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Automata Empire

Also known as Automata Empire, ae, 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.

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19 May 2026

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AnnouncementPublished 24 Sept 2016

v4.1Update 4.1: Fixed Leaderboard and Crash Bug

As some of you may have noticed, leaderboard scores strangely weren't uploading for anyone except me, the developer. With a little help from a few people sharing their seemingly unrelated crash logs, I've been able to f…

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September 2016
Update 4.1: Fixed Leaderboard and Crash BugAs some of you may have noticed, leaderboard scores strangely weren't uploading for anyone except me, the developer. With a little help from a few people sharing their seemingly unrelated crash logs, I've been able to f…Announcementv4.11 changePerformance24 Sept 2016
Automata Empire's online multiplayer is here! You can now play 2-4 player matches against your friends around the world, proving yourself a master strategist. Or form an alliance to drive back the undead hordes on Migra…11 changesFixPerformancePatch notes19 Sept 2016
Automata Empire's online multiplayer is here! You can now play 2-4 player matches against your friends around the world, proving yourself a master strategist. Or form an alliance to drive back the undead hordes on Migra…11 changesFixPerformancePatch notes19 Sept 2016
The multiplayer beta is here! Now you can play 2-4 player games against your Steam friends around the world with online multiplayer. Since this was my first time adding multiplayer to a game, it's taken some time to tho…8 changesCompatibilityPatch notes09 Sept 2016
The multiplayer beta is here! Now you can play 2-4 player games against your Steam friends around the world with online multiplayer. Since this was my first time adding multiplayer to a game, it's taken some time to tho…8 changesCompatibilityPatch notes09 Sept 2016
August 2016
In the past few weeks, I quietly patched Automata Empire several times so that everyone could benefit from things I've fixed while working on multiplayer. Many of these changes make multiplayer more fair by eliminating…16 changesFixGameplayPatch notes04 Aug 2016
In the past few weeks, I quietly patched Automata Empire several times so that everyone could benefit from things I've fixed while working on multiplayer. Many of these changes make multiplayer more fair by eliminating…16 changesFixGameplayPatch notes04 Aug 2016
July 2016
I'm happy to finally announce that the second major update to Automata Empire is live! While I originally intended to complete this update within a few weeks, it took 2 months. The update ended up being particularly lar…15 changesFixPerformancePatch notes01 Jul 2016
I'm happy to finally announce that the second major update to Automata Empire is live! While I originally intended to complete this update within a few weeks, it took 2 months. The update ended up being particularly lar…15 changesFixPerformancePatch notes01 Jul 2016
April 2016
First of all, I want to thank everybody for playing Automata Empire. While I was certain there would be a community for an objective-based cellular automata game, I didn't anticipate how many people would be so excited…9 changesFixGameplayPatch notes12 Apr 2016
First of all, I want to thank everybody for playing Automata Empire. While I was certain there would be a community for an objective-based cellular automata game, I didn't anticipate how many people would be so excited…9 changesFixGameplayPatch notes12 Apr 2016

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