Fit check
Is Roboden worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who prefer managing colonies rather than directing individual units
- RTS fans interested in experimenting with drone combinations and colony priorities
- Players looking for local cooperative or competitive matches across several modes
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players who want direct, unit-by-unit commands rather than indirect colony management
- Players seeking a set campaign with a fixed sequence of missions instead of a rogue-lite structure
- Players who want local multiplayer but do not have a controller
Our take on Roboden
Roboden shifts the command layer away from individual units: colony priorities guide behavior and production instead. That changes the usual hands-on approach associated with RTS games, placing emphasis on resource gathering, drone combinations, and experimenting with options across runs.
What is Roboden?
Roboden is an asymmetrical strategy game in which players control entire colonies rather than individual units.
Changing colony priorities influences their behavior and makes desired units more likely to be produced. Players collect resources, build drones, and combine them into higher-tier units. The game has about 30 drone types across 3 tiers and 5 modes: blitz, classic, arena, infinite arena, and reverse. Its 4 biomes are the moon, inferno, snowy tundra, and wisp forest. Procedural level generation includes extensive customization. Multiplayer offers split-screen local cooperative and competitive play; local multiplayer requires at least 1 controller. An online leaderboard is also included. The rogue-lite structure centers on trying combinations of units and options across runs.
How Roboden plays
- 01Indirect colony control
- Changing priorities influences colony behavior and makes production of selected units more likely.
- 02Drone combinations
- Players can combine drones to create higher-tier units across 3 tiers.
- 03Five game modes
- Available modes are blitz, classic, arena, infinite arena, and reverse.
- 04Four biomes
- The environments are the moon, inferno, snowy tundra, and wisp forest.
- 05Local multiplayer
- Split-screen play supports cooperative and competitive modes and requires at least 1 controller.
- 06Procedural levels
- Procedural generation is paired with extensive level customization.
Roboden compared to similar games
Roboden uses indirect colony control, resource gathering, drone combinations, and procedural levels, with cooperative and competitive modes. Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on commanding units in World War II combat, while Xenonauts uses turn-based small-squad strategy against an alien invasion. Shogun Showdown instead centers on turn-based combat, attack tiles, skills, and deck building.
Roboden: platforms & release
Is Roboden worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who prefer managing colonies rather than directing individual units. Skip it if: players who want direct, unit-by-unit commands rather than indirect colony management.
Where can I download Roboden?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Roboden's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Roboden on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
