Armada: Last Light

Very fun autobattler that’s surprisingly deep.

Fun game with fun progression. Rough around the edges with work to be done cleaning things up but well worth the 9 bucks.

Just needs some balance, no real strategy. Same thing every cycle. Very slow progression.

Enjoyable for a little while at present (5/27/2025). There are balancing issues (beam weapon laser tag seems to be the meta, instagib or die), lack of multithreading support (I'm on an older CPU with a decent GPU, and get dropped into Powerpoint mode when battles start due to lack of single-thread power), and lots of things are mislabeled or don't work properly when clicked... unless you click into another screen and back in, and it's still not clear if it "took"... I would call this "alpha" quality as of today. However I'm looking forward to seeing it finished as it's a charming little game. As of now, can't recommend, but will try to update in the future as they polish things up.

I am relatively new to the modern auto-battler genre, but I am familiar with similar games back in the day (even dating back to the old bootleg Star Trek ASCII game). I found this game to be surprisingly accessible, with a low barrier to entry. It's compelling to watch the battles play out, even in the earlier stages where you have only a few "degrees of freedom" to play with. Couple that with nice visuals and great music and you've got yourself a satisfying experience. (Bonus points for being quite playable on Steam Deck -- give it a try!)