Battle against the Zatros Empire in the deadliest mech invented, the War Tech.  War Tech Fighters brings the action of Japanese anime to Hollywood blockbuster action in this first person space combat.

Fly through space and target enemy fighters using your HUD display.  Track enemy ships using your target display.  Use your War Tech to grab or ram other ships! Fly to checkpoints and complete missions while you lay waste to the enemy.

Play in anime-styled mechs!.

Launch your War Fighter from within your base..

3. Brigador: Up-Armored Edition

Brigador: Up-Armored Edition gameplay

Play a mercenary pilot only interested in looking for resources and wealth.  Stalk the city in your mech, causing mayhem in this top-down shooter.

Pilot your mech down darkened city streets in one of 56 different mechs. Destroy buildings and claim ammunition.  Complete your mission, then advance to the next level.

Destroy buildings and wreck havoc!

Pilot one of 56 mechs.

2. EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair

EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair gameplay

Join the Earth Defense Force against invading Ravagers, a voracious alien species resembling large insects. Play one of 4 classes through a series of 80 missions utilizing 800 weapons.

Select a mission and class. As a pilot, you play as a foot soldier until your mech is air dropped, then you board it in third person play.  Slug away at the giant insectoid aliens on the streets of the city.

Tower above the common soldier!

Pound away at an alien monster with your mech!

1. Archangel™: Hellfire

Archangel: Hellfire gameplay

In the 21st century the world is in ruins and is controlled by a tyrannical corporation named HUMNX. The United States Free Forces leads the resistance employing the use of massive, building sized machines called Archangels.

Climb into the cockpit and establish a neural link to the Archangel. Take the advice of your AI co-pilot and take the field.  Use shields to protect yourself from the fire of enemy tanks and troops. Take out the enemy with sub machine guns and heavy rockets. Activate nano swarms to repair your hull.

Interface with your Archangel and take out HUMNX targets in abandoned cities.

Complete missions on a variety of maps.

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