Mechabellum for Windows

An auto battler without turn-based combat tactics

Mechabellum is an auto battler game that features epic battles on the colonized battlegrounds of Far-Away. This land can only be saved from alien automatons by anticipating and one-upping their moves. Players can enjoy watching the battle unfold with cinematic bombs exploding, shrapnel flying, and lasers blasting.

Developed by Game River, this strategy game brings to mind the grid-based warfare mechanics of similar battler games, such as Sid Meier’s Civilization VI and Stellaris. However, this batter is without turn-based combat tactics. Instead, rivals ready their units, place them strategically on the field, and release them simultaneously for uncontrolled mayhem, whereby the team left standing wins.

Who can play it?

This strategy game is a single-player game with online co-op and PvP modes. Players can opt between the English and Chinese interface in this ESRB-rated game due for release on Steam and Microsoft Windows in May 2023.

What’s it about?

In this auto chess game, players command an army of mechs on Far-Away, a newly colonized planet. They must customize their units and reinforce them before placing them strategically on the battlefield. As both sides have the same reinforcement options, players must anticipate their rivals’ choices to succeed.

What’s special about it?

This auto-battler impresses with its variety of mechs, upgrades, and aircraft, which can be as nimble or massive as players need them to be. They can also choose a combination of terrestrial and air mechs for synergy, such as crawler bots, tanks, anti-unit bots, and light aircraft.

One-up your rivals

While it’s reminiscent of games like Age of Empires, it doesn’t bring much new to the table. However, his mech auto-battler still manages to tick a few boxes, particularly in terms of its storyline, theme, and graphics.