7 Auto Battlers on Steam (November 2026) | Indie games with 90%+ Positive Reviews

Earn gold from fights, trade mercenaries, and strengthen your squad.

Set tactics and watch the fight, or control a fighter yourself.

Reviews enjoy building a team around mercenary synergies.

There are also personal accounts of enjoying mainly automatic battles without direct control.

One reviewer says a fighter they meant to sell turned things around after a tactics tweak.

Another reviewer recalls a rogue they sold appearing on the opposing team and troubling their back line.

Place buildings that automatically produce gold or troops.

Reviews describe the fun of combining buildings to boost production, as well as missing battles while focused on construction.

In Survival Mode, unlocked through Chaos progression, Honor Points decline and destroying enemy towers or bases replenishes them.

Continue against strengthening opponents or end voluntarily to claim rewards.

One reviewer enjoys seeing an enemy tower fall while working on building adjacency. Production combinations translate into results elsewhere on the battlefield.

Others feel they miss the fighting while concentrating on construction. Choose it if you would rather develop the machinery that sends an army out than control its movements closely.

An idle game with a tower fighting in a corner of your screen.

Spend Ascendium earned through Ascension on upgrades that carry over to the next run.

Rebirth unlocks Forging, which combines floor loot when the pieces match a recipe.

Reviews describe the repeated manual upgrading as a burden.

One reviewer found loot that added more shots more useful against a boss than increasing flat damage.

Reviews describe the fun of trying different weapons and loot.

Arrange troops and buildings, then watch your army fight. Cards taken from rival kings enable combinations your own kingdom cannot make alone.

You can declare war on kings whose powers you want and make peace with those who do not suit your plans.

In asynchronous multiplayer, compete with rival kingdoms to see whose survives longest.

Choose it if you want to enjoy preparing combinations from different kings, not just watching an army grow.

A review describes a decree that copies the next discarded card. The reviewer repeatedly used the copies of a troop-increasing card on a Golem, which doubled their effect.

Reviews praise the puzzle-like quests. Other reviews describe repeated attempts dictated by luck.

Combine a core card with support cards before combat. Battles play out automatically.

With limited support slots, choose effects through elemental interactions.

Reviews enjoy reading opponents and changing builds before battle.

This is a preparation-focused pleasure, unlike deciding the order of playing a hand during combat.

One reviewer stopped stacking buffs against enemies that dispel them. Against high-defense enemies, the player added more magic.

One reviewer says they crafted a card that blocks healing and applies poison to break a stalemate against a healing boss.

Build through shopping and backpack layouts, then fight other builds.

Items differ in price, shape and size. Choose what fits both your budget and your space while planning the combinations you want.

Items can also combine into different equipment. Rather than simply filling gaps, rearrange with the next item you want to create in mind.

Unranked has no timer, Ranked lets you play at your own pace, and live Lobbies have a timer.

One reviewer enjoys planning purchases and layouts, then using the battle recap to consider what could have changed. A result becomes material for the next arrangement rather than just a win or loss.

One reviewer enjoys changing direction when desired items fail to appear. Others find the inability to gather desired items frustrating.

An auto battler about choosing companions, equipment and battlefield positions.

Combine hero abilities and choose where the journey goes.

The official Wildmage example lets you consider an offensive role or a front-line role through equipment.

Interstellar Seller items may cost gold, attack and speed, or health and defense.

Weigh the gear against lost abilities.

One reviewer praises the variety of items and the chance to make use of each hero's distinct traits.

Another enjoys the choices of items, map and heroes. Consider it when you want to plan the next path and party composition rather than operate the combat directly.