WhoWinsAI Game Modes
WhoWinsAI is a free "who would win" battle site with over 700 characters from Marvel, DC, Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, games, film and cartoons. Pick two for a straight fight, run a tournament, send one character through a whole universe, draft a squad against the AI, play superhero football or watch the fight happen in 3D. Every mode, every setting and what's coming next is on this page.
Which mode do you want?
Start with what you want to find out.
All modes at a glance
Every result in every mode is decided by the battle engine. "Narrated" means the AI then writes the story of the fight; it never chooses the winner.
| Mode | What it does | Fighters | AI writing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1v1 Battle | Pick any two characters. The engine decides who wins, then the AI tells the story of the fight. | 1 v 1 | Narrated |
| Arcade Mode | Fight move by move and control one of the characters yourself. | 1 v 1, you play | No |
| Tournament | An eight-slot knockout bracket: solo fighters, duos or teams of five. | 8 fighters / 4 pairs / 4 teams of 5 | Short reasons |
| Gauntlet | One fighter against seven opponents in a row. How far can they get? | 1 v 7, one after another | Short reasons |
| Universe Gauntlet | One fighter against an entire universe's ranked roster, weakest first. | 1 v up to 150 | No, pure engine |
| Team Battle | Build two teams from any universes and send them in. | Duos up to 10 v 10 | Narrated |
| Fusion | Merge two characters into one fighter, then fight another fusion. | 2 + 2 | Narrated |
| Squad Draft | Draft a squad on a points budget and take on the AI's squad, from Fair up to Impossible. | Your squad v the AI's | Narrated |
| WhoWins Football | Superhero football in 3D: pick a line-up and watch characters play with their powers. | 3, 4 or 5-a-side | Live commentary |
| Battle Island | Watch any 1v1 play out as a 3D fight in the volcano arena. | 1 v 1 | No, pure engine |
| Across Worlds 3D | A free 3D world in your browser: explore the islands, build a home, fight at the volcano. | Explore | No |
⚔️1v1 Battle
The classic "who would win" question. Choose any two characters from the roster and the battle engine settles the fight from their logged canon feats, abilities and weaknesses. The AI then writes how the fight plays out. The same matchup under the same settings always gives the same result. If neither fighter can actually finish the other, you get an honest stalemate instead of a made-up winner.
How to play
- Pick Fighter 1 (your fighter, whose wins and losses go to your record) and Fighter 2.
- Or press Surprise me for a random pair, or tap a Popular matchup such as Superman vs Goku or Gojo vs Sukuna.
- Open Battle options if you want to change the conditions, then press Fight.
- Before the result, you can vote in Community Thinks to see if you called it.
What you get
- The winner and how certain the result is.
- A Quick one-line summary and the Full Story of the fight, with optional voice.
- Watch it on Battle Island: the same fight acted out in 3D.
- A share card image for social media.
- A Flag button if you think the result is wrong.
Battle options you can change
- Battle location
- Random / neutralAsgardWakandaDark DimensionSanctum SanctorumDeep SpaceBattleworldKrypton (red sun)Gotham CityApokolipsThemysciraHellHuman WorldHueco MundoTournament of PowerNorse AsgardEmpty PlanetCitySpace
- Prep time
- None1 hour24 hoursFull prep
- Knowledge
- No knowledgeBasic knowledgeFull knowledge
- Combat mode
- In characterBloodlustedMorals off
- Handicap
- No powersPrep timeBloodlustedOut of characterMorals onMorals offSpeed equalStrength equal
Conditions can change a verdict. With normal conditions Gojo vs Superman is a stalemate; switch on blood-lust and Superman will destroy the whole battlefield to win. How battles are decided explains the method.
Start a 1v1 battle →Browse popular matchups🕹️Arcade Mode
Instead of watching the result, you take one of the fighters and battle round by round, move by move, until somebody is knocked out. It sits beside Story Mode on the main battle page: pick Arcade Mode, You play under the fighter pickers.
Play Arcade Mode →🌋Battle Island
Battle Island is a volcano arena where any two characters fight it out in 3D, in your browser. The same engine that decides every battle on WhoWinsAI settles the fight, and the arena acts out its verdict: who wins and how. Characters fight in their own style, so flyers fly and big hitters send opponents flying across the arena.
How to play
- Open Battle Island, or press Watch it on Battle Island on any 1v1 result.
- Pick two fighters at the volcano console.
- Watch the fight, then use Record mode to capture a clip.
Good to know
- Free, works on computers and phones, nothing to download.
- It is also inside Across Worlds 3D, on Volcano Island.
- More characters are getting their own 3D looks.
🌌Universe Gauntlet
Could Goku clear DC? How far up Marvel's rankings does Gojo get? Universe Gauntlet sends one character through a universe's ranked fighters, one of each, weakest first, so the climb gets harder as it goes. You see every win, every loss and exactly who stops them, with the reason: a finishing blow, a reality warp, a mind shut down, the battlefield destroyed. No AI picks anything here; it is the engine alone.
Settings
- Fighter
- Anyone on the roster.
- Universe
- MarvelDCDragon BallMortal KombatStreet FighterHorrorOne PieceGame of ThronesJJKThe BoysJoJo's Bizarre AdventureReal HistoryAnimeInvincibleStar WarsDemon SlayerNarutoUndertale
- Opponents
- Top 25Top 50Top 100Top 150
- Mode
- Climb stops at the first loss ("how far up the rankings?"). Full gauntlet fights everyone for a complete win–loss record.
Extras
- Watch the gauntlet: a vertical 9:16 animated run built for TikTok and YouTube Shorts.
- Every run is a shareable link.
- Popular gauntlets and the latest results from other players to try.
- "No finish found" means neither side can finish the other, so it counts as neither a win nor a loss.
💀Gauntlet
Pick a runner and line up seven opponents of your choice. They fight one after another, in the order you set. Lose once and the run is over, so the question is simple: how far can they get?
How to play
- Step 1: choose your gauntlet runner.
- Step 2: fill the seven opponent slots yourself, or press Auto-fill by difficulty.
- Press Run the gauntlet.
What you get
- A fight-by-fight run with the reason for each result.
- A share card.
- Create Video: a TikTok and Reels-ready MP4 of the run.
🏆Tournament
A knockout bracket where the engine decides every match from mapped feats and abilities, and the AI writes a short reason for each one. Choose who goes in, or fill it randomly, and watch the bracket play out round by round until a champion is crowned.
Formats
- Solo
- 8 fighters.
- Duos
- 4 pairs.
- Teams
- 4 teams of 5.
Filter the picker by universe or by Most Powerful and New, or press Fill randomly.
Controls & extras
- Simulate next match one at a time, or Auto-run all matches.
- Fight card and Save bracket images.
- Generate video of the whole tournament.
- Edit fighters or start a new tournament from the champion screen.
🤝Team Battle
Put two teams together from any universes, with no limits on who goes where. The engine decides which side comes out on top, then the AI writes how the battle played out. Want a quick start? Load a ready-made matchup and change it from there.
Settings
- Team size
- Duos3v35v57v710v10
- Quick starts
- Avengers vs Justice LeagueZ Fighters vs Naruto SquadThe Boys vs AvengersGods vs GodsX-Men vs Justice League DarkOne Piece vs Dragon Ball
What you get
- The winning team and the story of the battle.
- A fight card image and a team battle video.
🎯Squad Draft
Every character costs points by power tier, and you have a budget. Draft the best squad you can, the AI drafts its own, and the engine decides which squad wins. Higher difficulties shrink your budget, raise the AI's and let it counter-pick your squad.
Difficulty
- ⚖️ Fair
- 150 points each. S++ (omniversal) characters excluded. Balanced drafts.
- 🔥 Fun
- 150 points each. Full roster, all tiers. Pure chaos.
- 💀 Hard
- You get 120 points and a maximum of one S+; the AI gets 180 and picks first. Elite roster only (S+, S and A tiers).
- ☠️ Brutal
- 200 points, and the AI counter-picks your squad.
- 💀 Impossible
- 220 points. The AI counter-picks and gets a bonus S+.
5-Win Gauntlet challenge: win five Hard Mode battles in a row with the same squad. Lose once and you start over.
Start a Squad Draft →🧬Fusion
Pick two characters to fuse into one new being, pick two more for the other side, and let the two fusions fight. The engine decides the winner and the AI tells the story. Fusing takes about 10 to 15 seconds while both new fighters are created.
Settings
- Fusions
- Two characters each side, from any universe.
- Battleground
- RandomCity StreetsDeep SpaceDeep OceanVolcanoArcticDesertJungleDimensionAncient RuinsSkySecret Lab
Try these
- Goku + Superman vs Batman + Iron Man
- Thor + Vegeta vs Scarlet Witch + Jean Grey
- Wolverine + Flash vs Thanos + Darkseid
- Broly + Hulk vs Sentry + Thor
⚽WhoWins Football
Superhero football in 3D. Pick any characters, put them in a line-up and watch them play with their powers: beam goals, web steals, clones and more, with live commentary over the top. Every match is decided by the engine. For football, everyone is balanced: abilities keep each character's personality on the pitch, but not their full canon power level, so a cosmic god can't simply win on their own.
Settings
- Players per side
- 3-a-side4-a-side5-a-side
- Match type
- Friendly with dream teams. No transfer limit.
- Clubs
- A home club and an away club. Shuffle, or pick a random opponent. The first slot is your goalkeeper.
- Watching
- Pause, replay, ½× to 2× speed, and a broadcast camera you can orbit and zoom.
Featured matches to watch
- Marvel FC vs DC United
- Dragon Ball vs Hidden Leaf
- Anime vs Comics (4-a-side)
- Elemental vs Mystic: a power showcase
- Hulk on at half-time
Coming to football: leagues. See Coming next.
Kick off →🏝️Across Worlds 3D
A free 3D world you can explore in your browser on a computer or phone. Wander a lantern-lit town with an arcade, cafés and a cinema, ride the Skyline monorail, row across the water, climb to the Hall of Records, build and decorate your own place on Home Island, then cross to Volcano Island where any two characters can fight in the Battle Island arena. No download, and no account needed.
Things to do
- Explore the islands on foot, by monorail or by rowing boat.
- Build a house and place objects on Home Island.
- Fight at the volcano console.
- Discover places around the town; there are 18 to find.
Settings
- Camera
- Third person or first person, with adjustable field of view.
- Lighting
- Blue hourGolden hourA little rain
- Graphics
- Full detail, or lighter for older devices.
- Controls
- WASD or tap to walk on desktop; a thumbstick on phones.
Coming next
What's being built now, and what's further out. WhoWinsAI is made by one person, so there are no fixed dates; things ship when they're good enough.
Football leagues
Design your own club on a budget (so you can't just field five speedsters) and play a league season against other members' clubs and ready-made AI clubs, with league tables and leaderboards. Characters using their powers on the ball will keep growing, along with team kits.
Guardian mode
Pick a character to protect you while hunters come looking, in a large new 3D area with cities, forests and tall buildings to hide in. Every hunter moves the way their character would: fliers fly over the city, speedsters cut through it.
A bigger 3D world
New islands and stranger places (floating islands, a cartoon island with its own physics), halls filled with character data, more characters with their own 3D looks, and home rooms with trophy cabinets for the achievements you earn.
Community votes
Regular votes, such as a monthly most-popular character, with a section showing the winners.
Further out
- The Sandbox: build your own challenges from objectives, time limits, locations, team sizes, power budgets and rules (no teleporting, no time travel), share them, and earn creator badges when people play them.
- Race: with guard rails, so the fastest speedster or a teleporter doesn't win automatically.
- Intelligence and build challenges: where brains matter more than power.
- Colony: set up a base in another dimension or on another planet.
- Universe vs Universe: a whole roster against another.
Got an idea for a mode? Members have shaped several already; football started as a forum suggestion. Post it on the forum, or request a character you want to play as.
More to explore
Not modes, but useful alongside them.
Questions
Is WhoWinsAI free?
Yes. Every mode on this page is free to play in your browser, with nothing to download. You do not need an account to run battles; an account lets you post on the forum, request characters and keep a profile.
How many characters can I use?
Over 700 characters from Marvel, DC, Dragon Ball, Naruto, One Piece, Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, games, film, TV, cartoons and history, with more added from member requests.
Does the AI decide who wins?
No. In every mode, a deterministic engine decides the result from each character's logged canon feats, abilities and weaknesses. The only thing the AI does is write the story of the fight after the verdict is locked, and it cannot change it.
Which mode should I use for "who would win" between two characters?
Use 1v1 Battle. You get the verdict, a quick summary, the full story of the fight and a share card. To see the same fight acted out in 3D, press Watch it on Battle Island on the result.
Which mode shows how strong one character really is?
Universe Gauntlet. It sends one character through a whole universe's ranked roster, weakest first, and shows exactly who stops them. The Gauntlet does the same against seven opponents you choose.
Can I make TikTok or YouTube Shorts videos?
Yes. Gauntlet, Tournament and Team Battle can generate a video, Universe Gauntlet has a vertical 9:16 Watch mode built for screen recording, and Battle Island has a Record mode for clips.
Can a fight end in a draw?
Yes. If neither character has a real way to finish the other, the engine returns a stalemate or "no finish found" instead of inventing a winner.
What if a result looks wrong?
Flag it from the result screen. Flags are reviewed, and every correction is published on the Fixes & Corrections page.
What new modes are coming?
Football leagues, where you build a club on a budget and play other members' teams, and Guardian mode are in development. The 3D world is also growing. See the Coming next section of this page for the full list.
Pick a mode. Settle it.
700+ characters. Free. Decided by the engine.
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