Boxing Stars
Start in back room fights and work up to a title belt, one exchange of punches at a time.
- Category:
- Sports
- Difficulty:
- Medium
- A session:
- about ten minutes
- Input:
- touch
About Boxing Stars
A boxing game with a career attached. You begin at the bottom of the sport and climb, and the matches in between are about picking your moment: when to throw, when to block, when to step out of range.
The presentation is dark and heavy rather than cartoon, and there is a story running under the fights. Trading punches without thinking loses matches, so the game asks for patience earlier than most arcade fighters. It runs at 800 by 600 on a phone or a desktop.
How to play
- Start at the bottom of the rankings.
- Throw punches when your opponent leaves an opening.
- Block and dodge the rest of the time.
- Win the match to move up toward a championship.
Controls
| Tap or click | Everything. One input does the whole game. |
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Tips
- Punch after a block, not before one. The opening is largest right after their combination ends.
- Do not chase a hurt opponent across the ring. That is when a counter lands hardest.