Rivet Wars takes place in an alternate universe where dieselpunk technology dominates. Players choose their faction — Allied Forces (Allied) or Blight — and deploy continuous waves of new units in fast-paced battles.
The game starts with almost no setup, as each scenario simply requires selecting certain tiles. The turn-based gameplay, speed, and visual theme (chibi) give the feeling of a real-time strategy game or a mobile game brought to life. In each round, players earn new Deployment Points to bring fresh units into battle, making adaptive tactics and long-term planning key to capturing strategic objectives and accumulating victory points.