Last week, Valve announced an open beta for Dota Underlords (Free) across iOS, Android, and Steam platforms. I was a bit surprised that they included iOS and Android in the initial rollout because they usually take a while to bring anything to mobile. With Auto Chess finally expanding to mobile and being available for all, it looks like Valve is finally taking things seriously on mobile. Dota Underlords is Valve’s standalone Auto Chess game. This open beta was available last week for anyone who had the Dota 2 Battle Pass. It is now available for all.
Dota Underlords on iOS and Android has full cross platform play and progression across mobile and PC platforms. You can start a game on PC and continue on mobile and vice versa. I’m glad to see Valve add offline support for playing against AI in varying difficulties. The build on the App store right now requires an initial download of about half a GB when you launch it for the first time so keep that in mind.
If you’re interested in playing Dota Underlords on mobile, check it out on the App Store here and Google Play here for free. As of now there are no in app purchases listed. If you want to read our thoughts on Auto Chess, read our preview here.
Maybe put an obvious link at top? There was no info in the article that said what the gems is so why make us wade through an article that brings nothing to the table to click a tiny ‘here’link in the last paragraph?
I was thinking the same thing about the lack of game description, but dude, the links are always at the end if you're feeling tl;dr.
Thanks for the response.
I'm confused, there's a link to the game in the very first sentence of the article......
I could very well be losing my mind, but I looked more than once when I first read the article because it is usually included after the title as it is now.
Maybe they added it after your comment! Haha
While I would never suggest that... yeah they did!
Just watched a 30-minute video explaining how Underlords works, and it made my brain hurt. I guess it’s like chess in that the mechanics are simple but it could take years to understand the multifarious strategies.
I have never played this type of game before and I must say that it's very easy to understand and get started but can at the same time be very complex when choosing synergies etc.
Can really recommended it, practice against bots and u will get the hang of it.
Tried a game of this last night and was pretty into it :). A single game sure does take a long time, and was a bit of a battery hog (~20% for a full game on a Pixel 3), so not sure how often it will get out