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That One Thing
The relentless, air-juggling weapon combat where mid-match weapon spawns instantly transform how your character plays. Snatching a dropped scythe or rocket lance mid-fall lets you pull off insane off-stage edge-guards, turn the tides in seconds, and hurl your empty weapon directly into your friend's face for the KO.
Brawlhalla is ridiculously good at turning a simple premise into an almost bottomless fighting game. The controls are approachable enough to start throwing people off platforms within minutes, but movement, weapon matchups, dodging, recovery, and spacing give experienced players an enormous skill ceiling. Add eight-player chaos and cross-platform play, and it works equally well as a competitive fighter or a game-night brawl.
Worth the cost
Free, or regularly available for $15 or less. Good developers deserve to be paid, and optional cosmetics, expansions, and premium extras are welcome. But we won't list games that sell competitive advantages, disguise a trial as free, or charge again to finish the core experience.
Ready to play
Playable and satisfying today. It can be unfinished; it cannot be unfun. We love supporting indie developers, but prototypes, broken releases, and promises of a future game do not make the cut.
Tested by PlayBound
We install it, launch it, and play it ourselves. We've spent hours building definitive editions and making multiplayer work, because a store-page claim is not the same as a game we can confidently put in front of you.
That One Thing
Every game needs that one thing we'd excitedly tell our friends about. It might be the mechanics, story, art, soundtrack, controls, community, or the way it brings people together. If it doesn't have one, it doesn't make the catalog.
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Official Steam release with full cross-play multiplayer, ranked queues, and cloud progression.
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Optimized competitive setup with tournament stage clarity and frame-perfect controller deadzones.
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Brawlhalla is a free-to-play 2D platform fighter from Blue Mammoth Games where warriors from different eras, worlds, and even entirely different franchises meet in the halls of Valhalla. The basic objective is familiar: damage your opponents, knock them off the stage, and be the last fighter standing. What makes Brawlhalla work is how much depth it manages to build on that incredibly simple foundation.
The game currently features more than 50 playable Legends, each built around different weapon combinations, stats, and signature attacks. Rather than giving every character a completely separate moveset, Brawlhalla's weapon system creates a common language between Legends while still giving each one its own personality and playstyle.
Pick up a sword and you're playing a very different game from someone wielding a rocket lance, bow, gauntlets, blasters, or scythe. Weapon pickups also make matches dynamic: losing your weapon or successfully forcing an opponent to drop theirs can completely change the flow of a fight.
Movement is arguably the heart of Brawlhalla. Players can dodge, dash, jump, recover from the edge of the stage, chase opponents through the air, and manipulate their positioning constantly. At a high level, matches become incredibly fast exchanges of movement and prediction rather than simply trading attacks.
The game supports a huge variety of formats. You can play 1v1 and 2v2 ranked matches, casual free-for-alls, custom games, experimental modes, and numerous party-oriented formats. Custom rooms can accommodate up to eight players, making Brawlhalla particularly good when you have a group of friends who want something competitive without taking it too seriously.
That eight-player support is also where Brawlhalla becomes gloriously chaotic. Four, six, or eight people occupying the same arena creates a completely different experience from the game's competitive 1v1 environment. Platforms become crowded, attacks come from everywhere, and someone inevitably gets launched off the screen while everyone else starts laughing.
At the opposite end of the spectrum is the game's competitive scene. Ranked modes, tournaments, dedicated esports events, and a substantial professional community have turned Brawlhalla into a serious platform fighter for players willing to learn its mechanics. Ubisoft and Blue Mammoth continue to support competitive events, including the annual Brawlhalla World Championship.
The free-to-play model is also relatively straightforward. Nine Legends are available in a rotating free selection, while players can unlock additional Legends using in-game gold earned through playing. An optional All Legends Pack unlocks the roster permanently, while crossover characters and cosmetics provide additional monetization.
And Brawlhalla has become remarkably accessible. It supports full cross-play across PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android, so a group doesn't need to own the same hardware to play together.
We picked Brawlhalla because it's one of the rare free games that can genuinely serve as someone's gateway into competitive gaming. You can hand a controller to someone who's never played a fighting game, throw eight people into a room, and have a ridiculous match almost immediately. But if somebody gets hooked, there's an entire competitive rabbit hole waiting underneath that first chaotic match. For PlayBound, that's valuable. It's not merely a free alternative to Smash—it has developed its own identity, community, esports scene, and enormous player base. It's a game that can introduce someone to the genre casually and still give them a reason to be playing years later.
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2 GB RAM, 800 MB storage (Windows or macOS). iOS 15.0+ / Android 5.0+ on mobile.
Recommended
4 GB RAM, 2 GB storage, broadband connection (Windows or macOS).
Yes! Brawlhalla is 100% free to play. All gameplay features, ranked modes, and Legends can be unlocked using Gold earned from playing matches. Purchases are strictly cosmetic skins, podiums, and emotes.
Yes! Brawlhalla features full cross-play and cross-progression across PC (Steam), PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android.
Both controllers and keyboards are fully supported and competitive at the highest esports levels. You can completely remap controls in the Settings menu.
Each Legend possesses a unique combination of two weapons. During matches, weapon pods drop onto the stage, allowing you to cycle between your character's two weapon styles and unarmed combat.
Brawlhalla features competitive 1v1 and 2v2 ranked seasons. Players earn ELO to climb through Tin, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, and the top-tier Valhallan rank.
Brawlhalla is extremely lightweight, requiring only a 2.0 GHz processor, 2 GB of RAM, and any basic DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics card.
That accessibility is a huge part of why the game has lasted. It can be someone's first fighting game, a competitive player's main game, or the thing a group of friends opens for twenty minutes when they want to beat each other up.
The game is also very much alive. As of 2026, it continues receiving new Legends, balance changes, seasonal events, crossover content, tournaments, and gameplay features.
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2 ways to play Brawlhalla. Each has its own install, community and verification status.
Official Steam release with full cross-play multiplayer, ranked queues, and cloud progression.
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Optimized competitive setup with tournament stage clarity and frame-perfect controller deadzones.
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