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ActionIndieFree To PlayMultiplayerFighting2D Fighter2D PlatformerCasual

7,831 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 11,738

Peak in the last 7 days: 13,373

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Game description

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.

Basic info

DeveloperBlue Mammoth Games
PublisherUbisoft
PlatformsWindows · macOS
Steam DeckVerified
Release dateOct 17, 2017
Price

Minimum specs

Memory2 GB
Storage800 MB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 275 reviews from the past 1 year

44.7/ 100
Bottom 5%

Steam rating: Mostly Positive (80%)

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

Players keep coming back to Brawlhalla even as they complain about it, and its 414,955 Steam reviews leave it at 44.7.

👍 Strengths

75 reviews say it is enjoyable and recommend it, and 14 say it is a lot of fun with friends. Players who stick with it describe excellent controls, satisfaction in mastering combos and reading opponents, and hidden mechanics and depth that reveal themselves over time, and some joke that it is so gripping it eats away their patience and dignity. Tech & Support, at 893rd of 1399, is its strongest category.

👎 Where it falls short

Multiplayer ranks 611th of 642. 47 reviews say players who spam signature moves dominate and that skill gaps make matches unfair. 35 criticize weapon balance, the most upvoted joking that it reads like someone spilled coffee on the design document. Gameplay ranks 1283rd of 1396 and Pricing & Fairness 1336th of 1399, and others describe a toxic community and input delay that makes matches unplayable.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“sig spamming players dominate, skill gap makes matches unfair” · 47 reviews
“competitive game consumes patience, serenity, dignity; frustration and obsession” · 43 reviews
“toxic community of players, addictive in harmful way” · 26 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 40% of reviews · Bottom 10% of the games we've analyzed

Controls & feel -1.35 · Responsiveness, precision, and how the menus handle
Negative “hitboxes mal echas, matchmaking desbalanceado y personajes rotos” · 8 reviews
Positive “character movements are very good” · 4 reviews

Progression 6% · Difficulty 14% · Onboarding 10% · Freedom 0% · Strategy 11%

Plot, characters and the world

Not enough data — only 3% of reviews mention this.

Characters +1.47 · How memorable the characters and their relationships are

Story 0% · World 1%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value

Not enough data — only 8% of reviews mention this.

Volume +2.73 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price

Variety 5% · Replayability 1%

Graphics, art style, music and sound

Not enough data — only 5% of reviews mention this.

Audio -0.80 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting

Visuals 4%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 51% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Community -3.40 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly
Negative “toxic community of players, addictive in harmful way” · 26 reviews
Positive “comunidad muy amable y educada” · 1 review

Playing together 21% · Servers & Connection 19%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 53% of reviews · Bottom 5% of the games we've analyzed

Matchmaking -1.09 · Skill gaps, team balance, and queue times
Negative “sig spamming players dominate, skill gap makes matches unfair” · 47 reviews

Anti-cheat 2% · Pricing 12% · Balance 31%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 19% of reviews · Bottom 40% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.20 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “each update makes game worse, devs need wakeup call” · 5 reviews

Stability 5% · Performance 8%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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