With a customizable cast, a campaign with modular AI, and a PvP mode, this game has a lot to give! Check out the 1.0 release of this tactical turn-based fantasy game, Skygard Arena!
Developed by Gamelli Games, Skygard Arena is a strategy game that makes use of a turn-based system of combat. Taking place on the world of Skygard, five factions vie for power, competing in a competition to avoid war. You control a group of characters from these factions to fight your foes, and claim victory for your factions survival.
The squad you command is made up of a wide cast of champions, hailing from different parts of the world of Skygard. Each character has their own skills, while also having the choice of two distinct gameplay styles to fit your composition. Whether you prefer all-out offense or impenetrable defense, you will have thousands of different team compositions to choose from.

In terms of the core gameplay, the game uses a system similar to Mario + Rabbids, being grid and turn-based. Each character takes their turns moving along a map in a grid, positioning and performing actions. You can view the turn order at any time, meaning that you can more easily plan ahead for future movements.
When it comes to the modes in the game, you can choose between a single player campaign or some PvP gameplay. The campaign has a variety of missions to choose from, with a difficulty system that changes the quality of the AI’s moves. PvP has you put up against another player and their squad of three to capture objectives, with both ranked and casual modes for any type of player.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS TURN-BASED STRATEGY GAME
- Full single-player campaign with 13 handcrafted missions and 26 secondary quests, ranging from large-scale battles, skirmishes to capture objectives, infiltration missions, base-defense challenges and boss fights.
- Multiplayer Arena mode with 1v1 PvP matches lasting 20 minutes on average. Play Ranked mode to climb the global leaderboard or enjoy Casual matches with friends.
- A roster of 10 unique Champions, each coming with 2 different Personas (a specific gameplay style with its own set of spells and its own skin).
- 80 Relics that grant game-changing passive effects and reinforce synergies between Champions.
- Over 500,000 different team compositions.
- A modular AI inspired by chess engines like Stockfish. With a choice between 4 difficulty levels. These difficulty levels do not change the number of enemies nor their stats. They only change the quality of the moves played by the AI!
- Epic 90-minute soundtrack composed by Raphael Joffres (Audio Lead on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33).
Skygard Arena can be found on Steam, alongside a purchasable soundtrack. You can discuss Skygard Arena on the PopGeeks Video Game Forum!
SKYGARD KEY TAKEAWAYS
- Skygard Arena is a turn-based strategy game.
- Skygard Arena makes use of grid-based movement.
- The world of Skygard Arena is about five factions fighting in a competition for resources.
- There is a vast cast of characters to choose from that come from these factions.
- You pick three champions to create a squad to engage in battles.
- Each character has two different gameplay styles to pick.
- The campaign of the game uses modular AI that makes better moves the higher the difficulty.
- The game has a PvP mode, where you make a team of three characters to fight other teams of three.
- Skygard Arena is available on Steam.




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