Best Auto Battler Games on Steam
Strategy games where you draft, position, and upgrade units that fight automatically.
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1Super Auto Pets - Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
Sep 24, 2021
In this game, you can…
- leave mid-run, come back later, and fight another player's saved team with no timer or pressure.
- get a completely different pool of pets each week and try to solve what the best team is before it changes again.
- watch your last surviving pet wipe the entire enemy team after the rest of yours are already gone.
- build a team of pets whose abilities combo based on the order you place them.
- turn a weak starter squad into a monster by spending gold on buffs, upgrades, food, rerolls, and swaps between rounds.
- jump into an 8-player live mode where you buy and rearrange under time pressure until one team is left standing.
- mix and match custom packs so every run uses a different self-contained set of pets and interactions.
- build around one specific pet until you max it out, then win with it to earn a ribbon for that exact pet.
2Thronefall - A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Oct 11, 2024
In this game, you can…
- turn windmills into booby traps so when enemies smash them, they detonate and blow up the crowd around your walls
- plan your town in daylight with no timer, then defend it through night waves until sunrise locks in a checkpoint
- pick a weapon that auto-triggers near enemies, then fire its separate active ability on a recharge when the night gets ugly
- sprint your king around the battlefield, cutting down enemies yourself while your towers and troops keep fighting
- grab squads mid-fight and reposition them on the fly—push guards into the thickest wave, pull archers off useless targets
- choose perks that deliberately crank up difficulty for better scores, then decide whether to chase extra income or fortify before the next night
- build for totally different win styles in the same run—tower-heavy defense, a commanded army, or a king who does most of the killing
3Backpack Battles - A PvP inventory management auto battler! Buy and craft powerful items, then carefully arrange them in your backpack.
Jun 13, 2025
In this game, you can…
- pause and replay automatic fights, then check a combat log that shows how much damage, healing, and triggers each item produced.
- unlock secret items by experimenting with hidden crafting recipes and weird item combinations.
- park an item next to the right partner for a fight so it upgrades into something stronger later.
- snap up a rat the moment you spot it.
- spend ten minutes packing your bag, then watch everything click and your whole combo chain starts firing at once.
- follow glowing links that tell you exactly which items want to touch, turning your backpack into a visible web of synergies.
- fight clones of other players' builds, testing your setup against another human's ideas with zero real-time pressure.
- get offered a powerful build-defining choice every few rounds, then suddenly pivot into something like poison bows, fire stacks, or trap engines.
- run into opponents with five dragons and have to beat that with whatever you packed.
4Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga - Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
Jun 10, 2022
In this game, you can…
- build every unit as a 3x3 squad, mixing heroes and generics into custom formations.
- promote a random nobody soldier into a squad captain, train them up, then spin them off to lead their own squad.
- win fights by breaking morale and killing leaders to collapse an enemy's command structure instead of just trading damage.
- demote or reshuffle troops freely without losing progress, so you can rebuild your whole army on a whim.
- stack squad-wide artifacts and items that change capacity and abilities, turning a formation into a specialized monster.
- make a squad gain new bonuses when most of its members share a type, like light ambushers or all-cavalry objective racers.
- set up the whole plan, then watch the squads auto-battle it out while your build choices decide who heals, crits, or chains turns.
- capture towns and objectives to feed resources into logistics, keeping your army supplied as the campaign advances.
5Bad North: Jotunn Edition - Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.
Nov 16, 2018
In this game, you can…
- line shieldmen up sideways to a boat so arrow knockback physically shoves the ship and enemies into the water.
- hold a hill choke point with pikemen so attackers hit a spear wall and can get shoved into the sea.
- unlock commander powers like mines, bombs, reinforcements, and gold income, then build each leader into a specialist.
- watch longboats approach while you study the island map and commit your tiny squads before the landing hits.
- bait axe throws with shieldmen, pull them back, and let the attackers walk into pikemen waiting behind.
- hit slow-motion command mode to redirect squads between landings while they keep fighting on their own.
- turn terrain into a weapon by pinching enemies, forcing them off cliffs, and driving them into the sea.
6Luck be a Landlord - Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
Jan 6, 2023
In this game, you can…
- find a loop that goes infinite in a few rounds and keep the run going to round 75 with no end in sight.
- build a Geologist setup that consumes every rock and gem on the board in one sweep, then pays out a massive hit.
- watch a chicken lay an egg that can hatch into another chicken, letting your board start self-replicating.
- start with one coin, buy a slot machine, and keep spinning to pay a landlord who demands more rent every time you survive.
- spin a 5x5 grid, then pick 1 of 3 symbols to permanently add for future spins.
- set a dwarf next to a drink so it consumes it and triggers a big cash payout.
- stack items that turn cats into combo pieces, like making cats pay extra or act as wildcards that boost neighbors.
- turn an urn from dead weight into value by getting an item that makes it break open into spirits.
7Ages of Conflict: World War Simulator - Ages of Conflict is a versatile Map Simulation game where you create and observe custom AI nations battle it out across an infinite number of worlds. Paint beautiful maps and scenarios, and command nations to change history into your liking!
Feb 17, 2023
In this game, you can…
- create a map, spawn nations, and watch alliances, wars, puppets, revolts, and breakaway states rewrite history for thousands of years.
- plant two rival nations inside the U.S., force a civil war, watch ten cities revolt, and have a third faction win the election after both sides collapse.
- create a fantasy continent or even a map shaped like a house or a human body, then watch nations fight across it like a living diorama.
- paint borders and cities, then watch captured territory rise up and redraw the map as borders jitter and expand pixel-by-pixel.
- load or build scenarios like the Cold War or Napoleonic Wars, then let the AI rewrite them with betrayals, alliances, and conquests.
- edit the world like a sandbox god: move capitals, spawn cities, change borders, and force unstable situations just to see what happens.
- set wars to "winner takes all," then watch nations expand, collapse, and snap into clean end states instead of endless stalemates.
- run an unscripted timeline where China migrates to Kazakhstan, Canada splits, Botswana conquers Cameroon, and the U.S. dies and respawns multiple times.
8Esports Godfather - E-sports Godfather is a Deck-building game simulating MOBA e-sports. You will play a role as team coach and build your team. You need to train players and make strategies in various game versions, beat other teams and finally, take the Champion of the World. Be nobody, or lead your team to dominate!
May 23, 2024
In this game, you can…
- time a jungler roam and a midlane move to collapse four people onto botlane right before a dragon fight.
- build a deck where every athlete contributes three personal cards, then mix in hero-specific cards that completely change your options.
- win with off-role picks by shoving your mid to top and building a whole plan around weird hero pools.
- jump from watching lane pressure to playing cards that reposition your whole team.
- draft from 50+ heroes while the meta shifts each season.
- force a fight on command, then chain it into a free objective so the enemy stops contesting altogether.
- turn a tower-teleport gank into a carry rescue by dragging them out of a collapsing 2v4.
- run a full coach career: scout and trade players, negotiate contracts, take sponsors, then lift trophies as your team becomes a powerhouse.
9Unnamed Space Idle - Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.
Jul 27, 2023
In this game, you can…
- break into higher synth tiers, then chain it into harder warps, better salvage, and even bigger power spikes.
- warp to special enemy locations to harvest essence that feeds a huge upgrade tree.
- prestige into new ships and permanent tools, where each reset can reveal a fresh layer instead of just bigger numbers.
- build and refit your spaceship mid-run, picking weapons, shields, utilities, and parts that change how entire sectors play.
- use a limited number of retrofits per run, so every mid-run ship rebuild is a real commitment.
- hit a wall, then realize a whole new upgrade system just unlocked and suddenly your run accelerates.
- watch huge waves of enemy ships evaporate once your build clicks.
- earn AI points from achievements and spend them to automate chores while choosing what still stays manual.
10Legend Creatures(传奇生物) - Legendary creature is an independent game with rich playing methods such as roguelike + self-propelled chess + strategy. You can collect all kinds of magic creatures with various talents and skills, and can also evolve to a higher level.
Jun 18, 2020
In this game, you can…
- merge three identical DNA cards into tier-2, then merge three tier-2 copies into a tier-3 ultimate creature.
- stack three different items on one creature, then watch those item effects chain with its passives and talents into surprise synergies.
- use a simple API to create your own creatures, equipment, and talents, then play with workshop builds other players made.
- evolve undead into a unit that spreads poison and fire in an area and still gets a free resurrect.
- evolve treefolk into a unit that heals nearby allies every few seconds in a radius.
- run a loop where you win battles for cash and cards, then hit rest phases to sell your pile and buy the exact pieces for your combo plan.
- build a lineup from wildly different races like humans, mages, dragons, and genies, each with their own combat identity and big area ultimates.
- evolve a creature without losing its old abilities, then layer on new powers so the same unit comes back with a bigger kit.
