Mecha Breakhas enjoyed a thoroughly mixed start to life. Its demo, which launched in February, peaked at well over 300,000 players, even thoughmost of them didn’t seem to particularly enjoy the game, and that trend has continued into its full launch. While its player countdidn’t quite reach the heights of its earlier demo, it still peaked at over 132,000 players, which is nothing to be sniffed at,placing it in the top ten peaks of the year.
Despite this,the game has been marred with complaints, mainly focused on the game’s “unethical” microtransactions. It currently sits at a 70 onMetacriticand a 71 onOpenCritic.
Its launch, though, has now gone from mixed to really not great, with the game hitting one negative milestone, and it’s well on track to reach another.
Mecha Break Passes 5,000 Negative Steam Reviews, Dropping Almost 50 Percent Of Its Player Base
It’s only been a week since Mecha Break officially launched, and it set its concurrent peak player count on Steam of 132,816, but it seems like an awful lot of those have given up on the game already. Over the last 24 hours, it peaked at a maximum of 69,229 players, a 48 percent decrease.
For context,Marvel Rivals only lost three percent of its player count over SIX weeks. Delta Force only dropped 12 percent over the same period. Helldivers 2 dropped 38 percent over six weeks, and Once Human and Path of Exile dropped 38 percent and 39 percent, respectively, over their opening six weeks. To lose almost 50 percent in a week is a damning sign.
To lose almost 50 percent in a week is a damning sign.
As Mecha Break’s player count continues to fall like a stone, though, its negative reviews continue to mount. Over the last couple of days,SteamDB dataindicates that the game has already garnered over 5,000 negative reviews on Valve’s platform, resulting in a low overall rating of 61.5 percent, which translates to ‘Mixed’. Worrying signs.
Many of the game’sSteam reviewsare quick to praise the game, saying it has “some of the most fun and fast-paced moment-to-moment gameplay you’re able to find,” however, they’re heavily asterisked with players lamenting its much-maligned microtransactions and lack of meaningful customization options.
We were a little hotter inour official Mecha Break reviewthan the average player, scoring it a 4/5, calling it “a delicious filet mignon, slathered in ketchup,” but despite this, it seems like Amazing Seasun Games has a lot of work to do if it wants the game to be sustainable in the long run.
