Mech Battle Arena

Prospectus

A real-time robot card duel. Build a deck of 8 robots, drop them on the field to destroy the enemy towers, open chests of cards and upgrade your squad. Over 40 unique robots, 6 arenas, a 30-mission campaign and a reboot system that lets you start again with powerful bonuses. Easy to learn and quick to play on phone or desktop.

How it plays

Pick a robot card from the bottom panel and drag it onto your half of the field. Each card costs energy, and energy refills over time. Your robots walk forward on their own and attack the nearest enemy; destroy the enemy towers before your own fall. Win battles to earn chests with new cards and coins, then upgrade your robots between fights. Controls: drag cards with the mouse or finger; tap a card first to see its energy cost.

Opening an account with this game takes one press: Open the holding, above, and it loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first decision. It is drawn for a portrait (upright) screen and takes its instructions from mouse, keyboard or touch, as the game prefers. The file is drawn tall, for an upright screen — a phone held the usual way frames it best, though it will run in any window you give it. If a fullscreen control is offered, take it — a growing enterprise deserves the whole desk.

Analyst's notes for strategy holdings

• Write the plan before the first move, even if the plan is one sentence. Strategy games punish improvisation politely and reward a rough intention revised on purpose.
• Spend your first session on reconnaissance. Watch what the game charges you for — time, space, resources, attention — because that price list is the whole game in miniature.
• Keep a reserve uncommitted. The player who deploys everything into the opening has read only the first page of the problem; the answer usually arrives in chapter two.

Mech Battle Arena — questions from the readership

What does it cost to open Mech Battle Arena?

Nothing, at any point. The holding is free from the first click to the last upgrade — no account to open, no download to wait for, no paywall filed anywhere in its pages. The advertising around this page is what pays the bookkeeping.

What kind of game is Mech Battle Arena, exactly?

We file it on the Strategy shelf of the ledger. It is a browser game through and through — the prospectus above is the publisher's own summary of what the game asks of you and what it gives back.

Can I play Mech Battle Arena on a phone or tablet?

Yes — it runs in the browser on phones and tablets just as it does on a computer. The file is drawn tall, for an upright screen — a phone held the usual way frames it best, though it will run in any window you give it.

Is there anything to download or install first?

Nothing at all. Mech Battle Arena is an HTML5 game: press the open button and it loads on this very page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind on your device.

Closing entry

Finished the audit, or still mid-season? The full Strategy shelf is one click away — The deliberate shelf: 102 games where the win is decided several moves before it happens. Plans, counters and patience, filed in roster order with the strongest thinkers first.