Mêlée combat
Activities theme
Fighting unarmed or armed (excluding ranged weapons) at contact range.
Parent group
Child groups
| Attack clashing | Striking a against a melee attack or weapon with your own, either by accident or timing your attack roughly at the same time with the opponent's, has effects beside the base expected from video games. | 1 game | ||
| Blocking | Player can block attacks, usually with a shield or similar. | 1993 / 2022 | 175 games | |
| Bodyslamming | Player character can jump or drop their own body at an opponent, knocking them down or otherwise injuring them. | 2005 / 2015 | 24 games | |
| Counter attacks | Player has the ability to take advantage of their opponents' attacks and turn them into devastating attacks of their own. The opponents may also be able to do this. | 2003 / 2018 | 52 games | |
| Dodging | Includes movement functionality solely meant for dodging. | 1978 / 2024 | 434 games | |
| Grappling | Player can take a firm hold of opponents to either to throw, incapacitate or somehow physically use them or proceed with more straightforward pounding. | 1991 / 2016 | 55 games | |
| Martial arts | Involves any of the systematised combat arts, commonly known as martial arts. | 1982 / 2019 | 309 games | |
| Mêlée weapons | Player can use non-projectile weapons which require both the user and the target to be in direct contact with them. | 1978 / 2023 | 2612 games | |
| Parrying | Player can parry attacks. Not to be confused with blocking. | 1990 / 2022 | 42 games | |
| Stomping | Player can stomp on their (usually knocked down or otherwise incapacitated) opponents, often grievously harming them or even killing them outright. Alternatively this may be used to damage the floor/ground. | 1984 / 2014 | 15 games | |
| Strangling | Player can somehow strangle other characters, with their bare hands or with use of tools such as a garrote, either to kill or otherwise incapacitate them. | 2000 / 2004 | 3 games | |
| Unarmed fighting | The protagonist can attack with fists, claws, or by some other method using their bare hands, feet or other limbs or body parts. | 1979 / 2023 | 974 games |