History VideoGame / FightsInTightSpaces

* ThrowAwayGuns: The Empty Magazine will cause the Agent to throw their gun to the floor after spending all the ammo in it. Nothing prevents you from immediately drawing another gun afterwards.

* BottomlessMagazines: In play for everybody using a gun, naturally. The Agent can [[SubvertedTrope subvert]] this, however, by using the Reload card (to draw more pistol cards), and the Empty Magazine card will make them [[ThrowAwayGuns toss their gun to the ground]].

* GunFu: ''Weapon of Choice'' lets you engage in this with gusto, as drawing a gun still allows you to use most of your melee cards (with the few exceptions being cards that require you to use a knife instead).

* ExcusePlot: There are criminal organizations up to no good and it's up to you to take them out.

The game was developed by British studio Ground Shatter, published by Mode 7 Games, and released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} in Early Access on February 24, 2021, with the full release happening on December 2 that year.

** For a villainous example there's the Assassins in the Weapons of Choice DLC, who gain extra effects with every Mission:

* GunFu: ''Weapon of Choice'' lets you engage in this with gusto, as drawing a gun doesn't restrict your use of melee cards at all.

* AllTheWorldsAreAStage: In the beta final mission, all the organizations you've defeated previously team up, so encounters can consist of any enemies previously encountered and at any location previously visited.

* RailingKill: Some level edges are guarded by railings, making it impossible to tackle or suplex enemies off the edge, but any other push attack will push them over the railing to their doom, in classical fashion. The player can even use a basic sideways shove to flip them over and out.

* GatheringSteam: The basis of the combo mechanic, which raises by one each time you land a blow and goes down when you move. Some cards are more effective at high combo levels, and some require a certain combo level to be useable at all.

* TheEndOrIsIt: The game ends with all of the organization leaders in jail... but the last line has one of them saying "(...and so it begins)".

* PurelyAestheticGender: You can choose one of two characters to represent Agent 11, and the game remains the same either way.

* SplashOfColor: The game environment is entirely colorless and has only minimal texturing, while the silhouettes of characters are a bright, solid color, save for some selective detailing in white (like the undershirt of Agent 11's [[BadassInANiceSuit nice suit]]).
* ThreeStrikeCombo: One attack is three punches delivered in quick succession. Also, most decks start with three Momentum per turn, and pretty much all the attack cards in the Balanced starter use only one Momentum, so you can chain, say, Quick Strike, Quick Kick/Front Kick and Long Strike/Hammerfist into a three-hit sequence that also pushes the enemy away.

* WeNeedADistraction: The i Completi will pull this on you, as their bartenders will weaken you with distracting bartending tricks.

* FrightDeathrap: The version of the Warning Shot used by the [[spoiler:Assassin Boss]] will cause you to take damage, possibly resulting in Agent 11 dying from sheer intimidation.

A [=DLC=], ''Weapon of Choice'' was announced in August, 2023. Promised features include GunKata, Endless Mode, more enemies, another enemy faction, and another Agent 11.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Agent 11 and their handler are black [[spoiler:as are the rogue Section Eleven agents]], the British Ambassador is yellow, Death's Head mooks are red, Insider mooks are orange, Jade Staff mooks are green, and I Completi mooks are purple.
* CombatPragmatist: Agent 11 never goes as far as to use guns, but they're willing to use other things like stun darts, flash powder, and the environment itself to gain a leg up on their opponents.
* CombatStilettos: The feminine Agent 11 wears heels, and is just as deadly.

* DeadlyDodging: Attacks that target multiple tiles affect the first character they reach, allowing Agent 11 to SetAMookToKillAMook by simply stepping out of the way and letting someone else take the hit. There's also the Dodge card, a specific action that allows Agent 11 to move up to two spaces in any direction, while any enemies that were targeting their position trigger their attacks (in addition to attacking on their own turn).

* DoesntLikeGuns: While some mooks bring guns, Agent 11 only uses thrown darts and knives for their ranged attacks.
* DressedToKill: Agent 11 wears a sharp suit while taking on enemies.

* MarathonBoss: [[spoiler:Downplayed. The full release's final mission is a long fight with Agent XI and his mercenaries aboard his airplane, and each of the three levels [[FrontlineGeneral has you fighting him as well]]. You can rest between scenes, but you have to conserve Agent 11's health as well.]]

** Set to change with the [=DLC=], ''Weapon of Choice'', which will introduce gunplay into Agent 11's combat style.

** RailingKill: Some level edges are guarded by railings, making it impossible to tackle or suplex enemies off the edge, but any other push attack will push them over the railing to their doom, in classical fashion. The player can even use a basic sideways shove to flip them over and out.

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* DodgeTheBullet: {{Downplayed}}. If the player's block is high enough to absorb the damage from a firearm, Agent 11 avoids the bullet by ducking their head to the side in a NonchalantDodge. That said, bullets do high enough damage that it's unlikely the player can fully block multiple attacks this way.

* DeadlyDodging: Attacks that target multiple tiles affect the first character they reach, allowing Agent 11 to SetAMookToKillAMook by simply stepping out of the way and letting someone else take the hit.