Can I Run Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries?
Piranha Games Inc. released Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries in 2021. It is an action simulation game, self published by the studio. The game supports a single player campaign and cooperative play. Its Steam review count passes 12 thousand, a large enough sample that odd hardware behaviour would be known by now. Metacritic places it at 73. Only some of the game is mapped to a controller. 5 languages are covered by the store listing. It is a Windows title, so the requirements below are the Windows ones. Being 5 years old, it was built for the hardware of its day, so a current machine usually has headroom over the published figures. Completionists have 19 achievements to work through. Steam Workshop support means community content is part of the picture, and a heavy mod load can push the real requirements past anything the publisher lists.
Can your PC run it? →System requirements
Minimum requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X |
| RAM | 8 GB |
| Storage | 80 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit versions) |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
Recommended requirements
| CPU | Intel Core i7-6700K/AMD Ryzen 7 1700 |
|---|---|
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/AMD RX Vega 56 |
| RAM | 16 GB |
| Storage | 80 GB HDD |
| OS | Windows 10 (64-bit version) |
| DirectX | Version 11 |
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Setting and environment
Play is built around combat arenas. It is played from a first person view. The publisher supplies 12 storefront screenshots of these environments.
Why Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries is demanding
Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries sits in the middle of the demand range, targeting NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/AMD RX Vega 56, a tier a mainstream card from the last few generations reaches without difficulty. Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries takes about 80 GB of disk space. The distance between minimum and recommended is wide, so Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries at the floor and Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries at the recommended tier are not the same experience. 16 GB of system memory is expected, the current mainstream figure. A 64 bit version of Windows is required.
This reading comes from the published requirements and our own benchmark tables, not from the store listing.
Can you run Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries?
Older hardware holds up here: Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries runs on modest graphics, with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X enough to meet the minimum. Add 8 GB of RAM and a mid-range CPU and a PC several years old will play it fine.
Bottleneck: GPU
Large install. Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries needs about 80 GB of HDD of free storage.
Projected by resolution
| Resolution | Projection | Headroom |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | Runs well | 1.36x |
| 1440p | Below the bar | 0.77x |
| 4K | Below the bar | 0.34x |
A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.
Common GPUs
| Graphics card | Verdict |
|---|---|
| GTX 1060 6 GB | Runs well |
| GTX 1060 Laptop | Playable |
| GTX 1650 4 GB | Playable |
| GTX 1650 Laptop | Playable |
| RTX 2060 6 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 2060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4060 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 8 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 3070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 12 GB | Runs great |
| RTX 4070 Laptop | Runs great |
| RX 6600 8 GB | Runs great |
Each card is compared against Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.
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Frequently asked questions
Can my PC run Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries?
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What are the minimum system requirements for Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries?
The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-7100/AMD Ryzen 3 1200; GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 280X; 8 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 (64-bit versions).
How much storage does Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries need?
Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries needs about 80 GB of HDD storage.
Can an RTX 3060 run Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries?
The RTX 3060 runs Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.
What is the bottleneck for Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries?
On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for Mechwarrior 5: Mercenaries is the GPU.