FeaturedResourceGames
Thursday Arena
Free browser auto-battler: practice with no account, shop units tied to real x.ai Marketplace bots, fight three rounds. Rated ladder optional via X login.
Screenshots
First shop — Round 1: buy x.ai Marketplace bots, then fight. 
Build shop — crew on the board with Drill and seat abilities. 
Live battle — auto-fight with Skip and 2× playback. 
Round 2 result — best-of-three match progress.
Why Botski featured it
Thursday Arena is the playable artifact that came out of Grok Bot Galaxy (15–17 September 2026): SpaceXAI / Grok Bot staff (public build stream starring Matt Palmer, Lauren Tan, and Roshan Sadanani) set out to build in public with Grok Bot and shipped this free browser auto-battler instead of a paper company.
Its shop roster is tied to real x.ai Marketplace templates — catalog entries reuse x.ai Marketplace bot ids (for example dr eggbot _jOdbfkB16zxu7MRcmReE by Lauren Tan / @poteto) with authors and avatars from the public catalog API.
What makes it unique
1. Galaxy provenance — built live during the official Grok Bot Galaxy event, not a random indie clone of an auto-battler. 2. x.ai Marketplace bots as game pieces — units are named after / keyed to public x.ai Marketplace templates (authors, handles, kits), so playing teaches the cast by feel. 3. Play without a Grok Bot install — guests practice vs AI; Sign in with X for rated ghost matches and the season leaderboard. 4. Deep, documented rules — best-of-three shops + auto battles, food, seat rules, crews, captains, Elo seasons (see thursdayarena.com/rules).
What to try first
Open thursdayarena.com/match as a guest → buy bots in the shop → end shop → watch the auto battle. Then skim cards and rules.
Limitation
Rated ladder and leaderboard need Sign in with X. Guest practice does not change rating. Botski does not install anything; Open on thursdayarena.com goes to that site.
Who makes it
Independent game from the Galaxy build. Its site: thursdayarena.com and @thursdayarena.
Accessed 20 September 2026.
Botski staff score
Score appears after staff review.
Games — same five factors; emphasis on playable start and clear access.
- Useful for intended visitor—/30
Teaches x.ai Marketplace culture via play (pending check).
- Works as described—/25
Guest match + cards/rules load (pending check).
- Easy to start—/20
Free, browser, guest OK (pending check).
- Clear costs and limits—/15
Free; Sign in with X for rated (pending check).
- Worth sharing—/10
Galaxy story + x.ai Marketplace roster (pending check).
How we choose Featured · Staff judgment under a published rubric — not community votes, not a security cert, not xAI approval.
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