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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Beat 'em up, Singleplayer, Side Scroller.

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BLEED RUNNER is a 2.5D cyberpunk beat-em-up in which a lone knight fights an encroaching plague! Suddenly stricken with the disease, seek the cure on the mysterious spaceship and survive by grabbing, throwing, and pummeling enemies for blood.

Reviews: Positive — 89% — of 28 reviews
Released: 2023-12-08
Developer: Team BLEED
Publisher: USC Games
Genres: Action, Indie
Platforms: Windows

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    Dev: Midnight Ghoul Games
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    BladeFall is a fast-paced hack-and-slash game featuring fluid melee combat, 2.5D movement, and challenging battles against varied enemies and powerful bosses. Master timing and skill-based attacks as you fight through an evolving system built to test your abilities.

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  2. #2 FightBit
    96% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
    Dev: Blaze Epic
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    FightBit is a side-scrolling beat-em-up with pseudo 8-bit graphics and rudimentary gameplay influenced by contemporary melee focused combat games. Defeat the Dragon Queen and her army!

    Why similar: Beat 'em up 38.8%, Side Scroller 23.9%, Cyberpunk 12.6%, Action 7.3%, Female Protagonist 6.6%

  3. #3 Aidan Junior
    96% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Chap.C Games
    Windows · Linux

    A story-driven retro beat ’em up where you battle across a mysterious island to uncover its secrets and search for your lost father. Fight solo or in local co-op, unlock new abilities, and restore balance in a world shaped by ancient power.

    Why similar: Beat 'em up 40.5%, Side Scroller 25.1%, 2.5D 17.1%, Linear 8.3%, Action 6.2%

  4. #4 Princess Paladin
    95% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Magic Rock Software
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    Why similar: Beat 'em up 37.2%, Side Scroller 23.1%, 2.5D 15.7%, PvE 10.5%, Female Protagonist 9.6%

  5. #5 Clobber Barons
    94% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2025
    Dev: Stanli LLC
    Windows

    A short, arcade-style throw back to the beat 'em ups of the early 90's. Use the money you beat out of wealthy criminals to charge your power attacks while attempting to find the mastermind behind the criminal racket taking over your city.

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    94% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    93% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

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    92% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2023
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    Umbrella Girl is a 2D belt-scroll action adventure game. You can enjoy various actions through the character's type transformation, and become the main character to free citizens from acid rain.

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    91% matchPositive100% of 44 reviews2023
    Dev: いくちおすてご
    Windows · Mac

    A short action game that the girl go "There" with a dragon.

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  10. #10 Scarlet's Last Call
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: BAIJUN.Z Games
    Windows

    Scarlet's Last Call is a 2.5D cyberpunk beat 'em up. By night she runs a neon bar; by dawn she hunts bounties. Play as deadly femme fatale Scarlet—unlock sexy outfits and tear through cyber-gangs, hounds, and bosses with brutal combos and cinematic finishers. Every contract could be her last call.

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  11. #11 Deadly Metropolis
    90% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

    Deadly Metropolis is an intense, fast paced beat 'em up that takes the genre to brutal new heights. The deadliest era is here, a battle rages in the depths of Neo Babylos! Are you ready?!

    Why similar: Beat 'em up 35.6%, 2.5D 22.1%, Cyberpunk 20.3%, PvE 7.2%, Action 6.5%

  12. #12 Yuumi-Chan: Rent is Due!
    88% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2026
    Dev: Krillshot Games
    Windows · Mac

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  13. #13 Stigmatum
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    Windows

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  14. #14 SALVATOR
    89% matchMostly Positive72% of 25 reviews2018
    Dev: Artur Rezende
    Windows

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    87% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2024
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    85% matchVery Positive86% of 2,653 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    72% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2024
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    73% matchNo user reviews
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    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 2,579 reviews2014
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    72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
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    71% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
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    70% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
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    69% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2023
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    68% matchNo user reviews
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    70% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2021
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    69% matchMixed53% of 34 reviews2023
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    67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
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    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    67% matchNo user reviews
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    Windows

    This shareware floppy classic transports you to an alternate early 1990s, where the first person genre began not as a 3D adaptation of the side scrolling and top down shooters that came before, but rather as an adaptation of the 80s beat 'em up/hack n' slash classics.

    Why similar: Beat 'em up 30.7%, 2.5D 20.3%, Cyberpunk 15.5%, 1980s 12.9%, Linear 9.9%

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