Valve announces Underlords, a standalone Auto Chess clone for Steam, Android, and iOS

Valve has just announced Underlords: its own version of the popular Auto Chess mod for Dota 2. Underlords will be a standalone game for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android. Valve says it has been running a “friends and family” beta of the game for the past few weeks, and will be expanding the test today to all Dota 2 Battle Pass owners. A free open beta of the game will then launch after a week of preview stress testing.

Underlords is the second breakout title from the company’s Dota 2 portfolio after 2018’s release of Artifact, which was met with mediocre reviews. (Artifact dropped off sharply on Twitch, only to be resurrected as a meme for facilitating streaming piracy.) Unlike Artifact, Auto Chess already has a strong following….

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