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knockout! Archetype: False

Experience fast-paced action with hand-drawn animation and a wide variety of characters from this game and the Hyun's Dojo community. Archetype False is a more over-the-top take on Knockout, largely drawing…

3 February 2025

knockout! Archetype: False is a fighting, released 3 February 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What knockout! Archetype: False is

knockout! Archetype: False was released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Ikemen Go.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Experience fast-paced action with hand-drawn animation and a wide variety of characters from this game and the Hyun's Dojo community. Archetype False is a more over-the-top take on Knockout, largely drawing inspiration from the Guilty Gear series, Melty Blood, and an assortment of mid-2000s doujin fighters. Enjoy the game now with rollback netcode, new menu options, in-game movelists, a robust training mode, and more.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

knockout! Archetype: False launched on 3 February 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Avowed, Sid Meier's Civilization VII, Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

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When did knockout! Archetype: False come out?
knockout! Archetype: False was released on 3 February 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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