Influencer Wars

The timeline has run out of replies. Thirty-three of its loudest characters have stepped off the feed and into the ring, and every argument now ends the same way: in a round.

Influencer Wars is an arcade fighter set in a neon caricature of online money culture, where the factions settle their feuds in person. The Infra Faction runs the pipes: Gaslord meters every transaction through toxic valves, and Batzilla hunts in the dark where the servers hum. From the DeFi side come the DeFi Monk, a former degen rebuilt through patience, and Contract Killer, who executes clauses with absolute finality. Hustlebro insists it's still early, Rug Prophet sees every rug pull coming, and Short Seller profits when everybody else panics.

Pick a fighter and step into their home arena. Move, block, jump in, and chain a light attack into a heavy into a special. Specials come as rushes, bursts and projectiles, each with its own meter cost and timing, and every fighter has a signature move. Fight the computer at the difficulty you choose, take on a friend at the same keyboard, or drill combos in Practice against a partner who stands, guards or fights back, with an instant reset whenever you want one. On a phone, the touch deck takes several fingers at once.

Every arena is a joke you can stand in. The Validator Cathedral's stained glass lights up with every passed vote. The Liquidity Dojo is a zen garden of glowing token streams. The Frozen Exchange Floor is a trading floor locked in ice, and the Startup Rooftop flutters with pitch decks under banners that read WE'RE STILL EARLY. Each arena has its own original theme, so no two matches sound alike.

There are 33 playable fighters, each with a home arena and an original stage theme. You get arcade fights against the computer, local two-player matches and Practice, plus a story campaign for every fighter, told in illustrated scenes. Eighteen practice minigames test your timing, aim, memory and reflexes. In Sprite Studio you import a sprite sheet, cut it into frames, build the animations, preview the moves and save your own fighter straight into the arcade.

The fighter gallery collects every bio, cinematic portrait, versus pose and signature move, with search and filters to find the next fighter you want to learn. The minigames keep your best score for the visit, fighters you build in Sprite Studio export to a file you can load again, and the soundtrack page plays all 33 stage themes.

Influencer Wars is playable now in the browser at influencerwars.xyz.