Battlerite

Mild overall intensity

Highest flag: Nudity — revealing/suggestive attire

FantasyFighting

What's in it

Violence cartoon/stylized

Low

Champions battle in arenas using melee strikes, projectiles and magical abilities; hits produce stylized spell effects and knockbacks, with no blood, wounds or lingering bodies.

Nudity revealing/suggestive attire

Low

Some champions wear revealing fantasy costumes with exposed skin or cleavage, but nothing is uncovered.

Spending cosmetic purchases

Low

Real money buys cosmetic items such as skins, mounts and outfits that do not affect combat.

Spending pressure optional

Low

A cosmetic store exists and is entirely optional, with no gating of play behind payment.

Who can reach your kid

Voice chatChat with strangersStranger friend requestsReal-money spending

What it is

Battlerite is a free-to-play online arena brawler that plays like a top-down blend of a fighting game and a twin-stick shooter. Two teams of two or three players each pick a fantasy Champion with a fixed set of offensive, defensive and movement abilities, then fight quick best-of-five rounds until one team is wiped out. Combat is fast and skill-driven, resolved by aiming and dodging rather than by items or purchased upgrades; the on-screen action is a flurry of spell effects, projectiles and knockbacks with no blood or graphic injury. Champions defeated in a round simply vanish and respawn for the next. Some Champions wear revealing fantasy outfits. The game is played online against and alongside strangers with text and voice chat, and it sells cosmetic-only items for real money.

How it's framed

The game frames its fighting purely as competitive sport: matches are quick arena duels judged on reaction and precision, with the developers emphasising that no random chance, purchased power or grinding influences the outcome. Violence is bloodless and abstract, presented as flashy magical combat between colourful Champions rather than as harm, and there is no story, villainy or moral stakes attached to it.

Details

Developer: Stunlock Studios
Publisher: Stunlock Studios
Released: Nov 8, 2017

Metacritic 85critic score (third-party) · out of 100

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