Choose MechWarrior Online™ Legends
Choose MechWarrior Online™ Legends if you want a Strategy and Free To Play experience. On Steam, it's free to play, so the barrier to trying it is zero. 10,127 Steam reviews back the pick.
MechWarrior Online™ Legends vs War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields
MechWarrior Online™ Legends and War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields both land in Action, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam. MechWarrior Online™ Legends (2015) is 5 years older than War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields (2020). MechWarrior Online™ Legends scores higher on Steam reviews (81.1% positive) than War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields (79.9% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields
Choose War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields if you want an Indie game with Online PvP, Online Co-op, and PvP. On Steam, it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 1,123 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both MechWarrior Online™ Legends and War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields sit in Action, Simulation, and Massively Multiplayer on Steam and both list Multi-player and MMO, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (81.1% vs 79.9% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 MechWarrior Online™ Legends |  War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2015 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play | Action, Indie, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Unsupported |
| Price | Free to play | 24.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 81.1% positive (10,127 reviews) | 79.9% positive (1,123 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op |
| Developers | Piranha Games Inc. | raptor lab |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam.
- MechWarrior Online™ Legends (2015) is 5 years older than War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields (2020).
- MechWarrior Online™ Legends scores higher on Steam reviews (81.1% positive) than War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields (79.9% positive).
- MechWarrior Online™ Legends is free; War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields is paid (24.99 USD).
- War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields has co-op; MechWarrior Online™ Legends does not.
- Steam Deck: MechWarrior Online™ Legends is Deck Playable, War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields is Deck Unsupported.
MechWarrior Online™ Legends vs War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields — FAQ
- Which is better, MechWarrior Online™ Legends or War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: MechWarrior Online™ Legends sits at 81.1% positive (10,127 reviews), War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields at 79.9% (1,123). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play MechWarrior Online™ Legends or War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields first?
- If you want chronology, MechWarrior Online™ Legends (2015) came out before War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields (2020). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are MechWarrior Online™ Legends and War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields similar?
- They overlap on Action, Simulation, Massively Multiplayer on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Is MechWarrior Online™ Legends free?
- Yes — MechWarrior Online™ Legends is a free-to-play Steam title. War Dust VR: 32v32 Battlefields is paid (24.99 USD).