Hail, boardroom barons and lineup lords, and welcome to Indie Games Tavern, where the chessboards gleam with cunning, the ale swirls with the thrill of a clever countermove, and the indie games unfold like a masterful midgame twist! It’s Friday, September 26, 2025, and we’re raising our tankards to AutoChess Hero, a new mobile strategy from Dragonest Games that just debuted on Google Play as early access. This isn’t your leisurely checkers—it’s an SLG (strategy simulation game) under the Auto Chess IP, where you recruit unique heroes, forge powerful formations, and explore epic stories to safeguard the chessboard world’s order. As your tavern tactician, I’ve scouted its digital domains and player insights for a thorough indie game review—narrative, mechanics, interface, artistry, soundscape, performance, flaws, and more. Marshal your pieces, sip your brew, and let’s dive into this indie game review gambit!

Key takeaways:

1. Gameplay:
   • You can realize the familiar gameplay elements from auto-battler genre, with some twists. You’ll build a team of 5 heroes (under Auto Chess IP) with different roles, try to have the best synergies to conquer the campaigns, and PvP battles as well.
   • Hook: Easy to understand, depth strategies, tons of combos and synergies, some new adjustments added to the well-known auto-battler genre like the ‘Embed Rune’ feature.
2. UIUX:
   • As AutoChess Hero is in the early access state at the moment, we understand that Dragonest is just testing the core of the game, the fixes and improvements will come, we won’t judge at this time.
3. Graphics:
   • Well-designed 3D characters that we believe many players will love. Animations and visual effects are also handled very well, of course dev team will deliver more in the future since it’s just early access right now.
4. Sounds:
   • Good BGM, but we think that dev team need to put more attention to the transitions between scenes.
5. Performance & Experience:
   • There are 4 options for you to select so we think AutoChess Hero will be playable smoothly on wide range of devices.

Final Thoughts: Should You Hero in AutoChess Hero?

So, should you marshal heroes in AutoChess Hero? If you’re a auto-battler fan or Auto Chess lover, this gambit is your call—but embrace the odds. It’s a strategic symphony, endless formations, all free-to-play—but RNG pulls and matchmaking delays (per Dragonest’s legacy) temper the triumph. But it’s just an early access right now, we believe dev team will deliver fixes and improvements soon.

We Indie Games Tavern are strategizing—evolving heroes, forging bonds, toasting this indie gamedev brew with calculated cheer. Could it claim indie games’ strategy throne? With RNG reins, yes. Grab it on Google Play, try it free, and join us in raising a tankard to AutoChess Hero—the SLG where heroes forge fate. What’s your formation, tavern tacticians? Mastered a race? Share below, and let’s keep the indie game review fire blazing!

AutoChess Hero Review by Indie Games Tavern.

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