Indie Fighters

Indie Fighters is a 2018 platform fighting game developed and published by Rusty Circle and releasing on PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PS4.

Characters:
There are 79 playable characters in Indie Fighters, 25 of which have to be unlocked. They are:
 * 1) Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight)
 * 2) Plague Knight (Shovel Knight)
 * 3) Specter Knight (Shovel Knight)
 * 4) King Knight (Shovel Knight)
 * 5) Shantae (Shantae)
 * 6) Bolo, Sky and Rottytops (Shantae)
 * 7) Risky Boots (UNLOCKABLE) (Shantae)
 * 8) Nega-Shantae (UNLOCKABLE) (Shantae)
 * 9) The Kid (I Wanna Be The Guy)
 * 10) Max (Mutant Mudds)
 * 11) Sash Lilac (Freedom Planet)
 * 12) Carol Tea (Freedom Planet)
 * 13) Milla Basset (Freedom Planet)
 * 14) Neera Li (UNLOCKABLE) (Freedom Planet)
 * 15) Yooka & Laylee (Yooka-Laylee)
 * 16) Lea (CrossCode)
 * 17) Dust (Dust: An Elysian Tail)
 * 18) Spelunker (Spelunky)
 * 19) Spooky (Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion)
 * 20) Freddy Fazbear (Five Nights at Freddy's)
 * 21) Octane (Rocket League)
 * 22) Spark (Spark the Electric Jester)
 * 23) Frisk (Undertale)
 * 24) Sans (UNLOCKABLE) (Undertale)
 * 25) Filia (Skullgirls)
 * 26) Peacock (Skullgirls)
 * 27) Gunvolt (Azure Striker Gunvolt)
 * 28) Copen (UNLOCKABLE) (Azure Striker Gunvolt)
 * 29) The Batter (OFF)
 * 30) The Judge (UNLOCKABLE) (OFF)
 * 31) Captain Viridian (VVVVVV)
 * 32) Cuphead (Cuphead)
 * 33) Mugman (UNLOCKABLE) (Cuphead)
 * 34) Hat Kid (A Hat in Time)
 * 35) Mustache Girl (UNLOCKABLE) (A Hat in Time)
 * 36) Bendy (Bendy and the Ink Machine)
 * 37) Josef (UNLOCKABLE) (Machinarium)
 * 38) Beck (Mighty No. 9)
 * 39) Call (Mighty No. 9)
 * 40) Octodad (Octodad)
 * 41) Castle Crasher (Castle Crashers)
 * 42) Wilson (Don't Starve)
 * 43) Quote (Cave Story)
 * 44) Curly Brace (UNLOCKABLE) (Cave Story)
 * 45) Reimu Hakurei (Touhou)
 * 46) Marisa Kirisame (Touhou)
 * 47) Cadence (Crypt of the NecroDancer)
 * 48) Ori (Ori and the Blind Forest)
 * 49) Fish (UNLOCKABLE) (Nuclear Throne)
 * 50) Meat Boy (Super Meat Boy)
 * 51) Dr. Fetus (UNLOCKABLE) (Super Meat Boy)
 * 52) Isaac (UNLOCKABLE) (The Binding of Isaac)
 * 53) Irzyka (Aëdemphia)
 * 54) Orcane (Rivals of Aether)
 * 55) Player (UNLOCKABLE) (Golf Story)
 * 56) Drifter (Hyper Light Drifter)
 * 57) Madotsuki (Yume Nikki)
 * 58) Steve (Minecraft)
 * 59) Stardrop (UNLOCKABLE) (Stardrop Blaster)
 * 60) Red (Transistor)
 * 61) Limbo (UNLOCKABLE) (Limbo)
 * 62) Miriam (Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night)
 * 63) Zangetsu (UNLOCKABLE) (Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night)
 * 64) Madeline (UNLOCKABLE) (Celeste)
 * 65) Juan (Guacamelee!)
 * 66) Commander Video (BIT.TRIP)
 * 67) Monika (Doki Doki Literature Club!)
 * 68) Hollow Knight (UNLOCKABLE) (Hollow Knight)
 * 69) Niko (OneShot)
 * 70) Mae (UNLOCKABLE) (Night in the Woods)
 * 71) Otus (Owlboy)
 * 72) Kuro (UNLOCKABLE) (Evoland 2)
 * 73) Fancy Pants Man (The Fancy Pants Adventures)
 * 74) Yeah, Jam and Fury (Yeah Jam Fury)
 * 75) Crow (UNLOCKABLE) (Nefarious)
 * 76) Baldi (UNLOCKABLE) (Baldi's Basics in Education and Learning)
 * 77) Gomez (Fez)
 * 78) Jacket (UNLOCKABLE) (Hotline Miami)
 * 79) Brad Armstrong (UNLOCKABLE) (LISA: The Painful)

Assistants:
In Indie Fighters, there exists an item called an "Assist Pendant"; the equivalent to Super Smash Bros.'s Assist Trophies. Anyone who picks up an Assist Pendant automatically summons an Assistant to help them briefly in battle. Here are the list of Assistants and what they can do:

Shield Knight (Shovel Knight)

Tinkerbat (Shantae)

Commander Torque (Freedom Planet)

Emilie (CrossCode)

Golden Freddy (Five Nights at Freddy's): Papyrus (Undertale):
 * After a second, Golden Freddy jumpscares, obstructing the camera with his golden mug as he screeches. The intent is for opponents to accidently self-destruct themselves as they cannot see the stage. Once Golden Freddy has finished screeching, he disappears.
 * THE GREAT PAPYRUS MAKES EVERYONE EXCEPT HIS SUMMONER BLUE, DRASTICALLY INCREASING THEIR WEIGHT! NYEH-HEH-HEH!

Zacharie (OFF):
 * Zacharie stands in place and rambles about stuff, similarly to Mr. Resetti. Also like Mr. Resetti, his dialogue box covers up half of the screen.

Goopy Le Grande (Cuphead)

Sammy Lawrence (Bendy and the Ink Machine)

RAY (Mighty No. 9)

Chef Fujimoto (Octodad)

Balrog (Cave Story)

Sakuya Izayoi (Touhou): Yung Venuz (Nuclear Throne)
 * Sakuya stops time, preventing anyone from moving. She then throws a trio of knives above all enemies' heads before resuming time and allowing them to potentially make their mark.

Monstro (The Binding of Isaac)
 * Monstro jumps around the stage, attempting to crush enemies under his weight. After 3 jumps, he fires a spray of bullets forward before vanishing.

Zetterburn (Rivals of Aether)

Monoko (Yume Nikki)

Creeper (Minecraft): MC-Kun (Doki Doki Literature Club!): Angry Penguin (The Fancy Pants Adventures)
 * The Creeper slowly sneaks up on the closest enemy. Once it's closed the distance, it hisses, and if they don't get away in time... the results speak for themselves.
 * MC-Kun writes a poem for his Literature Club assignment. Unfortunately, being incredibly dense, his "poem" is actually a collection of 20 random words that fly around the screen, dealing damage to any enemy that they hit.

Ms. Carrot (Yeah Jam Fury)

Terry Hintz (LISA: The Painful): Goat (Goat Simulator)
 * Terry performs a Hot Dance. While it takes some time for him to finish, he has a very loud vocal cue and if he misses, he does absolutely zero damage, if he hits, he hits hard.

Alien Hominid (Alien Hominid)

Sumotori (Sumotori Dreams):
 * Sumotori stumbles around the stage, occasionally body slamming much like King Dedede, dealing high damage and knockback.

Dive & Kick (Divekick): Zee-Tee (Eversion)
 * Dive & Kick individually divekick their way around the stage temporarily. Dive jumps a bit higher, but Kick kicks a bit faster.

Lillian Weaver (Wick)

The Neighbor (Hello, Neighbor!)

Dwarf (Dwarf Fortress)

Ayano Aishi (Yandere Simulator): Bosh (Line Rider)
 * Ayano sneaks up on the closest enemy, similarly to the Creeper. However, instead of exploding, she just stabs them, letting them crumple to the floor free for anyone to hit.

Tattletail (Tattletail)

Tori (Toribash)