Absolute Sumo: Chonk Arena

ABSOLUTE SUMO: CHONK ARENA

Absolute Sumo is a silly local or online party game about shoving people out of a ring. You play a chubby little meme animal (a shiba, a toad, a unicorn, a dog wearing a watermelon on its head) dressed in a tiny white sumo belt, and your whole job is to knock everyone else off the platform before they do it to you.

The catch: you get bigger

Every round you win, your sumo grows, until it's a huge slab of muscle. Being big helps you hit harder and hold your ground, but no one's ever safe: a tiny underdog can always catch a giant off guard and send them straight off the edge.

The rules keep changing

Rounds get shaken up with random modifiers so nothing gets stale. One round the bounce increases, the next everyone's a giant, or the controls get flipped on you. You never quite get to settle into a strategy.

The arena isn't your friend either

Watch out for bumpers that fling you off, sweeping bars, holes that move around, slippery patches, shrinking rings, and even a giant snowball rolling across the map. Power-ups spawn around the map too, like a mega dash, a shield, or a heavy mode, but going for them means taking a risk.

Make your sumo yours

There's a bunch of cosmetics to unlock and mix around to personalize your little guy. Mostly an excuse to look as ridiculous as possible while you're throwing your friends around.

Local or online

The game keeps a good pace round after round, so you're always straight back into the action. Play local multiplayer on the same screen with zero latency, or hop into an online lobby with friends for the same chaos, wherever they are.