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Foul Play

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2013

Should you play it?

Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!

What works

  • Unique theatrical setting and humor
  • Engaging co-op gameplay local and online
  • Skill-based combo and parry system
  • Colorful art style and animations
  • Lighthearted and family-friendly

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Some repetitive combat and enemy variety
  • Limited character customization
  • Keyboard controls less optimal than controller
  • Linear progression with limited exploration

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Rayman® Origins

  • Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

  • 99Vidas

  • Muffin Knight

  • BattleBlock Theater®

  • Bounty of One

More violent

Games that feels like Foul Play but with more combat and destruction

  • Infected Shelter

  • MARVEL Cosmic Invasion

  • Jitsu Squad

  • Rampage Knights

  • Absolum

  • Viking Squad

More exploratory

Games that feels like Foul Play but with more exploration of areas and secrets

  • Bang-On Balls: Chronicles

  • Escape from Ever After

  • Full Metal Furies

  • Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling

  • Steven Universe: Save the Light

  • Knights And Bikes

Choose your own criteria ->

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Foul Play: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Exploration, Violence.

Last update: 03/08/2026