Dota Auto Chess
| Dota Auto Chess | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Drodo Studio | 
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | January 4, 2019 | 
| Genre(s) | Auto battler | 
| Mode(s) | Multiplayer | 
Dota Auto Chess is a strategy video game mod for the video game Dota 2. Developed by Drodo Studio and released in January 2019, the game features teams of automated Dota 2 heroes fighting battles on a chessboard. The mod had over eight million players by May 2019 and its popularity led to the rapid creation of the auto battler genre. Later in 2019, Drodo Studio developed a standalone version known simply as Auto Chess, while Valve, the developer of Dota 2, developed their own standalone version known as Dota Underlords.