Platform fighter

Various characters battling on platforms in the video game Slap City.
Top: a typical competitive battle, occurring between two combatants on a flat stage with no hazards
Bottom: a typical casual battle, occurring between 4 combatants on an unusually shaped stage with hazardous objects

A platform fighter is a sub-genre of fighting games that emphasizes free 2D movement, often with floating platforms that can be traversed on, similar to a platform game. The central gameplay involves combat between two or more player-controlled characters, with the goal of attacking an opponent's character until they are defeated. Platform fighters are sometimes colloquially referred to as "Smash clones", in reference to the most popular platform fighter series, Super Smash Bros.

Unlike other fighting games, platform fighters typically do not have a health bar; instead, the damage that a player's character has taken increases the distance they are launched when hit by an attack. Opponents are defeated when they leave the boundaries of the arena.

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