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DNF Duel is free again on the Epic Game Store

A small but fun fighter.

A🦩n incredibly underrated fighting game, , is currently free-to-own on the Epic Gam🌸es Store right now. It may not have many players now, but I still think it is worth playing.

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It is being offered alongside CYGNI: All Guns Blazing, a visually intriguing shoot ’em up, and the Conduit Free Unlock Bundle for Apex Legends, which grants you the Legend Conduit for free, plus a skin. They are al🍨l free-to-own forever, as long as you claim them before Auꦦgust 15 at 4 pm BST / 11 am ET/ 8 am PT.

But why should you play DNF Duel (besides that it’s free)? Sit down and let me tell you.

It’s actually published by Arc System Works, makers of Guilty Gear, so of c𝄹ourse it has an awesome anime art style with a deep fighting system. I enjoy ArcSys games, so I picked it up back when෴ it came out in 2022 and loved the heck out of it.

One of the main mechanics of the game is being able to use simple direction inputs for moves – think Super Smash Bros. However, if you prefer traditional fighting game controls, those are available as well, and will even reward you with more damage. It’s an input style that’s become more popular in recent years, expanding across a bunch of different fighting games including Street Fighter 6.

We here at Destructoid thought it was an ea🤡sy-to-learn hard-to-master fighting game, but worr𒅌ied about its longevity. And while its online servers aren’t, it still has a niche community and had a community t𝓰ournament a🐲t .

I still highlꦏy recommend trying it out if you are a newcomer to fighting games. Maybe just find a Discord or group that plays together, if you areꦑ planning on playing online. Plus, if you enjoy it, there are to expand the roster.


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Cooper has been a college esports writer for three years. Unfortunately, Pikmin 4 Dandori Battles wasn't a valid competitive game and he graduated before he could start a team. In 2024, he joined Destructoid to write about his love for all video games, especially those of the indie, fighting, and Nintendo kind.