Is Monkey Fist Legends free?

Yes. It's free to play in your browser with all 12 fighters and 10 stages, and there's no download or account.

It's martial-arts combat with no blood. Nobody dies: a beaten fighter is Exhausted and kneels, and the winner Seals them under a mountain, inside a magic gourd or away on a cloud.

Monkey Fist Legends: free 3D kung fu fighting game

How it plays

Read the fight. Win it with your art.

A real fighting game you can pick up in a minute, with the depth to keep you training.

🥋 True traditional artsHung Gar tiger claw, the Praying Mantis hook, the crane's one-legged stance, Wing Chun chain punches, Tai Chi's Single Whip, Bajiquan's Iron Mountain Lean and more. Each master guards, strikes and grapples the way their art is taught, and the traditional technique names appear as you learn them.

🤼 Grapple combosEvery fighter has two: a Clinch Combo (grab, strike, throw) you can break if you're quick, and a Signature Grapple that can't be broken. They're built on real seizing and throwing arts like Chin Na and Shuai Jiao.

🛡 Counters for everyoneBlock at the last moment for a Just Guard, then hit back with a Guard Counter in your own style. Backstep a big swing and punish it. If both blows land on the same frame, it's a Parry.

⛰️ Nobody diesA beaten fighter is Exhausted and kneels out. Win the deciding round and perform a slow-motion Legend Seal: bury them under a mountain, swallow them into a magic gourd, or send them away on a cloud.

💥 Stages that rememberTen arenas, from a Shaolin courtyard to the Great Wall. Each one cracks, scorches, floods or splinters according to your fighter's element. Bodies show wear too, from scuffs to glowing chi cracks.

🎓 Easy to learnEasy controls give one-button specials and a light-light-light auto-combo. Classic controls use quarter-circle motions. A one-minute tutorial, a training room and Combo Trials take you from your first jab to super cancels.

The masters

Twelve fighters, twelve arts

Every master has two stances, an element, two grapples, a super and an Evolution ultimate. All twelve are free.

KAPIMonkey Staff · metal

BAOTiger Claw (Hung Gar) · fire

MEIPraying Mantis · wood

LINWhite Crane · water

SHESnake Fist · wood

ZUIDrunken Fist · water

LONGDragon Fist · fire

YONGWing Chun · metal

TAITai Chi · air

YINGEagle Claw · air

BABajiquan · earth

Wu, a Shaolin monk, in an iron body stance

WUShaolin Iron Body · earth

Modes

Solo, tag team or couch versus

⚔️ VS CPU (1 v 1)Best of three rounds against the computer, from Easy to Hard. The CPU reacts like a person, so you can bait it, out-space it and punish it.

👥 Tag Battle (3 v 3)Pick a team of three. Tag partners in, call an assist, and rest a hurt fighter on the bench while their red health recovers.

🎮 2P VersusTwo players, two gamepads, one screen. Each player picks their own fighter with their own cursor.

🏯 GauntletFive fights in a row. Exhausted fighters must sit out the next fight, so plan your roster.

🎯 Training, Trials and TutorialA refilling dummy, five Combo Trials per fighter, and a one-minute tutorial that shows every button on your own controller.

Controls

Your controller, your buttons

Plug in any gamepad. The game detects it, shows its own button icons in the move list and tutorial, and lets you remap every button on a drawn controller.

Gamepad

Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo Switch Pro and most 3rd-party pads. Default: X / □ light · Y / △ medium · B / ○ heavy · A / ✕ special · LT grapple · LB stance.

Keyboard

P1: WASD to move · J light · K medium · L heavy · I special · H grapple · U stance. P2: arrows and the numpad. Esc pauses and opens the move list.

Easy or Classic

Easy: one button plus a direction for specials, and special + heavy for a super. Classic: quarter-circle and dragon-punch motions. Switch any time in Settings.

Comfort

A steady camera, no full-screen flashes, and controller vibration you can turn down or off.

Screenshots

Ten stages, one Legend Seal

A knockdown in the bamboo forest, with rubble flying from the cracked floor — The Bamboo Forest: earth moves crack the floor

A fight on the Flaming Mountain with fire damage on the floor — The Flaming Mountain: fire scorches the stage

The Legend Seal timing rings around the winner — The Legend Seal: hit the rings in time

The Gourd Seal: a giant magic gourd swallowing the defeated team — Sealed, not slain

🌙 Free to play, right now

All 12 masters and 10 stages are free, with no account and no download. The first load is about 80 MB, so give it a moment. Best on a desktop or laptop with a gamepad or keyboard. Monkey Fist Legends is new, and new fighters, modes and the Legend story mode are on the way.

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FAQ

Good to know

Is it free?

Yes. All 12 fighters and 10 stages, in your browser, with no download and no account.

Can two people play?

Yes. 2P Versus works on two gamepads, one gamepad plus the keyboard, or both sides of one keyboard. Each player picks their own fighter.

Which controllers work?

Xbox, PlayStation, Switch Pro and most other gamepads. The game shows your pad's own button icons, and you can remap every button from CONTROLLERS on the title menu.

Can I play on my phone?

There are on-screen touch controls, but it's built for a desktop or laptop with a gamepad or keyboard, and the download is large for mobile data.

Is it violent?

It's martial-arts combat with no blood, rated for ages 10 and up. Nobody dies: a beaten fighter kneels, Exhausted, and the winner Seals them away.

How was it made?

Built by Moonlit Ronin Studios in the Godot engine. The fighters are made from MakeHuman (CC0) bodies, and the stages from CC0 Poly Haven, Kenney and Quaternius assets. The music, voices and announcer were made with locally run AI tools (ACE-Step and Kokoro). Full credits are in the game.

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