Teamfight Tactics

Developer: Riot Games

Plenty of companies tried to cash in on the ‘Auto Chess’ phenomenon, but Teamfight Tactics has easily been the most successful. Riot’s free-to-play effort, which uses various League of Legends characters and their extra-dimensional alternatives as its units, seems to have gone the distance, with regular updates and even a narrative element that’s weaving into LoL’s ongoing (and somewhat nebulous) narrative arc. Seasonal changes can be dramatic, but a lot of attention is paid to balance, and major overhauls have kept TFT from going stale. The game mode resides within League of Legends’ client, and a battle pass and cosmetics are both available for the game’s premium currency. This is one free PC game to play in the Epic Games client, and it’s still a winner.