Games like Beat ‘Em Up Archives

Beat 'Em Up Collection (QUByte Classics) brings together seven retro side-scrolling brawlers in one action-packed bundle: First Samurai, Second Samurai, Gourmet Warriors, Iron Commando, Legend, Sword of Sodan, and The Tale of Clouds and Winds. Fight through time and fantasy worlds in pure 16-bit style, now enhanced with modern features like rewind, cheats, screen filters, digital manuals, and full…

68%Game Brain Score

gameplay, graphics

story, grinding

68% User Score Based on 1,645 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 14 reviews

In this frantic 2D action game, you are part of the Mercenary Kings, the most skilled team of warriors-for-hire on Earth, but when your comrades have fallen and the fearsome forces of CLAW have seized an island-wide top secret Laboratory Base, you must do what it takes to stop them. But you're not going in unprepared! Your back-up is made of a crew of rogue geniuses and experts of their field! Ab…

79%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

85% User Score Based on 232 reviews

Critic Score 66%Based on 4 reviews

In Choplifter HD, players take on the role of an up-and-coming rescue pilot asked to join the elite, international helicopter rescue team. Pilots will be trained to command a variety of helicopters deployed on 30 different missions. Pilots must bank, hover, touch-down and sometimes even shake zombies from their chopper during lift-off in order to make their rescue and complete their mission. Comm…

77%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

grinding, stability

79% User Score Based on 544 reviews

Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures. Alone or in cooperative mode (4 players online and 2 in local play), survive hordes of monsters ready to skin you alive and achieve unique and…

94%Game Brain Score

gameplay, music

grinding, optimization

94% User Score Based on 1,072 reviews

A new side-scrolling entry to the NINJA GAIDEN series from the Blasphemous team

Step into a grim world of heroic fantasy with King's Blade - a classic Beat 'em up inspired by the universe of Conan the Barbarian and legendary arcade titles like Golden Axe and Streets of Rage. Take command of the elite warriors of the King's Blade and fight your way through the hordes of the Barganian Empire! Crush enemies in epic brawls, traverse deadly lands, and carve a path to the heart of …

90%Game Brain Score

story, gameplay

monetization, stability

90% User Score Based on 516 reviews

A new entry in the legendary Contra series is here! Contra: Operation Galuga is a thorough reimagining of the classic run-'n'-gun action game from the '80s, featuring modern graphics and sound, new stages, new enemies and bosses, new play mechanics, an updated weapons system, and explosive co-op combat for up to two players in Story Mode or four players in Arcade Mode! When the Red Falcon ter…

74%Game Brain Score

story, music

grinding, optimization

77% User Score Based on 848 reviews

Critic Score 71%Based on 13 reviews

Heaven, earth and mankind - Create and destroy everything according to your will! Experience the revival of the 90's classic hit "Actraiser". ABOUT Actraiser Renaissance combines 2D platforming action (Realm Acts) with a City-building simulation (Realm Management) in the ultimate battle between good and evil! Featuring the soundtrack that sent shockwaves through the gaming world when it was firs…

88%Game Brain Score

gameplay, story

grinding, character development

92% User Score Based on 1,242 reviews

Critic Score 80%Based on 2 reviews

Wryn is a girl with a big arsenal and big dreams and she wants to be the ultimate videogame hero! Help her take down the Greatest Heroes of All Time in an action-packed bid to claim the title for herself and show the world what a true hero looks like! Bleed is an action-platformer focused on stylish, acrobatic dodging and fluid, challenging gameplay. There's no filler, just you and your skills ag…

88%Game Brain Score

gameplay, music

grinding, monetization

93% User Score Based on 1,944 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 13 reviews

Fight’N Rage is a brand new old-school side-scroller beat’em up. Inspired by the classics from the “golden age”, and with an art style that mimics the aesthetic from the 90's arcade gems, this game pays homage to all classic gameplay features that makes this genre one of the best from its time!