Martin: No Filter Fighters looks like a joke clip passed around on social media but plays like a proper 2D fighter, with sidekick calls, supers, and stage breaks that knock you into a whole new arena. It is a fan-made tribute to the sitcom Martin, built around Martin, Gina, Pam, Cole, Tommy, and a roster of comic rivals that keeps growing with each update.
Fighter and Sidekick Teams in Martin: No Filter Fighters
Every match starts with a pick: one fighter and one sidekick, with each character allowed only once per match. From there you work with movement, attacks, specials, and supers, the standard toolkit of a 2D fighter. A good sidekick covers your fighter’s blind spots, which is why the pick matters before the first hit lands.
Supers are where the sitcom humor lands, from Big Shirley and Kenji, ATTACK! to Martin’s Mic Drop. Once a big hit triggers a stage break, the loser is knocked into an entirely different stage mid-fight.
Fighting game purists argue most about Gina, since her projectile is very fast and many players call her sidekick call the best in the game.
Learning the Specials of Roscoe, Bruh-Man, and Bob from Marketing
Each fighter has a toolkit that reads like a character sketch, and a few examples show how far the humor goes into the mechanics.
- Roscoe: Snot Bubble pops opponents down when tapped and floats them when held, Booger Flick comes from mashing Special, and Gimme a Dollar steals part of your super meter.
- Bruh-Man: Sammich Toss, the Fifth Flo’ Shortcut, an Ain’t Nuttin’ counter, and the Slo-Bop Sammich Storm super.
- Bob from Marketing: Pizza Delivery, Office Slide, Party Spin, and a Networking Opportunity handshake throw, all backed by a Hype Meter.
- Jerome: the Playa from the Himalayas, with ice powers.
Beginners tend to mash a single special, and counters like Bruh-Man’s Ain’t Nuttin’ punish that habit hard. Roscoe is the smallest fighter in the game, yet you can still hit him, which turns his Fake Cry into a trap for impatient players.
Varnell Hill adds the Catfish Cannon as a super, while Dragonfly Jones leans on Kenji as an assistant. Learning those pairings is the real skill curve.
Stages, Story Mode, and the Reveal Theater
Newer fighters bring a home stage with its own theme. The Fifth Flo’ plays Detroit 4 Life, The Playground plays Little Man, Big Trouble, and WZUP Engineering, Night Shift plays Mixed Signals.
Story Mode has a route for every fighter. King Beef’s opens at Martin’s place with a movie night, where Soul Island plays like a cheap 70s flick with a countdown and film grain before the movie’s fight scene begins. Fans of the sitcom get the most from these routes, since they are stuffed with references.
The Reveal Theater lets you rewatch the reveals of newer fighters like Dragonfly, Jerome, and Bruh-Man inside the game, a small touch that shows how much love went into the project. It also doubles as a quick tour of the roster for newcomers.
A Roster That Keeps Growing Past a Dozen Fighters
The roster now sits well past a dozen fighters, and Roscoe, Ol’ Otis, Mama Payne, and Hustle Man are among the additions that followed requests in the comments. Players keep asking for deep cuts like Elroy Preston and Lonnie Love, so the next patch is always a topic of conversation.
Because the project is still in development, balance and movesets shift between updates, and some fighters get patched while others wait. It is also unofficial and not affiliated with the show’s creators, cast, or networks.
Clips on TikTok call it the Martin game, which is how many people first hear about the project. Those viewers then fill the comments with requests.
Common Questions About Martin: No Filter Fighters
Newcomers tend to ask the same things before they pick a fighter. The short answers are below.
- Who is on the roster? Martin, Gina, Pam, Cole, Tommy, Sheneneh, Varnell Hill, Dragonfly Jones, Jerome, Bruh-Man, Bob from Marketing, Shawn McDermott, Roscoe, and more. Newer fighters come with their own home stage and theme.
- Is it an official Martin game? No. It is an unofficial, non-commercial fan tribute with no affiliation to the show’s creators, cast, or networks, so treat it as a love letter rather than a licensed release.
- How do you play it, and can two people play? It runs in a browser and also has PC downloads for Windows, Linux, and Steam Deck. Tags list local multiplayer and versus, so a second player on the same machine can take the other side.
Martin: No Filter Fighters works because every fighter feels like a punchline with a plan, from Bruh-Man’s Sammich Toss to Gina’s fast projectile and Roscoe’s Fake Cry. If the roster keeps expanding at this pace, the next big argument will be over who gets the best sidekick.
