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Rivalry

Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac • 2016

Should you play it?

Rivalry is a hotseat game where two players take turns moving their rag-doll character’s limbs and weapons until one is victorious. While the beginning stages of each game captures the strategic essence of swordplay, as damage and limbs are taken, the endgame turns rather Pythonesque.

What works

  • Easy to learn, hard to master gameplay
  • Fun and humorous combat with friends
  • Low price and good value
  • Variety of weapons and customization
  • Strong social and party game appeal

Things to keep in mind

  • No online multiplayer yet
  • Limited graphics and sound options
  • Hotseat mode requires sharing mouse
  • Can get repetitive without updates
  • No story or single-player content

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • SuperSmash: Physics Battle

  • Floppy Heroes

  • King of the Couch: Zoovival

  • 1v1.LOL - Battle Royale Game

  • J-Jump Arena

  • Havocado: Ragdoll Fighter

More social

Games that feels like Rivalry but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Griefhelm

  • SpiderHeck

  • Stick Fight: The Game

  • Boring Man - Online Tactical Stickman Combat

  • Electoral Carnage

  • Drunken Wrestlers 2

More story-driven

Games that feels like Rivalry but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Star Fetchers

  • Two Strikes

  • Armed with Wings: Rearmed

  • SUPER CHICKEN JUMPER

  • Samurai GUNN 2

  • Kandidatos

Choose your own criteria ->

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • 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).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

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).

Rivalry: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Status, Story, Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026