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- 25 November 2026
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Our small team of 2 built this dream project for fans of old school games like Final Fantasy Tactics and Tactics Arena Online.
Athelan Battlegrounds is a free-to-play, turn-based tactics game with no meta progression and no pay-to-win. It's a game made for players who thrive in a skill-based competitive environment and promises to be easy to learn but incredibly difficult to master!
Choose your champions (or duplicates of your favorites!) and place them wherever you like on your side of the board. Save the loadout so you can quickly swap between teams before heading to the PvP queues! Customize your champion skins, board tiles, arena and death benches. Once again, NO pay-to-win here. Cosmetics only!
Duke it out against other players and their unique team compositions in a neon-lit cyberpunk arena. No 2 matches are ever the same! Each turn, choose a champion who'll be able to move and attack using one of their 2 abilities. Manage cooldowns, positioning, tempo and attack strategy to wipe out the enemy team for a win.
For those who are tired of getting beat up in the PvP queues, we also have a puzzle maker where players can create custom levels for other players to play. These puzzles have entirely new mechanics and objectives allowing you to really get creative and even make mini D&D campaigns using the champions of the game. Infinite content for those who really want to learn everything about the game mechanics.
If you think you're ready for a real challenge, sign up for one of our regular tournaments where you could win the title of best player, a custom in-game profile icon and prize money! If you instead prefer to grab some pop corn and enjoy the show, you can watch the e-sports stream live where we cover the tournaments with a shoutcaster and the game designer!
We have some very significant balance changes this patch which should shake up the meta and bring some lesser used champions up.**Features**Made improvements to the logic of damage display. This can still be improved so we'll keep iterating.When you propose a draw and your opponent declines it, you'll now be notified in the in-game chat.Flying champions are now properly immune to the "rooted" status effect.The game now becomes a draw after 5 consecutive passed turns instead of 3.Champions that are channeling can no longer block.**Balance**Skern fell off from his glory days so we're bringing a little bit of tankiness back as well as more damage on his leap. Block chance increased from 15 -> 30%. Physical armor increased from 12 -> 15%. Leap damage increased from 10/6 -> 12/8.Takashi did not land well as an assassin namely because his conditional damage wasn't guaranteed and his multi h...
Read full update on Steam ↗Hey everyone!We hope you've had a lot of fun playing in and/or watching the first ever Athelan Battlegrounds e-sports tournament! Congratulations to Aristocatt who sweeped the competition and walked away with the 150$ cash prize.As we head into Steam Next Fest, we wanted to add more quality of life features and a few final touches on champion balance based on our top players' feedback.Lastly, we attached a teaser image for the next upcoming champion: Guardian-0. Our second construct and first ever defensive champion. Learn more about its lore and stats here: https://www.athelan.com/guardian-0Here are the patch notes for demo build #43:Features Added a setting option to increase game speed to 1.5x, 2x or 3x.When holding ALT, colored health bars and status effects will appear above champions' heads. You can also toggle this option in settings.Diana's actual health is now displayed in he...
Read full update on Steam ↗Steam currently lists 25 Nov 2026 as the release date.
We have some very significant balance changes this patch which should shake up the meta and bring some lesser used champions up.**Features**Made improvements to the logic of damage display. This can still be improved…
Hey everyone!We hope you've had a lot of fun playing in and/or watching the first ever Athelan Battlegrounds e-sports tournament! Congratulations to Aristocatt who sweeped the competition and walked away with the 150$…