City Brawl is a casual action fighting game developed by Azgames and released on December 24, 2025.

Drawing heavy inspiration from classic beat 'em up arcade games, it drops you into the streets of a crime-ridden city and challenges you to punch your way through escalating waves of gang members using martial arts combos.

What separates City Brawl from simple button mashers is its deep progression system. Defeated enemies drop oranges — the game's currency — which you spend between rounds to upgrade health, punch power, kick power, and weapon technique.

With 9 unlockable characters, each with unique stats and fighting styles, plus four difficulty tiers from Easy to Insane, this free online game offers surprising replay value.

The colorful 3D graphics and responsive combat make it one of the best browser-based beat 'em up games available as an HTML5 game. City Brawl uses keyboard controls optimized for fast combo chains: On mobile, tap-based on-screen controls replicate these inputs.

The dual key bindings (Z/X/C/V or J/K/L) let you choose whichever hand position feels most comfortable. Before each session, you select a character and a difficulty level: You start with a default fighter and unlock more of the 9 available characters by spending oranges.

Each character has unique base stats for punch power, kick power, health, and speed — so the fighter you choose directly impacts your strategy. City Brawl's combat revolves around chaining basic attacks into combos: The key to effective combat is chaining these moves together.

A basic combo might look like: Punch → Punch → Kick to stagger, damage, and repel. More advanced players weave in grabs, aerial attacks, and well-timed blocks to handle multiple enemies simultaneously.

During battle, you can pick up weapons dropped on the street — including bats, pipes, and other objects. These deal significantly more damage than bare-handed strikes and can clear clusters of enemies quickly. Weapons are temporary but can turn the tide in difficult encounters.

Each level is structured as a "day" in the city. Enemies arrive in waves, growing more numerous and aggressive as the day progresses.