Sirocco Thugs is an upcoming first-person boomer beat 'em up with a demo out now

With a focus on flashy kicking, punching and beating, Sirocco Thugs could be one to watch if you love boomer shooters but fancy smacking people with a lead pipe or knuckledusters instead whole you do combos. There's a demo available on Steam right now and it works on Linux with Proton.

I especially like that the developer is called BRIAN DAMAGE — heh.

The developer says it takes place "in an authentic Southern Italian setting, the game puts you in the shoes of one man - Tugg DiMamma - embarking on a quest for revenge". You'll brawl your way through various hordes of thugs, and eventually come face-to-face with "the Don".

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From the Steam page:

ALL MASHED OUT!

• Collect melee weapons such as Lead pipes, Shovels, Rusty chains and Reinforcing Bars from your environment - or fallen enemies - to explore the facets of Thug Style combat, portrayed with snappy animations based on over-the-top street fighting moves and advanced Martial Arts!

• Employ a mix of vicious body-flinging kicks, gravity defying acrobatics and lightning-fast truckloads of blunt force trauma to beat (literally!) the overwhelming odds set before you.

• When all else fails, bring a gun to a fist fight and re-balance the playing field with headshots, shotgun blasts and contraband machine guns!

COMBO OR DIE BRAWLING!

• Evade incoming attacks and chain together your moves to build up your Combo Multiplier, allowing you to reap rewards such as health restoration, score bonuses and super attacks !

• Master the battlefield and set new score records to unlock Extra content - including secret levels and game-mutating cheat codes !