Kingmaker Boxing League (Demo)

Kingmaker Boxing League is a grid-based MMA fighting game built around positioning, timing, and style matchups. Fighters move across a fixed arena grid, so spacing matters: every strike, kick, grapple, takedown, and counter has a specific range and purpose.

The rules pull from early MMA, when different fighting styles were still being tested against each other. Matches can be won by knockout, submission, decision, or other fight-specific conditions, with striking, clinch fighting, wrestling, ground-and-pound, and submissions all playing a role.

Rather than relying on traditional fighting-game movement, KBL turns combat into a fight for space. Manage stamina, control the right cells, read your opponent, and use your fighter’s style to create openings. Different fighters bend the system in different ways, so a boxer, wrestler, judoka, sumo wrestler, or Muay Thai fighter can completely change how a match plays.

Controls: KBL is designed primarily around keyboard controls, with gamepad support also available. It uses a six-button fighting system built around light and heavy attacks plus high and low defense, with additional inputs for movement, grappling, special techniques, and fighter-specific mechanics. Because attacks interact with specific spaces on the grid, choosing where and when to attack is just as important as choosing the right button.

Demo Status: Kingmaker Boxing League is currently in active development. Expect bugs, occasional crashes, balance changes, unfinished or placeholder sprites, and other incomplete visuals. There is currently no sound or music in the demo. Features and presentation will continue to change as development progresses. Menu navigation may require mouse usage.

This expansive demo includes:

• Playable Prologue Story Mode
• KBL Mode — a fully playable roguelike season mode with progression, rivalries, injuries, upgrades, rankings
• Exhibition Mode — standalone fights with selectable fighters, stages, and match options
• Training Mode
• Combo Trials
• Tutorials and Combat Drills
• Unlockable fighters, stages, costumes, bonuses, and progression rewards
• Multiple difficulty options and KBL Iron Man Mode
• 11 of 25 planned playable fighters, each with distinct mechanics and fighting styles
• Keyboard-first controls with gamepad support
  
• Six-button combat system
• Light and heavy attacks
• High and low blocking
• Grid-based movement and attack ranges
• Striking, clinching, takedowns, ground fighting, submissions, and counters
• Different control routes and mechanics depending on fighter/style

Coming in a demo update:

• 2-Player couch versus
• Move variants,
• New costumes
• Bug fixes

Thank you for trying Kingmaker. Stay tuned for the full release!