Bag Fight

Genre: Arcade / RPG

Players: 1

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Review:

WARNING: THIS GAME HEAVILY PUSHES MICROTRANSACTIONS

Bag Fight, released in 2026 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch, is a free-to-play game that I would describe as falling somewhere between Arcade and RPG genres, with some Puzzle and Roguelike elements. In each run, players acquire and organize gear to fight and defend against enemies, trying to maximize the space in their bag while fitting in the best gear, which activates automatically on cooldown timers in each battle.

It’s a gameplay premise that seems vaguely similar to Backpack Hero, but make no mistake – Bag Fight has barely a fraction of Backpack Hero’s depth and variety. Rather than finding unique synergies and carefully positioning items in your pack to work in concert with other items based on their position, in Bag Fight you’re really just trying to stuff your bag full of as much of the best gear as possible.

That’s not to say there’s nothing more to it than that. You’ll want to be mindful of whether you want to reserve space in your bag for a less-powerful version of a better item you have, because upon having two items of the same level you can combine them to be an even more powerful item. You’ll also want to keep in mind the sort of enemies you’ll face in a level – for example, if a level has lots of smaller enemies, area-of-effect weapons will be of much more use. Plus, as you progress you’ll unlock additional options and upgrades you can select between runs.

There are problems here, though. You can’t rotate items, which severely limits your ability to maneuver what you want into your bag. The different gear you can get is also pretty basic – it never feels like you’re building a strategy so much as just getting lucky and finding a piece of gear you need, or a rare piece of gear that surpasses what you already have. And this game is particularly nasty about constantly pushing players toward microtransactions.

In addition, the presentation here leaves a lot to be desired. While the simple, colorful, cartoony 2D characters and backgrounds are appealing, there’s extremely minimal animation which makes everything seem cheaply-made. What’s more, this game’s extremely subdued and relaxed soundtrack seems at odds with its otherwise cheerful tone and relatively fast-paced gameplay.

Yet despite my many complaints about this game… I can’t help but like it. It’s genuinely fun to try to fit together a good arsenal in your limited space, and there’s a good risk/reward element when deciding whether or not to ditch a decent item during a reroll in hopes of being able to get an upgrade you need that could free up space while powering up your other gear. I still argue that Backpack Hero is a much better, more fully-formed take on this idea, but if you’re looking for something simple, breezy, and free, and don’t mind a bunch of pushy microtransaction ads, Bag Fight is a surprisingly enjoyable time.

tl;dr – Bag Fight is a free-to-play game that combines Arcade and RPG elements, with some Puzzle and Roguelike elements mixed in as well, in a game that has you arranging gear in your pack to have the best equipment that automatically activates when you head into battle. This game is like a far more simple and shallow take on Backpack Hero, and while it’s nowhere near as good as that game, and has a slew of issues, this is still a surprisingly enjoyable time, as long as you can tolerate the aggressive microtransaction ads.

Grade: B-

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