Games Like Brawlhalla

RIVALS OF AETHER is an indie fighting game where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players either locally or online.

Why similar: Fighting 40.2% ★, 2D Fighter 23.7%, Local Multiplayer 9.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, 4 Player Local 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the closest Steam equivalents to Brawlhalla, built around fast platform-fighter movement, edge-guarding, and competitive online play.

Rivals of Aether II is the sequel to the hit indie fighting game, Rivals of Aether. Play as both new and returning elemental fighters in the next generation of platform fighters.

Why similar: Fighting 29.6% ★, 2D Fighter 18%, 4 Player Local 12.8%, Local Multiplayer 10.3%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: This modern follow-up keeps the same Smash-like platform-fighter fundamentals as Brawlhalla while adding a larger, more polished competitive package.

Brawlout is the platform fighting game, designed for couch play, online ranked matches and competitive tournaments. Now at 2.0!

Why similar: Fighting 47.5% ★, 2D Fighter 24.4%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Platformer 8.2%, Action 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is a direct platform-fighter alternative with ring-outs, aerial combos, and a roster-driven brawling structure that feels very familiar to Brawlhalla players.

A FEW QUICK MATCHES is a fast-paced, 1-4 player platform fighter that lets you bring old-school stick battles to life! play with your friends locally, or challenge players online in this flash-inspired spectacle!

Why similar: Fighting 27.6% ★, 2D Fighter 22.7%, 4 Player Local 15.1%, Local Multiplayer 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It is a lightweight indie platform fighter built around quick rounds, simple inputs, and local-versus fun much like Brawlhalla's casual side.

Flash Party brings another major update: new colorful stickers, weekly free heroes, community event trophy wall... The fun and exciting fighting party continues! Flash Party is a platform fighter. Attack, jump, dodge, and block... throw your opponents off-stage with all sorts of moves!

Why similar: Fighting 29.9% ★, 2D Fighter 18.4%, eSports 12% ★, Local Multiplayer 8.5%, 2D Platformer 8%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers clear Brawlhalla-style platform-fighter action with knockback kills, varied characters, and an easygoing competitive feel.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 lets you duke it out with the biggest and best fighting character roster yet! Choose your favorite brawlers, master their unique move sets, and use all-new powerful Supers to land the finishing blow with friends or across a unique, roguelike player campaign!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 33.5%, eSports 29.9% ★, 2D Platformer 12.1%, Cartoony 9.5%, Family Friendly 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: It closely matches Brawlhalla's appeal through fast platform-fighter movement, edge pressure, and multiplayer-focused ring-out combat.

Fighties is a fast paced 2D platform fighter. Choose from a wide selection of Fighties each with their own unique play style. Beat down your opponents to become the strongest Fightie of them all.

Why similar: Fighting 23.6% ★, 2D Fighter 14.7%, 4 Player Local 11.3%, Local Multiplayer 9.5%, Local Co-Op 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This is another indie platform fighter that emphasizes 2D arenas, knockback combat, and multiplayer matches in the same general mold.

Rushdown Revolt is a platform fighter featuring 12 dazzlingly unique characters and best-in-the-business rollback netcode.

Why similar: Fighting 30.7% ★, eSports 19.6% ★, 2D Fighter 19.1%, 2D Platformer 7.4%, Platformer 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: Although more combo-heavy, it still revolves around platform-fighter spacing, recoveries, and high-speed arena control similar to Brawlhalla.

Fraymakers is the ultimate customizable platform fighting game, featuring a cast of some of indie gaming's biggest icons. Duke it out with up to 4 players and call on assists to help out in the heat of battle. Create and play custom characters, stages, modes, and more for infinite fun!

Why similar: Fighting 32.1% ★, 2D Fighter 20.9%, 4 Player Local 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: This is a mechanics-first indie platform fighter that scratches the same itch as Brawlhalla with precise movement, recoveries, and off-stage play.

Slap City is a Seriously Fun platform fighter with a perfect mix of characters from the Ludosity universe. Play Locally or Online. Slap it hard in Ranked or fast and loose in Slap Ball game mode. We are the original inventors of Clutch Technology.

Why similar: Fighting 46.4% ★, 2D Fighter 18.2%, Multiplayer 8.9%, 4 Player Local 7.6%, Platformer 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: Its movement-heavy platform-fighter design, quirky cast, and emphasis on juggling and stage control make it a strong Brawlhalla substitute.

Stick Fight is a physics-based couch/online fighting game where you battle it out as the iconic stick figures from the golden age of the internet.

Why similar: Fighting 30.2% ★, Multiplayer 14.6%, 2D Fighter 14.4%, 4 Player Local 11.8%, Local Multiplayer 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: While more physics-driven, it shares Brawlhalla's chaotic platform arenas, quick rounds, and excellent local-and-online party combat.

Roof Rage is a Martial Arts Platform Fighter featuring epic rooftop battles. Play with up to 8 players locally or 1vs1 online.

Why similar: Fighting 34% ★, 2D Fighter 21.9%, Local Multiplayer 11.8%, 4 Player Local 10.9%, Multiplayer 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its compact stages, item use, and ring-out focused platform combat give it a very Brawlhalla-like party-fighter feel.

Dynasty Feud is a competitive, team-based, fast-paced platform brawler for 2-4 players. Play either local or online and show off your skills with 40 characters, one-hit kills, multiple fighting skills and a lot of style.

Why similar: Fighting 29.8% ★, 2D Fighter 18.3%, 4 Player Local 17.4%, Local Multiplayer 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.3%

Why You'll Like It: It mixes side-view platform movement with hero-based PvP battles, making it feel like a more objective-focused cousin to Brawlhalla.

Brawl it out with your Nickelodeon favorites in epic platform battles.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 30.4%, eSports 25.1% ★, Multiplayer 15.1%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Cartoony 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a straightforward Smash-like ruleset with platforming, knockback finishes, and multiplayer brawls very much in Brawlhalla's lane.

Ninza is a free multiplayer game like no other! Instead of directly attacking your opponents, you crush them by pushing pieces of the level. Embrace chaos and dive into an entirely new level of frenzied and creative gameplay, where the environment itself becomes both your weapon and your enemy.

Why similar: Fighting 18.1% ★, 4 Player Local 15.5%, 2D Fighter 14.7%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, Local Co-Op 12%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast 2D arena combat and couch-friendly party-fighter structure make it a good fit for players who like Brawlhalla's lighter side.

You are an overpowered gladiator with the skills to destroy all who stand before you. The only problem is, so is everyone else! Enter the Domiverse for fast and frantic fun in this party brawler made for up to four players in local play.

Why similar: Fighting 21.9% ★, 2D Fighter 17%, eSports 13.4% ★, 4 Player Local 12.7%, Local Multiplayer 11%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same hectic local multiplayer energy with 2D arena brawling, knockouts, and simple controls that are easy to jump into.

Play Smash Legends for free! Smash Legends is an exciting PVP action brawler where fairy tale Legends engage in a lively battle. Play solo or in a 3v3 team battle with your friends! Play now with Smashers from all over the world on Steam, iOS, and Android!

Why similar: Fighting 37.5% ★, eSports 21.6% ★, Multiplayer 13.5%, Online Co-Op 12.2%, Co-op 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: It channels a similar free-to-play, character-based brawler appeal, just from a 3D arena angle instead of a pure 2D platform-fighter view.

A couch/online game where you battle your friends with unique and wild abilities. There are many choices such as a shrink ray, creating black holes, stopping time and attaching a rocket engine to the stage to send it flying. Choose a combination that synergizes well to win the round!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 21.9%, 4 Player Local 18%, Local Co-Op 12.4%, Multiplayer 11.9%, Online Co-Op 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same kind of chaotic multiplayer stage fights and improvisational knockouts that make Brawlhalla fun with friends.

Banging beats and mad style, Lethal League Blaze is the most intense ball game you can play online with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Fighting 34.9% ★, 2D Fighter 25.2%, Local Multiplayer 11.2%, 4 Player Local 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: Even though it replaces direct punching with projectile mind-games, it has the same high-speed arena dueling and multiplayer hype factor.

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 26%, Local Multiplayer 18%, Local Co-Op 13.5%, 4 Player Local 12.7%, Fighting 8.3% ★

Why You'll Like It: Its tight platform movement, screen-control battles, and couch-multiplayer intensity hit a lot of the same competitive-party notes as Brawlhalla.

Have you got what it takes to be a Wanba Warrior? Step into the absurd world of calligraphy combat and prepare to lay the smackdown upon all who dare to oppose you, dishing out damage with your chosen ink brush of brutality! highly recommend playing with controllers.

Why similar: Fighting 28.2% ★, eSports 16.2% ★, 2D Fighter 13.2%, Local Co-Op 11.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its goofy but skill-based 2D PvP combat gives a similar casual-meets-competitive energy to Brawlhalla's more playful matches.

Super Slime Arena is a 16-bit style, party-fighting game embracing equal parts accessibility and chaos. One attack, one hitpoint, all slime! Use nearly any controller in fast and frantic 2-50+ multiplayer matches across the many lands of Planet Blorb!

Why similar: Fighting 30.5% ★, 4 Player Local 18.3%, 2D Fighter 14.3%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers simple local arena fighting with platforming and knockback chaos that fits the casual end of the Brawlhalla spectrum.

Spiders with laser swords! Duel to the death against your friends or choose to team up and hold back swarms of savage enemies. Swing, stab and shoot with style, effortlessly performing movie-worthy parkour.

Why similar: Fighting 27.7% ★, 2D Fighter 19.4%, Local Multiplayer 13.1%, 4 Player Local 11.3%, Local Co-Op 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its momentum-heavy platform combat and chaotic multiplayer arenas appeal to the same players who enjoy Brawlhalla's movement-based scrambles.

Lethal League is a competitive projectile fighting game where you have to hit an anti-gravity ball into the face of your opponent to win. The ball speeds up with every strike, up to explosively extreme velocities. Play intense local matches with friends and foes, challenge yourself in the singleplayer mode or battle it out online.

Why similar: Fighting 37.5% ★, 2D Fighter 19.1%, Local Multiplayer 13.4%, Multiplayer 8.7%, 4 Player Local 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Like Brawlhalla, it turns small arenas and simple controls into intense competitive reads, recoveries, and crowd-pleasing momentum swings.

Samurai GUNN 2 is a fighting game with Samurai and Gunns. Best your foes online or locally in this cutting edge sequel featuring Rollback Netcode and Ranked Matchmaking. Free Edition out now!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 29.7%, Fighting 27.6% ★, 4 Player Local 18.1%, Local Multiplayer 13%, Multiplayer 9%

Why You'll Like It: Its lightning-fast pixel duels, platform-heavy stages, and local/online multiplayer make it a great pick for players who enjoy frantic arena combat.

A fighting game designed from the ground up to be so easy to control that even non-fighting game players can play it, yet deep enough to play in tournaments. Vibrant graphics and excellent online play.

Why similar: Fighting 37.7% ★, 2D Fighter 26.8%, Local Multiplayer 13.5%, Multiplayer 11.3%, Fantasy 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: It is more traditional than Brawlhalla, but its free-to-play accessibility, simple inputs, and multiplayer-first fighting design make it a reasonable adjacent pick.

The rules are simple. Reach the other side and kill anyone that stands in your way. Deftly parry and rend their throats, riddle their bowels with arrows, or squish their brains between your toes. The wurm cares not for chivalry.

Why similar: Fighting 37.7% ★, Local Multiplayer 21.1%, 2D Fighter 12.4%, Multiplayer 10.1%, eSports 7.5% ★

Why You'll Like It: It narrows the formula down to intense 2D movement duels, offering a more focused but still highly readable alternative to Brawlhalla's fights.

Enter the futuristic year of 1984, an age where ducks run wild in a frantic battle for glory. Blast your friends with Shotguns, Net Guns, Mind Control Rays, Saxophones, Magnet Guns, and much, much more. This is DUCK GAME. Don't blink.

Why similar: Multiplayer 25.7%, Local Multiplayer 22.6%, 4 Player Local 21.9%, Local Co-Op 9.7%, Platformer 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This is less of a fighter and more of a weapon-based arena battler, but its quick platform stages and party-game mayhem feel very Brawlhalla-adjacent.

Slam opponents into walls, launch them into the air & follow up with fast, high-flying attacks in this brand new arena fighter. Choose from 13 different characters with unique play styles. Face off in head-to-head matches, team up with other fighters or embrace the chaos of 4-player free-for-all.

Why similar: Fighting 54.3% ★, 4 Player Local 19.1%, Local Multiplayer 13%, Multiplayer 10.1%, Action 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: It borrows from platform fighters with aerial juggling, stage movement, and streamlined controls, making it a solid crossover recommendation.

Paladins is the ultimate fantasy team-based shooter experience, with over 50 customizable Champions fighting in 5v5 action across a diverse Realm of modes and maps!

Why similar: Multiplayer 45.9%, Online Co-Op 23.4%, Co-op 14.6%, Fantasy 8.8%, Action 7.2%

BATTLERITE​ ​is​ ​an​ ​action-packed​ ​team​ ​arena​ ​brawler.​ ​Experience​ ​the​ ​unique​ ​combination​ ​of​ top-down​ ​shooter​ meets​ ​fast-paced​ ​fighting​ ​game and challenge ​friends​ ​and​ foes​ ​in​ ​a​ ​battle​ ​of reaction. The Arena awaits!

Why similar: Fighting 45.1% ★, Multiplayer 35.7%, eSports 13.7% ★, Action 5.5%

KNIGHT CLUB + Is a casual 2-4 player action platform-fighting game that brings traditional fighting game elements into an unlocked, free form movement playstyle.

Why similar: Fighting 29.2% ★, 2D Fighter 23.9%, 4 Player Local 10.2%, Platformer 7.6%, Multiplayer 6.7%

DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.

Why similar: Fighting 48.5% ★, 2D Fighter 20.5%, eSports 9.9% ★, Local Multiplayer 9.4%, Multiplayer 8.7%

Meme animals strike again!! Let the meme battle goes into NEXT LEVEL!! With varied stages, items and support up to 4 players local and online, “Fight of Animals: Arena” will bring you a brand new Brawler experience!! Let the fight begin!!

Why similar: Fighting 24.2% ★, 2D Fighter 15.3%, 4 Player Local 14.9%, eSports 11.4% ★, Local Multiplayer 10.6%

The legendary fighting franchise is back with over-the-top action, a wild cast of combatants, rocking reactive music, and C-C-C-COMBO BREAKERS!!! Choose your ultimate combatants each with fluid animations, unique combat tactics, and enthralling special attacks.

Why similar: Fighting 57% ★, 2D Fighter 22.9%, Multiplayer 11.2%, Local Multiplayer 5.2%, Action 3%

Fight with grappling hooks in this party brawler for one to four players. Play as a treasure hunting cat or a land swimming shark as you swing around the stage taking out your opponents.

Why similar: Fighting 31.5% ★, 2D Fighter 22.1%, 4 Player Local 12.4%, Local Co-Op 8.2%, Platformer 7.3%

Counterpick Labs is a free platform fighter where you mix and match gear to build your perfect loadout. Featuring a single player story mode, a roguelike PvP mode where you earn powerful upgrades as you fight, and a classic no-frills PvP mode.

Why similar: Fighting 39.1% ★, 2D Fighter 27%, Multiplayer 10.4%, 2D Platformer 8.2%, Cartoony 7%

Real-time natural selection! Who will survive, a bear with a cheese or a shark with a shotgun? King of the Couch: Zoovival is the latest evolution of the platform battle arena game genre! Fight as an animal, with a wide assortment of weapons, on multiple unique battle arenas in King of the Couch: Zoovival.

Why similar: Fighting 26.9% ★, 4 Player Local 16.3%, 2D Fighter 13.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.6%, Local Co-Op 9.7%

Welcome to Rumble Arena, join the fight and battle with epic legends and gods from all over the Galaxy! Master your favourite hero and become a true champion in real-time multiplayer battles! Or train with AI dummies and crush them while we still can!

Why similar: Fighting 64.8% ★, Multiplayer 22.5%, Action 7.4%, Indie 5.4%

Join 40+ million players in SMITE, the Battleground of the Gods! Wield Thor’s hammer, turn your foes to stone as Medusa, or flex your divine power as one of 100+ other mythological icons. Become a God and play FREE today!

Why similar: Multiplayer 55.5%, Co-op 27.9%, Action 10.6%, Casual 5.9%

Control your hands and destroy friendships in this physics-based couch/online fighting game. Use your elastic arms to swing, slingshot, and parkour around the highly dynamic maps. Wield powerful weapons or use your bare fists to bonk your opponents!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 20.1%, Fighting 17.7% ★, 4 Player Local 13.2%, Local Multiplayer 9.7%, Local Co-Op 8.8%

The WILDEST ANIME FIGHT. Fly super fast, smash your friends through skyscrapers and break the planet with one punch! Up to 4 players local & 2 online. Now with workshop for INFINITE CHARACTERS!

Why similar: Fighting 27.5% ★, 2D Fighter 17.6%, 4 Player Local 14%, Local Multiplayer 11.1%, Local Co-Op 9.8%

Bounty Battle is the ultimate indie fighting game: a new multiplayer 2D fighter, where you can pit your favourite indie heroes against one another! Indie heroes from games like Guacamelee! and Darkest Dungeon, to Dead Cells, Owlboy & more battle it out in this fighter frenzy.

Why similar: Fighting 34.5% ★, 2D Fighter 23.7%, 4 Player Local 13.9%, Local Multiplayer 13.8%, Cartoony 7%

Swordplay and freerun through the internet and on a couch against your friends in a team brawl. Throw bombs, use smokescreens and climb your way to the enemy base. Choose your side as a Pirate or an Assassin and feed the Artifact with souls of your enemies.

Why similar: Fighting 24.5% ★, 4 Player Local 15.3%, Local Co-Op 12.7%, Local Multiplayer 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%

Jelly Brawl: Classic is a FREE sticky and destructive multiplayer party game where you gotta jiggle, flop, and pop your way to the top! Fight alone or against friends for freedom from a mad king across tons of stages, mini games, and modes as you wrestle to be the last jelly standing!

Why similar: Fighting 23% ★, Local Co-Op 17.7%, Local Multiplayer 15.8%, Multiplayer 15%, Co-op 10.6%

THE COLLISION IS INEVITABLE! THE IMPACT WILL BE UNAVOIDABLE! Cross over between 4 different universes! Play as characters from the BlazBlue, Persona, Under Night In-Birth, and (for the first time ever in a fighting game), RWBY series!

Why similar: Fighting 43.3% ★, 2D Fighter 32.1%, eSports 10% ★, Local Multiplayer 6.8%, Multiplayer 4.4%

A simple fighting game with one attack. Features fast-paced, expressive movement and rollback netcode.

Why similar: Fighting 32.3% ★, 2D Fighter 23.3%, eSports 17.4% ★, Local Multiplayer 11.3%, Multiplayer 9.1%

Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!

Why similar: 4 Player Local 20.6%, Local Co-Op 15.8%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Co-op 13.5%

Are you the best sumo?! Find out in this quirky multiplayer brawler that's a cross between Super Smash Bros. and QWOP. Duke it out and fight your way to the top!

Why similar: Fighting 26.3% ★, 2D Fighter 20.6%, eSports 16.8% ★, Local Multiplayer 12.2%, 2D Platformer 6.7%

WHO’S THE BOSS? It’s finally you! One big, bad, player-controlled Boss goes against a team of Vikings, each with special abilities. Enter BOSSGARD, a hectic 1v2, 1v3, up to 1v5 bossfight multiplayer game in which you get to crush your friends as THE BOSS.

Why similar: Fighting 21.5% ★, 4 Player Local 14.7%, Local Co-Op 13.5%, Local Multiplayer 11.6%, Online Co-Op 9.9%

Ready for the chaos? Stumble Guys is a 32-player, fast-paced multiplayer party royale where players dash, jump, and fall across hilarious obstacle courses in a fun race to be the last one standing.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.5%, Online Co-Op 25.5%, Co-op 20.6%, Family Friendly 12.1%, Action 5.1%

Experience the intensity of head-to-head battles with Street Fighter® V! Choose from 16 iconic characters, then battle against friends online or offline with a robust variety of match options.

Why similar: Fighting 56% ★, 2D Fighter 17.8%, eSports 8.2% ★, Multiplayer 8.2%, Local Multiplayer 7.6%

Fighting Fiends is a top-down fighting game. Play it 1 on 1 for intense matches or with up to 4 players for chaotic fun, both locally and online.

Why similar: Fighting 33.4% ★, 2D Fighter 17.6%, 4 Player Local 17.1%, Local Multiplayer 12.1%, Multiplayer 10.6%

Indie Pogo is a platform brawler game for 2-4 players about bouncing, ricocheting, and pogoing your friends into oblivion! Gather your friends for 2-4 player local romps, or climb the online ladder in the bounciest of battles. Prepare yourself for a rompin' stompin' jumpin' good time!

Why similar: Fighting 67.3% ★, Multiplayer 11.2%, Platformer 8.5%, Action 6.3%, Indie 5.5%

Beat Me! is a physics-based multiplayer game for up to 6 players. Play with comical fantasy characters in a wide variety of fun and surprising environments. Challenge your friends locally or beat others over the internet!

Why similar: Fighting 31.5% ★, Local Co-Op 11.8%, 4 Player Local 11%, Online Co-Op 8.5%, Co-op 8.1%

Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.

Why similar: Fighting 37.3% ★, Local Multiplayer 22.4%, 2D Fighter 18.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Local Co-Op 3.8%

Fight Party is a splitscreen/online multiplayer fighting game that has combos, weapons and throwable hazards to defeat your enemies. Be the last one standing in the maps to offer, each having their unique theme and style that makes different strategies and fights to occur.

Why similar: Fighting 35.4% ★, Local Multiplayer 14.1%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Co-op 9%, 4 Player Local 8.9%