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Unarmed fighting

Activities theme

The protagonist can attack with fists, claws, or by some other method using their bare hands, feet or other limbs or body parts.

966
games
78
platforms

Alternate names: Hand-to-hand combat
Name variations: unarmed combat

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (Windows)
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
WIN 2013-01-16
Windwalker (Atari ST)
Windwalker
ST 1989
The Last Ninja (Apple II E)
The Last Ninja
IIE 1989-11
Black Panther (Arcade)
Black Panther
ARCD 1987-06-26
Tomb Raider: Underworld (Windows)
Tomb Raider: Underworld
WIN 2008-11-18
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (Windows)
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
WIN 2008-08-31
Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Action Game (MS-DOS)
Clive Barker's Nightbreed: The Action Game
DOS 1990
Manhattan Dealers (Atari ST)
Manhattan Dealers
ST 1988
Primal Carnage (Windows)
Primal Carnage
WIN 2012-09
Resident Evil 6 (Windows)
Resident Evil 6
WIN 2013-03-22
Shanghai Warriors (Commodore 64)
Shanghai Warriors
C64 1989
Kung-Fu Kid (Commodore 16/Plus 4)
Kung-Fu Kid
C16 1986
Related:
* Melee weapons
* Defenseless - in case you're unarmed, but can't fight back.
Including cases where the player wears gauntlets, brass knuckles, or similar devices that (supposedly) make such attacks more devastating.

Without this tag, it is fairly simple to assume player is defenseless unless they attain some type of a weapon, which they may always have anyway.

Does NOT include jumping on people's heads (head jumping).
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Parent group

Mêlée combat

Child group

Striking martial arts

Games by year

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The first Unarmed fighting video game was released in 1979.

Sega, Capcom and Activision published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 154
Linux 83
C64 60
MS-DOS 57
NES 53
ZX Spectrum 43
PS3 42
Amstrad CPC 40
X360 38
Amiga 32
Atari ST 32
PS2 31
Arcade 29
Mac OS X 25
MSX 17
Apple II E 14
Electron 10
Mac OS Classic 10
Wii 10
PS4 10
BBC 10
Tandy Coco 8
C16/Plus4 8
GB 8
Mega Drive 8
Xbox 8
PC Engine 8
Master System 7
PS 6
Famicom Disk System 6

Most common companies

Sega31
Capcom29
Activision27
Electronic Arts20
U.S. Gold20
Konami18
System 317
Imagine17
Melbourne House14
Players13
Silmarils10
Ocean9
2K Games9
Taito9
Ubisoft8