Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers Steam Early Access – A Must-Play or Wait for Full Release?

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Author: Jim Smale

by Jim Smale · April 8, 2025

Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers is making waves in Steam Early Access, bringing fast-paced auto-battler strategy with unique creature designs and deep team-building mechanics. As one of the freshest entries in the genre, Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers challenges players to craft powerful squads and outmaneuver rivals in dynamic, tactical combat. But does it deliver enough depth and replayability to keep players hooked? Whether you’re a veteran of the auto-battler scene or a newcomer looking for a strategic thrill, this Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers review explores its standout features, early access strengths, and what could make it a must-play for competitive gamers.

Kadomon Hyper Auto Battlers Preview Pros:

Excellent cartoon graphics.
2.69GB Download size.
Full controller support.
Graphics settings – resolution and fullscreen.
Gameplay settings – screenshake, battle panning, and language.
Run-based auto battler.
Every run, you pick a trainer (male or female) and pick one of their three starter Kodomon.
Map-based run where you pick each step of the map.
Event sequences can be landed on, and they give a set of random choices, which could be items or buffs.
Combat is an auto battler with each character having a bar that, once full, they do their attack.
Each Kodomon will earn exp and level up to increase stars, and you will evolve into a new Kodomon.
Yes, it has a Pokémon vibe.
After a battle, you get coins, a choice of a random Kodomon to take, and other rewards.
Morale is like your life bar; you can get more of it, but if you lose a fight, you lose moral points, and once it hits zero, you get a run/game over.
Items can be earned and bought from the shop, and adding the item to a Kodomon adds a new buff, ability, or attack.
Discarding Kodomon will give you an EXP sweet you can give to another Kodomon.
Your fighting party is a max of four Kodomon, but you can have eight in your box and in between battles, so you can freely swap them in and out.
Each Kodomon is an element like air, water, fire, etc.
Rock, paper, scissors like mechanic is at play with it being like fire beats plant, but rock beats water, and by beat I mean do more damage.
Earn Reroll tickets to Reroll the shop.
Coins can be used to buy items and Kodomon.
If you earn or buy a duplicate card of a Kodomo, then it turns into experience.
Another instance on the map is a camp where you can either give a huge load of exp to a Kodomon or add the randomised element to a Kodomon card.
The game is very simple to get into, but gets devilishly hard as you have to learn good strategy from your party to the route you take on the map.
Instant loading times.
Three game speeds in combat are a button press away.
Each region (map) has a collection of Kodomon, and as you acquire them, it feels it in.
The seed number is shown at different times and can be shared.
All items and Kodomon in your inventory give a pop-up showing all the info on them.
Evolutions trigger a small animation event, but you can skip it.
There is an end-of-run breakdown.
Very moreish and has that just one more go mentality.
As you finish runs, you unlock new items that could show up.
The end of each map/region is a boss fight, and mini-boss fights can appear on the map.

Kadomon Hyper Auto Battlers Preview Cons:

Only two trainers with six total starting Kodomon.
For the first few hours, you tend to pick Kodomon not on what or who you want, but more to fill in the library of Kodomon.
Cannot remap the controls.
I personally don’t like the pop-up over items and Kodomon, as it really obscures your view and makes simple tasks stressful.
Luck-based, so it is what it could be.
It’s not always clear what your team builds or what element is until you get into it.
A small pool of Kodomon seems to be in the rewards rotation.
I couldn’t find any way to get rid of items, which is annoying when you miss out on rewards or exp sweets because your inventory is full.
The controller works fine, but the map and menus could be tightened up.
After a few hours, I was kind of done and had seen everything, so now I’m just waiting for updates.
There is no customisation like team names or renaming Kodomon.

Kadomon Hyper Auto Battlers:

Official website.

Developer: Dino Rocket

Publisher: Fireshine Games

Store Links –

Steam Early Access