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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 90 reviews
gameplay12 positive mentions
story2 negative mentions

  • Deep and engaging roguelike auto-battler with strong strategic planning, positioning, and team synergy elements.
  • Wide variety of builds, characters, items, and spells allowing great replayability and player agency in crafting viable squads.
  • Highly praised art style and soundtrack, combining charming visuals with dynamic and memorable music.
  • Game suffers from heavy RNG influence that can frustrate players, especially in late stages and boss fights, sometimes making runs feel unwinnable.
  • The game's difficulty curve is uneven with sudden spikes and some bosses feeling overtuned or unfair without prior information.
  • Excessive and complex text/tooltips hinder readability and new player onboarding; complicated mechanics and unclear ability descriptions can be overwhelming.
  • gameplay

    33 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    36% positive mentions, 55% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The gameplay blends roguelike and auto-battler mechanics into an addictive and challenging loop of drafting, upgrading, and strategy, with a satisfying risk-reward system. However, complexity from numerous mechanics, unclear keyword explanations, and punishing boss mechanics—especially without prior knowledge—can create confusion and frustration. Despite these issues, the core gameplay shows strong potential and enjoyment once players grasp the systems and adapt their approach.

    • “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 between other mechanics, the music is very cool, and the design of the monsters and players are great as well. The game runs very well with no glitches or bugs, showing the developers' dedication. The game is easy to understand and hard to complete, which is hard to balance, but they did it well. I definitely recommend this game.”
    • “The later bosses have punishing mechanics but you go in blind so you can't work around them.”
    • “Quite a few of the characters are basically useless and at least some of those are useless because the entire mechanic they're built around is useless.”
    • “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

    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    35% positive mentions, 47% neutral mentions, 18% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for its dynamic implementation, catchy and top-tier soundtrack, often compared to titles like Deltarune. Players find it highly enjoyable and integral to the experience, with many expressing a desire to purchase the soundtrack. While some note the music loops frequently, it remains engaging and a standout aspect of the game.

    • “Chill way to spend some time especially if you like auto-battlers, music and theme are top tier.”
    • “Played this game a ton on Newgrounds but what was that soundtrack, best thing I have heard since Deltarune.”
    • “But the music tho, ooohhhhh, I wasn't kidding when I said it rivals Deltarune because the use of dynamic music implementation here is just that good.”
    • “Lil edit: I forgot to mention that the music may loop a lot but it's very generic.”
    • “Music: fair”
    • “***please let me buy the soundtrack!***”
  • graphics

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    63% positive mentions, 37% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The graphics feature a distinctive, colorful, and grungy cartoon art style that is both charming and accessible. This style enhances clarity during gameplay and contributes to the game's overall appeal, receiving consistent praise for its fun and memorable visual design.

    • “Underboard is a fun game with solid bones, a delightful art style, 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% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The story is simple and fair, complementing good mechanics, but it lacks sufficient context and hints, making boss encounters feel unclear and impacting overall readability.

    • “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.”
    • “Story: fair”
  • optimization

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Optimization is crucial for overcoming pinnacle bosses, requiring players to carefully fine-tune their team composition and strategies to succeed.

    • “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% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Underboard provides high replayability through its procedurally generated challenges and strategic depth, 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
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game demonstrates excellent stability, running smoothly without any glitches or bugs, reflecting the developers' dedication to solid coding. Continuous developer engagement with the community ensures ongoing improvements, contributing to a reliable and polished gameplay experience.

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Underboard is a tactical role playing game. Common tags for Underboard include turn-based, indie, roguelite, dungeon crawler, resource management and others.

Underboard is available on PC and Windows.

Underboard was released on February 6, 2026.

Underboard was developed by Headless.

Underboard has received positive reviews from players. Most players liked Underboard for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Underboard is a single player game.

Similar games include The Last Flame, He is Coming, The Last Spell, Astronarch, Hadean Tactics and others.