All Army Attack Beginner Guide
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Wishlist All Army Attack, then learn one decision: keep a unit, or give it up for income. Everything else in the reported demo is a bigger version of that choice. Do this before November 16, 2026, when Steam Auto Battler RPG Fest opens at 10:00am Pacific.
The game is not out. Steam lists a 2027 release, Windows only, and no price. You cannot practice the full game today. You can still show up ready, because the store page, the November 10 briefing, and the official screenshots already show the loop.
Do these four things first
- Open the Steam store page from official links and add the game to your wishlist. The briefing tells players to do that while they wait.
- Read how a run works once. You are a commander drafting cards, not a soldier clicking every attack.
- Read Fight or Flight twice. The store text says you sacrifice or preserve troops to change what a battle pays.
- Skim Warcluck so one commander is a known quantity. The other two demo characters are still unnamed.
Tip: If the demo appears in your library during the fest, play the Prologue before you touch Arid Wastes. Press reports list them in that order, with six difficulty steps waiting in the wastes.
What to ignore until the store says it
Skip any exact launch day. Steam prints the year 2027. A day on another site is a disagreement, explained on the release date page. Skip any dollar figure. The price page is explicit that none is listed. Skip a Steam Deck verdict. The Steam Deck page explains the empty badge. Skip a tier list. Named units on the screenshots are a handful, not a ranked roster, which is why builds talks about levers instead of a chart.
What the first fight is asking you
Official screenshots show a preparation row of cards, a gold counter, a round number, Upgrade, and Refresh. A battle shot then shows two huge blocks of units already fighting, with a timer and health bars and no selected hero in the middle of the scrum. Your work happens before GO. After that, watch.
Tags on the shop screenshot are Neutral and Plant. A Neutral card can wipe a whole row of cards and take the units. A Plant card mutates two units at the end of the turn. Those lines are on the cards page. You do not need every card memorized. You need to read the tag and the trigger before you lock a purchase.
After the first clear
Put the payout into the town, not into a random fourth copy of a troop you already like. The home base screens show Base Plan, Soul Lab, Treasure Shop, and Set Out. Hats are part of that spending. Merchant Hat, visible on a store screenshot, reads +2 income per turn, so the hats page is not a costume catalog.
Then raise the Arid Wastes difficulty only after a Prologue clear. The maps page and the demo page split what is on the screenshots from what the press reports about the fest build.
Verdict: Spend your first session on income, tags, and one commander. Save difficulty climbs, friend matches, and hat shopping for the second loop.
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FAQ
Do I need to play Cluckmech Oasis first?
No. The November 10 briefing names Cluckmech Oasis as the studio's earlier game. Nothing on the store page makes it a required prequel. Treat the chickens as a studio signature, then learn this game's cards.
Is the studio name Blacklight or BlackLight?
The Steam store string is Blacklight Games. The community briefing writes BlackLight Games. Same studio, two capitalizations. Search either if a link looks odd, and prefer the store page linked from official links.
What if the demo is not in my library on November 16?
The fest clock is real. All Army Attack's own demo listing was not on the store page on November 15. Check the store page that morning, then the demo page here if the build's contents differ from the press counts.
Sources: Steam store page, Steam community announcement, Valve Steamworks, store screenshots