- #1 Bubble Battle
97% matchPositive95% of 20 reviews2025
Dev: Ponder Soft
Windows · Linux
Bubble Battle is a retro online/local multiplayer fighting game inspired by arcade classics. Players fly around with one simple objective: burst opponents’ bubbles before they burst yours. Collect powerups and out-maneuver opponents for fast-paced, addictive fun!
Why similar: Fighting 24.8% ★, 2D Fighter 24%, Local Multiplayer 15.7%, Multiplayer 9.4%, PvP 5.5%
- #2 Grapple Gunners
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cortland Hansen
Windows
A fast-paced multiplayer experience about grappling hooks and guns! Play against friends and compete to be the winner in this action-packed PvP game! Fight to be the last one standing across 30 unique maps!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 21.7%, 4 Player Local 16.3%, Fighting 16.1% ★, Local Multiplayer 9.9%, PvP 8%
- #3 Pulsar Crash
96% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: Little Doctor Games
Windows
Pulsar Crash a 2D twin-stick shooter which throws you into head-to-head space battles where the competitive spirit of fighting games meets bullet-hell chaos.
Why similar: Fighting 25% ★, 2D Fighter 18.8%, Local Multiplayer 12.9%, 4 Player Local 12.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 10%
- #4 Stick Fight: The Game
95% matchVery Positive93% of 124,581 reviews2017
Dev: Landfall WestPub: Landfall
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.5 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 28.1% ★, 2D Fighter 16.8%, Local Multiplayer 13.5%, Multiplayer 13.4%, 4 Player Local 11.7%
- #5 A Few Quick Matches
94% matchVery Positive85% of 2,523 reviews2025
Dev: Studio Bidou
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.2 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: 2D Fighter 26.8%, Fighting 26% ★, 4 Player Local 15.1%, Local Multiplayer 10.7%, Multiplayer 7%
- #6 Made to be Crushed
94% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: Loekni
Windows · Linux
Made to be Crushed is a strategic and fast local multiplayer fighter. Be the first to activate one of the 3 traps or be destroyed by the one-shot ammo! Play with up to 4 friends locally or online with Steam Remote Play Together!
Why similar: Fighting 25.6% ★, 2D Fighter 23%, 4 Player Local 15.6%, Local Multiplayer 12.3%, Multiplayer 6.9%
- #7 Kosmo Skirmish
93% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Jérémy Entressangle
Windows
Kosmo Skirmish is a multiplayer space combat game. From 2 to 8 players, take on your friends on the various destructible planets. Choose the right combination of weapons and tools to win the game.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 19%, Local Multiplayer 14.9%, 4 Player Local 14.4%, PvP 10.4%, Fighting 9.4% ★
- #8 Stone the Crows
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fermented Oddity Studios
Windows
Stone the Crows is a couch/online fighting game where you take control of medieval history's strangest doodles and battle it out using Earth Magic and Enhanced Movement.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 23.3%, 2D Fighter 18.3%, Fighting 13.4% ★, 4 Player Local 11.5%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #9 Kakatte Koi Yo!
91% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: BackSlash Games
Windows
Kakatte Koi Yo! is a cute 2D platform fighter where you play as cats, use fish with special powers to fight, and achieve victory! Challenge your friends in 1v1, 2v2, and free for all combat, or hone your skills in the single player time trials.
Why similar: Fighting 21.6% ★, 2D Fighter 18.9%, 4 Player Local 13%, Local Multiplayer 12.8%, PvP 6.7%
- #10 Rivals of Aether II
90% matchMostly Positive80% of 9,105 reviews2024
Dev: Aether Studios
Windows
Median: 9.7 hrsMean: 78.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 27.7% ★, 2D Fighter 21.2%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, 4 Player Local 12.7%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #11 Shape Arena
91% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: ICAD/VisionLab PUC-Rio
Windows
Shape Arena is a local multiplayer 2D game in which players control skillfully illustrated geometric shapes on a chalkboard, fighting to collect all the candies and achieve the highest score.
Why similar: Fighting 38.5% ★, Local Multiplayer 25.2%, 4 Player Local 11.3%, PvP 6.7%, Multiplayer 5.8%
- #12 Rift Rumble
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Isaac WildPub: Flaming Wreck Games
Windows
Rift Rumble is a lightning fast, platform party fighter where fighters from across the universe have come to battle for control of The Rift. Play with unlimited players locally across numerous unique maps.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 24.1%, Fighting 21.2% ★, 4 Player Local 15.1%, Local Multiplayer 8.1%, PvP 6%
- #13 The Grand Slamboree
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Alex Jackson
Windows
The Grand Slamboree is a 2D Platform Fighter where every hit is lethal for chaotic, lightning fast rounds! Join the fight with 6 unique characters across 120+ stages.
Why similar: Fighting 31.8% ★, 2D Fighter 24.4%, 4 Player Local 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%, Local Multiplayer 8.8%
- #14 Little Hellions
88% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: DIEMARTPub: DIEMART
Windows
GRAB. SWAP. KILL. Dominate the Underworld with lightning fast plays in this passive aggressive fighter for goblins & sickos!
Why similar: Fighting 25.4% ★, 2D Fighter 20.5%, Local Multiplayer 15.7%, 4 Player Local 15.2%, Multiplayer 8.6%
- #15 OctaFight
87% matchPositive95% of 18 reviews2020
Dev: Pixel Almost Perfect
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
OctaFight is an explosive combat game. A tribute to good old couch multiplayer titles, offering intense and devastating versus matches. Move, jump, shield, throw and trigger your bomb on time to be the last in one piece!
Why similar: Fighting 22.2% ★, 2D Fighter 21.7%, 4 Player Local 16.4%, Local Multiplayer 14.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #16 Smash Crates
86% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Fat Alien Cat
Windows
BUILD, DESTROY and MANIPULATE the battlefield to your advantage. Fight for glory! Be there and be square!
Why similar: Fighting 23.4% ★, 2D Fighter 18.9%, Local Multiplayer 12.3%, 4 Player Local 11.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%
- #17 You shall not pass!
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Father Rhine Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
YSNP! is a local couch multiplayer 2D shooter. You and a friend try to win a tug-of-war across multiple screens in a 1 vs. 1 battle. Eliminate your opponent with your weapon and interactive level objects, gain your turn, and try to get past him to the other side of the screen.
Why similar: Fighting 28.8% ★, 2D Fighter 22.3%, Local Multiplayer 20.1%, PvP 7.9%, Multiplayer 6.8%
- #18 OnionXLayer: Extraction
85% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pavel Precek
Windows
Dash. Freeze time. Aim. Strike.Welcome to OnionXLayer: Extraction, a fast-paced 2D duel game where every jump could be your last and every dash is a deadly decision.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 34.9%, Fighting 13.3% ★, PvP 10.2%, 2D Platformer 10.1%, Multiplayer 9.3%
- #19 Super Bout: Champion's Tour
84% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Strongkid, LLC
Windows · Mac
Strongkid presents Super Bout: Champion's Tour, a 1v1 fighting game features state of the art 8-bit graphics and sound effects, 5 playable characters, online and offline versus modes, a single player arcade mode, and more!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 34.1%, Fighting 22.4% ★, Local Multiplayer 19.3%, Multiplayer 11%, PvP 9.5%
- #20 Starkheim Tournament
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Project MOX
Windows
Starkheim Tournament is a 2D fighting game set in a fantasy universe with a pixel-art style. Featuring simplified, easy-to-learn controls, it’s designed to be instantly accessible and quick to master.
Why similar: Fighting 30.3% ★, 2D Fighter 24.1%, Local Multiplayer 14.9%, PvP 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%
- #21 Galactic Thunderdome
82% 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: 2D Fighter 20.3%, Fighting 18.8% ★, Local Multiplayer 13.2%, 4 Player Local 12.6%, Twin Stick Shooter 9%
- #22 Knight Club +
83% matchVery Positive88% of 353 reviews2020
Dev: Gutter Arcade
Windows
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: 2D Fighter 24.8%, Fighting 24.1% ★, 4 Player Local 9%, PvP 8.6%, Local Multiplayer 7.5%
- #23 Codename Prodigy
82% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: Mystic Brew Games
Windows
A Couch-Play Platform fighter with Traditional fighting game aspects that focuses on using your stage against your opponent, with each character taking advantage of the stages in unique and different ways
Why similar: Fighting 31.9% ★, 2D Fighter 15.4%, Local Multiplayer 14%, Multiplayer 8.5%, PvP 7.8%
- #24 Fighties 2
81% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Pillow Pig Games
Windows
Fighties 2 is a fast paced 2D platform fighter. It is the second Fighties game.
Why similar: Fighting 25.1% ★, 2D Fighter 21.5%, 4 Player Local 14.3%, Local Multiplayer 11.1%, 2D Platformer 6.1%
- #25 Zero-G Gunfight
81% 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 25.9% ★, 2D Fighter 22%, 4 Player Local 14.6%, Local Multiplayer 14.1%, PvP 6.6%
- #26 Charge Champs
80% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Spaghetti Yeti Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Charge Champs is a 2D platform fighter with a unique combat system where players charge their character to temporarily unlock abilities and gain an advantage over their opponents.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 24.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.9%, 4 Player Local 16.1%, Fighting 13.9% ★, PvP 8.4%
- #27 Drill Man Rumble
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hunter StudioPub: Neon Doctrine
Windows · Mac
Drill Man Rumble is a hand drawn fast paced action game with single and multiplayer features. Take on the legend of Drill Mountain in the campaign. Drill your friends in danger-filled arenas, ride mechanical Drill-agons, and battle strangers for riches in the endless Bounty Mode.
Why similar: Fighting 25.5% ★, 2D Fighter 19.8%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, 4 Player Local 13.2%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #28 决奕Duel
79% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: 逆熵工作室
Windows
A fighting game without fighting mechanism.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 35%, Fighting 33.2% ★, Local Multiplayer 11.4%, PvP 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
- #29 Fight of Animals: Arena
78% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2020
Dev: Digital Crafter
Windows
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 23.5% ★, 2D Fighter 18.7%, 4 Player Local 15.3%, Local Multiplayer 14.5%, PvP 8.5%
- #30 Island Bender
77% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2023
Dev: Island Bender Games
Windows · Linux
Throw Rocks at each other, collect Powerups, and play with up to 6 players in Local Multiplayer.
Why similar: Fighting 25.4% ★, 2D Fighter 16.2%, Local Multiplayer 12.9%, 4 Player Local 11.6%, Physics 9.6%
- #31 Domiverse
78% matchVery Positive96% of 79 reviews2018
Dev: Haunted Tie
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 20.9% ★, 2D Fighter 20.4%, Local Multiplayer 14.9%, 4 Player Local 12.8%, PvP 7.6%
- #32 PropFight
76% matchPositive100% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: Obani
Windows · Linux
PropFight is a 2D physics-based fighting game where you play randoms props in random arenas, with random events occuring.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 29.4%, Local Multiplayer 13.2%, Fighting 10.8% ★, Physics 9.4%, 2D Platformer 9.2%
- #33 Battlewrights
75% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: Florian Malogajski Dev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Battlewrights is a 4-player local party brawler with quirky characters, a unique movement system and fast, intense versus matches. Get back to the glory days of couch multiplayer and be ready to destroy some friendships.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 30.3%, Local Multiplayer 24.5%, 4 Player Local 17%, PvP 7.2%, 2D Platformer 6.6%
- #34 Spookyard
77% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2020
Dev: ICAD/VisionLab PUC-Rio
Windows
Spookyard is a local 2D multiplayer computer game that has different and competitive dynamics for each arena, offering game modes that can vary within the topdown and sidescroll camera styles.
Why similar: Fighting 21% ★, 4 Player Local 21%, Local Multiplayer 19.3%, 2D Fighter 16.4%, Multiplayer 10.6%
- #35 SpiderHeck
74% matchVery Positive93% of 6,154 reviews2022
Dev: NeverjamPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 24.2% ★, 2D Fighter 21.2%, Local Multiplayer 16.2%, 4 Player Local 10.5%, Physics 9.5%
- #36 Samurai GUNN
76% matchVery Positive92% of 463 reviews2013
Dev: Beau BlythPub: SCRAMBLER
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 40%
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: Fighting 25.3% ★, 2D Fighter 21.3%, 4 Player Local 15.5%, Local Multiplayer 14.8%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #37 Dynasty Feud
75% matchVery Positive83% of 104 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: Fighting 28.2% ★, 2D Fighter 21.8%, 4 Player Local 17.5%, Local Multiplayer 16.7%, Multiplayer 10.6%
- #38 Lethal League
74% matchVery Positive94% of 6,070 reviews2014
Dev: Team Reptile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 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 36.4% ★, 2D Fighter 23.4%, Local Multiplayer 18.4%, 4 Player Local 8.8%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #39 Party Pooper
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lembido Games
Windows
Party Pooper is a chaotic 4-player battle platformer where everyone is fighting, flying, and flinging each other to be the first to poop in the sacred toilet before their time runs out. Poop to survive, fail to poop and explode, last butt standing wins.
Why similar: Fighting 35% ★, 2D Fighter 19.3%, Local Multiplayer 17.2%, Multiplayer 13.7%, 4 Player Local 12.4%
- #40 King of the Couch: Zoovival
73% matchVery Positive84% of 285 reviews2017
Dev: Loophole Interactive
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.0 hrs≥1hr: 28%
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 27.1% ★, 4 Player Local 17.4%, 2D Fighter 16.5%, Local Multiplayer 15.2%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #41 Roof Rage
72% 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 29.4% ★, 2D Fighter 23.8%, Local Multiplayer 14.5%, 4 Player Local 10%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #42 Brawlout
73% 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 46.3% ★, 2D Fighter 29.9%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Platformer 6.3%, Local Multiplayer 3.7%
- #43 Beardbarians
71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: SquareSweets GamesPub: Monocle Media
Windows · Linux
Prepare your hair to attack, smack and knock back anyone who dares oppose you in Beardbarians! Pick from a colourful cast of characters and stages to duke it out with friends, locally or online, or work together to protect your gem from goblins by upgrading your abilities in the tower defence mode!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 28.5%, 4 Player Local 17.6%, Local Multiplayer 16.8%, Multiplayer 10.4%, PvP 8%
- #44 Grabity
71% matchVery Positive91% of 339 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: Fighting 30.5% ★, 4 Player Local 18.6%, Local Multiplayer 18.5%, Physics 10.9%, Multiplayer 10.3%
- #45 Fighties
72% 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: Fighting 26.2% ★, 2D Fighter 20.6%, Local Multiplayer 15%, 4 Player Local 13.3%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #46 Robots with Guns
70% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Flash of Stars
Windows
Robots with Guns is a chaotic local PvP party game for 2-4 players built around an endless tug of war. Every victory strengthens your opponents - survive while weaker and fight for ultimate victory!
Why similar: Fighting 27.1% ★, Local Multiplayer 16.6%, 2D Fighter 15.7%, 4 Player Local 14.7%, Multiplayer 9%
- #47 Rumble City
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Below Zero Productions
Windows · Linux
Jump into the action as a member of 1 of 6 gangs and fight your friends in exciting party combat! Each time you play, you'll be fighting to push your rival gang memeber out of the map! KO them and move towards one side of the arena and claim the world of Rumble City as your own!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 21.9%, Fighting 21.7% ★, Local Multiplayer 19%, 4 Player Local 11.8%, Multiplayer 11.1%
- #48 The Rektangle Show
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fresh Stick Wood Games
Windows
Can you imagine being on a TV show where you're a rectangle with eyebrows who has to crush his friends to win a juicy and exquisite prize in green bills, while using very impractical and low-quality weapons? No? Well, what a lack of imagination, BECAUSE IN THE REKTANGLE SHOW™ WE DO EXACTLY THAT!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 23.3%, Local Multiplayer 16.4%, 4 Player Local 12.5%, PvP 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.9%
- #49 Ninza
69% matchVery Positive96% of 98 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 19.1%, 2D Fighter 18%, Fighting 17.6% ★, 4 Player Local 16%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #50 Mystics Ablaze
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Coyote Time
Windows
Magi, spirits and occultists clash with colorful crystal orbs and explosive teleportation! Mystics Ablaze is a deep and spectacular couch fighting game for 2-4 players unlike anything you’ve ever played.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 35.1%, 4 Player Local 22.5%, Local Multiplayer 13.6%, PvP 7.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 6.5%
- #51 剣撃クロスゾーン
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: 攻勢道場
Windows
"剣撃クロスゾーン" (KenGeki CrossZone) An original 2D fighting game. Strong attack! There are many offsets! The more buttons you press, the better! Easy operation with special move button!
Why similar: Fighting 37.8% ★, 2D Fighter 35.6%, PvP 11.3%, Multiplayer 10.7%, 2D 3.4%
- #52 Squarena
69% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2022
Dev: Codeaclysm Games
Windows
Blast, teleport, shrink and outsmart your friends in Squarena, the fast-paced 2D arena shooter where damage makes you smaller, harder to hit, and harder to control! With chaotic physics and unique abilities, every match is a battle of skill and strategy.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 21.1%, 4 Player Local 15.2%, Local Multiplayer 14.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 10.5%, Physics 9.8%
- #53 FOOTSIES Rollback Edition
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 553 reviews2020
Dev: HiFight
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 54 minMean: 1.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
FOOTSIES is a simple 2D ground-based fighting game that both new and experienced players can pick up and enjoy right away. Featuring online battle mode with rollback netcode, implemented using GGPO open-source codes.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 37.9%, Fighting 34.4% ★, PvP 10.8%, Multiplayer 6%, Pixel Graphics 4.2%
- #54 HYPERFIGHT
68% matchVery Positive90% of 910 reviews2019
Dev: studio joh
Windows · Mac · Linux
HYPERFIGHT is a fighting game where every hit is lethal, and every win counts. Lightning-fast 1-on-1 duels!
Why similar: Fighting 30.3% ★, 2D Fighter 25.7%, Local Multiplayer 13.8%, PvP 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.5%
- #55 Rivals of Aether
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 37,434 reviews2017
Dev: Aether Studios
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 50.2 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 34.8% ★, 2D Fighter 25.8%, Local Multiplayer 12.2%, 4 Player Local 8.4%, Multiplayer 8.3%
- #56 Skyhook
68% matchVery Positive85% of 143 reviews2016
Dev: Megastorm Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 31.2% ★, 2D Fighter 27.4%, 4 Player Local 13%, Local Multiplayer 9.3%, Platformer 5.7%
- #57 NAIR
67% 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 30.2% ★, 2D Fighter 27.4%, Local Multiplayer 15%, PvP 10%, Multiplayer 8.4%
- #58 DAIR
66% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: Teridax
Windows
A complex fighting game with one attack. Features fast-paced, expressive movement and rollback netcode.
Why similar: Fighting 30% ★, 2D Fighter 27.7%, Local Multiplayer 14.7%, PvP 10%, Multiplayer 8.5%
- #59 Brawlhalla
66% matchVery Positive80% of 403,217 reviews2017
Dev: Blue Mammoth GamesPub: Ubisoft
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 73.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
An epic platform fighter for up to 8 players online or local. Try casual free-for-alls, ranked matches, or invite friends to a private room. And it's free! Play cross-platform with millions of players on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android & Steam! Frequent updates. Over sixty Legends.
Why similar: Fighting 31.5% ★, 2D Fighter 20%, Local Multiplayer 12.9%, 4 Player Local 12%, Multiplayer 10.4%
- #60 Ninjas on Trampolines
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Olympus InteractivePub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows
What if ninjas fought in a trampoline park, but with paint?
Why similar: 2D Fighter 28.3%, 4 Player Local 17.6%, Multiplayer 11%, PvP 10.3%, Physics 8.8%