Underboard

Underboard

Released Feb 2026

Tactical team-building roguelike auto-battler with active and passive playstyles. Draft a team as you explore maps full of monsters, build synergies, equip items and cast spells to support your team during battles and help them escape the Underboard.

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Underboard launched on February 6, 2026, with the developer explicitly stating it was "only the beginning" and promising periodic major updates. That promise has been kept: two major updates have shipped since launch — "Rise of the Summoners" on April 2, 2026 (adding 7 new characters, 16 spells, 12 ancient items, and 12 masteries) and "The Endless" on August 6, 2026 (adding passive skills, an item/spell quality system, a reworked zone with entirely new enemies, new boss masteries, and a new Endless mode with a unique final boss). This establishes a cadence of roughly one major update every 4 months. Feature patches and balance fixes have continued after The Endless, with the most recent on August 26, 2026. Most notably, a September 14, 2026 announcement post — just three days before today — states that the developer has "big plans for where the game goes from here," directly reaffirming their intent to continue expanding the game. The developer's last communication was on September 14, 2026, and we are approximately 6 weeks past the last major release, comfortably within the established 4-month cadence window. No specific future content has been named, but the developer is clearly in an active post-launch expansion cycle with no signs of slowing down.
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Developer announces participation in Party-Based RPG Fest and states they have 'big plans for where the game goes from here,' directly affirming continued expansion.
news post · Sep 14, 2026 source development ongoing
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The Endless major update launched, adding passive skills, item/spell quality system, reworked zone with new enemies, boss masteries, and a new Endless mode with a unique final boss. Developer notes they 'want to look for new and exciting ways to keep expanding the game.'
news post · Aug 6, 2026 source content shipped
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About this game

Tactical 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.

Tactical Roguelike Auto Battler

  • Characters battle on their own based on positioning and aggression. Look out for enemy threats and position your team accordingly.

  • Build a team of characters with traits, items and spells to create the best synergies you can.

  • Cast spells to actively support your team in battles, or reserve your Mana to grant them passive bonuses. Upgrade your best spells or go for more tactical flexibility.

Team Building

  • Draft a team of characters, each enhanced with random Traits. Matching Traits between characters grants further bonuses to your team.

  • Level up your characters by killing monsters, then kill bosses to unlock their evolutions.

  • Loot and craft items to equip characters with stat bonuses, extra traits or unique effects.

  • There are countless combinations of characters, traits, items, spells and hundreds of unique stats!

Deep Progression

  • Explore randomized maps shrouded in fog of war, full of monsters and treasures.

  • Unlock harder Zones to explore by killing Pinnacle bosses at the end of your explorations.

  • Each Zone has its own distinct theme, with its own enemies and bosses to conquer.

  • Unlock Masteries as you play, allowing you to further specialize your teams for future explorations!

Last evaluated Sep 17, 2026
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