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quasilyte, shooQrow · Published by quasilyte tech
Very Positive — 85% positive (74 reviews) · 35 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Roboden is a fresh take on the RTS genre: less micro-control tedium with more units!
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Roboden offers a streamlined approach to real-time strategy, letting you command units efficiently without micromanagement tedium. Developed by quasilyte and shooQrow, this 2023 release brings fresh gameplay to the genre.
About this game
Roboden is a fresh take on the RTS genre: less micro-control tedium with more units!
I designed this game specifically because of my own lack of competence in high micro-control demanding games.
In this game, you control the entire colonies instead of individual units. Your control is mostly indirect: you modify the colony's priorities so it behaves according to your plans. You don't order a unit production, you make the colony more likely to produce the unit you want. Collect resources, build and combine new drones, and play with friends in cooperative and competitive modes.
This game is a rogue-lite asymmetrical strategy game. It's more about finding your favorite combos and sets of options that allow you to perform even better or have more fun. From a chill player perspective, it can be a relaxing game with meditative gameplay, but it can also be a highly competitive game if you try to beat the global high scores!
Key features:
(*) The local multiplayer requires at least 1 controller.
I designed this game specifically because of my own lack of competence in high micro-control demanding games.
In this game, you control the entire colonies instead of individual units. Your control is mostly indirect: you modify the colony's priorities so it behaves according to your plans. You don't order a unit production, you make the colony more likely to produce the unit you want. Collect resources, build and combine new drones, and play with friends in cooperative and competitive modes.
This game is a rogue-lite asymmetrical strategy game. It's more about finding your favorite combos and sets of options that allow you to perform even better or have more fun. From a chill player perspective, it can be a relaxing game with meditative gameplay, but it can also be a highly competitive game if you try to beat the global high scores!
Key features:
- Split-screen local PvP and co-op multiplayer*
- Asymmetrical RTS gameplay
- Unique base and units control system
- Neat pixel art graphics
- Units combining system for higher tier units
- About 30 different drones divided into 3 tiers
- 5 game modes: blitz, classic, arena, infinite arena, and reverse
- 4 biomes: moon, inferno, snowy tundra, and wisp forest
- Online leaderboard
- Procedural level generation with extensive customization
(*) The local multiplayer requires at least 1 controller.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 7+
- Processor: Core 2 Duo
- Memory: 1024 MB RAM
- Graphics: Integrated graphics
- Storage: 128 MB available space
Recommended
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
English, Russian
Latest news
AnnouncementsOfficial
My next game demo is out!
My next big game is getting closer to its release. But for now, here is the free demo: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44100273/296b1eede19c43ece788cbac2227ebae1daf8d53.png {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44100273/bdbff9be60af6ccfabfea68195f423bec9aed096.gifRead full article on Community Announcements (quasilyte)AnnouncementsOfficial
Re-capturing the first places from itch.io players
The player named S266 blasted through the leaderboard! For a long time, the Steam platform held all of the top places, but not anymore. https://roboden-game.github.io/leaderboard/?mode=blitz#S266 https://roboden-game.github.io/leaderboard/?mode=arena#S266 https://roboden-game.github.io/leaderboard/?mode=inf_arena#S266 An itch.io platform conquers 3/5 modes! This means the competition is on again. Can you capture the flag?Read full article on Community Announcements (quasilyte)Patch NotesOfficial
Educated Robo Update
This update is focused on a better new player onboarding experience. Important tooltips now give you much more information. For example, try hovering on any priority icon or on a faction (color) distribution bar. The updated tutorial utilizes that. Instead of giving you several messages about these priorities, it only mentions the option to hover over them to learn yourself if you want to. Some other tutorial content changes follow this principles: less text messages, more contextual hints. The tutorial difficulty was re-adjusted. It's both easier and harder now. On one hand, you get a stronger start with more drones. On another, more enemies and threats are lurking around, along with a new trigger timing schedule. Since factions were one of the most confusing part of the game, there is also an extra visual cue whether you change the distribution. There are some other minor changes as well. Like making the on-screen buttons take priority over colony selection when it's below the buttons. The new font missed a couple of important glyphs, like "_", it should be fixed now.Read full article on Community Announcements (quasilyte)AnnouncementsOfficial
Going full-on indie gamedev
Dear gamers. Game development has been my hobby for many years now. Roboden is my first serious release, and it's definitely the first game to reach Steam. I always had some other full-time job to support my hobby. This is going to change as I'm now going full-on indie game development. I want to create new games and see how it goes. In turn, it means that I need to learn how to make money by creating games. I will start by making Roboden a paid game so I can learn some basic stuff. Maybe it can also give me enough money for a cup of coffee per month, who knows. Note that if you already have a free copy of the game, it'll stay that way. The game is also open source so in theory you can build it from sources if you so desire. The point is, we can treat this price tag as a way for you to support me. I believe a week or more is going to pass until these changes take place, but in case you want to get this game for free, maybe it's time to act right about meow. :D Let's see how it goes. Perhaps you'll see a new game or two from me in the future. Stay tuned. With that being said, the game still may get eventual updates. I want to move forward, but this game will always have a special place in my heart.Read full article on Community Announcements (quasilyte)Press Coverage
Asymmetrical indirect control RTS game Roboden now Steam Deck Verified
How about a free (and open source) game to add to your library? Roboden is an asymmetrical indirect control real-time strategy game about robot colonies and it's now Steam Deck Verified. Read the full article here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/asymmetrical-indirect-control-rts-game-roboden-now-steam-deck-verifiedRead full article on GamingOnLinux
