Best Martial Arts Games on Steam
Games about hand-to-hand combat, disciplines, forms, training, and fighting mastery.
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1Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition - The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for the new generation. With all previously available DLC included and a wealth of tech and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive.
Oct 8, 2014
In this game, you can…
- slam enemies into fish tanks, dumpsters, wood chippers, or an electric eel tank to finish a fight.
- jump from your moving car onto another vehicle, hijack it mid-chase, and keep driving without stopping.
- shoot during vehicle chases, including firing from a motorcycle and while mid-jump between vehicles.
- chain kung-fu counters, grabs, and combos until you're roundhouse-kicking groups and snapping arms in one brawl.
- walk into a karaoke bar and sing a full song as a low-stakes break from the crime story.
- do side activities like illegal street races, cockfighting, gambling, and drinking tea in night markets.
- bring jade statues and other finds back to a kung fu school to unlock new moves that change how you fight.
- work both sides as an undercover cop, taking Triad jobs and police cases while trying not to blow your cover.
2Nine Sols - Nine Sols is a lore rich, hand-drawn 2D action-platformer featuring Sekiro-inspired deflection focused combat. Embark on a journey of eastern fantasy, explore the land once home to an ancient alien race, and follow a vengeful hero’s quest to slay the 9 Sols, formidable rulers of this forsaken realm.
May 28, 2024
In this game, you can…
- interrupt a machine ritual that's about to voluntarily sever a kid's head.
- stick a paper seal onto an enemy, then cash in the energy you banked to detonate them.
- think you've beaten a boss, get the win moment, then watch it stand back up for phase 2 or phase 3.
- deflect at the last instant, build energy from it, then turn that defense into a counter chain.
- parry enemy strikes, parry projectiles, and even learn special parries for attacks that look like they shouldn't be stoppable.
- get wrecked by a boss for hours, then come back later and suddenly perfect-parry the same fight like it's scripted.
- slow time mid-fight to line up a bow shot right after a parry exchange, then snap straight back into the rhythm.
- find gifts and little activities for a kid you're protecting, like teaching him to draw or getting him to play the flute.
3Wandering Sword - Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.
Sep 14, 2023
In this game, you can…
- beat up someone you just befriended until they cough up your gifts.
- make one dialogue choice or travel to the wrong place and unknowingly lock out whole questlines hours later.
- recruit up to 14 unique martial artists and learn new techniques by raising friendship with the right masters.
- roam a huge chunk of the world early, poking into towns, mountains, rivers, lairs, and hidden corners for secrets.
- track down side stories that only continue if you investigate, leave, and come back later at the right time.
- switch between turn-based fights and real-time combat, then swap back in for the battles that matter.
- hunt techniques, weapons, recipes, pills, and books, then pivot your main character from fists to sword to staff builds.
- carry power forward into a new run, start stronger, and reroute your choices to uncover different recruits and endings.
4暖雪 Warm Snow - 'Warm Snow' is a Rogue-like action game with a background set in a dark fantasy world, where the eerie 'Warm Snow' holds sway. You will play as the Warrior 'Bi-an' on a crusade against the Five Great Clans, in order to save a world teetering on the brink of destruction.
Jan 18, 2022
In this game, you can…
- turn your swords into wine, soak enemies with it, then ignite the alcohol so the blades start doing damage.
- remove your dash for extra stats, then use a gourd to douse enemies in alcohol and keep igniting whole crowds.
- block specific relics and swords in the hub so future drops are more likely to feed the build you want.
- launch flying swords that hunt the nearest enemy, then recall them all at once for an explosive hit.
- put the same relic in different slots and have it become a completely different power each time.
- build around parrying so a perfect parry instantly chains into brutal sword-dash attacks.
- choose how many flying swords to fire to set up a "break," then rush in and recall them for a different effect.
- stack elemental effects so applying one element boosts the others, then turn fire into true damage that also poisons.
5DYNASTY WARRIORS: ORIGINS - Become immersed in exhilarating battles as a nameless hero in the Three Kingdoms
Jan 16, 2025
In this game, you can…
- wade into armies that fill the screen and cut down thousands of soldiers.
- use weapons with their own gimmicks, like throwing wheels, recalling them, then perfect-launching the return hit for a damage bonus.
- order bodyguards to attack, defend, charge, or form up, then push an objective by fighting inside your own moving formation.
- ride across a living battlefield, plug weak flanks, and watch morale swings change how hard the whole fight gets.
- perfect-parry an enemy officer, dodge-cancel their follow-up, and turn a would-be ambush into a clean counterkill.
- trigger a one-on-one duel with a dangerous officer in the middle of the wider battle, then jump back into the frontline chaos.
- build Bravery by attacking and parrying, then spend it on Battle Arts you can swap mid-fight for huge, hard-hitting moves.
- reshape a battle with tactics like spear walls, fire arrows, boulders, ladders, and grand maneuvers that change how the map plays.
6Sifu - Sifu is a realistic third-person brawler with tight Kung Fu combat mechanics and cinematic martial arts action embarking you on a path for revenge.
Mar 28, 2023
In this game, you can…
- revive after dying, but each revival makes you older for the rest of that run.
- punch someone out a window, jump out after them, and land in the next space kicking three more enemies before the fight even resets.
- play an arenas mode with 120 challenges across new maps and modes that push you into new kinds of fights.
- walk into a level young, die a few times, and limp into later fights at 60+ with less health but more damage.
- fill an enemy's posture with parries and throws, then do an instant takedown even if they still had plenty of health.
- fight while surrounded, using palm strikes for space, sweeps to drop and disarm, and throws that slam enemies into walls or into other enemies.
- unlock shortcuts so a whole dangerous section becomes a route you can just bypass on repeat runs.
- buy skills, then permanently unlock them by purchasing them multiple times, turning repeated runs into a training montage.
7Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Two larger-than-life heroes, Ichiban Kasuga and Kazuma Kiryu are brought together by the hand of fate, or perhaps something more sinister… Live it up in Japan and explore all that Hawaii has to offer in an RPG adventure so big it spans the Pacific.
Jan 25, 2024
In this game, you can…
- match on a dating app, start flirting normally, and then find out you've been talking to a chicken.
- spend 20+ hours cleaning a trash island, crafting furniture, decorating everything, and turning it into a five-star resort.
- collect random street goons as Sujimon, level them up, build teams, and climb an elite-four-style challenge ladder.
- move around mid-turn to line up back attacks, knock enemies into each other, and chain ally combo hits.
- switch Kiryu out of turn-based fights into a direct brawling style that changes the whole rhythm of combat.
- summon dolphins as an Aquanaut, swing surfboards, then mix inherited skills across jobs to build absurd party setups.
- race through timed events snapping Sujimon photos in a frantic snapshot scavenger hunt.
- deliver food on a surfboard or tricycle, chaining stunts into score combos like an arcade courier game.
8One Finger Death Punch - Experience cinematic kung-fu battles in the fastest, most intense brawler the indie world has ever seen! With the unique 1:1 response system of One Finger Death Punch, players will feel the immediate feedback of every bone-crunching hit. Pay tribute to the masters using five classic kung-fu styles mixed with additional weapons.
Mar 3, 2014
In this game, you can…
- chain roundhouse kicks, staff strikes, bow shots, and a spear impalement into one uninterrupted combo using two buttons.
- watch the game speed up when you're dominating, then ease off when you're barely surviving—adjusting the pace to your performance.
- play the whole thing with absurd controllers—people even run it on Donkey Konga bongos or try it one-finger style.
- fight entire stickman swarms using only left and right taps.
- deflect thrown swords and daggers in stages that suddenly rewrite the rules mid-fight.
- grab weapons as you go—swords, hammers, nunchucks, even a fish—and turn them into finishers.
- kick enemies through glass windows, smash them into breakable tables and walls, and trigger slow-motion kill moments.
- build a loadout from 21 unlockable skills, mixing them in thousands of combinations that change how your fights play out.
- enter survival mode where the speed keeps climbing until your reflexes finally break, then chase your score on the leaderboard.
9Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Jun 16, 2022
In this game, you can…
- throw an enemy so hard they slam into the screen.
- pile in with up to six players at once, with people dropping in and out while the brawl keeps going.
- taunt to refill your super meter, then chain supers back-to-back.
- level up the same character over time to gain more health, extra lives, stronger specials, and new combat options.
- dodge roll through attacks to avoid damage instead of just trading hits.
- hold a charge attack to tank a hit without flinching, then release a powered-up strike anyway.
- pull off co-op team moves like launchers and double-slams, then stagger supers and even redistribute health to keep everyone alive.
- drive the Turtle Van around an overworld map, revisit stages for challenges, and hunt down hidden items and cameos.
10Dead as Disco - Martial arts meets music video in Dead as Disco, a neon-drenched Beat ‘Em Up where every punch, kick, and combo syncs to the music. Join Charlie Disco on a quest to confront the villainous Idols and reunite the band.
May 5, 2026
In this game, you can…
- import your own songs, set the BPM, and have the combat speed and animations sync to your track.
- build a playlist and run an endless mode that keeps pulling from it while you fight wave after wave.
- make and share custom challenge rooms that set up weird fight scenarios.
- fight bosses where your walking, dodging, and punches happen on the beat.
- build Fever by staying on-beat, then spend it to pull out drumsticks and attack at double BPM.
- beat a boss and unlock their instrument as a new weapon that changes how you fight.
- burn down a boss health chunk, then get thrown into a new arena as the stage shifts and they reveal new moves.
- hang out in a bar hub you repair over time, swap outfits, buy upgrades, then walk over to start infinite mode.
