Robot boxing fighting game

Bolt Brawlers

Play Bolt Brawlers free online. Box a robot rival with high and low punches, guards and stamina. Fight the computer or a friend on one screen, best of three.

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How to Play Bolt Brawlers

Two boxing robots face off in the ring. Choose 1 player to fight the computer or 2 players to fight a friend on the same screen. Each round lasts 40 seconds, and the first robot to win two rounds wins the match.

You can throw a high punch or a low punch. Each punch has a short wind-up before it lands, and it costs stamina. If your stamina runs low, your punches get weak and slow, so you cannot just swing all the time.

Guarding is the other half of the fight. Hold the high guard to block high punches, or the low guard to block low ones. A guard only stops punches at its own height. Hit a robot while it is winding up its own punch and you land a counter, which does extra damage and stuns it.

A round ends when one robot runs out of health, or when the time runs out, and then the robot with more health wins it. Against the computer you score points for every hit and win, and each match you win brings a smarter opponent. Losing a match ends the run.

Controls

Touch

Use the on-screen buttons: high punch, low punch, high guard and low guard. In two-player mode each player has their own set.

Mouse

Click the on-screen buttons.

Keyboard

Player 1: W high punch, S low punch, hold A to guard high, hold D to guard low. Player 2: Up, Down, hold Left, hold Right. In one-player mode the arrow keys also control player 1. P or Escape pauses, M mutes.

Tips and Tricks

Watch the other robot's arm. A raised arm means a high punch is coming, a lowered arm means a low one.
Counters are the best damage in the game. Wait for a wind-up and punch into it.
Let your stamina bar refill between flurries. A tired robot is easy to beat.
The computer reads your guard. Mix up high and low so it cannot settle into one block.

About the Game

Bolt Brawlers is a simple fighting game built around reading your opponent rather than learning combos. With only two punches and two guards, every exchange is a small guessing game about height and timing.

The robots are drawn in a bold flat style in a dark arena, with sparks on every hit. Two-player matches on one screen are just for fun and are not scored. Your best one-player score is kept in this browser and can go on the Top 10 board.