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Head 2 Head
Head 2 Head is a one of a kind fighting game experience. You fight through a gauntlet of enemies, using ALL HEAD JUTSU to prove that you are the best. Collect Skulls and Roguelike stat buffs each time you defeat an enemy to get further along the road to becoming the HEAD MASTER.
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“new review to match the new version easy to learn, hard to master gameplay, great music and a color scheme that's easy to look at it's really fun to play around with, i recommend”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“Head 2 Head is an amazing game. With just a few simple design decisions, they've distilled a fighter down to it's barest essence, and it works SO well. The combat is responsive, fun, simple to learn, but hard to master. The AI in Survival is also plenty challenging for a newb…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“I'm gonna be honest the dashing only system is really bad. I feel like walking, and jumping are very important aspects of fighting games, and I think that the game really struggles without these features. That being said I think that this game is promising, and the head/body…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedLatest official news
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Head 2 Head Announcement
As you all may know, we've taken quite a while on getting to Head 2 Head's 1.0 release. In the meantime, we have worked on focusing the Head 2 Head experience. The roguelike survival mode got too big
Head 2 Head 1.0 Release Approaching!
We want to thank everyone who has played Head 2 Head so far in its early access state. All the comments and feedback we've received over the early access period has been very valuable to us. We are ne
Head 2 Head: Scarlett Alpha
Scarlett has some new additions to her kit. She's going to be a physical zoner, controlling the screen with her summoned fists and legs. Her summoned appendages are considered projectiles and they do
Head 2 Head: Free to Play Roadmap
With Head 2 Head's transition from Paid to Free to play, we're sharing the planned content roadmap for the upcoming life of the game. The majority of these additions are part of the Head to Town optio
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG, Early Access |
| Player tags | Action · Casual · 2D Fighter · Collectathon · 2.5D · Cartoony · Colorful · Comedy · Funny · Early Access · Character Customization · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Partial Controller Support · Remote Play Together |
| Languages | English |
| Official site | https://www.arcforged.com/Head2Head |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel Generation 5 Processor or higher Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia Geforce 900 series equivalent or higher. DirectX: Version 10 Storage: 2 GB available space