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Tonight We Riot

Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

A revolutionary crowd-based retro brawler

What works

  • Unique crowd control gameplay
  • Strong leftist political message
  • Support for worker-owned developer
  • Engaging pixel art and soundtrack
  • Local co-op multiplayer

Things to keep in mind

  • Short game length
  • Some control clunkiness
  • Limited online multiplayer
  • Weapon management can be cumbersome
  • Repetitive gameplay for some

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Guardians of the Sanctree

  • Knights of Braveland

  • Full Metal Furies

  • Heroes of Hammerwatch

  • Mr. Sun's Hatbox

  • Cluckmech Oasis

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like Tonight We Riot but with less leadership over others

  • Dungreed

  • Fist Puncher

  • Ninjin: Clash of Carrots

  • Rampage Knights

  • River City Girls

  • Chenso Club

More competitive

Games that feels like Tonight We Riot but with more competition against others

  • Indie Pogo

  • Fighties

  • Cobalt

  • GUNTOUCHABLES

  • BattleBlock Theater®

  • Cortex Command

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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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).

Tonight We Riot: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Violence, Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026