The Best Auto-battler Games

Update : Idle Stellar added at rank #49.
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Despot's Game: Dystopian Army Builder (2021)

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Android Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!


  • auto-battler
  • rogue-like
  • tactical
  • humor
  • asynchronous
  • pixel
  • dark

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Magic Research (2023)

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Android IOS iPhone PC Windows

Magic Research is a text-based incremental game about Magic. You are the headmaster of a newly-created institution of Magic. Will you be able to lead your school to win the prestigious Tournament of Magic?


  • auto-battler
  • idler
  • automation
  • magic
  • text
  • resource-management
  • minimalist
  • fantasy
  • management

3

Super Auto Pets (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!


  • auto-battler
  • asynchronous
  • multiplayer

4

Warpips (2021)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox One

Warpips is a physics-based combat game that will keep you entertained for hours. You get to assemble your army from a variety of infantry, vehicles and airplanes, and lead them to the battlefield without the stress of micromanagement. With each round lasting between 10-20 minutes, this game is easy to learn and hard to master. You can try out various randomly generated battles with multiple replay options, unlockable upgrade tree, and multiple strategic combinations that provide a unique gaming experience.


What we like:
  • Awesome graphics and soundtrack
  • Challenging gameplay that is easy to learn
  • Multiple units and upgrades available
  • Runs smoothly on Linux
  • Good value for its price
What could be improved:
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • No multiplayer or ability to play as other side's units
  • Units are consumable and get boring quickly
  • Lack of innovation and unit diversity

  • auto-battler
  • strategy
  • resource-management
  • tower-defense
  • real-time
  • war
  • 2.5d
  • base-building
  • wargame
  • tanks
  • tactical
  • combat
  • pixel
  • physics

5

Backpack Battles (2024)

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early access PC Windows Linux

A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.

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  • auto-battler
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • asynchronous
  • pvp
  • battler
  • inventory
  • management
  • loot
  • multiplayer
  • cozy
  • strategy
  • card

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Operation: Polygon Storm (2024)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!


  • auto-battler
  • strategy
  • tower-defense
  • real-time
  • resource-management
  • physics
  • military
  • war
  • wargame
  • destruction
  • artillery
  • base-building
  • tactical
  • gore
  • resource

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Ultra Blade (2023)

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early access Android IOS iPhone PC Windows

Defend Mankind's last city from the endless hordes of darkness! Ultra Blade is a horde survival RPG with rogue-lite progression elements. Build new heroes to take on new challenges while cutting through 1000s of foes at once. New heroes unlock new powers, making runs more dynamic the more you play.


  • rogue-like
  • auto-battler
  • 2.5d
  • rpg
  • fantasy
  • cyberpunk
  • 1980s
  • action
  • waiting
  • pixel
  • in-arena
  • endless
  • survivors
  • top-down
  • dark

8

Idle Monster TD: Evolved (2022)

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Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Join the battle against invading humans in Idle Monster TD: Evolved, a never-ending tower defense game with over 150 unique monsters and pets, from cute and colorful flower creatures to epic fire breathing dragons. Strategize your monster placement and watch them evolve and gain new abilities to defend your base against the never-ending swarm of humans. Featuring 40 unlockable monsters with 3 evolutions each, 5 different maps, mini-games, and bi-weekly PvP tournaments. With offline progression and cute 3D graphics, it's a perfect blend of Idle and Tower Defense genres.


What we like:
  • Hidden depth to the game
  • Entertaining simple tower defense idler concept
What could be improved:
  • Aggressive monetization
  • Not a true idle game
  • Too much grinding and slow progress
  • Initial excitement fades quickly due to lack of challenge and small maps

  • tower-defense
  • auto-battler
  • idler
  • clicker
  • fantasy
  • 3d
  • time-management
  • cute
  • deckbuilder
  • pve
  • magic
  • dragon
  • strategy
  • robots

9

Hellfire Tactics (2022)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows

Hellfire Tactics is a competitive multiplayer autobattler strategy game. Experience intense 8 player matches while drafting from over 90 different units all with their own unique effects on the game.


  • auto-battler
  • royale
  • battler
  • card
  • pvp
  • competitive
  • dark
  • demons
  • tactical

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Hero's Hour (2022)

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PC Windows

A fast turn-based strategy RPG with real-time combat. Develop your cities and armies, level up your heroes to gain new, powerful spells and skills, and explore the wonders and dangers of the procedurally generated maps as you aim to conquer your enemies before they do the same to you.


  • turn-based
  • strategy
  • auto-battler
  • tactical
  • editor
  • level
  • procedural
  • pixel
  • pvp
  • rpg
  • 4x
  • grand-strategy
  • battle

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