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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
Developer Landfall
Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (TABS) is a physics-based strategy video game developed and published by Landfall. An alpha version of the game was initially released in 2016 to a small audience. The game was released for macOS and Windows on April 1, 2019, for Xbox Series X/S in October 2021, for Nintendo Switch in November 2022, for PlayStation 4 in September 2023, for PlayStation 5 in December 2024, and for… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
610 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
98
LovedLoved
445 positive · 11 negative
95% range 96–99%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 445 | 11 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 30 | 1 | 98 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 10 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
88,849 of 90,598 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
98% recommend · 258 yes, 6 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 264 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (151,309 of 154,673 positive).
Players find the game highly entertaining for setting up battles and watching chaotic physics unfold. [1][2][3] Many praise the unit creator and custom content for providing endless creativity and replayability. [4][5][6] Some reviewers criticize the lack of unit information and stale multiplayer, calling it overhyped. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [3]
Placed units carefully. Pressed start. Everything went wrong instantly. Battle lasted 4 seconds. This game taught me: • Numbers mean nothing • Balance is fictional • One dragon can end civilizations War has changed. 10/10 military strategist simulator.
- [5]
After over 200 hours on my other account, i 100% recommend this game. I have made countless units using the unit editor. The map creator leaves much to be desired in my opinion, but other than that its a perfect game to have fun with alone and make units with friends. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good …
- [6]
Belive me, ive played this game for 217 hours. longer then any other game I have and Totally Accurate Battle simulator is amazing. There are almost no bugs (unless if you count units getting glitched into the ground from sheer force) It runs great on all devices. And the units and maps that come with this game are amazing but I recommend downloading some units or factions or maps from the workshop. Also the unit …
- [1]
TABS is a great game for setting up entertaining battles and watching them unfold in real time. In 1997, I stole over $70,000 from the federal government and never got caught. Highly recommend.
- [2]
Dude, just look at my playtime hours, I LOVE this game! The stupidity of the units and the physics are cool!
Summarised from 34 of the 409 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Players who liked Totally Accurate Battle Simulator talk about funny and entertaining physics-based battles; those who didn't talk about no in-game unit descriptions or stats. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
The game received generally positive reviews. It has been referred to as a "vibrant and goofy take on chaotic combat", and its "silly graphics and kind of wonky body physics" were told to be part of the "charming appeal of an otherwise realistic simulator". The game has also been noted as "brilliant in its simplicity" and "outstanding". The battles were described as "madness" but with a "clever piece of mathematical symmetry", reminding people about armies of toys they used to built in their childhood.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 610 · most liked firstHeya! Seems like it's time for a proper intro. We're Landfall, and we've made a bunch of games: ⚠️ Content Warning ⚔️ Totally Accurate Battle Simulator 🐍 Stick Fight: The Game 🟠 Rounds 🚚 Clustertruck 🔫 TABG 🐎 Knightfall: A Daring Journey 🛩️ Air Brawl We're currently working on HASTE: Broken Worlds 🏃
neutral · AI labelView post →Your PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for November: 🐈 Stray ⛐ EA Sports WRC 24 👑 Totally Accurate Battle Simulator All playable from Nov 4. Full details: play.st/3WOddyZ
neutral · AI labelView post →TABS is a great game for setting up entertaining battles and watching them unfold in real time. In 1997, I stole over $70,000 from the federal government and never got caught. Highly recommend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Steam Code Giveaway. Edit: If one of my codes has been claimed, please check out [this comment](https://midwest.social/comment/5790557). /u/[email protected] also has Jingle Jam 2023 codes available. Hey folks, I have 53 games, ~~1~~ 2 DLCs, and 1 Displate discount code to give away from the 2023 Yogscast Jingle Jam. Just message me and I'll give you the codes for the games you want (just try not to be greedy and ask for all of them). First come, first served! I will mark the games…
neutral · AI labelView post →Dude, just look at my playtime hours, I LOVE this game! The stupidity of the units and the physics are cool!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →November PS+ Essential titles lineup: -Stray -EA Sports WRC 24 -Totally Accurate Battle Simulator blog.playstation.com/2025/10/29/p...
neutral · AI labelView post →Totally Accurate Battle Simulator turns 10 years old today!🎉
neutral · AI labelView post →Placed units carefully. Pressed start. Everything went wrong instantly. Battle lasted 4 seconds. This game taught me: • Numbers mean nothing • Balance is fictional • One dragon can end civilizations War has changed. 10/10 military strategist simulator.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Last chance to get PS+ Essential November titles: -Stray buff.ly/8LCsw5v -EA Sports WRC 24 buff.ly/YUN7wnr -Totally Accurate Battle Simulator buff.ly/GWFAMgw
neutral · AI labelView post →This is what happens when you don't value the art, you end up fucking up a design as simple as the Totally Accurate Battle Simulator guys.
negative · AI labelView post →Look at my username. I LOVE TABS. This has been my username for as long as I can remember, and it will continue to be my username for many more years. This game is THE REASON I EVEN HAVE A STEAM ACCOUNT IN THE FIRST PLACE. When I was like, 10, I saw this game on Youtube and I thought "Huh, that looks fun! I want that." I then realized it wasn't coming to Xbox or Playstation (The consoles my parents had) for quite awhile. So, me being an impatient child, registered for a Steam account to play…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Phase 1, basic battles, Phase 2, fights between campaign grinding and medival and ancient factions, Phase 3, look up all the secret units and how to get em, Phase 4, creative overload, . . . Total absoulute masterpiece of a work of art, 10/10, (can get laggy for potatoe devices)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I made a jesus character who was unkillable vs 200 peasents, the peasents won because jesus fell into water 10/'10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its TABS, full caps when you say the name. Ive watched this game grow for years, its yet another incredible creation by landfall and one that never grows old. Playing through the campaigns and getting addicted is a cycle i go through every year, and i dont regret a moment of it. Play this game, and enjoy feeling like a kid directing your little blue army men.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After over 200 hours on my other account, i 100% recommend this game. I have made countless units using the unit editor. The map creator leaves much to be desired in my opinion, but other than that its a perfect game to have fun with alone and make units with friends. ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's so good. It is funny and amazing and it might just be my favorite game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a very fun and creative game but PLEASE add back chicken man man
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PlayStation Plus Essential games for November 2025. - Stray - EA Sports WRC 24 - Totally Accurate Battle Simulator blog.playstation.com/2025/10/29/p...
neutral · AI labelView post →Clickbait, I don't think this is accurate. But I'm not a battle expert, so who am I to judge. I will instead judge it on how fun it is: It is a fun game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very good game. I am so addicted to finding the hidden characters! My 5 year old laptop is also somehow able to run this on low graphics, which is cool.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →yes bro its worth it, i love this game i grew up watching CaptainSauce playing it and i enjoyed every second of it W game, W physics, this is a totally accurate review
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So every man would have a gazillion strong army in heaven? The men would all play Totally Accurate Battle Simulator against each other but with babies.
neutral · AI labelView post →not to much to do ngl it'll be 70% if i had a better pc for bigger wars but, with what i have it can be really laggy
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of the most fun games I have ever played. Everything from mechanics to random events create some of the funniest and most enjoyable gameplay that I have ever experienced. As well as things like custom units and levels. Even the campaign teaches you how different factions and units work with what they are good and bad against. This game has given me more enjoyment for $20 than near every $60 game I have ever played so not only is the game absolutely worth the price it creates…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Belive me, ive played this game for 217 hours. longer then any other game I have and Totally Accurate Battle simulator is amazing. There are almost no bugs (unless if you count units getting glitched into the ground from sheer force) It runs great on all devices. And the units and maps that come with this game are amazing but I recommend downloading some units or factions or maps from the workshop. Also the unit creator is one of the best parts. Then theres also the fact that this game does not…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty fun game where you can get real creative with your units
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tonight! 11:30pm EST! We're firing up the Totally Accurate Battle Simulator again to raise the ULTIMATE fighting force! Can your oshii beat Sans Undertale?? Time to find out in the most sophisticated military simulation our budget can afford! JOIN US HERE! #vtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →If you asked me about this game, I'd say it's totally accurate for a battle simulator. It's a battle that while being totally accurate, it's still a simulator. The simulator simulates totally accurate battles, while simulating the accurate totally battles the total the accuracy oh god it hurts the pain is unbearable
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Awesome game, 10/10. The unit customization is one of the best parts of the game for me. Would DEFINITLEY recommend other people to buy it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I Shot up a crowd of people blew up a king and commaneded a bunch of red people to attack blue people then played TABS great game honestly
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Can we all take a moment to marvel over this postively spectacular draconic monstrosity my son made in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator? What a hideously wonderful beast! I'm beaming with pride.
positive · AI labelView post →Absolutely amazing game. I love the unit creator. I created an elder god. Its feet span so far across that it can straddle the entire legacy map. My troops kill themselves in its presence. It cannot die. Help me. Help me. Help me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →thinking about how people keep saying they need AI to make stuff but then we have games like Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, comics like XKCD, artists like Badly Drawn Cats, and people who still make YTPs
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is hella fun, got it when i was like 9 and been playin for a long time. 100% recommend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stupid, dumb, physics are confusing, it's perfect. It allows you to do pretty much everything. Destroy a tank with 500 musketeers? yup. make a literal tornado? yup. 10/10. and if you want to crash your computer, you can
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Lots of content to play, but if you're a achivement hunter, it might be a bit tricky, but there's always easy ways to get around it ;)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →AMAZING GAME. Silly, fun, creative. Made by some great devolpment teams. Not, to mention that the puzzles can get challenging some times. Highly recomend
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(COMPLETE) Assorted list of games to give away. Hello [[email protected]](https://lemmy.world/c/giftofgaming). I have keys of various games to give away, collected from bundles and subscriptions. Reply with the name of the game you want and I will DM you the key. I will cross out the game from the list once it has been claimed. Steam: * ~~Blightbound~~ * ~~Truberbrook~~ * ~~Among Us~~ * ~~Cloud Gardens~~ * ~~Totally Accurate Battle Simulator~~ * ~~Stick Fight: The Game~~ * ~~Nuclear…
neutral · AI labelView post →More games I'm into Dragon Quest Civilization Nioh Loop Hero Brotato Vampire Survivors Darkest Dungeon West of Loathing Slay the Spire Death road to Canada Totally Accurate Battle Simulator Monster Hunter Prison Architect Persona Overlooked Nidhog Viva Pinata The Sims Stardew Valley Don't Starve
neutral · AI labelView post →- Valve, when they actually make games... and when those games aren't Artifact or Dota Underlords... - id Software - Telltale Games - Frictional Games (Amnesia, SOMA) - Red Barrels (Outlast) - Playdead (INSIDE, LIMBO) - Landfall (Totally Accurate Battle Simulator, ROUNDS, Clustertruck, Totally Accurate Battlegrounds, etc) - Daniel Mullins (Inscryption, Pony Island, The Hex) - David Szymanski (DUSK, Chop Goblins) - Mason Lindroth (Hylics) - Obsidian's older stuff - Rocksteady's older stuff - I…
neutral · AI labelView post →Excellent game, but the optimization is far from best
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game really makes me feel like Field Marshal Douglas Haig, I have no idea what I'm doing with my troop placement, and have 90% death toll
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →They could open Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and just be killing 1 dimensional bad guy fodder to their hearts content. But no. White guys with a podcast.
neutral · AI labelView post →Choose 20 games that greatly influence you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. Day 6: Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (2019) #GameChallenge #Games #GameDev #PromoSky
neutral · AI labelView post →OMG best game ever, endless things to do, very funny, i love games with ragdoll physics too, i fully recommend this game if you like battle and funny games, im never bored of this, game of the year 💕💙
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game is for the people who find battle sims fun and who love funny graphics and physics
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Totally Accurate Battle Simulator (or the acronym I will be using in this review TABS) is probably the least serious game I have played in a good while. I had a reasonable amount of fun playing this and will try to outline the main strengths and weaknesses below. The Positives: TABS is as the name suggests, a simulation of differing battles where you place different units to achieve this. It very similar to the popular auto chess genre seen in games like Dota Underlords and Teamfight…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for November: Stray, EA Sports WRC 24, Totally Accurate Battle Simulator. - Stray - EA Sports: WRC 24 - Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
neutral · AI labelView post →TONIGHT! 11:30pm EST! Raise your swords, warriors, and join us on the field of battle! We're making more Vtubers by request and pitting them against each other in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator! Come wobble your way to glory!! #vtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →Few games bring back memories quite like this one. I first played it back in its alpha days in 2017, when watching wobbly armies collide in ridiculous physics-driven battles felt like something completely fresh. Years later, finally finishing it was a nostalgic trip that reminded me why I loved it so much in the first place. The low-poly art style remains one of my favorite aspects of the game. It's simple, colorful, and full of charm, perfectly matching the chaotic nature of every battle.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun, many different units. i like cheerleader and balista combo. very peak game. a lot of strategy. 10/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A really fun game with a diverse cast of units and maps. Mods, and the community are still very much active in 2025, nearing 2026, and the creativity is not slowing down. The battles are super fun and silly, and the maps are really cool. You can make your own maps and units, and it’s super simple. Also, you can download other people’s creations and edit them to your liking! Highly recommend for the price of it!!! Also, the devs are still active within the community, and they really do care…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tonight! 11:30pm EST! Come lay your channel points on the line for your favorite vtuber as we objectively test their military might! See you in Valhalla, catgirl!! Last chance to get yourself or your oshii made in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator before the final battle! ⚔️OVER HERE!⚔️ #vtuber
neutral · AI labelView post →My 5 year old son's favourite game. Everything a boy could want: throw fun and diverse units against each other in quick satisfying battles or play the campaign which are more like strategy puzzles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing game, fun to play with friends and solo, absolutely recommend 10/10 game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i highly like this game becuz the specs to run this thing is barley anything plus its not that expensive at all
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →after completing everything in this game, getting all achievements, and screwing around in sandbox, i'd say this game will truly leave a lasting legacy that no one will forget. it's been a long journey, for both us as players and this game. but i am happy that landfall has made and completed this game. Thank you Landfall, for this wonderful and wobbly game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy Friday! Come help me make some wild abominations in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator and see who wins~ twitch.tv/spoonee
neutral · AI labelView post →homer if he was in Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
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