diff --git a/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd b/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd
index 0dcbb54c..0db3daff 100644
--- a/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd
+++ b/src/game/engine/scenes/tests/auto_play.gd
@@ -621,9 +621,18 @@ func _process(_delta: float) -> void:
 				if not _victory:
 					var vm: RefCounted = TurnManager._victory_manager
 					if vm != null and vm.has_method("check_all"):
-						print("AutoPlay: invoking score-victory fallback at T%d" % _turn_count)
+						# Bump GameState.turn_number to >= turn_limit so
+						# vm.check_all's score-fallback branch fires. Without
+						# this, GameState.turn_number can lag _turn_count by 1
+						# (depends on whether mid-round next_player has wrapped),
+						# causing check_all to skip the score victory and
+						# leave outcome=max_turns with winner_index=-1.
+						var prev_turn: int = GameState.turn_number
+						if prev_turn < _max_turns:
+							GameState.turn_number = _max_turns
+						print("AutoPlay: invoking score-victory fallback (turn_number %d→%d, limit %d)" % [prev_turn, GameState.turn_number, _max_turns])
 						vm.check_all(GameState.get_game_map())
-						print("AutoPlay: fallback complete, victory=%s" % _victory)
+						print("AutoPlay: fallback complete, victory=%s winner=%d" % [_victory, _victory_winner])
 				_screenshot("final_turn_%03d" % _turn_count)
 				print("AutoPlay: finished — %d turns, victory=%s" % [_turn_count, _victory])
 				_outcome = "victory" if _victory else "max_turns"