- #1 Yakuza 4 Remastered
97% matchVery Positive91% of 7,134 reviews2021
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
When a dark secret brings a loan shark, a death-row inmate, a corrupt cop and the legendary yakuza Kazuma Kiryu together the resulting war in Kamurocho might level the district to the ground.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 30.4%, Crime 18.8%, Open World 13.1%, Action RPG 12.7%, Action 6.8%
- #2 Yakuza 5 Remastered
96% matchVery Positive89% of 7,060 reviews2021
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 27.8 hrsMean: 41.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Get ready for a Yakuza experience of unprecedented scale! Follow five characters across five Japanese cities, each trying to achieve their dream. The connections between them bring them together, but the conflict that unfolds is nothing any of them could have predicted.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 29.1%, Crime 22.9%, Open World 13.3%, Action RPG 11.2%, Action 6.1%
- #3 Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
96% matchVery Positive93% of 7,951 reviews2021
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 18.9 hrsMean: 25.4 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Step into Japan's criminal underworld in this explosive action brawler starring legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu, who is hellbent on unraveling the truth around his daughter's tragic accident.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 28.4%, Crime 21.5%, Open World 14.1%, Action RPG 11.6%, Action 6.3%
- #4 Yakuza 3 Remastered
95% matchVery Positive81% of 10,048 reviews2021
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 20.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Kazuma Kiryu has earned his retirement on the sandy beaches of Okinawa. But when a deadly power struggle arrives on his doorstep, he’ll have to walk the streets of Kamurocho to escape his past for good. Complete The Dragon of Dojima’s journey.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 30.1%, Crime 20.4%, Open World 13.4%, Action RPG 11.2%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #5 Class Zero Seven
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio TubanarPub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows
Feel the ecstasy of Sugar Rush in this unique active brawler genre! Fight against the rivalry gangs and rise to the Top!
Why similar: Crime 24.7%, Beat 'em up 24.2%, Action RPG 12.4%, Female Protagonist 9.4%, Anime 6.9%
- #6 Yakuza Kiwami 2
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 782 reviews2025
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Face off against the most powerful yakuza in the Kansai region of Japan in an explosive conflict between rival clans, loaded with brutal brawling action, immersive exploration, and unforgettable experiences.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 29%, Crime 22%, Action RPG 12.1%, Open World 11.4%, RPG 8.4%
- #7 Yakuza Kiwami
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 674 reviews2025
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 12.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Unwind a 10 billion yen conspiracy in Tokyo's red-light district, fueled by your fists and unyielding resolve that will make you a legend.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 28.6%, Crime 21.8%, Action RPG 12.7%, Open World 11.3%, RPG 8.5%
- #8 Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties
92% matchMixed61% of 2,634 reviews2026
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 29.9 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
YAKUZA KIWAMI 3 is an extreme remake of the action-adventure beat 'em up Yakuza 3 featuring ex-yakuza Kazuma Kiryu's fight to protect those he loves. DARK TIES is a brand-new game featuring Yoshitaka Mine from Yakuza 3 included as a separate action-packed experience.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 30.4%, Crime 21.8%, Action RPG 11.4%, Open World 11.2%, RPG 8.1%
- #9 Yakuza 0 Director's Cut
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,107 reviews2025
Dev: Ryu Ga Gotoku StudioPub: SEGA
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 22.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Discover the decadence and danger of 1980's Japan as you fight like hell through its neon-lit entertainment districts in the definitive edition of the action-adventure crime drama that created yakuza legends.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 29.3%, Crime 22.2%, Action RPG 11.9%, Open World 10.9%, RPG 8.2%
- #10 Hell's Bell
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Horror Shop
Windows
Hell's Bell is a story game with simple side-scrolling combat. Bell, after learning a family secret, finds herself fighting endless hordes of demons in the underworld.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 22.5%, Female Protagonist 20%, Hand-drawn 17.9%, Anime 11.5%, Cute 10.6%
- #11 Code of Princess
90% matchMixed56% of 328 reviews2016
Dev: Studio SaizensenPub: KOMODO
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Code of Princess offers players an exciting yet unconventional experience, deftly blending the combo-heavy fighting gameplay of beat ‘em ups with the stat-boosting character customization of RPGs.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 35.5%, RPG 14.3%, Female Protagonist 11.8%, Action 10.9%, Anime 10.6%
- #12 Divine Legacy: Neo Amburia
87% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: Godarkhaos
Windows
Divine Legacy: Neo Amburia is a medieval-fantasy RPG where a young woman must save her childhood friend, who’s been pulled toward a dark fate. With little more than determination, she'll battle powerful foes, form unexpected alliances, and uncover secrets that could reshape the world.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 34.5%, Action RPG 21%, RPG 8.9%, Anime 8.2%, Female Protagonist 7.8%
- #13 Princess Edge - Dragonstone
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 28 reviews2016
Dev: erobotan
Windows
Princess' Edge - Dragonstone is a beat'em up inspired by Golden Axe, however unlike the usual beatemup it use the 3 planes system similar to Guardian Heroes. Ride your dragon & unleash powerful magics upon your enemies to restore the peace to the land!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 51.4%, Female Protagonist 21.1%, Anime 13.1%, Action 9.4%, Indie 4.9%
- #14 Fairy Bloom Freesia
86% matchVery Positive85% of 1,108 reviews2012
Dev: EdelweissPub: XSEED Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Take control of Freesia as she protects Lita Forest by beating the living daylights out of enemies invading the forest!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 44.1%, Anime 20.9%, Female Protagonist 15.1%, Cute 8.3%, Action 7.1%
- #15 Boxcutter
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Platou Mix
Windows · Mac
Beg, borrow, steal, and kill your way out of debt in this open-world crime action-adventure set in the twisted city of Copenhagen at the turn of the 2000s.
Why similar: Crime 34.4%, Beat 'em up 23%, Open World 21.6%, Action 8.1%, Story Rich 6.4%
- #16 Blood Money: Trial by Combat
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: D.C. WhitnerPub: Nocturnal Studios
Windows
Blood Money is a stylized street-fighting RPG where you battle rival gangs, master brutal hand-to-hand combat, and fight for survival in a gritty urban underworld. Choose your fighter. Own the streets.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 39.9%, Crime 34.4%, Open World 9.9%, Simulation 5.8%, Action 4.7%
- #17 River City Girls 2
84% matchVery Positive85% of 1,931 reviews2022
Dev: WayForward
Windows
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 32.8%, Action RPG 15.6%, Female Protagonist 13%, Anime 7.8%, Open World 7.2%
- #18 Enforcer: Police Crime Action
85% matchMixed47% of 2,300 reviews2014
Dev: Odin Game StudioPub: Excalibur Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
A new breed of Police Simulator, Enforcer demands you show exceptional bravery in the line of duty while under pressure and enemy gunfire.
Why similar: Crime 47.4%, Open World 23.6%, Simulation 12.7%, Action 8%, Adventure 4.7%
- #19 SpikerMan Game
83% match3 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: spikerman87
Windows · Mac
SpikerMan is an RPG with a large explorable world, colorful characters, and uses the LMBS (Linear Motion Battle System), a combat system that takes place in real time. Use a variety of attacks that can be equipped at once by using a combination of one button and holding down the movement buttons.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 36.9%, Action RPG 21.4%, Action 8.8%, Anime 6.9%, Open World 6.5%
- #20 Home World Run
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Blurry Photo
Windows
Two baseball playing sisters have been kidnapped by aliens, now they have to use their athletic skills to avoid hazards, solve puzzles, and most importantly bash some slimy creatures to bits in this hand drawn platformer beat-em-up!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 54.9%, Female Protagonist 17.8%, Hand-drawn 16.8%, Action 8.9%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #21 Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time
82% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,382 reviews2018
Dev: APLUS Co., LtdPub: BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Uncover the mysteries at Luna Nova Academy and experience the magical world of Studio Trigger style Japanese animation in Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time.
Why similar: Female Protagonist 21.5%, Anime 21%, Beat 'em up 16.7%, RPG 11%, Cute 8.7%
- #22 Ghost Puncher
81% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: Green Cube Games
Windows
This is a beat'em up with influences from Guardian Heroes and Little Fighters 2, 3D hand-drawn environments, with anime-style characters and music composed exclusively for the game.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 48%, Hand-drawn 18.2%, Anime 12%, RPG 8.9%, Action 7.3%
- #23 The Realm Survivor RPG
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Monarchy Knuckle Games
Windows
Time no longer exists. Fight in this urban open world RPG Beat 'em up survival game. Beat gangs, robots, ninjas, orcs, and many villains of the realms. Using bare fist, weapons, magic, meditation to stop your enemies. Take on mission acts, challenging tasks, the moral choice will matter in the end.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 40.9%, Action RPG 24.9%, Open World 13.3%, RPG 8.6%, Action 5.3%
- #24 Fading Afternoon
79% matchVery Positive81% of 988 reviews2023
Dev: yeo
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
Seiji Maruyama is a middle-aged yakuza recently released from prison. Known as "Gozuki" (one of the demon generals from Buddhist mythology) he is the power that his oyabun counts on. But there is one thing his aniki is not taking into account: Maruyama is getting old.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 32.6%, Crime 18.1%, Open World 11.7%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, Story Rich 6.6%
- #25 The friends of Ringo Ishikawa
80% matchVery Positive89% of 3,068 reviews2018
Dev: yeo
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A highschool gang leader Ringo Ishikawa trying to live through his last autumn before graduation. With his best friends.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 37.1%, Open World 14.2%, Action RPG 12.8%, RPG 7.6%, Story Rich 7.4%
- #26 Forgebeast
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Digital Piledriver Studios
Windows
Brawl your way to the center of the Earth as Mosh, a Chosen Blacksmith. Your Forgebeasts will transform into your weapons as you gather items from slain foes and interact with a unique hand-drawn world. Choose how to bond with your Forgebeast to unlock different stats, skills, and abilities.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 36.9%, Action RPG 18.9%, Hand-drawn 12.2%, Female Protagonist 8.9%, 2D 5.3%
- #27 Neptunia: Sisters VS Sisters
78% matchVery Positive83% of 831 reviews2023
Dev: Idea FactoryPub: Idea Factory International
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
With Gamindustri on the brink of destruction, Nepgear and the Candidates must band together and restore order!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 24.4%, Action RPG 20.8%, Anime 12.2%, Female Protagonist 12%, RPG 11.9%
- #28 Yokai Go
78% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 楚楚大作坊
Windows
Oops! The master's away and the monsters escaped! Can the rookie who started this mess clean it up? Don't expect expert heroics. You've only got half-baked spells and wobbly kung fu. Turn this fail into your comeback story!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 25.2%, Action RPG 21.6%, Hand-drawn 9.6%, RPG 9.2%, Cute 8.4%
- #29 Holo X Break
77% matchVery Positive86% of 2,649 reviews2024
Dev: KayAnimatePub: holo Indie
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Fight your way through endless waves of holoX's minions! Gear up with all sorts of equipment and items in this action packed beat-em-up to reach the 5 bosses of hololive's "holoX", and put a stop to their plans!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 40%, Action RPG 17.5%, Female Protagonist 16%, Anime 9.7%, Cute 7.2%
- #30 Dusk Diver 酉閃町
76% matchVery Positive85% of 749 reviews2019
Dev: WANIN International
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Dusk Diver is an anime style beat-em-up action game. You will be playing as Yumo, an ordinary high school girl, to fight with the Guardians against those Phantoms who dare to enter the realm of men.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 28.4%, Female Protagonist 18.2%, RPG 16.9%, Anime 14.1%, Action 13.2%
- #31 In Essence: Nil - (MaidxMan) / chapel
75% matchMixed67% of 12 reviews2024
Dev: Xenni Love
Windows
This is a bullet hell platforming RPG about a priestess rescuing a city from multiple factions by purifying enough shrines around the world and killing their leaders.
Why similar: Action RPG 28%, Hand-drawn 21.5%, Open World 18.8%, RPG 9.3%, Action 7.8%
- #32 River City Girls
75% matchVery Positive84% of 3,726 reviews2019
Dev: WayForwardPub: WayForward
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 54.2%, Female Protagonist 17.7%, Anime 10.8%, Action 6.7%, Cute 4%
- #33 Princess Kaguya: Legend of the Moon Warrior
76% matchMostly Negative32% of 96 reviews2015
Dev: Zoo Corporation
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Princess Kaguya is a Japanese-style beat ’em up game. Play as a beautiful princess dressed in traditional Japanese garb, and battle enemies using a kendama stick and a bow and arrows as weapons! Kaguya’s journey to save her twin sister, Sakuya, now unfolds!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 55.6%, Female Protagonist 24.9%, Action 19.4%
- #34 Soda Girls
74% matchVery Positive86% of 321 reviews2018
Dev: Bomber Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
《Soda Girls》 is a horizontal version of the cartoon action game, game player by setting their own unique combo, against crazy zombies, save companion. If you don't think the game is tough enough, you can upgrade the monster gene (What the hell?)
Why similar: Beat 'em up 56.8%, RPG 15%, Action 14%, Adventure 7.7%, Indie 6.5%
- #35 Witch Play House
72% matchVery Positive83% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: 一朵一朵Pub: 糕薯科技
Windows
Witch Play House is an unconventional fantasy collection-adventure game that seamlessly blends exhilarating monster-slaying action with a deep collection system. The game features a unique "aesthetic of feet" theme, creating a mysterious world brimming with whimsical imagination.
Why similar: Action RPG 24.4%, RPG 14.7%, Female Protagonist 12.4%, Action 10.7%, Anime 9.4%
- #36 Heartwell
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antomicx
Windows
Awaken in Ellifoftria, a dangerous land of monsters from an ancient war. Play as Dorothy Heartwell on her journey home as you battle cute enemies and fierce bosses. Explore metroidvania-inspired dungeons, level up your stats and weapons, and befriend NPCs in this souls-like sci-fi fantasy adventure!
Why similar: Action RPG 26.8%, Female Protagonist 14.1%, Cute 9.5%, RPG 9.3%, Story Rich 9.1%
- #37 Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic
73% matchVery Positive83% of 3,033 reviews2015
Dev: MAGES. Inc.Pub: Rocket Panda Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 53.3%, Anime 17.4%, Female Protagonist 11.7%, Cute 8.2%, Action 6.5%
- #38 0X13
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: AndreiPub: Redshift
Windows
A fast-paced cyberpunk action RPG where you slash, leap, and parkour through a neon city, mastering stylish melee combat and upgrading your abilities to survive.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 26.6%, Action RPG 16.6%, Open World 11.2%, RPG 9.5%, Female Protagonist 8.7%
- #39 Button Man
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Styrax Studios Inc.
Windows
Button Man is a side-scrolling adventure game set in a fictional Nova Scotia during prohibition. After years of being the henchmen to the local bootlegging kingpin your job now is to find who killed him and protect the town from what’s coming to it. Explore Kingsport and learn the truth!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 30.9%, Crime 16.6%, Action RPG 15.9%, Open World 9.3%, Hand-drawn 8.6%
- #40 Yumi's Adventure
71% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: FUNAKI GAMES
Windows
This is an action-adventure game where a magical girl embarks on a journey through a fantasy world. Take control of the protagonist and dash through eight diverse stages. At the end of each stage, a powerful boss awaits the player.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 45.2%, Female Protagonist 28.2%, Cute 13%, Action 9.2%, Indie 2.4%
- #41 Touhou Tougensai
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Aeolia Works
Windows
Touhou Tougensai is a fast-paced beat‘em up game set in the world of Gensokyo. The peaceful yet boring life of Tenkai has suddenly been disrupted; the Primordial Peach, the Peach of All Peaches, has disappeared! Enraged, Tenshi will brutally trample over everything and everyone to reclaim it.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 43.5%, Action RPG 13.2%, Anime 11.6%, RPG 10.3%, Female Protagonist 8.3%
- #42 NinjaGirlArune
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 11 reviews2021
Dev: NoTears
Windows
Side scrolling action with Unity! All sex scenes are fully voiced and fully animated!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 50.9%, Action RPG 21.8%, Cute 9.1%, Story Rich 8.6%, Action 8.1%
- #43 Sign My Petition
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Studio 9Bs
Windows
Sign My Petition is a beat-’em-up adventure about a mouse trying to save their tribe from extermination. Explore bizarre neighboring apartments, fight off strange enemies and bosses, and meet oddball characters along the way.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 44%, Hand-drawn 19.9%, Cute 9.7%, Story Rich 5.7%, Adventure 5.3%
- #44 Arisen Force: HeroTest
69% matchVery Positive83% of 379 reviews2024
Dev: Lemport
Windows
Experience stylish-action battles and beautiful pixel art, summon heroes across time and space, and challenge the magic tower to save the heroic spirits and goddesses!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 37.8%, Action RPG 21.9%, Hand-drawn 13%, Anime 8.8%, RPG 7.3%
- #45 Bloodecay
70% matchMostly Negative38% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: AlvaStudioPub: Fengfeng Network
Windows
A deadly plague known as erosion broke out in the land of Elworth. It corrupted all life, bringing pain and destruction – Idonia, as the knight accepting the bloodthirsty imprint set out on a path to redemption, exterminating plague minions and destroying ancient evils
Why similar: Beat 'em up 33.2%, Action RPG 19.6%, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Multiple Endings 8.6%, RPG 5.6%
- #46 Cyber Girls 2022
69% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2021
Dev: Nugroho StudioPub: Nugroho Industries
Windows · Mac
Join the Cyber Girls fighters on a Sci-fi city Beat Em Up!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 33.7%, Action RPG 18.7%, Female Protagonist 13.6%, Anime 10.1%, Multiple Endings 9.7%
- #47 Manager can be Tough!: Case of the Kidnapped Waitress
68% matchMixed53% of 32 reviews2023
Dev: One Man ArmyPub: Eroge Japan
Windows
Hack, slash, and blast your way through hordes of beastly enemies and powerful bosses to rescue your beautiful waitress in this sexy 2D Side scrolling action game!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 53.5%, Female Protagonist 17.6%, Action 9.4%, Anime 7.4%, Cute 6.1%
- #48 Whispers of the Forgotten
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ChanYiGames
Windows
《无名之诗》是一款奇幻冒险+横版ARPG。故事发生在一个魔法与科技交织的世界,在这里你将结识性格各异的新朋友,探索世界的各个大陆,一起战斗冒险。一场沉浸式奇幻冒险,等你亲启!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 36.5%, Action RPG 21.4%, RPG 13.2%, Action 10%, Anime 7.5%
- #49 Rose City Revenge: The Beginning
70% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: GRLLA GMNG
Windows · Mac
Jane's father is seriously injured during an attack. With crime out of control and realizing that nothing will be done, Jane decides to track down the criminals. This will result in going through the criminal underworld in Rose City and taking down bosses one by one along the way.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 46%, Action RPG 17.8%, Female Protagonist 16.7%, RPG 10.5%, Action 7.6%
- #50 Great Hopes City
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: STELLARIUM.gaming
Windows
Great Hopes City is a 2D retro-style RPG in pixel Ukraine of the 1990s. Take control over old friends: Cudgel and Ratsy. Explore the city, fight with opponents, talk to odd citizens, and upgrade your character during a powerful story!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 29.3%, Crime 20.4%, Open World 17.4%, Multiple Endings 9.8%, Story Rich 9.6%
- #51 Punch 1000 Dudes
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Schwoi made a Videogame
Windows
One level, two moves and 1000 enemies. Zero upgrades, zero checkpoints, 100% skill.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 50.6%, Hand-drawn 18.6%, Action 11.3%, Female Protagonist 10.1%, 2D 6.3%
- #52 Grim Trials
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Glory JamPub: Soft Source
Windows
Prove your worth. Hack and blast your way through the Grim Trials. Explore the (after)life of the Academy – a training ground for aspiring Grim Reapers. Befriend fellow Reapers, learn from your mentors, and uncover the secrets of your life and love before your death.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 33.2%, Action RPG 17.5%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, Story Rich 6.7%
- #53 Glaze Cup: Journey to the West
65% matchMostly Positive78% of 175 reviews2024
Dev: Dark DimensionPub: Kunpan Games
Windows
This is a side scrolling action Rougelike game set in the three realms of humans, demons, ghosts, and gods. It tells the story of Lao Sha and other characters from Journey to the West before they learn from the classics
Why similar: Beat 'em up 36.1%, Action RPG 17.2%, Open World 11.6%, Hand-drawn 10.7%, Anime 6.8%
- #54 Last Summer
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cometa Games
Windows
A 2D narrative adventure with retro art. Explore districts, solve problems, unlock abilities, and bring color back to a broken city. Inspired by metroidvania, platformers, and emotional indie games with deep stories.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 40.5%, Action RPG 18%, RPG 12.8%, Action 10.1%, Adventure 7.2%
- #55 Red Fury
67% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2022
Dev: Pepper Democracy
Windows
Fast paced arcade action where you become stronger as you are covered in the blood of your enemies and your own wounds.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 41.3%, Hand-drawn 20.3%, Female Protagonist 12.3%, 2D 7.2%, Multiple Endings 6.5%