Single-player
Arcade Mode
Challenge the CPU. Choose your fighter, pick Easy, Normal, or Hard difficulty, and battle through rounds solo. Best of three.
Play Arcade
Choose your mode
TWO WAYS
TO FIGHT.
Two-player
Local Versus
Invite a second player to the same screen. P1 on WASD, P2 on arrow keys — or customize bindings. Best of three rounds.
Play VersusChoose your fighter
TWO FIGHTERS.
ONE ARENA.
APE #001
THE KING
A heavyweight organic brawler. Electric power channeled through royal armor — powerful at range, devastating on the ground.
- Style
- Heavy organic brawler
- Energy
- Electric blue / royal gold
- Signature
- Jump Slam — 18 HP, mid
APE #088
THE CYBER BRUISER
A cybernetic bruiser powered by violet electricity. Mechanical arm, piston-driven strikes, and a launching uppercut that opens rounds wide.
- Style
- Cybernetic bruiser
- Energy
- Violet electricity / metallic sparks
- Signature
- Purple Thunder Uppercut — 16 HP, launches
Controls and rules
HOW TO
PLAY.
Player 1
- Move / Jump / Crouch
- A D W S
- Light Jab
- J
- Heavy Hook
- K
- Low Kick
- L
- Block
- Space
- Signature move
- W then K
- Pause
- Escape
Player 2
- Move / Jump / Crouch
- Arrows
- Light / Heavy / Low
- Num 1 / 2 / 3
- Alternate attacks
- U I O
- Block
- Num 0 or P
- Signature move
- Up then Num 2
Touch
Rotate to landscape to unlock on-screen touch controls for Player 1. Player 2 uses a keyboard in Local Versus.
All keyboard bindings are fully remappable in Settings. Full-screen is available where the browser supports it.
Combat rules
Win two rounds. Each round lasts 60 seconds. Highest health wins on timeout — equal health or double K.O. replays the round.
AttackDamageHeightGuard
Light Jab5 HPHighStanding
Heavy Hook15 HPMidStanding
Low Kick10 HPLowCrouch
Jump Slam (King)18 HPMidStanding
Purple Thunder (Cyber)16 HPMidStanding
Blocking takes 10% chip damage. Attack recovery cannot be canceled. Release and press again to repeat a jump or attack. Arcade CPU uses Easy, Normal, or Hard AI profiles.
Free to play — no account required
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