


This is where Brofist eschews the freemium mechanics that now dominate mobile gaming. On-screen buttons trigger special attacks and defences bought within the game’s “Pants” (ie shop) section. The controls involve a floating, virtual analog-stick wherever your left thumb touches the screen, and jumping triggered by a tap of your right thumb on the other side. The feel is retro with 8-bit-style graphics and a chiptune soundtrack, and there are plenty of references to games and YouTube culture, from Minecraft Endermen and a snowbound Donkey Kong to an achievement earned for killing 301 enemies – “301+” being the number that YouTube’s view-counter famously used to get stuck on shortly after new videos went live.
