A free fighting game in your browser

Neon Knuckles is an original arcade fighter. Open the page, pick a fighter and fight. It costs nothing and there is nothing to install.

What you are playing

Neon Knuckles is a fast arcade fighting game with eight playable fighters, from Sora Vey’s quick chains to Bram Tolliver’s slow, heavy hook. Each fighter has their own normals, a special and a cinematic super. A match is the best of three rounds with a 99 second clock.

Sora Vey lands a kick on Kessel-9 in front of lantern-lit food stalls at the Kaito Bay Night Market.
Sora Vey against Kessel-9 on the Night Market stage.

How to start

  1. Press Play free now and choose single player.
  2. Pick Arcade, Versus CPU or Training on the title screen.
  3. Choose a fighter and a CPU level (Easy, Normal or Hard), then press Fight.

You do not need an account to fight the computer. It works on a recent Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari, on a computer, phone or tablet.

Modes

  • Arcade. Five fights of rising difficulty, then a boss.
  • Versus CPU. One best-of-three against the computer.
  • Training. A practice room with a dummy and hitbox overlays.
  • Online. Rated quick match against real players, or a private match with a friend. This needs a free account.

Controls

On keyboard, move with A and D, jump with W, attack with J and K, block with L, and use U for a special and I for a super. Xbox, PlayStation and Switch Pro controllers work too, and on a phone you turn the device sideways to get touch controls. The full list is in the how to play guide, and the fighters page has every move.

Ready to fight?

Single player starts in your browser with no account.