The corresponding option can be found under 'two players' in the combat menu. If you do want to play 'live' against one of your friends, this is also possible, however, you will have to share your computer with them. The opposing avatar will be controlled by the computer – to allow a good action experience without latency over the internet. In Shadow Fight, you will compete against avatars of your friends in the VZ network. A short tutorial will introduce you to the game. Like any good action game, Shadow Fight is easy to learn, but very hard to master! It’s best to just start and get an impression of the easy-to-learn controls, which on the other hand will allow more advanced players to use complex special moves. We hope that this action-rich game will offer you a lot of entertainment and fun. Shadow Fight is a classical Beat-em-up game in the tradition of glorious arcade classics such as Mortal Kombat or Tekken.

On October 27, 2017, Nekki permanently shut down the Shadow Fight servers. Due to tremendous requests received from the players, the closing of the game's servers was postponed to the following month. Following this announcement, online transactions in the game were discontinued and players who opened the game received 900,000 rubies as a final farewell gift.

On August 16, 2017, Nekki announced on their official Facebook page that Shadow Fight servers would be permanently shut down on the September 29, 2017. However, on April 1, Nekki announced that the game would be available once again and also stated that it had been moved to a new account. On March 28, 2015, the game was closed after being announced to be temporarily unavailable. Shadow Fight was available on Facebook in English, Russian, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish. They could play against other players in online battles and could explore and try out the features/locations on the map.

Players started out as a ninja who could only attack bare-handed before gaining use of other weapons. Shadow Fight was a Facebook-based fighting game developed by Nekki.

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