Shockwave: Stickman Fight

Shockwave is an offline stickman fighting game: a hand-drawn beat 'em up brawler with five ways to fight, from wave survival to boxing and 1 vs 1 karate duels.

FIVE STAGES, FIVE WAYS TO FIGHT

• CLASSIC - wave survival in a three-storey building with stairs and ladders. Enemies climb after you.

• RETRO - floating islands over open sky. Fall off and you die. So do they.

• RANGE - spear training. Drag to pull back, let go to throw, clear every target.

• BOXING - three rounds in the ring. Win by K.O. or on points.

• 1 VS 1 - karate vs kung fu, best of three rounds.

Every stage keeps its own high score.

WAVE SURVIVAL, NO UPGRADES TO GRIND

Wave 1 sends one enemy. Wave 12 sends twelve, and every fifth wave ends in a boss fight. There is no upgrade screen and nothing to buy. You get better at fighting, or you go down.

REAL BOXING, NOT BUTTON MASHING

Jab, cross, hooks and uppercuts. Feint, go to the body, slip, duck and step back. Hold block to shell up while your guard wears down, or tap it on impact to parry and counter. Knock him down and the referee starts counting.

FIGHT WITH EVERYTHING

Tap ATTACK for a punch-punch-kick combo that ends in a launcher. Dash through attacks with invincible frames. Time your block and you parry. Grab a staggered enemy and throw him into his friends; a flying body knocks down everyone it hits.

STAMINA IS EARNED, NOT WAITED FOR

Your bar only fills when you land hits. Dashes, blocks and your special are all paid for by fighting. Fill it completely and SPECIAL arms: one multi-hit chain that launches whatever it touches.

TEN WEAPONS, ALL OF THEM TEMPORARY

Bat, sword, spear, hammer, flail, dagger, rock, bottle, plus a bow and a gun. Every weapon has limited uses. A hammer gives you four swings, a gun six bullets. Then it becomes a husk you can still throw once.

CALL FOR HELP, ONCE A WAVE

Surrounded? Press BUDDY. An ally runs in and fights beside you for 15 seconds. Enemies turn on whoever is nearest, so lead him into a crowd to pull them off you. He leaves when the wave is cleared, so spend him well.

DIE AND CARRY ON

Losing does not send you back to wave 1. Watch one short optional ad to CONTINUE from the wave that beat you with your score intact, or start fresh for free. Win and you keep going with no ads at all.

BUILT TO FEEL GOOD

Every stick figure is drawn from scratch every frame, with no sprite sheets, so poses hit hard and read clearly. Impacts freeze the screen for a beat, double kills drop into slow motion, and bodies ragdoll and settle.

PLAY OFFLINE, ANYWHERE

No account and no in-app purchases. Every stage plays without an internet connection, on a plane, on the subway, anywhere. When you are online, the game uses optional rewarded ads and anonymous analytics to improve the game. Your high scores stay on your device.

CONTROLS

On-screen stick and buttons on phones and tablets, in landscape. Full keyboard support: A/D move, W jump, J attack, K special, L dash, S block, E grab, Q throw, F buddy.

Download Shockwave and start the fight: stickman brawler, boxing game and karate duel in one offline fighting game.