- #1 Nidhogg
97% matchVery Positive90% of 7,836 reviews2014
Dev: Messhof
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 45.1%, Fighting 28.8%, Competitive 12.7%, Action 6.8%, Indie 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: Like Gurgamoth, this game features high-stakes, fast-paced movement and intense one-on-one combat where every second counts.
- #2 Lethal League
96% matchVery Positive94% of 6,070 reviews2014
Dev: Team Reptile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 38%, Local Multiplayer 34.9%, Competitive 16.2%, Action 5.7%, Indie 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the high-speed, physics-based intensity and the focus on using the environment to secure a win.
- #3 Samurai GUNN
96% matchVery Positive92% of 464 reviews2013
Dev: Beau BlythPub: SCRAMBLER
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Samurai GUNN is a lightning-fast Bushido brawler for 2 to 4 players. Each samurai is armed with a sword and gunn, with only 3 bullets to a life. Strategy and quick reflexes are the key to deflecting bullets and sending your opponents’ heads rolling.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 31.8%, Competitive 31%, Fighting 29.5%, Action 5.2%, Indie 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: It offers lightning-fast, one-hit-kill combat that rewards quick reflexes and mastery of movement in tight arenas.
- #4 TowerFall Ascension
95% matchVery Positive95% of 3,570 reviews2014
Dev: Maddy Makes Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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: Local Multiplayer 65.9%, Action 12.7%, Fighting 11.6%, Indie 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive local-multiplayer arena combat game, featuring fast movement and lethal environmental interactions.
- #5 Stick Fight: The Game
94% matchVery Positive93% of 124,855 reviews2017
Dev: Landfall WestPub: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 46.6%, Local Multiplayer 41.3%, Action 8.7%, Indie 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title excels at chaotic, physics-based combat where the environment is constantly shifting and trying to kill you.
- #6 Blade Ballet
94% matchVery Positive83% of 70 reviews2016
Dev: DreamSail Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Blade Ballet is a whirling dance of multiplayer robot destruction. Each character possesses a unique personality and special abilities - use them to claim victory as you spin from one challenging arena to the next, battling for dominance in this action-packed fighting game.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 46.4%, Fighting 30.2%, Action 13.1%, Indie 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: It mirrors the movement-focused combat of Gurgamoth, tasking players with outmaneuvering opponents in dangerous, trap-filled arenas.
- #7 Duck Game
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 38,980 reviews2015
Dev: Landon PodbielskiPub: CORPTRON GAMES CORP.
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: Local Multiplayer 55.5%, Competitive 28.8%, Action 10.9%, Indie 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a frantic, fast-paced local multiplayer experience where environmental hazards and quick thinking are key to survival.
- #8 ChargeShot
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 99 reviews2015
Dev: Cowboy Color
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Shoot, reflect, and jetpack your way through ChargeShot -- a local-multiplayer, space-bounty-hunter, deathmatch game with a focus on fast-paced, twitch gameplay. Prove to your friends that you are the greatest warrior in the galaxy. No friends? No problem.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 62.6%, Action 21.7%, Indie 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game features fast-paced, projectile-based local combat that requires precise movement and environmental awareness.
- #9 Boomerang Fu
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 2,908 reviews2020
Dev: Cranky Watermelon
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Slice and dice your friends with boomerangs in this frantic physics party game. Join a crew of your favorite foods as you grill, chill and spill your enemies. Discover ridiculous power-ups and stack them together in deadly combinations.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 33.9%, Competitive 33.8%, Fighting 28.5%, Action 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This fast-paced arena fighter uses physics-based movement and environmental traps to create a similar sense of competitive urgency.
- #10 Dynasty Feud
92% matchVery Positive83% of 106 reviews2017
Dev: Kaia Studios
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Local Multiplayer 33.3%, Fighting 30.7%, Action 20.9%, Indie 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game offers fast, 4-player local combat where unique character abilities and environmental awareness determine the winner.
- #11 Grabity
90% matchVery Positive91% of 350 reviews2018
Dev: Team Ninja Thumbs
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Dance the tango of death in Grabity, a fast-paced, physics-based arena brawler. Combat robots duke it out using Grab guns to turn nearby objects into lethal projectiles or makeshift shields in intense tactical throw-downs.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 35.6%, Fighting 31.9%, Competitive 12.5%, Action 11.8%, Indie 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It uses physics-based, gravity-manipulating combat that forces players to use the arena as their primary weapon.
- #12 Nidhogg 2
89% matchVery Positive81% of 1,296 reviews2017
Dev: Messhof
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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: Local Multiplayer 49.6%, Fighting 34.1%, Action 9.4%, Indie 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: It builds on the original's high-stakes, fast-paced dueling with more varied combat options and vibrant, chaotic arenas.
- #13 Bamerang
88% matchVery Positive94% of 78 reviews2021
Dev: Lululu Entertainment
Windows
Bämeräng is a fast paced boomerang fighting game for two to four players. Enjoy hilarious boomerang battles against your friends in local multiplayer or using Steam's Remote Play Together.
Why similar: Competitive 34.8%, Local Multiplayer 30.9%, Fighting 29%, Action 4.6%, Indie 0.6%
Why You'll Like It: It is a fast, local-multiplayer game where the primary weapon is a boomerang, requiring precise movement and timing.
- #14 Ultra Space Battle Brawl
89% matchVery Positive85% of 110 reviews2018
Dev: MojikenPub: Toge Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 24 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Easy to learn yet hard to master, Ultra Space Battle Brawl is a fun competitive game fit for settling disputes, be it with your friends and family or rivals and arch nemesis.
Why similar: Competitive 29.2%, Local Multiplayer 25.5%, Fighting 23.5%, Action 12.8%, Indie 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It is a fast-paced, arcade-style competitive game that emphasizes quick reactions and arena-based combat.
- #15 Move or Die
87% matchVery Positive89% of 23,288 reviews2016
Dev: XeluPub: Those Awesome Guys
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Move or Die is an absurdly fast-paced 4-player local and online party game where the mechanics change every 20 seconds! It's THE friendship-ruining game.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 56%, Competitive 27.6%, Action 10.4%, Indie 6%
Why You'll Like It: The constantly changing levels and fast-paced mechanics force players to stay mobile and aggressive, much like in Gurgamoth.
- #16 Rivals of Aether
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,654 reviews2017
Dev: Aether Studios
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 50.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 40.7%, Local Multiplayer 26%, Competitive 25.8%, Indie 4.7%, Action 2.8%
Why You'll Like It: This high-speed platform fighter emphasizes movement and combo-heavy combat in a competitive, arena-based setting.
- #17 Jumpala
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Yokereba GamesPub: Versus Evil
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jumpala is a fast-paced action puzzler with heavy fighting game vibes. While the core mechanics are simple, each game is a test of skill and strategy as you try to outscore and outplay your opponents. Features both local and online play.
Why similar: Competitive 37.3%, Local Multiplayer 33.4%, Fighting 23.6%, Action 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: This competitive, movement-based game requires players to control the arena while fighting off opponents in a fast-paced environment.
- #18 Combat Core
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: MABManZ
Windows · Mac
Welcome to the Combat Core League! Battle with up to 4 players with a cast of powered up characters in a colorful sci-fi arena, or create your own! Compete with your friends or challenge yourself against AI opponents to compete for the title of the strongest.
Why similar: Fighting 29.7%, Competitive 24.6%, Local Multiplayer 23.3%, Action 12.9%, Indie 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: This arena-based fighter features physics-heavy combat and destructible environments that reward aggressive play.
- #19 Roof Rage
83% matchVery Positive88% of 692 reviews2019
Dev: Early Melon
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 50%
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 42.8%, Local Multiplayer 38.6%, Action 10.5%, Indie 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: This game features fast-paced, movement-heavy platform fighting that rewards players who can navigate the environment effectively.
- #20 A Few Quick Matches
78% matchVery Positive85% of 2,633 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Bidou
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 33.4%, Competitive 27.6%, Local Multiplayer 24.2%, Indie 7.7%, Action 7%
- #21 SpeedRunners
82% matchVery Positive94% of 37,081 reviews2016
Dev: DoubleDutch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cut-throat multiplayer running game that pits 4 players against each other, locally and/or online. Run, jump, swing around, and use devious weapons and pick-ups to knock opponents off-screen! One of the most competitive games you'll ever play.
Why similar: Competitive 45.3%, Local Multiplayer 41.1%, Action 7.3%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: While a racing game, its focus on fast movement, environmental traps, and competitive sabotage feels very similar to Gurgamoth.
- #22 Hammerfight
84% matchMostly Positive73% of 2,059 reviews2009
Dev: Konstantin KoshutinPub: KranX Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12 minMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 23%
Hammerfight is about 2D battles of flying machines equipped with various slashing, piercing and blunt weaponry.A unique combat system is based on realistic physics simulation, and it ties the movements of the rider to the movements of your mouse. As you wave the mouse, your rider swings his warhammer, smashing the foe into the wall!
Why similar: Action 37%, Indie 23.9%, Fighting 20.9%, Local Multiplayer 18.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on momentum and physics-based combat, requiring players to master movement to swing weapons effectively.
- #23 LASTFIGHT
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2016
Dev: Piranaking
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 65%
LASTFIGHT is bringing 2v2 3D fighting back to your living room! Pick up any available object in one of the 8 stages and teach your opponents a lesson! Play in local multiplayer mode, for up to 4 players, or one-player story mode, with a cast of 10 characters inspired by the comic book LASTMAN.
Why similar: Fighting 37.1%, Local Multiplayer 36.5%, Action 15.5%, Indie 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers fast-paced, local-multiplayer arena combat with a focus on quick movement and environmental interaction.
- #24 Superfighters Deluxe
81% matchVery Positive89% of 3,496 reviews2018
Dev: MythoLogic Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Superfighters Deluxe is a unique action game that combines brawling, shooting and platforming in dynamic sandboxy 2D levels. Lots of weapons and fun gameplay systems interlock to create absurd action-movie chaos.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 59.3%, Action 25.6%, Indie 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a chaotic, physics-based combat experience with highly interactive environments that change the flow of every match.
- #25 Gang Beasts
81% matchVery Positive85% of 64,849 reviews2017
Dev: Boneloaf
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 50.7%, Fighting 44.7%, Indie 4.6%
Why You'll Like It: The physics-based, slapstick combat focuses entirely on using the environment to throw opponents to their doom.
- #26 Brawlout
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 810 reviews2018
Dev: Angry Mob Games
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Brawlout is the platform fighting game, designed for couch play, online ranked matches and competitive tournaments. Now at 2.0!
Why similar: Fighting 62.3%, Action 11.5%, Competitive 10.4%, Local Multiplayer 9.1%, Indie 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: It delivers fast-paced, platform-fighting action with a focus on movement and aggressive, high-intensity combat.
- #27 Rivals of Aether II
76% matchVery Positive80% of 9,425 reviews2024
Dev: Aether Studios
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 80.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 36.7%, Local Multiplayer 32.9%, Competitive 17.8%, Action 7.2%, Indie 5.5%
- #28 Disc Room
79% matchVery Positive93% of 1,113 reviews2020
Dev: TerriPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Are you ready to get sliced in half? The year is 2089 and a giant disc has appeared in orbit of Jupiter. Step into the oversized space suit of a brave scientist and explore this sprawling intergalactic slaughterhouse.
Why similar: Action 57.3%, Indie 42.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game is a masterclass in fast, movement-based dodging that requires the same twitch reflexes found in Gurgamoth.
- #29 Crawl
79% matchVery Positive95% of 7,253 reviews2017
Dev: Powerhoof
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 82.2%, Action 9.5%, Indie 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It is a competitive, fast-paced local multiplayer game where players must use traps and monsters to defeat their friends.
- #30 Knight Squad
80% matchVery Positive87% of 408 reviews2015
Dev: Chainsawesome Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Knight Squad is an insane 1 to 8 players chaotic arena friendship destroyer. Take on current friends and future frenemies in any of the incredibly fun game modes, ranging from Last Man Standing to Medieval soccer. All of that using only weapons from the Middle Ages… and laser guns… and miniguns.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 54.1%, Fighting 26.1%, Action 12.5%, Indie 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: This fast-paced, arena-based local multiplayer game features various modes that emphasize quick combat and environmental hazards.
- #31 Mount Your Friends
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 7,694 reviews2014
Dev: Stegersaurus Software Inc.
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Experience the extreme simulated sporting sensation that's sweeping our digital nation! Mount Your Friends is a fiercely competitive sporting event for you to play with your friends in the contextual security of your own home, assuming that your home is not composed of sexual innuendo.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 48.7%, Competitive 40.8%, Indie 8.9%, Action 1.6%
Why You'll Like It: This physics-based, competitive game focuses on awkward, momentum-driven movement to out-climb and out-maneuver opponents.
- #32 Ninza
74% matchVery Positive96% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Klakmioch
Windows
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: Local Multiplayer 39.5%, Competitive 26.6%, Fighting 19.8%, Action 8.3%, Indie 5.8%
- #33 Fighting Fiends
76% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2021
Dev: Lex de Kogel
Windows
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 35.4%, Local Multiplayer 33.3%, Action 31.3%
- #34 Gado Fight
77% matchMixed64% of 103 reviews2020
Dev: G5game
Windows
A pure fighting game
Why similar: Competitive 28.1%, Action 27.4%, Fighting 24.7%, Indie 19.8%
- #35 Square Brawl
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 188 reviews2015
Dev: landfall
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 18 minMean: 2.2 hrs≥1hr: 34%
A fast and skill based party game where all of the focus lies in fun and engaging gameplay.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 59.3%, Action 27.2%, Indie 13.6%
- #36 Aero GPX
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 946 reviews2024
Dev: Aaron McDevitt
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
Aero GPX is an anti-gravity racer focused on high velocity, flight, machine-to-machine combat, and responsive controls that are easy to pick up but difficult to master. Fight for the best position possible with high speeds, risky maneuvers, and visceral attacks!
Why similar: Action 100%
- #37 Crashphalt
74% matchVery Positive95% of 512 reviews2018
Dev: Cold Pressed Games
Windows
Pound your way to victory in this 4-player competitive platformer. Create massive shockwaves in the terrain to bounce your enemies off the stage while trying to avoid being sent flying yourself.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 42.7%, Competitive 41.3%, Indie 16.1%
- #38 Fantasy Strike
75% matchMixed61% of 2,093 reviews2019
Dev: Sirlin Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 49%
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: Competitive 34.6%, Fighting 29.6%, Local Multiplayer 27.6%, Indie 4.5%, Action 3.6%
- #39 Fighties
75% matchVery Positive84% of 259 reviews2015
Dev: Pillow Pig Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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: Local Multiplayer 32%, Fighting 30.6%, Competitive 24%, Action 7.9%, Indie 5.5%
- #40 NAIR
72% matchVery Positive96% of 89 reviews2021
Dev: Teridax
Windows
A simple fighting game with one attack. Features fast-paced, expressive movement and rollback netcode.
Why similar: Fighting 43.5%, Local Multiplayer 39.7%, Action 8.8%, Indie 8%
- #41 GigaBash
69% matchVery Positive94% of 2,014 reviews2022
Dev: Passion Republic Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%
GigaBash is the ultimate Kaiju Fighting Game for 1-4 players, where you battle as film-inspired Kaijus and giant Heroes in fully destructible cityscapes.
Why similar: Competitive 47.6%, Fighting 42.3%, Action 10.1%
- #42 Air Brawl
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,720 reviews2015
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A fast paced multiplayer dogfighting game that focuses on creative weapons and game mechanics that reward skillful flying.
Why similar: Action 65.3%, Indie 34.7%
- #43 Skydrift Infinity
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 112 reviews2021
Dev: Digital RealityPub: HandyGames
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Skydrift Infinity is an action-packed arcade game focusing on the experience of flying alone, and with others, in a light, quick, fast-paced style.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 64.2%, Action 35.8%
- #44 Fly Punch Boom!
71% matchVery Positive91% of 172 reviews2020
Dev: Jollypunch Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Local Multiplayer 32.9%, Fighting 31.4%, Competitive 28.8%, Action 3.8%, Indie 3.2%
- #45 Zero-G Gunfight
70% matchVery Positive97% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Devil's Cider GamesPub: First Peoples Digital
Windows
Battle 1-3 friends in the fast-paced & frantic arenas of Zero-G Gunfight. Pickup different guns that change how you move & fight. Dodge enemy bullets & avoid unique hazards as you strive to be the last one standing!
Why similar: Fighting 43.4%, Local Multiplayer 43.3%, Action 8.8%, Indie 4.5%
- #46 Lance A Lot: Classic Edition
73% matchVery Positive85% of 62 reviews2016
Dev: Brimstone
Windows
RUIN FRIENDSHIPS. ON ROCKETS. Challenge your friends to a GLORIOUS tournament of rocket jousting! Up to 4 players can fight each other locally – but only one will be left standing when the dust settles.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 65.1%, Action 19.9%, Indie 15.1%
- #47 Super Slime Arena
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 53 reviews2018
Dev: JellyTeam
Windows · Mac · Linux
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: Local Multiplayer 38.6%, Fighting 32.5%, Action 16.5%, Indie 12.4%
- #48 Fraymakers
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,507 reviews2023
Dev: Team Fray
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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: Competitive 31.1%, Fighting 29.8%, Local Multiplayer 27.6%, Action 6.3%, Indie 5.1%
- #49 SLAYERS FOR HIRE
70% matchVery Positive89% of 133 reviews2020
Dev: Meta Games
Windows
SLAYERS FOR HIRE® is a free-to-play indie platform fighter with an emphasis on speed, precision, and creative characters. If you want something fresh to play with your friends, look no further. Playable online or locally with 2-16 players.
Why similar: Fighting 29.3%, Competitive 27.3%, Action 25.2%, Indie 18.2%
- #50 Hyper Jam
69% matchVery Positive94% of 502 reviews2019
Dev: Bit Dragon
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Battle it out local and online in this neon-soaked arena brawler full of lethal weapons, stackable perks, furious combat and a killer synthwave soundtrack.
Why similar: Competitive 31.9%, Local Multiplayer 28.4%, Fighting 24.7%, Action 8.8%, Indie 6.2%
- #51 Arclight Cascade
71% matchVery Positive86% of 58 reviews2015
Dev: Hexdragonal Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
In the Arclight Arena, you fend off Glass Drones and other Player Pilots by swiping and slashing them away in glorious 4-way Sabre clashing combat!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 62.8%, Action 21.6%, Indie 15.6%
- #52 Grand Class Melee 2
70% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2018
Dev: Ogopogoid Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
GCM2 is fierce arena combat with an RPG job system for 1-4 players. Battle to the top of the class tree and get massively powered-up!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 44.6%, Competitive 37.8%, Action 10.3%, Indie 7.2%
- #53 Astervoid 2000
71% matchMixed70% of 69 reviews2016
Dev: Mad Capacity
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Astervoid 2000 is a 1 to 4 player local-multiplayer space brawler, combining classic arcade action with modern gameplay. Explosive, indestructible, and icy asteroids will slam against your ship, or can be weaponized against your opponents. Perfect support for gamepads & keyboard and mouse.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 36.8%, Competitive 30.1%, Action 19%, Indie 14.1%
- #54 Galactic Thunderdome
63% matchVery Positive100% of 59 reviews2024
Dev: Pansimula
Windows · Linux
Galactic Thunderdome is a 2D sci-fi platform brawler with a focus on physics-based mayhem. Best your friends with a vast array of weapons and gadgets in a world rich with emergent gameplay, explosive antics, and bloody remains.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 49.4%, Fighting 38.4%, Action 12.1%
- #55 Lance A Lot: Enhanced Edition
68% matchVery Positive98% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: Brimstone
Windows · Mac · Linux
Challenge your friends to a glorious duel of rocket jousting for up to four players! Settle rivalries and become the last knight standing in this fast-paced local multiplayer!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 53.6%, Action 27.3%, Indie 19.2%
- #56 Garrison: Archangel
67% matchVery Positive83% of 248 reviews2020
Dev: Indigo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Garrison: Archangel is a fast-paced, customizable, mecha fighting game designed for epic anime style one-on-one and multiplayer team battles. Design, build and pilot your Archangels today!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 46.1%, Action 32.1%, Indie 21.8%
- #57 Cross Impact
65% matchMixed58% of 157 reviews2023
Dev: Team ImpactPub: Larsonsoft
Windows · Mac
Cross Impact is an Early Access free indie crossover platform fighting game, featuring a diverse cast of iconic characters, multiple modes, and a fully-fledged training mode to perfect your moves. Gather your friends for local & online matches! Prepare to Make Your Impact!
Why similar: Fighting 34.2%, Local Multiplayer 31.4%, Action 20%, Indie 14.4%
- #58 Gnaughty Gnomes
60% matchVery Positive98% of 58 reviews2026
Dev: SandCastles Studio
Windows · Linux
Crush your friends in combat by embodying these adorable yet Gnaughty Gnomes! Throw everything you find along the way, choose cards to upgrade your build, change the rules of the game... whatever it takes to win.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 82.1%, Action 16.2%, Indie 1.6%
- #59 Bam Bam Boom
62% matchMixed42% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Oh Baby Games
Windows
Fight your way to glory in this intense platform fighter. Master the manoeuvres of a unique roster of characters and utilise strategies to strike your opponent like Bam. Bam. Boom!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 54.8%, Action 36.5%, Indie 8.7%
- #60 Diesel Legacy: The Brazen Age
60% matchVery Positive91% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Maximum EntertainmentPub: Gameplay Group International
Windows
Diesel Legacy is a 2v2 fighting game where four players battle on the same stage at the same time. This unique twist on the traditional fighting game formula adds an entirely new layer of strategy where cooperation will become the key to success.
Why similar: Action 100%