What the heck is Auto Chess? Why is it so popular nowadays? Well, Dota Auto Chess is the sizzling sensation for Dota 2 players today, which allow players in a showdown versus seven other online players in the custom game. It has already reached up to 90,000 current players which is almost 20 percent of the entire player base of Dota 2 at a given hour. With these, Valve stepped in to purchase the game that made a lot of players obsess with the game like me.

Released in November of last year, Dota Auto Chess feels entirely separate from traditional Dota 2 game. One part of the game is the strategic chess with an integration of MOBA, the custom game ends up feeling like a unique way of strategic resource running. Matches often begin as relatively simple problems but eventually turn into complex battles which would make Sun Tzu blush. The game may look like Dota 2 on the surface, but most players will argue that it’s a different beast entirely.