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Vanguard Exiles
Blending deep board game strategy with auto-battling mastery, and designed by Richard Garfield (creator of Magic: The Gathering), lead your Squads over an ever-changing dieselpunk battlefield where no two games are ever the same. Think ahead, adapt fast, outwit your opponent and claim victory.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“Very fun auto battler”
— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
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Two new Zones, one new Action - One awesome update!
Generals! Skirmishes just got that much more exciting as we announce the release of two new Zones and a new Zone Action, that will certainly have your opponent (and yourself) rethinking their strategy
Vanguard Logistics Deploys!
Generals! Hold onto your helmets, as today the team take a huge step forward on our roadmap, and unleashes “ Vanguard Logistics ” - a comprehensive array of customisation options, improvements and ove
OPERATION: FULL RELEASE has been greenlit!
Generals! The countdown has officially begun! The team is excited to announce that on February 4, 2027, The Tea Division will officially conclude Early Access operations and launch Vanguard Exiles Ver
ANZ Indiefest has begun, with reveals!
Generals! ANZ Indiefest has hit Steam , running from May 8th at 7:30pm AEST to May 14th at 7:30pm AEST , and as teased in our previous update, the features we're unveiling today are only the first wav
Vanguard Exiles to be featured during ANZ Indiefest!
Generals! ANZ Steam Indiefest will be running from May 8th at 7:30pm AEST to May 14th at 7:30pm AEST , and the team here at The Tea Division is proud to announce that Vanguard Exiles has been handpick
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Auto Battler · Strategy · Board Game · Turn-Based Tactics · PvP · Tabletop · Multiplayer · Early Access · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Dystopian (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Official site | https://vanguard-exiles.com |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10/11 (64 bit) Processor: 2.4ghz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4600, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 630, Radeon HD 5670 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space