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RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers

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65%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, stability
77% User Score Based on 35 reviews

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RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers is a single player and multiplayer casual platformer game. It was developed by CITY CONNECTION and was released on March 19, 2026. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

RIVAL TURF OR RUSHING BEAT? It's quite possible that you played one or more of the Rushing Beat games in the '90s without even realizing it! This classic 16-bit trilogy was originally released in the West as Rival Turf!, Brawl Brothers, and The Peace Keepers. However, in Japan, the games have always been known as Rushing Beat, Rushing Beat Ran: Fukusei Toshi, and Rushing Beat Shura. Rushing Beat …

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77%Audience ScoreBased on 35 reviews
story4 positive mentions
stability3 negative mentions
  • The game offers a solid and fun beat 'em up experience with a combo system that is surprisingly sophisticated and enjoyable, featuring dash and jump cancels, air juggles, and varied character abilities.
  • It faithfully revives a classic series with nostalgia and references appreciated by fans, featuring colorful visuals, character variety, and satisfying weapon and super meter mechanics.
  • The gameplay is smooth and addictive, with satisfying hit feedback, multiple characters to try, and a unique healing/food combo system that adds strategic depth.
  • Some enemies are frustratingly cheap and difficult, with grab attacks and lack of invincibility frames leading to frustrating knockdown loops and difficulty spikes; bosses can feel unbalanced especially in solo play.
  • Visuals and animations are rough and unpolished, with some issues such as stiff animations, sometimes awkward movement, and lack of graphical options or resolution settings.
  • The story and presentation can be dull or confusing, with excessive text boxes, some poor localization, repetitive bosses and levels, and a lack of variety or innovation in game modes and content, leading to limited replayability.

  • story

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    22% positive mentions, 61% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The story is a mix of nostalgic beat 'em up tropes, quirky characters, and humor that appeals mainly to fans of the genre, though it can be confusing and occasionally marred by weak writing and grammatical errors. While some find it engaging and a key part of the experience, others see it as skippable or repetitive, with limited impact on overall enjoyment. Completing the story mode unlocks additional content, adding some replay value despite its flaws.

    • “Great story and characters, was an amazing ride the entire way, couldn't put the game down until completion and then some.”
    • “Looking at the crazy action, distinct characters, silly story, and funny English voice-over, it's obvious that the developers wanted to embody the spirit of beat 'em ups from the era.”
    • “It looks like it sticks to the original material and adds more story of the cast.”
    • “The story mode doesn't do very well to captivate its audience, relying on outdated references mixed with some new ones and witty humor during certain conversations, while treating new players as if they have played and beaten every single game in the series.”
    • “The story between levels is quite skippable.”
    • “While some may not be bothered by the story, viewing it as fan service for beat 'em up fans, it doesn't excuse the writing, which contains a rare amount of grammatical errors.”

  • gameplay

    16 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 31% neutral mentions, 19% negative mentions

    The gameplay is solid and addictive, featuring smooth combat with a variety of characters and combo-centric mechanics like juggles and cancels that cater to both skilled and casual players. While some quirks like hit detection issues, stiff movement, and rough visuals detract from the experience, ongoing patches aim to address these problems, making the core gameplay enjoyable and replayable, especially in co-op.

    • “There's a great lineup of characters from the series, the gameplay is smooth and I wanted to jump straight back in after finishing it for the first time.”
    • “The combat in this game is absolutely addicting and superb, with lots of variety in performing combos and learning about the many in-game mechanics, that will keep you coming back for more.”
    • “It's very combo centric, with juggles and cancels being essential mechanics.”
    • “While I originally decided to list all the bugs/glitches I encountered, we are lucky enough that patches are on the way to fix/adjust the gameplay in the coming months.”
    • “It's pretty much the same issue with fighting games, where game designers are really going to have to take more risks in new innovations in gameplay/creating new game modes, or the experience is going to feel somewhat hollow or at worst, shallow within the coming months.”
    • “So there is some limited fighting game combo mechanics.”

  • graphics

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    60% positive mentions, -20% neutral mentions, 60% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally low poly, rough, and unpolished with noticeable issues like color bleed and lack of detail, but some players appreciate the style despite its limitations. There are no graphical options available, and visual quirks can affect gameplay, such as hit detection problems. Overall, while the visuals are lacking, focusing on gameplay helps improve the experience.

    • “The graphics are low poly and low detail, but I like the way the game looks (for what it is).”
    • “The graphics are very rough and unpolished (character outfits and especially in cutscenes have terrible color bleed and look very rushed), but if you can look past that, the gameplay is solid.”
    • “Just tolerate the could-be-better character models and graphics and focus on the gameplay, and you'll enjoy it more.”
    • “The graphics are very rough and unpolished (character outfits especially in cutscenes have terrible color bleed and look very rushed), but if you can look past that, the gameplay is solid.”
    • “Oh, another issue is that there are no graphical options, as far as I can tell?”
    • “Just tolerate the could-be-better character models and graphics and focus on the gameplay and you'll enjoy it more.”

  • humor

    5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game's humor is rooted in its nostalgic, silly style with distinct characters and a playful English voiceover, capturing the beat 'em up spirit. However, the story relies on outdated and niche references that may alienate newcomers. Some gameplay quirks, like janky parries and wonky animations, unintentionally add to the comedic, arcade-like charm.

    • “Looking at the crazy action, distinct characters, silly story and funny English voiceovers, it's obvious that the developers wanted to embody the spirit of beat 'em ups from the era.”
    • “You do have a parry but it doesn't seem to work on every attack, and sometimes you might get the parry but the move afterward completely whiffs, which is kinda funny in that janky arcade way.”
    • “Even if the enemies getting stuck in the ground is funny and the increased impact from all the landings is noticeable, it's a good touch.”

  • music

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The music in the game is widely praised for its quality and variety, featuring familiar tracks, remixed tunes, and epic in-game melodies that enhance the gameplay experience. Players appreciate how the soundtrack complements the action and adds to the overall enjoyment.

    • “Good gameplay, lots of variety with the characters and excellent music.”
    • “Sound and music is good as well.”
    • “There are familiar stages, a tough enough food van and even some remixed Rival Turf music.”

  • stability

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    While the game currently has some bugs, glitches, and odd design choices affecting stability, ongoing patches are expected to address these issues. Despite these frustrations and the lack of a save state feature, the overall experience remains worthwhile for fans of the genre.

    • “While I originally decided to list all the bugs and glitches I encountered, we are lucky enough that patches are on the way to fix and adjust the gameplay in the coming months.”
    • “Despite some frustrations with bugs, glitches, odd design choices, and the lack of a save state feature, the game remains a high honorable mention in the beat 'em up genre.”
    • “Those two main reasons consist of looking for oddities in game design and being on the lookout for bugs and glitches.”

  • optimization

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Optimization appears inconsistent, with some users experiencing smooth gameplay and no stuttering, while others report significant stuttering—particularly in the second level—and performance issues that result in sluggish movement and low-quality visuals.

    • “For some reason the second level had really bad stuttering issues, maybe because of my computer.”
    • “Stuttering issues, slow movement, and it looks like a PSP game.”

  • grinding

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Users find the grinding aspect tedious, particularly due to slow enemy respawns and reliance on combo counts for scoring. They suggest a more engaging system like Streets of Rage 4's damage-based scoring to reduce repetitive padding.

    • “Frankly, I think it'd be better to just rip off Streets of Rage 4's scoring system, since that game calculates score through the damage done to an enemy, rather than combo count (which can be tediously padded).”
    • “Thank god, but it was tedious to knock enemies off screen only for them to slowly make their way back.”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 100% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Players express uncertainty about future content updates and hope for additional features to enhance the game's replayability.

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RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers is a casual platformer game. Common tags for RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers include co-op campaign, 3D, 2.5d, modern, old school and others.

RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers is available on Xbox Series X|S, PC, Steam Deck, Windows and others.

RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers was released on March 19, 2026.

RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers was developed by CITY CONNECTION.

RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers for its story but disliked it for its graphics.

RUSHING BEAT X: Return Of Brawl Brothers is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons, Streets of Rage 4, The TakeOver, Maiden Cops, River City Girls and others.