Devolver Digital Announces All Army Attack, Its Self-Described First AAA Title
Devolver Digital announced All Army Attack on November 11, 2026, and opened the game's Steam store page. BlackLight Games, a Chinese studio, is developing the roguelike auto battler, and Devolver Digital is publishing it.
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Reporting from 3 sources: 4Gamer.net, Automaton, Denfaminicogamer.
Why it matters
The teased "first AAA title" was wordplay on the initials of All Army Attack, and Devolver Digital's follow-up line, "That concludes the announcement. We will not apologize," confirms the publisher treated the buildup as a joke rather than a change in its release strategy.
Key Facts
- Devolver Digital announced All Army Attack on November 11, 2026, with BlackLight Games developing and Devolver Digital publishing.
- All Army Attack is planned for release on PC via Steam in 2027 with Japanese in-game text support and an undecided price.
- A limited-time demo for All Army Attack is planned around Steam Auto Battle RPG Fest, which sources date as November 16 to 23 or November 17 to 24.
- The All Army Attack demo offers 3 playable characters, 60 types of units, and more than 70 types of cards.
- BlackLight Games previously released Mecanimal Oasis in May 2024, which passed 200,000 cumulative sales as of July 2026.
The game is planned for release on PC via Steam in 2027, with Japanese support for in-game text and an undecided price. Players act as a commander who recruits animal and plant soldiers from a card pool, starting with a small force and growing it into an army of hundreds of units that fights a cosmic threat. Resources earned from defeated enemies buy new units or large-scale reinforcements. Cards and units can be customized, with systems for creating or mutating individual soldiers, and card pools differ by playable character and map. Between battles, players spend funds on base development, bonuses, and hats that carry buff effects. A limited-time demo is planned around Steam Auto Battle RPG Fest.
Devolver Digital teased the announcement on social media on November 10, promising its "first AAA title" the following day. The initials of All Army Attack spell AAA, and the publisher's follow-up line was "That concludes the announcement. We will not apologize." A Reddit post covering the teaser had already predicted the joke, writing that the initials would probably spell AAA.
BlackLight Games is a Chinese studio that released Mecanimal Oasis in May 2024, a top-down shooting tower-defense roguelike in which chickens defend their base from dangerous plants. That game holds a "Very Positive" rating in Steam user reviews, and cumulative sales passed 200,000 copies as of July 2026. The five development members started making games as university students and entered a game development contest, then founded the company with support from the development organization COREBLAZER, which invested in the studio and backed Mecanimal Oasis.
The limited-time demo runs during Steam Auto Battle RPG Fest, with the festival dates given as November 16 to 23 in the teaser posts and November 17 to 24 in the 4Gamer writeup. The demo carries 3 playable characters, 60 types of units, and more than 70 types of cards.
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