Tag: Arena of Heroes

Everyone likes to hear the tale of the indie developer who bucks the odds and turns into an overnight success.The story of Sneaky Games and its turn-based MOBA/tactical hybrid Arena of Heroes isn't one of those. It's more a saga of mild success followed by more hard work to try to shine a bigger spotlight on a product the studio truly believes in, all while financial uncertainty swirls around in the background. As such, it's probably a lot more typical of the indie experience than going from rags to riches in one fell swoop.Sneaky Games was known mainly for social games before it dreamed up Arena of Heroes. The game's high concept was a good one: take the framework of a MOBA, but make the action turn-based and put it on multiple platforms to expand the potential player base.Released last summer for iPad, PC and Mac, it attracted enough players to get some traction but didn't take off the way the studio hoped. Part of it was likely due to a bit of an identity crisis. Was the game a MOBA that just happened to be turn-based? Or was it a tactical game with some MOBA trappings?