Purchase Mechabellum now on Steam and participate in the Free to Play Weekend April 4-8, 2025
Irvine, CA – March 25, 2025 – Today, Dreamhaven announced a partnership with development studio Game River to publish the competitive auto battler, Mechabellum. To commemorate the partnership, Dreamhaven and Game River today launched the Mechabellum Premium Edition, offering commanders over 18 exclusive skins, unique avatars, and special emoticons. Purchase the Mechabellum Standard Edition now for $14.99 USD or the Mechabellum Premium Edition for $29.99 USD on Steam. New players can check out Mechabellum during the Steam Free to Play Weekend, April 4-8, 2025.
The news was revealed during the Dreamhaven Showcase presented by The Game Awards. Watch the latest trailer for the game on the official YouTube channel.
Inspired by classic real-time strategy games, Mechabellum tasks players with commanding a mech army to defeat tens of thousands of real players across the globe. Select from an extensive array of battle-ready mechs equipped with distinct capabilities and tactical advantages. Customize units, position them strategically, and work to predict–or counter–the opponent’s moves. Success depends on outsmarting or outmaneuvering the opposition.
“With Dreamhaven’s support, we’re focused on refining Mechabellum’s content roadmap for 2025 and beyond. Our commanders can look forward to the addition of new units, starting specialists, tech upgrades, and much more in the coming months,” said Wen Youge, CEO and founder of Game River. “We look forward to a bright future in partnership with Dreamhaven.”
“Game River has created one of the most tactically-rich and strategically-deep auto battlers on the market with Mechabellum,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Dreamhaven. “I am a proud, avid player. It’s one of the best games developed in the last decade, and we believe people will be playing even a decade from now.”
Mechabellum features:
- Strategic Depth: Decision-making and tactical gameplay are at the heart of each battle. Focus on unit positioning, counters, army composition, and fighting as a team–without micro-management. Deploy, adapt, overcome.
- Build the Perfect Army: From agile Crawlers to imposing giant Fortresses, every mech serves a specific purpose on the battlefield. Learn the strengths and weaknesses of a large number of unique units. Customize them and their abilities before and during battles to maximize destructive power.
- Infinite Possibilities On the Battlefield: Enjoy the game in intense 1v1 duels, strategic 2v2 team battles, or free-for-all mode where anything goes. Turn a losing battle into victory by calling down the perfectly placed airstrike, or spread chaos by calling in a horde of crawler bots in the midst of your enemy’s army. Stop by the unit workshop between matches to refine army load-outs, access new technologies, and develop advanced tactics.
- Robust Tournament Tools and Replay System: Take control of past battles to examine precise moments and explore alternative strategies. Players can hone their skills against top competitors through tournament ladders and use the innovative replay system to study matches.
Assets for Mechabellum are in the press kit.
More information about Mechabellum can be found on Steam. Stay up to date by following the game on X, and YouTube, and join the community on Discord.
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About Game River
Game River is an independent game development studio focused on original, passion-driven projects that drive meaningful player interaction. Founded in 2017, Game River has grown from two friends in a living room to a team of over 10 developers who thrive on collaboration and creativity. The studio has won numerous awards, including IndieCade’s Developers Choice Award, IndiePlay’s Best Innovation Award, and IndieCamp’s Best Game Winner.
About Dreamhaven
Dreamhaven (www.dreamhaven.com) is a game developer and publisher with a deep belief in bringing players together through engaging, high-quality entertainment experiences. Whether supporting its in-house studios Secret Door and Moonshot Games, providing publishing services for independent developers, or sharing insights and guidance with members of its partner studios program, Dreamhaven is focused on creating and fostering memorable games that captivate players and stand the test of time.
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