Great fun with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Peak game for playing with your friends (dont try ranked)”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Brawlhalla
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 85%Very Positive · 85%Blue Mammoth Games2017Fighting · 2D Platformer · Casual
The verdict
A free, Smash-style platform fighter that is great fun with friends and casually, but ranked is full of sig spammers, sweats and rage. Skip it if you hate losing or play solo.
Great for
Friend groups wanting a free, chaotic Smash-style party fighter, especially casual or private lobbies
Main risk
Ranked and matchmaking turn into toxic, sig-spam-fueled frustration that sours the fun
What players love
Free Smash-like alternative
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 positive reviews
“it is a smash clone and def inferior to the og. but still it's really fun especially with friends plus it's free.”
Steam review · 99.8 h played ↗
Large roster with unique weapons
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“There are many characters, each with their own weapons and style, so you always want to try someone else.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 6 h played ↗
Runs well on almost any hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“im running this on a old macbook air and its runs pretty damn good.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Addictive, rewarding combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews
“extremely simple yet very addictive gameplay”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 3.8 h played ↗
Fair free-to-play, cosmetics only
Mentioned in ~1 in 75 positive reviews
“There is a premium shop, it's pricey, but all mechanics are available and you only pay for cosmetics.”
Steam review · translated from Russian · 182.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Sig spamming dominates matches
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Sig spamming is the meta, so if you like pressing one button over and over, this might be the game for you”
Steam review · 57.1 h played ↗
Server lag, disconnects and rollbacks
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Would not recommend.... this game needs to fix its servers. Teleporting everywhere, misinputs, etc. It's honestly embarrassing.”
Steam review · 373.4 h played ↗
Toxic, rage-inducing community
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Because there is no voice chat, the toxicity just bleeds into the gameplay itself”
Steam review · 705.3 h played ↗
Poor matchmaking, sweats and smurfs
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Matchmaking is absolute garbage, meaning you will demolish someone and get paired with someone with 2000 hours the next game.”
Steam review · 227.7 h played ↗
Bad hitboxes and unresponsive controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Game been out for too long for these hit boxes to still be this ASS.”
Steam review · 6.8 h played ↗
Devs prioritise skins over balance
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“They focus their attention on skins and crossovers and adding unnecessary things such as pets while increasing the prices.”
Steam review · 833.8 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified800 MB
Minimum
Memory2 GB RAM
Storage800 MB available space
Recommended
Memory4 GB RAM
Storage2 GB available space
Memory2 GB RAM
Storage800 MB available space
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