Mini-bosses

Creatures concept

platforms

Includes boss fights against characters that are on par or nearly so with real boss battles in difficulty, but often are not as important in terms of plot. Commonly non-unique unlike real bosses.

Notable people involved: Dean Dodrill, Markus Persson 'Notch', George Kamitani, Ari Pulkkinen and Daniel Rosenfeld

Alternate names: Sub-bosses, Mid-bosses

Legend of Korra

PS4 2014-10-21

Minecraft

WIN 2011-11-18

Dota 2

WIN 2013-07-09

Sentinel 3: Homeworld

IOS 2010-11-26

Bulletstorm

X360 2011-02-25

Myth Defense: Light Forces

ANDR 2009

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

PS4 2019-03-21

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir

PS3 2016-01

Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

WIN 2013-09-26

WIN 2009-10-12

Unlike real boss battles, these may be optional. Often these are more powerful versions of enemies that later appear along normal mooks and appear along normal place instead of boss fight arenas, allowing players to freely go in and out of the fights instead of being locked in them until someone is defeated.

Parent group

Boss battles

Games by year

The first Mini-bosses video game was released on June 6, 1993.

Epic Games, Activision, Atlus and Origin8 Technologies published most of these games.

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Platforms

Windows	39
Linux	16
Mac OS X	8
PS3	6
PS4	6
X360	5
Xbox One	4
Android	3
Wii U	2
PS Vita	1
Switch	1
PS5	1
GB	1
Xbox Series X	1
PS2	1
iOS	1
Flash	1

Most common companies

Activision	10
Epic Games	7
Atlus	6
Origin8 Technologies	4
EA Partners	3
S2 Games	3
Frostburn Studios	3
Arcen Games	3
FromSoftware	3
Mojang	3
方块游戏	3
Electronic Arts	3
THQ	3
Valve	3
Feral Interactive	3
Devolver Digital	3