Pocket Rumble is a streamlined, beginner-friendly 2-button fighting game that retains all the gameplay elements that make traditional 2D fighters great, but reduces the level of execution and memorization necessary to the bare minimum.
FightingIndieActionmartial artssteamcrowdfunding - kickstartersteam greenlightguest characterdigital distributiondeliberately retroPC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
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Character
Plot-driven, spare, warm and grave.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch
- Developer
- Cardboard Robot Games
- Publisher
- Chucklefish Games
- Released
- February 1, 2016
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
- Engine
- LÖVE
IGDB rating 6.3/10 from 4 ratings.
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