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Auto-attack

Video game concept

Character unusually (for the genre) automatically keeps attacking without player having to signal each attack themselves.

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games
13
platforms
Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman (Windows)
Reaper - Tale of a Pale Swordsman
WIN 2014-02
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II (PlayStation 2)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II
PS2 2004-01-20
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal (Windows)
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
WIN 2001-06-21
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (Windows)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
WIN 2008-11-18
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (Windows)
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
WIN 2013-11-15
Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords (Xbox)
Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords
XBOX 2004-12-06
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (Windows)
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
WIN 2016-03-31
Icewind Dale II (Windows)
Icewind Dale II
WIN 2002-08-27
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark (Windows)
Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark
WIN 2003-12-02
Icewind Dale (Windows)
Icewind Dale
WIN 2000-06-30
Icewind Dale (Macintosh OS Classic)
Icewind Dale
MAC 2002-03-27
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance (Game Boy Advance)
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
GBA 2004-01-13
See also: auto-cast
This is NOT for autofire where holding down the attack button causes the attacks to be repeated/continued.

Real-time strategy games are notable for having autoattack by default, for anything else it unusual (some RPGs, such as Baldur's Gate, are an exception because they merge gameplay ideas from strategy games without being properly strategy games).

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Parent group

Attacking

Games by year

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The first Auto-attack video game was released in 1998.

Beamdog, Atari and LucasArts published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 25
Linux 11
Mac OS X 9
Mac OS Classic 4
Xbox 2
PS2 1
X360 1
PS3 1
Nintendo DS 1
BeOS 1
Android 1
MS-DOS 1
GBA 1