Games Like Your Only Move Is HUSTLE

Toribash is an innovative free-to-play online turn-based fighting game where you’re able to design your own moves. Complete control over character's body, hundreds of game mods and bloody mess with full body dismemberment - you've never been able to annihilate your enemies like that before!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 26%, Sandbox 25.1%, Strategy 22.4%, Action 15.2%, Simulation 11.4%

Why You'll Like It: Like YOMI Hustle, it is a turn-based combat sandbox where you script movement step by step and win through planning, prediction, and stylish physics-driven sequences.

A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 37.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 28.7%, Strategy 23%, Action 11%

Why You'll Like It: It delivers the same satisfaction of choreographing cool martial-arts sequences turn by turn while thinking carefully about spacing, timing, and follow-ups.

Chess meets Fighting games. Crush your opponents in the arena and on the chessboard in this online multiplayer competitive tactical fighting game that mixes the strategic elegance of Chess with the fast-paced execution of fighting games.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 46.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17%, Turn-Based Tactics 14.2%, Minimalist 7.4%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Its core appeal is similarly built on tactical reads and discrete decision-making, translating versus mindgames into a more structured strategy format.

Build a deck and battle online in real-time action with rollback netcode!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 67.3%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Anime 7.8%, 2D 6.4%, Cute 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: This one captures the feeling of fighting-game neutral and combo pressure through a highly strategic duel system built around prediction and fast decision-making.

A fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. Strategic, turn-based card battling that lets you experience the nuances of fighting games like Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike by a lead designer who worked on both.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 50.4%, Strategy 18.8%, Anime 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Colorful 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: It is one of the best pure read-based fighting-game strategy games on Steam, emphasizing prediction, counterplay, and matchup knowledge over execution.

Explore an ANGRY city, meet the WORST people, and beat 'em up with STYLE! Pick your fighter, FREEZE TIME, build custom combos, and knock out your enemies, all to save the president.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 29.3%, Side Scroller 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 21.3%, Cartoony 13.9%, 2D 13.4%

Why You'll Like It: It reimagines brawler combat as turn-based combo construction, making every exchange feel like a planned sequence rather than a mashy scramble.

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 82.5%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Action 6%, 2D 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: It strips fighting games down to spacing, whiff punishment, and frame advantage, which makes it a great match if YOMI Hustle's mindgames are what hooked you.

Rounds is a 1v1 rogue-lite shooter where each round gets more intense. The losing player of each round unlocks clever upgrades to create a better build to counter their opponent.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 70.9%, Side Scroller 16.4%, Action 6.5%, 2D 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: Its tiny arenas, momentum-based exchanges, and constant adaptation create the same kind of improvisational versus chaos that YOMI Hustle players often enjoy.

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 61.9%, Cartoony 8.4%, Strategy 8.3%, Action 5.8%, Hand-drawn 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its sandboxy interactions and ridiculous emergent setups appeal to the same players who love inventing absurd, stylish situations in YOMI Hustle.

Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.

Why similar: Strategy 25.6%, Pixel Graphics 24.8%, Anime 21.7%, Action 15.4%, 2D 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: While real-time, it shares YOMI Hustle's love of rapid tactical decisions, pressure sequences, and building explosive combo-heavy offensive flow.

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: 2D Fighter 82.3%, Anime 8.7%, Colorful 5.2%, Action 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: Its simplified controls put the spotlight on the same core skills YOMI Hustle celebrates: reads, pressure, positioning, and matchup knowledge.

Dive into the heart of ancient Japan in Two Strikes, a 2D combat extravaganza with breathtaking hand-drawn animations. As a fearless samurai, warrior monk, or daring outlaw, engage in electrifying duels where every strike can be your last.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 41.7%, Spectacle fighter 36.6% ★, Cinematic 8.6%, Hand-drawn 5.9%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its lethal, timing-centric samurai duels feel intensely prediction-driven, making every opening and punish matter.

A physics-based, realistic 3D sword-fighting game. Immerse yourself in a cinematic adventure, utilizing real sword-fighting martial arts and a variety of historically accurate weapons to survive brutal duels in 17th century Poland. Featuring single-player modes and a LOCAL 2-player mode.

Why similar: Action 100%

Why You'll Like It: Its slow, deliberate duels and simulation-like feel make each attack commitment matter in a way that echoes YOMI Hustle's careful planning.

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: 2D Fighter 81%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, 2D 3.9%, Action 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This pixel-art platform fighter rewards labbing, movement creativity, and explosive punish game in a way that lines up well with YOMI Hustle's expressive combat.

Divekick is the world’s first two-button fighting game. It distills the essence of the fighting game genre into just two buttons with no d-pad directional movement. Includes two extra playable characters: Fencer from Nidhogg and Johnny Gat from Saints Row!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 94.2%, Action 3.8%, 2D 2%

Why You'll Like It: It captures the same essence of fighting-game reads and momentum swings in an extremely distilled form where every choice is high-stakes.

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: 2D Fighter 90.1%, Action 9.1%, 2D 0.8%

Why You'll Like It: Although it is a projectile-fighter hybrid, it nails the same escalating back-and-forth, creative setups, and highlight-reel finishes.

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: 2D Fighter 87.2%, Action 7.7%, Colorful 2.9%, 2D 2.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers similarly deep versus experimentation and combo routing, but in a modern platform-fighter format with strong competitive depth.

One Strike is a 2d fighting game with fast and furious gameplay, memorable characters, and a retro pixelart aesthetic! Choose between one of six unique fighters, travel to medieval Japan’s beautiful pixelated landscapes and fight to become the greatest warrior in history.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 81.9%, Action 18.1%

Why You'll Like It: Like YOMI Hustle's most tense moments, it turns a duel into a battle of nerve, positioning, and committing at exactly the right time.

Made by hololive fans, for hololive fans. Idol Showdown is the definitive fan-made hololive fighting game experience, powered by rollback netcode. Engage in exciting duels as your favorite hololive talent and prove once and for all who the strongest idol is using the game’s easy-to-learn controls.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 72.8%, Anime 9%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Action 5.3%, 2D 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: This free anime fighter has strong combo lab potential and a similarly playful, community-driven spirit around stylish play.

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: 2D Fighter 74.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.3%, Action 6.6%, 2D 6.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its assist mechanics and open-ended combo possibilities give fights a constructed, sandbox-like feel that overlaps nicely with YOMI Hustle's creativity.

The newest riveting installment in the epic Under Night In-Birth saga rises from the Abyss! Improved visuals and battle system! Witness the curtain fall on the tale of the Hollow Night. Vie for supremacy through exhilarating combat and a deep, robust battle system!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 54.5%, Spectacle fighter 25.8% ★, Anime 6.1%, Action 5.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: If you love YOMI Hustle for anime-fighter style pressure, frame traps, and combo expression, this is one of the best traditional fighters to jump into.

Slice Dice & Rice is an indie fighting game with no health bars. Inspired by Bushido Blade, it revolves around the idea of finding an opening in opponents defense and ending the round with a single, clean hit.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 79%, Action 15.8%, Anime 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: This is another duel-focused fighter where spacing, timing, and commitment matter more than memorizing giant move lists.

The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-“. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you’ve seen before in a fighting game!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 74.2%, Anime 10.6%, Cinematic 8.2%, Action 3.5%, 2D 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the same appeal of explosive reads, huge momentum swings, and visually spectacular conversions, just in a real-time format.

Lock in! Samurai GUNN 2 is a bloody and brutally fast platform fighter for players who like short rounds and intense action. Free Edition out now!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 72.7%, Anime 10.1%, 2D 6.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Action 4.4%

Why You'll Like It: Its fast lethal matches and emphasis on prediction, movement, and outsmarting another player make it a strong adjacent pick.

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

Why similar: 2D Fighter 71.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Action 9.4%, 2D 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: This is another razor-sharp duel game where tiny positional advantages and confident reads decide the whole exchange.

This is the latest addition to the series of 2D fighting games based on TYPE-MOON's visual novel, Tsukihime. The curtain rises once more on dramatic battles played out with familiar characters from Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass Moon.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 50.7%, Spectacle fighter 28.5% ★, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Anime 7.2%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Its air mobility and expressive anime-fighter offense make it a great fit for anyone who likes turning neutral wins into creative sequences.

Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight heaps of red stickmen to become the boss. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to construct the perfect combat machine and fight your way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 54.7%, Spectacle fighter 26.8% ★, Action 7.4%, Minimalist 5.3%, 2D 3.1%

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 84.6%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%, Action 5.8%

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: 2D Fighter 64.8%, Pixel Graphics 15.7%, Action 14.8%, 2D 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: It expands the first game's duel-heavy formula with more chaos and weapons while keeping the same tension around spacing and commitment.

--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: 2D Fighter 66.5%, Cartoon 8.5%, Hand-drawn 8%, Anime 6.9%, 2D 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: Its freedom of movement, long combo routes, resets, and lab-heavy depth will appeal to players who enjoy constructing flashy sequences.

Them’s Fightin’ Herds is a 2D fighting game featuring a cast of adorable animals designed by acclaimed cartoon producer Lauren Faust. Beneath the cute and cuddly surface, a serious fighter awaits!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 58.7%, Cartoon 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Anime 6.8%, Action 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Beneath its cute presentation is a very systems-heavy fighter with strong combo routing, pressure, and matchup depth.

Say goodbye to jumping and hello to intense, lightning-fast grounded battles! Arcus Chroma is an offline juggle combo fighting game where dodging and countering are the keys to victory. With a truly unique cast to choose from, let your mind run wild as you master the game's creative combo system.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 58.2%, Spectacle fighter 21.6% ★, Anime 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Action 4.5%

A fighting game where the action only moves when you do. Plan your next move, then strike, evade and punish! Knock 'em down and press the advantage! Fight colorful hand-drawn characters, and challenge your friends to an epic battle of wits!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 36%, Spectacle fighter 20.2% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 16.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.7%, Strategy 5.3%

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: 2D Fighter 64.2%, Cartoon 13.9%, Anime 10.3%, 2D 6%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: It is less tactical than YOMI Hustle, but it absolutely matches the joy of turning a fight into an over-the-top animated spectacle.

DOJO MASTERS is a 2-button martial arts indie fighting game. Battle against your friends or head online to challenge warriors from around the world!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 49.5%, Spectacle fighter 33.1% ★, Action 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, 2D 3.8%

One Turn Kill is a PvE card game where card drawing and deck control are the keys to victory. Engage in battles limited to a single turn for an exhilarating, suspenseful experience.Join the protagonist in a pixel art wasteland to face off with the strongest of enemies and see what story awaits.

Why similar: Solitaire 33.8% ★, Strategy 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 23.1%, 2D 8%, Anime 5.9%

ULTRAKILL is a fast-paced ultra-violent retro FPS that combines the skill-based style scoring of character action games with the unadulterated carnage inspired by the best shooters of the '90s. Rip apart your foes with varied destructive weaponry and shower in their blood to regain your health.

Why similar: Spectacle fighter 88.6% ★, Action 6.2%, Colorful 5.2%

Play the first mission of Fights in Tight Spaces for free! A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling fight sequences in action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Full game OUT NOW.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 40.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 34.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Action 7.8%

Dive into the parallel story to UNDERTALE! Fight or spare your way through action-packed battles as you explore a mysterious world alongside an endearing cast of new and familiar characters. Chapters 1-4 will be available on launch, with more planned as free updates!

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 73.3%, 2D 26.7%

Unique turn-based sandbox strategy fighting game. Inspired by YOMI Hustle, TORIBASH and SPORE. Build your own character, fight AI or duel with friends online! FAS is a game for users who enjoy building, simulating, and casual fighting games with friends.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 28.9%, Spectacle fighter 16.8% ★, Sandbox 16.5%, Strategy 13.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%

Master your new earthbending powers and become the greatest martial artist the world has ever seen! Master the moves, craft your combos, and take to the arena to engage in one of the most intense and exciting 1-on-1 VR fighting games out there!

Why similar: Action 100%

A Hilarious Insult-‘em up in which players must verbally take-out their friends and family in different game modes. Assemble witty insults using different word strings, and employ combos, criticals, continuations and more to battle your opponents both offline and online across multiple devices.

Why similar: Simulation 44.2%, Pixel Graphics 25.1%, 2D 18%, Strategy 12.7%

Start your journey as a boxer from the ground up, fighting your way to glory. Develop your character, collect fight cards, and face the challenges life throws your way. Train hard, manage stress, and give everything you've got to turn your championship dreams into reality.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 35.9%, Turn-Based Tactics 33.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Simulation 7.6%, Colorful 6.2%

As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 34.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 30.9%, Strategy 13%, Anime 9.4%, 2D 5.2%

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: 2D Fighter 76.4%, Action 12.7%, 2D 5.8%, Simulation 5.1%

Street Karate 3 is a thrilling beat 'em up game where you combat numerous foes in unequal duels. Wield improvised weapons, execute powerful strikes wisely, and utilize throws and jumps to conquer challenges. Revive strategically, prove your skill, and emerge victorious!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 31%, Spectacle fighter 29.8% ★, Turn-Based Tactics 12.5%, Sandbox 10.2%, Hand-drawn 6.2%

Pick one of 20 unique characters and fight your way through the dangers of the “Hollow Night”, and claim your victory over those who would get in your way. Experience intuitive and tight 2D fighter controls, with a splash of devastating combos and unique fighting styles to keep your appetite for battle sated!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 80.4%, Anime 10%, Action 6%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%, Cute 0.8%

Work your way to the top of a cutthroat game studio in this retro roguelike deckbuilder! Crush the Industry features strategic combat with a unique twist and deep replayability.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 39.3%, Strategy 33.3%, 2D 16.6%, Colorful 10.7%

Run fast, soar through the air, and master your landings as you speed through procedural worlds to outrun the end of the universe, by yourself and with friends!

Why similar: Action 61.3%, Colorful 38.7%

Train, fight, and rise to the top in this knockout sequel to the smashing fighter management simulator! Mentor your fighter and guide him to become the ultimate champion: choose from different combat styles, control his routine, and watch him kick some butt like a proud sensei!

Why similar: Turn-Based Tactics 62.3%, Pixel Graphics 37.7%

HYPERFIGHT is a fighting game where every hit is lethal, and every win counts. Lightning-fast 1-on-1 duels!

Why similar: 2D Fighter 61.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, Cartoon 8.9%, Anime 7.4%, Action 4.8%

Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

Way of the Passive Fist is a unique and colorful arcade brawler. Parry, Dodge and Dash to outwit and outlast your enemies on a desolate planet ruled by raiders, mutants and fanatical sun worshipers. It's a new kind of tactical fighting in the licensed arcade brawler for the 90s cartoon you wish existed.

Why similar: Action 66.4%, Pixel Graphics 33.6%

Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 38.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 29.3%, Pixel Graphics 14.3%, Strategy 13%, 2D 4.9%

A classic 2D arcade action game animated frame by frame. Survive a fictional pandemic in a city filled with madness and denial.

Why similar: 2D Fighter 66.5%, Cartoony 9%, Action 7.8%, 2D 7.1%, Cartoon 5.8%

It's either not for you or the best thing you ever played

Why similar: Anime 28.9%, Strategy 28.7%, Cartoony 19%, Action 18.8%, Colorful 4.7%

Enter the world of ATLYSS, a Singleplayer/Online RPG where you can fight with or against friends in a surreal world filled with creatures beyond comprehension. Customize and progress your character(s), complete quests, and discover strange locations.

Why similar: Action 50.3%, Cute 49.7%

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Why similar: Pixel Graphics 41.5%, 2D 20%, Simulation 15.1%, Cute 12.9%, Action 10.5%

Bomb Rush Cyberfunk is 1 second per second of advanced funkstyle. Battle rival crews and dispatch militarized police to conquer the five boroughs of New Amsterdam. Become All City.

Why similar: Cartoon 37.5%, Action 22.5%, Anime 21.6%, Colorful 18.5%

Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!

Why similar: Strategy 43.1%, Minimalist 17%, Cute 15.4%, 2D 13.6%, Colorful 10.8%