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Nidhogg

2014 80 / 100 Arcade Fighting Indie
Nidhogg is the award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs. This is the ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing and melee attacks. Beware, advantages in Nidhogg are often fleeting, as new opponents continually spawn in your way. Use a variety of fencing maneuvers while armed -- lunges, parries, and even dirty tricks like throwing your sword. If swordless, press forward wi Show full summary

Nidhogg is the award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs. This is the ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing and melee attacks. Beware, advantages in Nidhogg are often fleeting, as new opponents continually spawn in your way. Use a variety of fencing maneuvers while armed -- lunges, parries, and even dirty tricks like throwing your sword. If swordless, press forward with punches, sweep kicks, dive kicks, rolls, and wall jumps.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer

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Nidhogg is the award-winning fencing tug-of-war, full of graceful acrobatics and clumsy stabs. This is the ultimate two-player showdown of fast-paced fencing and melee attacks. Beware, advantages in Nidhogg are often fleeting, as new opponents continually spawn in your way. Use a variety of fencing maneuvers while armed -- lunges, parries, and even dirty tricks like throwing your sword. If swordless, press forward with punches, sweep kicks, dive kicks, rolls, and wall jumps.

GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer GenreArcade GenreFighting GenreIndie GenreSport ThemeAction Traitalternative blood Traitartificial intelligence Traitbloody Traitbreaking through windows Traitcompetitive Traitconveyor belt Traitdeath match Traitdeliberately retro Traitdigital distribution Traithand-to-hand combat Traitigf awards Traitinstant kill Traitleaderboard Traitmartial arts Traitmelee Traiton-site procurement Traitpax prime 2014 Traitpixel art Traitpop culture reference Traitrespawning Traitside-scrolling Traitsteam Traitsteam achievements Traitsuicide Traitswordplay Traitthrowing weapons Traitvore Traitwall jump Traitworm

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Studio & publishing

Developer
Messhof
Publisher
Messhof
Franchise
Standalone
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Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • PlayStation Vita Oct 14, 2014
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) Jan 13, 2014
  • Mac May 19, 2014
  • PlayStation 4 Oct 14, 2014

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