Heroes Contra Machinas is a browser-based turn-based tactics game inspired by Heroes of Might & Magic 3.

THE STORY

Iron war-machines have descended on our lands without warning, leaving nothing standing in their wake. Choose your race — Necromancers raising the dead, or Beastlands raising hell — and stand against the Machinas legion.

THE GAME

— Turn-based ATB combat on a hex grid

— Faction army-builder: 14+ unique units across 7 tiers, each with their own role, abilities and counter-play

— World-map hunts that scale in difficulty — kill Machinas to save the kingdom and earn gold + XP

— Co-op: tough hunts can be tackled together with ANY player online — open the help board, anyone can join in. Friends optional, strangers welcome

— 1v1 PvP duels live now — 2v2 and free-for-all coming

— Loot artifacts that change how your hero fights

— True multiplayer — every player shares the same live server, same world, same leaderboard. You are not playing alone

CONTROLS

Mouse only. Right-click any unit cell for full info. Hover the edge of a target cell to choose strike direction.

EARLY ACCESS

The game is in a very early stage of development and is being updated constantly — sometimes daily. Expect rough edges, missing features, and balance shifts. Feedback is gold — every bug report, suggestion or "this feels off" comment goes straight into the next build. If something breaks, hit Report Bug in the corner. Thank you for being here this early.

ROADMAP — coming in the next month

— Humans faction (a third playable race, currently locked)

— 2v2 PvP team battles + 4-player free-for-all

— Spell system: hero spells using Spell Power and Knowledge stats (currently inert in the HUD)

— More battle maps + animated map decor

— Castle/building system: upgrade your home base, unlock units, hire enterprises

— Tournaments and seasonal leaderboards

— New artifacts and unit abilities

— Sound design pass + more music tracks

— UX polish + onboarding tutorial improvements

CREDITS

Solo developer https://x.com/kingofheroesCM

Built for Gamedev.js Jam 2026 — theme "Machines" — Wavedash Deploy challenge

Also playable on Wavedash: https://wavedash.com/games/heroes-contra-machinas