Stickman Kombat

One-on-one stick figure fighting with a mouse. Stickman Kombat strips the genre down to its bones: pick a fighter, face another one in an empty arena, and win by landing punches, kicks and specials before the other side does. There is no directional input system to learn, which makes it a game about reading the opponent rather than executing a motion — when to press, when to wait, and when the current animation has left you open. Several fighters, several arenas, and opponents that stop being pushovers around the third or fourth match.