- #1 Stickfigurez
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio Bidou
Windows
STICKFIGUREZ is an indie platform fighter featuring iconic characters from classic stick figure animations. Play with up to 4 players locally or online!
Why similar: Fighting 26.1% ★, 2D Fighter 25.2%, Competitive 19% ★, Local Multiplayer 10.8%, Multiplayer 8.7%
- #2 Ascendance Fighters
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gensart
Windows
Ascendance Fighters is a bloody indie platform fighter about a distant future in which the government has implanted cybernetic chips into a select few in the military, granting superhuman powers.
Why similar: Fighting 27.6% ★, 2D Fighter 21%, Competitive 16% ★, Local Multiplayer 11.3%, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #3 Fantasy Strike
96% matchMixed61% of 2,090 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: Fighting 25.7% ★, 2D Fighter 22.2%, Competitive 17.1% ★, Local Multiplayer 10.6%, Multiplayer 7%
- #4 Dashwalk Dueling
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monkii Goes Boarding
Windows · Linux
Dashwalk Dueling is a pixel-perfect fighting game with ninja fast swordplay. Whether you're dueling online, battling dojo traitors, or honing your skills in training, can you keep your feet on the ground and find that deadly blow? Show off your skills, strategy, and style in this platform fighter!
Why similar: Fighting 24.4% ★, 2D Fighter 21.5%, Competitive 13.9% ★, Fast-Paced 8.6%, Local Multiplayer 8.3%
- #5 Antistatic
94% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: bluehexagons
Windows
A fast-paced, uncompromising indie platform fighting game. Connect multiple controllers for local play, practice in training mode, and avoid touching the entropic static.
Why similar: Fighting 22.1% ★, 2D Fighter 20.4%, Competitive 17% ★, Fast-Paced 10.8%, Local Multiplayer 7.3%
- #6 You shall not pass!
94% 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% ★, 2D Fighter 21%, Local Multiplayer 15.9%, Competitive 8.5% ★, PvP 6.5%
- #7 Ninza
93% 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: Fighting 15.8% ★, 2D Fighter 15.6%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, Fast-Paced 13.3%, Competitive 12.1% ★
- #8 Little Hellions
92% 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% ★, 2D Fighter 19.4%, Competitive 13.3% ★, Local Multiplayer 12.5%, Fast-Paced 11%
- #9 Rivals of Aether II
91% 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 27.5% ★, 2D Fighter 20.3%, Local Multiplayer 11%, Competitive 7.7% ★, Multiplayer 7.4%
- #10 Hammer Dudes
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ollis66
Windows
Hammer Dudes is a casual 2D platform fighter. Dodge, throw and strike with your hammer to defeat your opponent and reach their final scene! Play on the couch with a buddy or even online in this competitve and crazy 1v1 game.
Why similar: Fighting 24.2% ★, 2D Fighter 17.6%, Competitive 16% ★, Local Multiplayer 10.3%, Side Scroller 5.4%
- #11 Hitmen Havoc
90% matchPositive100% of 32 reviews2024
Dev: Andreas O.Pub: TangleTech
Windows
Hitmen Havoc is a cartoony, fast-paced 2D arena party shooter for 2-8 players. Imagine a wild mix of Worms and Unreal Tournament—customize battles with unique characters in modes perfect for quick sessions or lively parties with friends, foes, strangers, or viewers. Can you finish on top?
Why similar: Fighting 25.6% ★, 2D Fighter 19.8%, Competitive 14.6% ★, Multiplayer 7.8%, PvP 6.4%
- #12 Knight Club +
89% 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: Fighting 23.5% ★, 2D Fighter 23.4%, Competitive 18.4% ★, PvP 7.1%, Local Multiplayer 5.9%
- #13 Starkheim Tournament
89% 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 30.1% ★, 2D Fighter 23%, Local Multiplayer 12%, PvP 7.1%, 2D Platformer 4.7%
- #14 Monkey Fruit Fight!
88% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Andreas & Mango Studios AB
Windows
Monkey Fruit Fight! mixes PvP retro arcade vibes and modern competitive action! Master precise platforming and throw fruit weapons in intense pixel art duels. Dominate friends to an electrifying synthwave soundtrack! Easy to learn, difficult to master - perfect for all ages!
Why similar: Fighting 23.2% ★, Competitive 17.2% ★, 2D Fighter 16.1%, Fast-Paced 13.1%, 2D Platformer 6.7%
- #15 Generic Fighter Maybe
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Astrobard Games
Windows
A classic arcade-style 2D Fighting Game, wrapped up in a goofy, full-of-energy, stylized presentation that mixes great animation and zany battle moves with simplistic doodles!
Why similar: Fighting 29.1% ★, 2D Fighter 21.7%, Competitive 17.2% ★, Local Multiplayer 7.8%, Multiplayer 7.6%
- #16 DRAGON BALL FighterZ
86% matchVery Positive90% of 75,315 reviews2018
Dev: Arc System WorksPub: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Windows
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 59.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 38.7% ★, 2D Fighter 19.8%, Competitive 11.4% ★, Local Multiplayer 8.6%, Fast-Paced 7.2%
- #17 THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV
84% matchVery Positive84% of 8,846 reviews2024
Dev: SNK CORPORATION
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 69.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
SHATTER ALL EXPECTATIONS! Transcend beyond your limits with KOF XV!
Why similar: Fighting 37% ★, 2D Fighter 31.7%, Competitive 9.6% ★, Multiplayer 7.8%, PvP 7.6%
- #18 Super Bout: Champion's Tour
86% 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 33.1%, Fighting 22.5% ★, Local Multiplayer 15.7%, Multiplayer 10.2%, PvP 8%
- #19 Brawlout
85% 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 43.9% ★, 2D Fighter 27.3%, Multiplayer 9.4%, Platformer 6.6%, Competitive 4.2% ★
- #20 Joltt - Battle Pillars
84% matchNo user reviews100% of 14 reviews2026
Dev: Rablo Games
Windows · Linux
A 2D fighting game where every character is a zoner. No close combat! Use each character’s special abilities and unique mechanics to blast your rival off their pillar.
Why similar: Fighting 26.3% ★, 2D Fighter 21.6%, Competitive 16.8% ★, Local Multiplayer 9.5%, Multiplayer 7.2%
- #21 Lethal League
83% 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 34.9% ★, 2D Fighter 21.6%, Local Multiplayer 14.3%, Competitive 8.6% ★, Multiplayer 7.3%
- #22 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 31.8% ★, 2D Fighter 14.8%, Local Multiplayer 11.3%, Multiplayer 7.9%, Competitive 6.6% ★
- #23 Fighties
82% 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 25.1% ★, 2D Fighter 19%, Local Multiplayer 11.6%, Competitive 11.2% ★, Fast-Paced 9%
- #24 Silkdown
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mire
Windows
A local PvP twin stick arena shooter with mechanical spiders. Wield powerful weapons, weave the deadly silk and lead your squad to victory.
Why similar: Fighting 23.8% ★, 2D Fighter 16.8%, Competitive 16.3% ★, Fast-Paced 12.5%, Local Multiplayer 12.4%
- #25 Bubble Battle
79% 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 27.2% ★, 2D Fighter 25.5%, Local Multiplayer 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Platformer 5.4%
- #26 Bludgeon
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meticulous Monster
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bludgeon is a death match between bird-riding warriors wielding flails. Evade the spikes and your enemies' weapons in your feeble attempt to survive and become victorious. Grab some controllers and some friends, and prepare to be bludgeoned!
Why similar: 2D Fighter 22.4%, Competitive 20.4% ★, Fighting 15.3% ★, Fast-Paced 10.4%, Local Multiplayer 9.1%
- #27 Street Fighter™ 6
78% matchVery Positive84% of 72,109 reviews2023
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 26.5 hrsMean: 117.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
Why similar: Fighting 36.6% ★, 2D Fighter 31.3%, Competitive 12.7% ★, Multiplayer 7%, Local Multiplayer 5.1%
- #28 Street Fighter V
80% matchMixed68% of 44,069 reviews2016
Dev: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 64.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 49.7% ★, 2D Fighter 19.2%, Competitive 13.9% ★, Local Multiplayer 7.7%, Multiplayer 6.6%
- #29 A Few Quick Matches
77% 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: Fighting 28.2% ★, 2D Fighter 28.1%, Competitive 14% ★, Local Multiplayer 9.4%, Multiplayer 7.1%
- #30 Resistance 204X
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yaga Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Street Fighter meets Nidhogg in the best game to introduce fighting games to your friends that don't play fighting games. Cross the goal to win the match, use the platforms to position yourself strategically, react quickly, KO your opponent, and run as fast as you can. Rollback Netcode.
Why similar: Fighting 23.5% ★, 2D Fighter 19.3%, Fast-Paced 14.6%, Competitive 12.8% ★, Local Multiplayer 10.5%
- #31 Skullgirls 2nd Encore
78% matchVery Positive88% of 31,987 reviews2013
Dev: Hidden Variable StudiosPub: Autumn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 82%
--Main Stage Game at Evo 2022!-- The ultimate Skullgirls experience: Featuring 14 hand-animated characters, fully voiced story mode, countless palettes, and unparalleled GGPO-based multiplayer netcode.
Why similar: Fighting 37.8% ★, 2D Fighter 23.6%, Competitive 13.3% ★, Local Multiplayer 8.7%, Multiplayer 5.6%
- #32 Ultra Fight Da ! Kyanta 2
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,213 reviews2019
Dev: 羽良麻セルフ
Windows
Ultra Fight Kyanta 2 is a fighting game with a frantic pace and easy to learn controls. You can perform special attacks using single button presses! Fight in 2D battles across various modes using teams of hand-drawn characters.
Why similar: Fighting 43.5% ★, 2D Fighter 32.2%, Competitive 11% ★, Multiplayer 7%, Indie 3.3%
- #33 Lethal League Blaze
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 6,608 reviews2018
Dev: Team Reptile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 9.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 27.3% ★, 2D Fighter 23.9%, Fast-Paced 15%, Competitive 13.1% ★, Local Multiplayer 10%
- #34 剣撃クロスゾーン
75% 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 36.9% ★, 2D Fighter 33.5%, Multiplayer 9.7%, PvP 9.3%, Action 3.7%
- #35 Bamerang
76% 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: Fighting 27% ★, 2D Fighter 18.7%, Competitive 18.5% ★, Fast-Paced 14.5%, Local Multiplayer 12.8%
- #36 Nidhogg
74% matchVery Positive90% of 7,829 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: Fighting 28.3% ★, Local Multiplayer 19.5%, 2D Fighter 16.7%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Fast-Paced 7.1%
- #37 Pillow Champ
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Frosty Pop
Windows · Mac
Challenge the world one pillow at a time in this irreverent 2.5D fighting game. Featuring a range of singleplayer options, local multiplayer, and online multiplayer with rollback netcode!
Why similar: Fighting 30.8% ★, 2D Fighter 23.3%, Local Multiplayer 13.1%, Competitive 11.7% ★, Multiplayer 8.2%
- #38 5 Force Fighters
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kaizen Creed
Windows · Mac · Linux
5 Force Fighters is a 2D fighting game with a cast of unstoppable characters, and a combat system that boasts universal offensive and defensive options. Unravel the story of 5 teens blessed with elemental powers, but cursed with scarred pasts that have led them to a common, but destructive, goal.
Why similar: Fighting 30.8% ★, 2D Fighter 27%, Local Multiplayer 12.4%, Multiplayer 8%, Hand-drawn 7.5%
- #39 Touhou Dream Duel
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 夢想闘工房
Windows
Battle your way through a beautifully drawn Gensokyo in this unique fighting game inspired by the classics from the Touhou Project franchise.
Why similar: Fighting 29.5% ★, 2D Fighter 28.8%, Competitive 20.3% ★, Local Multiplayer 6.2%, Multiplayer 4.1%
- #40 Sprite Fight
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Michael McGarveyPub: Mocha Games
Windows · Mac
Sprite Fight is an action-packed 2D platform fighter with the use of long-ranged combat and the ability to battle your friends. With a series of unique game modes to brawl out together, acquire a variety of weapons through plenty of stages to fend off your opponents and come out victorious.
Why similar: Fighting 30.5% ★, 2D Fighter 23.5%, Local Multiplayer 14.4%, Multiplayer 9.1%, 2D Platformer 6.2%
- #41 Super Powered Battle Friends
73% matchMixed61% of 23 reviews2019
Dev: Cache Grab Studios
Windows · Linux
SUPER POWERED BATTLE FRIENDS is a platform fighter for up to 4 players!
Why similar: Fighting 25.5% ★, 2D Fighter 21.3%, Competitive 16.5% ★, Local Multiplayer 11.2%, Multiplayer 6.7%
- #42 Suburban Scavengers
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Doombrowski
Windows
Suburban Scavengers is a small tug of war fighting game where you're trying to get somebody's garbage couch into your house.
Why similar: Fighting 39.2% ★, 2D Fighter 28.7%, Competitive 25.5% ★, Action 6.6%
- #43 Granblue Fantasy: Versus
71% matchVery Positive83% of 8,538 reviews2020
Dev: Cygames, Inc.Pub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A new game in the Granblue Fantasy universe, available on Steam! This fantasy game blends fighting game action and RPG-style adventure. Throw yourself into matches or enjoy powering up your characters!
Why similar: Fighting 37.6% ★, 2D Fighter 27.8%, Competitive 13% ★, Action 8.2%, PvP 5.3%
- #44 Killer Instinct
71% matchVery Positive87% of 5,519 reviews2017
Dev: Iron Galaxy StudiosPub: Xbox Game Studios
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 48.7% ★, 2D Fighter 23.7%, Competitive 8.9% ★, Multiplayer 8.7%, Local Multiplayer 5.1%
- #45 Full Contact
69% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2025
Dev: 8-Ball Games
Windows
Full Contact is a competitive, fast-paced, sumo slam-fest that always draws a crowd. Pick up and play in a one-on-one battle against your friends! Hype up the audience, use your stylish special moves, and knock your buddies out of the ring to be crowned champion.
Why similar: Fighting 26.5% ★, 2D Fighter 18.9%, Competitive 17.3% ★, Fast-Paced 12%, Local Multiplayer 9.7%
- #46 Gender Bender
71% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: Rhino Dev
Windows
Hate it when video games force you to identify as gender binary? Want some more options? Want the gender universe brought to life? Watch the genders fresh off of tumblr battle it out in the newest action-fighter of the season. *Not all genders implemented. (yet)
Why similar: Fighting 37.6% ★, 2D Fighter 33%, Local Multiplayer 18.9%, Action 5.4%, Indie 5.2%
- #47 Ultra Street Fighter® IV
70% matchVery Positive90% of 16,609 reviews2014
Dev: Capcom
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
The world’s greatest fighting game evolves to a whole new level with Ultra Street Fighter IV.
Why similar: Fighting 57.4% ★, Competitive 14.5% ★, 2D Fighter 14.5%, Local Multiplayer 7.5%, Multiplayer 4.2%
- #48 GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,538 reviews2015
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Ultimate battle action, and the epitome of the GUILTY GEAR XX series now on Steam! Bonus soundtracks included!
Why similar: Fighting 38.5% ★, 2D Fighter 29.5%, Competitive 13.7% ★, Local Multiplayer 10.5%, Multiplayer 2.7%
- #49 Coffence
70% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2018
Dev: Sweet Bandits Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Coffence is a fast-paced blend of fighting games and twin stick shooters with a dash of caffeine. Coffee is literally your health bar and every hit ejects the precious liquid up in the air for anyone to take. Experience dramatic reversals and tense stand-offs as you fight till the last drop with up to four players.
Why similar: Fighting 22.1% ★, Competitive 17.3% ★, 2D Fighter 15.8%, Fast-Paced 13.9%, Multiplayer 8.1%
- #50 决奕Duel
70% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: 逆熵工作室
Windows
A fighting game without fighting mechanism.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 35.5%, Fighting 34.9% ★, PvP 9.9%, Local Multiplayer 9.7%, Action 4.6%
- #51 DAIR
69% 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 30.2% ★, 2D Fighter 26.9%, Local Multiplayer 12%, PvP 8.4%, Multiplayer 8%
- #52 NAIR
68% 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 30.6% ★, 2D Fighter 26.8%, Local Multiplayer 12.4%, PvP 8.5%, Multiplayer 7.9%
- #53 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 35.4% ★, 2D Fighter 25.3%, Competitive 12.8% ★, Local Multiplayer 10%, Multiplayer 7.8%
- #54 Blacklight
68% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2022
Dev: Okaemon
Windows
A combo-oriented fighting game with a simple system. Players who are familiar with fighting games will be able to play right away thanks to its responsiveness and ease of understanding! Fly, run, solidify, and collapse! Supports rollback-style online matches.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 37.4%, Fighting 17.1% ★, PvP 12.9%, Multiplayer 12.3%, 2D Platformer 6.1%
- #55 Fighties 2
66% 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 27.3% ★, 2D Fighter 22.6%, Local Multiplayer 9.8%, Hand-drawn 7%, 2D Platformer 6.9%
- #56 GUTTERBRAWLERS
67% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: hslentz
Windows
Combo, launch and juggle your enemy in this snappy 2D fighting game featuring online mode with GGPO's rollback netcode.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 30.4%, Fighting 25.6% ★, Fast-Paced 13.4%, Multiplayer 9.9%, PvP 8.4%
- #57 Battle Fantasia -Revised Edition-
68% matchMixed67% of 229 reviews2015
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
"Battle Fantasia", the fantasy RPG themed 2D Fighting game is now appearing on Steam, and "REVISED" with the latest balances and improved visual effects! Comes with FREE Soundtrack DLC!
Why similar: Fighting 42.6% ★, 2D Fighter 31.3%, Local Multiplayer 10.6%, Competitive 9.7% ★, Action 3.8%
- #58 Shield Strike
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Statera Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Shield Strike is a competitive game where players use shields as projectiles, in addition to the unique abilities of each of the 8 characters. Made for up to 4 players, VS or Coop, and with a challenging journey in story mode.
Why similar: 2D Fighter 22.6%, Fast-Paced 16.8%, Fighting 15% ★, Local Multiplayer 14.3%, PvP 7.3%
- #59 Phantom Breaker: Omnia
66% matchMostly Positive76% of 290 reviews2022
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Rocket Panda Games
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Phantom Breaker Omnia is a fast-paced 2-D anime fighting game that features 20 unique characters, pitted against one another to make their greatest wishes come true. The ability to choose between 3 fighting styles will appeal to seasoned gamers while making the game accessible to newcomers.
Why similar: Fighting 45.5% ★, 2D Fighter 32%, PvP 7.1%, Multiplayer 6%, Action 5.2%