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Games like MechWarrior

1989

You pilot a BattleMech from the cockpit of a MechWarrior in the 1989 original that started the series. You choose missions, buy and sell machines and parts, hire lance-mates and travel across the Inner Sphere, offering more freedom than many later entries.

  • Sci-fi setting
  • Deep systems to master
  • Shooting and gunplay
  • Challenging difficulty

In short: Games like MechWarrior

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes MechWarrior special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Starpoint Gemini 2

86 %Match

2014PCXbox70 % positive31.99 €

Brings what grabs you about MechWarrior: a sci-fi setting, good gunplay and a realistic look.

You captain your own spaceship in an open galaxy, mixing real-time space combat with trading, missions and RPG-style progression through ship upgrades and skills.

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Freelancer

Shooting and gunplay

A classic space action game where you fly as a mercenary through the Sirius sector, trading, taking missions and upgrading your ship while a conspiracy unfolds. Accessible dogfighting and a strong sense of freedom between stations and factions define it.

Star Wolves 2

Sci-fi setting

A space tactics RPG where you command a mercenary squad of fighter pilots, take contracts across an open galaxy, and upgrade ships and crew. Combat runs in real time with pause.

Forbidden planet

Shooting and gunplay

You pilot a small spaceship, gather resources in space, colonize planets and defend your home world from incoming asteroids. It blends space strategy, tower defense and shooter action.

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