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Schwarzerblitz

Schwarzerblitz

Schwarzerblitz is a love letter to '90s 3D low-poly fighters, featuring 28 playable characters, more than 30 stages, ring out mechanics, classic arcade endings, and a complete story mode. Steel your fists and ride the lightning!

Released May 31, 2020 Developer Andrea Demetrio Platforms Windows ActionFree to PlayFighting3D FighterIndie
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

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96.5%positive202 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“kinda game that makes you go "aw yeah"”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Schwarzerblitz is one of those games that doesn’t try to be perfect - it tries to exist as a full 3D fighting game experience. And in many ways, it actually succeeds. Schwarzerblitz is:a solid fighting game foundation, surprisingly content-rich for a free title, retro-styled…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Ah I'm schwartzing it. I'm schwartzing my blitz.”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Jun 27, 2026
10 years anniversary gallery + some small bug fixes

Hi everyone, Andrea here! Thank you for helping me make this game the success it was! As promised the new fan art pieces for the 10 years anniversary are now in the game, together with the heartwarmin

May 12, 2026
Celebrating 10 years of Schwarzerblitz - Final Call for Fan Art

Ten years? TEN YEARS! You've read it right: Schwarzerblitz is now a decade old! Development started in May 2016. Here's a relic of that time, featuring my old defunct laptop too in my Heildeberg room

May 03, 2026
[BUG FIX] Fixed Shaz's combo trial

Shaz's combo trial became impossible to finish due to a mistake in a configuration file in the last update. This fixes it.

May 03, 2026
[Bug Fix] Fixed Miralock and Shazfinite

A hard lock was caused by performing Mira's j.K close to the ring's edge after a ring out. The root cause hasn't been removed, but now the game won't hang if this happens again. Also, fixed an uninten

Aug 11, 2025
Schwarzerblitz v1.7.0 is out!

Schwarzerblitz v 1.7.0 (11.08.2025) As promised for a while, a new patch of Schwarzerblitz is now fresh out of the oven, taking into account feedback that came out of my experience at EVO too! Full pa

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Facts & details

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GenresAction
Player tagsAction · Free to Play · Fighting · 3D Fighter · Indie · Arcade · Local Multiplayer · Competitive · Singleplayer · Controller · Story Rich · Combat (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Workshop
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements27
Estimated owners20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy)
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5 (4th generation or higher) Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4400 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1200 MB available space