Automata Empire

Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.

8 April 2016

Indie Simulator Strategy Warfare

Automata Empire is an indie, released 8 April 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 27 Aug 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Automata Empire is

Automata Empire was released in 2016. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Automata Empire launched on 8 April 2016, within three weeks of Dark Souls III, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank and Don't Starve Together.

Released around the same time: Dark Souls III, Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, Ratchet & Clank, Don't Starve Together.