Underboard

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Underboard is a single player tactical role playing game. It was developed by Headless and was released on February 6, 2026. It received positive reviews from players.

Find all the Cameos! About the GameTactical team-building roguelike auto-battler with active and passive playstyles. Draft a team, level them up, equip loot, and stack Traits to maximize your synergies. Fight through randomized maps, using your spells and Masteries to support and refine your builds. Explore multiple Zones to conquer challenging bosses and help your team escape the Underboard. …

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81%

Audience ScoreBased on 81 reviews

gameplay11 positive mentions

stability1 negative mentions

Underboard offers a unique blend of roguelike and auto-battler mechanics with deep strategic team building, positioning, and synergy systems.
The game features a charming, colorful art style with engaging music and sound design that enhance the overall experience.
Developer responsiveness is notable with continuous updates improving difficulty balance, bug fixes, and community interaction.

The game suffers from excessive randomness in traits and items, which can lead to frustrating and unavoidable run failures.
Complexity and readability issues abound, with overly detailed and unclear tooltips making it difficult for players to understand mechanics and make informed decisions.
Difficulty spikes and boss fights can feel unfair or overtuned, sometimes forcing players into unwinnable scenarios without sufficient opportunity for strategic recovery.

gameplay
30 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
37%
53%
10%
The gameplay of Underboard is praised for its engaging blend of roguelike and auto-battler mechanics, offering a satisfying loop of drafting, upgrading, and strategic positioning. While some players find certain mechanics unintuitive or punishing, the risk-reward systems and forgiving reroll features provide depth and replayability. Overall, the game balances accessibility with challenge, showing strong potential if the developers address current gameplay concerns.
- “Its blend of auto-battler mechanics, roguelike structure, and layered progression systems creates a satisfying loop of drafting, upgrading, and conquering increasingly difficult zones.”
- “The escalating difficulty curve encourages players to refine their understanding of mechanics and adapt their approach with each attempt.”
- “The game has nice mechanics that allow different playthroughs and replay like having different teams, items, spells, and other mechanics. The game is easy to understand and hard to complete, which is something hard to balance but they did it well. The devs constantly keep in touch with the community asking for feedback and actually hearing it.”
- “What is done well in Underboard is done really quite well, it's just that that list doesn't currently include 'the gameplay'.”
- “Still on the topic of text, the keywording system did not feel intuitive to me mechanically and left me with a ton of questions about how those effects made characters more powerful, and how to maximize their potential.”
- “Even if we are given advance notice in which traits you need to max out to keep the boss from getting these abilities, it's just an incredibly stupid mechanic that restricts what we can actually do in the game.”
music
16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
38%
62%
The music in the game is widely praised for its dynamic, catchy, and top-tier soundtrack that rivals well-known titles like Deltarune. Players find it highly enjoyable and integral to the immersive experience, often describing it as a "bangerfest" and a standout aspect of the game. While some note looping and generic elements, overall the music is considered a major highlight.
- “Played this game a ton on Newgrounds, but what was that soundtrack, bruh? Best thing I have heard since Deltarune.”
- “But the music tho, ooohhhhh, I wasn't kidding when I said it rivals Deltarune on that because the use of dynamic music implementation here is just that good.”
- “Why aren't more reviews talking about this 10/10 music??!”
graphics
8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
63%
37%
The graphics feature a colorful, fun, and grungy cartoony art style that many find charming and accessible, successfully balancing clarity during busy combat. The classic, Newgrounds-era inspired visuals add character and appeal, making the overall aesthetic a standout element of the game.
- “Underboard is a fun game with solid bones, a delightful artstyle, and memorable dialogue.”
- “Visually, Underboard adopts a colorful and accessible art style that prioritizes clarity during busy combat sequences.”
- “And I love the grungy cartoony art style.”
story
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
33%
34%
33%
The story is simple and fair, complementing the game's mechanics, but lacks sufficient hints or context, which affects the overall design and readability, especially regarding boss encounters.
- “Good mechanics and a neat, simple story.”
- “It's a major design and readability issue to not provide hints or story context to know what is coming for bosses like these.”
optimization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The optimization aspect emphasizes the importance of carefully refining team composition to overcome challenging pinnacle bosses, requiring strategic preparation and synergy.
- “Pinnacle bosses at the end of zones serve as major tests of preparation and build cohesion, demanding careful optimization of team composition.”
replayability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
Underboard provides high replayability through its strategic depth and procedural challenges, appealing especially to players who enjoy crafting complex team compositions and long-term planning.
- “For players who enjoy crafting intricate team compositions and navigating procedural challenges with long-term strategy in mind, Underboard offers a deeply replayable and engaging journey through its unpredictable and strategically rich underworld.”
stability
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game demonstrates excellent stability, running smoothly without any glitches or bugs, reflecting strong and well-maintained code. The developers actively engage with the community for feedback, contributing to a polished and balanced experience.