If you want to stick it to the man this month, there’s no better indie title than this one.

Stick It To The Stickman is an upcoming beat-em-up with roguelite elements, made by developer Free Lives and published by the ever-reliable-and-kooky Devolver Digital. It’ll be coming out in Early Access form (PC, Steam) later this month on 18 August.

Stick it to the Stickman is a physics-based brawler where you fight minimum wage stickmen to become a CEO. Choose from hundreds of unique moves to construct the perfect combat machine, then battle your way to the top of the corporate ladder.

Fight other CEOs for the prestige of employing the CEO with the biggest muscles. Perform dubiously legal tasks critical to expanding the company, including stealing cars, suppressing protestors and kidnapping building inspectors—all in the name of profit.

If you want a taste of the violence, you can check the demo out right now. It looks cute and possibly addictive to play, given my penchants for 2D and beat-em-ups. Key features & trailer below:

Key Features

• Wild physics-based stickman combat featuring a vast array of brutal weapons and over-the-top special moves, including fireballs, chainsaws and katanas.
• Combines multiple gameplay styles including platforming, brawling, autobattling, delivery, car theft, free-running and kicking people out of windows.
• Play solo or with a ‘friend’ and defeat hordes of red stickmen to secure your promotion. But be warned: everybody else wants the job too.