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LectureMaster · Monday at 11:33 PM

Mecha Break Dominates Steam Charts With Over 300K Concurrent Players

Mecha Break, a new third-person multiplayer shooter, has been gaining traction, with its demo reaching over 317K concurrent players on Steam.

tech4gamers.com

However, the game’s demo has also seen its fair share of controversy due to the over-the-top character customization. The developers have heavily monetized the game, and players suspect it may become a pay-to-win title in the near future.

Additionally, the anti-cheat in the game requires manual removal even after uninstalling the game, which players found annoying. Still, there is no denying that Mecha Break is an absolute treat for a free-to-play title.

Bumblebeetuna · Monday at 11:34 PM

j0hnnix · Monday at 11:36 PM

Damn, this game looked so cool but with it maybe being heavily monetized that's a nope for me.

LectureMaster · Monday at 11:37 PM

Bumblebeetuna said:

Jez Corden urged you before, to play this game.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/windows-central-seriously-more-people-need-to-be-talking-about-this-upcoming-xbox-exclusive.1680633/

adamsapple · Monday at 11:38 PM

Bumblebeetuna said:

It's the game with the anime face aesthetic and big butts.

Mikado · Monday at 11:38 PM

Sounds rough. I guess I'll have to source my space waifus from a different provider.

LectureMaster · Monday at 11:40 PM

My man

adamsapple when seeing the title:

Xbox exclusive!
Major breakout!
300k+ Concurrent users!

My man

adamsapple when clicking in the Steam page:

Mostly negative.
34% rating.
Pay to win.

LectureMaster · Monday at 11:44 PM

adamsapple said:
It's the game with the anime face aesthetic and big butts.

It was some nice boobies and booties, you gotta give them that at least.

I collect VHS tapes · Monday at 11:48 PM

Xbox exclusive on steam

What am I missing

rm082e · Monday at 11:48 PM

Sounds like this is a chance to test

Men_in_Boxes theory about people being excited for a pay-to-win GaaS game?

Reading over one of the reviews, it talked about F2P players being limited in how much currency they could grind per week and needing multiple weeks of grinding to be able to get something that just comes with the battlepass. It didn't sound cosmetic, but I don't know the game. If they're actually bringing mobile-style pay-to-win or pay-to-skip microtransactions, this will be a fun test case.

RoboFu · Monday at 11:49 PM

Anyone else find it weird that fanboys are using steam to bash each others console?

Also to put it into perspective 20k ccu will put you in the top 100 for that day.

manfestival · Monday at 11:51 PM

I dont care if this game is p2w. The last time I had a mech experience like this that I wanted to experience it was with hawken and that game died along with other mech games I was interested in. Anyways, this is just the demo/beta.

rodrigolfp · 2025-02-25T00:06:49+0000

I collect VHS tapes said:
Xbox exclusive on steam

What am I missing

Steam is an Xbox.

kazuyamishima · 2025-02-25T00:15:06+0000

LectureMaster said:
My man adamsapple adamsapple when seeing the title:

Xbox exclusive!
Major breakout!
300k+ Concurrent users!

jshackles · 2025-02-25T00:18:41+0000

34%?

coachmcguirk91 · 2025-02-25T00:23:19+0000

Is this on gamepass?

Metnut · 2025-02-25T00:23:34+0000

Games like this get more players than kcd2… makes me realize I have a completely different hobby compared to most gamers.

R6Rider · 2025-02-25T00:26:06+0000

asdasdasdbb · 2025-02-25T00:27:35+0000

So they hate it but can't stop playing?

SmokedMeat · 2025-02-25T00:53:46+0000

Metnut said:
Games like this get more players than kcd2… makes me realize I have a completely different hobby compared to most gamers.

It’s got a demo going on with Next Fest right now.

Men_in_Boxes · 2025-02-25T00:54:17+0000

rm082e said:
Sounds like this is a chance to test Men_in_Boxes theory about people being excited for a pay-to-win GaaS game?

Reading over one of the reviews, it talked about F2P players being limited in how much currency they could grind per week and needing multiple weeks of grinding to be able to get something that just comes with the battlepass. It didn't sound cosmetic, but I don't know the game. If they're actually bringing mobile-style pay-to-win or pay-to-skip microtransactions, this will be a fun test case.

Proper implementation vs poor implementation. This smells like poor implementation to me.

SHA · 2025-02-25T00:56:27+0000

LectureMaster said:
My man adamsapple when seeing the title:

Xbox exclusive!
Major breakout!
300k+ Concurrent users!

My man adamsapple when clicking in the Steam page:

Mostly negative.
34% rating.
Pay to win.

From Microsoft’s pov, this game for who haven't played Ac6, it's not about jumping ships, if you've played ac6 then you are missing the point. No one buys the jumping ship argument anymore.

newtypepilot · 2025-02-25T01:01:14+0000

I played the first beta on steam. Gameplay is decent.

The server overloaded during the second beta so lots of players couldn't log in, and subsequently it got review bombed by mostly chinese players. The heavy monetization is definitely concerning though.

ChorizoPicozo · 2025-02-25T01:02:36+0000

newtypepilot said:
I played the first beta on steam. Gameplay is decent.

The server overloaded during the second beta so lots of players couldn't log in, and subsequently it got review bombed by mostly chinese players. The heavy monetization is definitely concerning though.

so, the game isn't even out?

graywolf323 · 2025-02-25T01:18:14+0000

ChorizoPicozo said:
so, the game isn't even out?

according to the Steam page this is a demo

tanners · 2025-02-25T01:22:07+0000

Worse review than SYNDUALITY:Echo of Ada is actually a achievement!
No seriously, the player count seems a lot,with 300k peak on steam.

SHA · 2025-02-25T01:23:33+0000

The body language for the players who played less than 2 hours are exactly what ac6 players who aren't done with the game would do, then they must go back to playing ac6, jumping ships are bunch of delusional players cause it's unrealistic.

Mortisfacio · 2025-02-25T01:29:49+0000

P2W and kernel level anti-cheat that requires manual removal even after an uninstall? No thanks.

LavitzSlambert · 2025-02-25T02:08:25+0000

I'm a sucker for mech games, but not this much of a sucker.

StereoVsn · 2025-02-25T03:10:22+0000

j0hnnix said:
Damn, this game looked so cool but with it maybe being heavily monetized that's a nope for me.

Yep, game looks interesting, but monetization looks like total ass. Shame indeed.

StereoVsn · 2025-02-25T03:13:38+0000

adamsapple said:
It's the game with the anime face aesthetic and big butts.

But do you like them and cannot lie?

LectureMaster and

Topher can't deny.

That when a Mech walks in with an itty bitty waist and a huge engine in your face…

BigBeauford · 2025-02-25T03:32:30+0000

Metnut said:
Games like this get more players than kcd2… makes me realize I have a completely different hobby compared to most gamers.

Well it's free.

Topher · 2025-02-25T03:43:08+0000

I collect VHS tapes said:
Xbox exclusive on steam

What am I missing

The word "console" before "exclusive".

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