Free Pixel Art Combat Effects
The effects that make hits feel good: a sword arc, three-claw rakes, a muzzle flash, a laser bolt and an arrow in flight, a parry flash, a ground shockwave, a critical-hit burst and a ground slam with flying rubble.
Impacts read on their first frame and decay fast, so they stay snappy at 15–20 fps. Directional effects face right — flip them horizontally for the other side. Everything is bloodless.
9 animated assets at 16 and 32 px. Download the whole pack (.zip, 59 KB).
Sword slash
A crescent swipe with a bright leading edge that thins away — sweeps from overhead to the front, facing right. 7 frames · 18 fps · plays once.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Claw slash
Three raking claw strokes that tear in one after another, flick off sparks and fade — for beasts and feral attacks. 8 frames · 18 fps · plays once.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Muzzle flash
A short, hot burst of gunfire pointing right, with a puff of smoke and a few sparks — place it at the barrel. 5 frames · 20 fps · plays once.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Laser bolt
A green energy bolt flying right, with pulses running down its length and a sparkling trail — loops seamlessly. 6 frames · 14 fps · loops.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Arrow
An arrow in flight pointing right, with fluttering fletching and speed lines — loops seamlessly. 4 frames · 12 fps · loops.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Parry flash
A segmented shield of light flares where a blow lands, with a star flash and sparks glancing off — for blocks and parries. 7 frames · 18 fps · plays once.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Shockwave
A flash on the ground that rolls out as a ring of force, kicking up dust and pebbles as it spreads. 8 frames · 15 fps · plays once.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Critical hit
A bold spiky starburst that pops, hollows out into shards and leaves glints — for crits, combos and big hits. 8 frames · 15 fps · plays once.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
Ground slam
A heavy impact on the ground: glowing cracks race out, rocks fly and dust rises before the cracks close. 9 frames · 14 fps · plays once.
Download: PNG 16 px · PNG 32 px · GIF
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Free for any use (CC0)
Everything here is released under CC0 1.0: use the files in any project, commercial or not, change them and share them, without asking and without crediting anyone.
How they were made
Every asset is drawn pixel by pixel by code written for SpritePilot — not AI-generated, and not traced or adapted from anyone else's art.
Using them in your game
Each PNG is one row of square frames; explosion-32px_strip10.png is 10 frames of 32 × 32 pixels. Guides: Godot 4, Unity, Phaser. Preview any strip in the Sprite Player.