- #1 Helix Brawl
97% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: Hang Time StudiosPub: Becker College
Windows
Helix Brawl is a single-player beat em' up action game. Make your way enemy by enemy, beating up bosses and unlocking new powers as you go. Go all or nothing to finish each level, making your way from the underground lab to the CEO's penthouse, wrecking everyone in your wake!
Why similar: Action 27.7%, Beat 'em up 26.3%, Casual 26%, Indie 20%
- #2 Fatal Theory
96% matchPositive86% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: 2 Hit Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Fatal Theory is nostalgic beat-em-up action with a fresh twist of ENDLESS AERIAL RAVE COMBOS and a killer illustrated story. Exercise your carnage muscle by smashing through huge hordes of unlovable fiends and take your crummy city back from the forces of hell!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 41.8%, Action 24.3%, Indie 18.2%, Casual 15.7%
- #3 Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn
96% matchMostly Positive79% of 207 reviews2018
Dev: Big Deez ProductionsPub: Mad Dog Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
The world is on the brink of disaster. Demonic celebrities have taken over the planet. Only one man can save us: a poor Chinese orphan named Shaq Fei Hung. Our hero must travel to faraway locations to lay the smack down on these pop culture icons bent on our destruction.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 57.5%, Action 25.1%, Indie 17.4%
- #4 PengoRoyale
92% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Joe WilcoxPub: Asset Pack Games
Windows
PengoRoyale is a fun, colorful, competitive, couch-brawling, battle royale! Be the last penguin standing as you fight for dominance on the ice. Grab the many power-ups and bring the smack down to 11 of your friends. Try it today!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 32.2%, Action 25.4%, Casual 23.9%, Indie 18.4%
- #5 Way of the Passive Fist
94% matchVery Positive80% of 225 reviews2018
Dev: Household Games Inc.
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Way of the Passive Fist is a unique and colorful arcade brawler. Parry, Dodge and Dash to outwit and outlast your enemies on a desolate planet ruled by raiders, mutants and fanatical sun worshipers. It's a new kind of tactical fighting in the licensed arcade brawler for the 90s cartoon you wish existed.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 48.9%, Action 30.7%, Indie 20.4%
- #6 Run Roll Rumble
93% match7 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: Matthew MarcellinoPub: Benua Softworks
Windows
Run, Roll, Rumble takes place in an "ordinary" neighborhood of the angry, rumbling is what they do. It is friendly yet dangerous. Play as one of the friendly neighborhood and brawl to the end! R3 is a four Players 3D platformer brawler game local & internet.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 45.8%, Casual 34%, Action 11.7%, Indie 8.5%
- #7 The Chosen Warriors
91% matchMostly Positive72% of 132 reviews2020
Dev: GoeX GameS
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The Chosen Warriors is a new old school side scroller beat 'em up inspired by games like Golden Axe and Knights of the Round.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 57.8%, Indie 22%, Action 20.2%
- #8 Dungeons: The Eye of Draconus
94% matchMixed45% of 209 reviews2014
Dev: SuckerFree Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Dungeons the Eye of Draconus is a early 90’s arcade style, one to three player, comedy, retro brawler, with both local and online multiplayer support, complete with mounts; multiple attacks, and varied gameplay, all reminiscent of Battle Toads, Golden Axe and TMNT Arcade.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 55.8%, Action 17.4%, Indie 14.9%, Casual 11.9%
- #9 Deep Assault
88% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: HEG Games
Windows
Test your attention by keeping your rapidly descending character away from the green lights and avoid the deadly machine coming towards you from above as fast as you can! and compete with yourself by scoring more with each try!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 48.2%, Action 24.9%, Casual 21.2%, Indie 5.7%
- #10 ヤドカリサバイブ
90% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2020
Dev: アメミキノスケ
Windows
「ヤドカリサバイブ」は、主人公のヤドカリがカラを投げて 敵のタコと戦う ステージクリア型の横スクロールアクションゲームです。
Why similar: Action 38.5%, Indie 27.9%, Beat 'em up 26.6%, Casual 7%
- #11 Punch Max
83% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: ByteTyper
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dive into the action with Max, a boxer with extraordinary abilities, in a city overrun by dark forces.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 48.8%, Action 24.5%, Casual 20.9%, Indie 5.7%
- #12 Gourmet Warriors
89% matchMostly Positive71% of 28 reviews2019
Dev: WindsPub: Piko Interactive LLC
Windows
Save The city of Zeus Heaving Magic City from the attempt of demonic mutant robots take over! And eat some tasty gourmet recipes while at it!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 63.6%, Action 36.4%
- #13 Battle For Seattle
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tear It Down Games
Windows
Play as your friendly neighbourhood Anarchist and explore the streets of Seattle as you smash symbols of corporate capital and defend yourself from an oppressive police force in this beat 'em up rougelite!
Why similar: Action 38.4%, Beat 'em up 34.4%, Indie 27.3%
- #14 FL337 - "Fleet"
91% match3 user reviews50% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: KWL Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Nostalgia on a new platform. Fleet is our rendition of the classic sidescroller beat 'em up. Enemies, Bosses, combos, and power ups fill up this action packed brawler.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 60.3%, Action 23%, Indie 16.7%
- #15 WarpZone vs THE DIMENSION
87% matchPositive90% of 10 reviews2019
Dev: PampaFox
Windows
WarpZone vs THE DIMENSION is a co-op beat'em up derived from the very essence of the 90s. Relive this nostalgia with a modern view!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 42.8%, Action 33.5%, Indie 23.7%
- #16 HAUNTED: Halloween '86
89% matchPositive91% of 32 reviews2017
Dev: Retrotainment Games
Windows
A brand new NES game independently developed by Retrotainment Games and released on an NES cartridge. This classic style beat 'em up / platformer adheres to all NES hardware restrictions and pushes the limits of game play on the console. '86 now includes the Spirit Halloween Exclusive edition!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 52%, Action 27.8%, Indie 20.2%
- #17 Roller Riot
85% matchVery Positive91% of 164 reviews2020
Dev: MassDigi
Windows · Mac
Get your revenge on the enemy cyborg roller derby gang! Roll and fight through a beautiful neon cityscape as CB, a genetically modified cyborg, bent on getting revenge for her past...
Why similar: Action 39.4%, Casual 36%, Beat 'em up 24.6%
- #18 Infinite Heroes
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RetroCult
Windows
Join Seph, Malakh, and Arkho in Infinite Heroes, a fast-paced arcade beat 'em up! Fight through hordes of corrupted machines, master unique character combat skills, and defeat powerful bosses to save the world from total virus corruption.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 56.3%, Action 23.9%, Casual 14.5%, Indie 5.3%
- #19 Revenge Quest
86% matchPositive82% of 11 reviews2017
Dev: Fyn Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Make it past the blockades of robotic mafia minions and find out who's pulling the strings. Don't forget to ask a friend for help!
Why similar: Beat 'em up 32.2%, Action 25.4%, Casual 23.9%, Indie 18.4%
- #20 Medieval - Embers of War
84% match9 user reviews44% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Evil Bunneh
Windows
Medieval - Embers of War is a side scroller fighting game. The game offers a fast paced, casual gameplay that puts players in a fantasy world where the land is being torn apart by conflict. Players will take on adventures, epic rivals and control of their own castle.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 36.3%, Action 23.9%, Casual 22.5%, Indie 17.3%
- #21 The Pirate Queen
84% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Cyberfox Studios
Windows
Welcome to THE PIRATE QUEEN! Slash your way to survival!
Why similar: Action 40.1%, Beat 'em up 30.9%, Indie 29%
- #22 Soda Girls
82% matchVery Positive86% of 321 reviews2018
Dev: Bomber Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 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 57.4%, Action 26.3%, Indie 16.2%
- #23 STAY COOL, KOBAYASHI-SAN!: A RIVER CITY RANSOM STORY
80% matchMostly Negative39% of 62 reviews2019
Dev: Arc System Works
Windows
Kunio-kun's infamous rival that all River City Series fans will recognize, The head of the Reiho High School Big Four: Kobayashi gets his own game!!
Why similar: Action 51%, Beat 'em up 49%
- #24 All You Can Shoot
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Antonio RuffoloPub: Carmine Francesco Aceto
Windows · Mac
All You Can Shoot is a 2D shooting arena game, where the player will be thrown into two (for now) levels.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #25 Wet Warfare
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Hellmade Games
Windows
You are at the beach, and it’s so HOT! Well, it is the perfect time to have water battles with your friends. Join a team, pick your favorite character and join the battle. All you need to do is pick up those water balloons and show your opponents what you are made of. Crush your friends in epic water battles, and show them who's boss!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #26 The Princess is in Another Castle
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mihai Morosanu
Windows · Mac · Linux
Follow the touching story of a medieval knight that is having bad luck in finding its princess. A classic platform game where you will have to avoid dangers like bats, spikes etc.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #27 FIST OF AWESOME
82% matchMixed61% of 363 reviews2014
Dev: I Fight Bears
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 41%
Ever wanted to punch a bear IN THE MOUTH? FIST OF AWESOME asks the eternal question "what would happen if bears took over the world?" and answers it with the epic tale of a lumberjack travelling through time punching bears in the face to save humanity.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 63.6%, Action 19.4%, Indie 16.9%
- #28 peakvox Mew Mew Chamber for Steam
78% matchVery Positive93% of 80 reviews2016
Dev: peakvoxPub: O-TWO inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Let's slide lovely cats in the crowd! They disappear when line up 3-same kinds of cats and the others get the crowded out of the field! It's the deceptive simplicity and how KAWAII (very sweet) new challenging puzzle! This game is compatible with the network ranking. Let's try to compete with the world users!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #29 Steve's Pub - Soda on tap
78% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: gitcare
Windows
It's all about service! Welcome to your new job as a bartender! Steve's Pub is an amazing bartender simulator game for virtual reality with not too realistic physics and a lot of fun!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #30 Tiger Tank 59 Ⅰ Battleship
76% matchMixed62% of 21 reviews2019
Dev: TigerQiuQiu
Windows
In this game , Players need to control their tanks, through the enemy lines, break the enemy base, or defeat the enemy tanks
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #31 SLEIGHT - Nerve Wracking Espionage Party Game
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Demerara
Windows · Mac · Linux
Engage with a friend in a nerve wracking lead and deceive hunt inside the manor to either leave in glory or failure!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #32 Arson and Plunder: Unleashed
81% matchMixed47% of 127 reviews2015
Dev: Chainsaw Syndicate
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Arson & Plunder is a 2D arcade/beat'em up adventure based on the genre classics of the 90's. The classic gameplay has been brought up to speed with the latest developments and trends! In typical beat'em up style, playing an orc or elf you wade through hordes of enemies out to kill you.
Why similar: Beat 'em up 58.8%, Action 21.7%, Indie 19.5%
- #33 Just VR Slingshot Target Practice
77% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2017
Dev: Shorebound Studios
Windows
Spend some time shooting targets with a slingshot. This game is, after all, Just VR Slingshot Target Practice.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #34 Rebel Wings
77% matchPositive84% of 31 reviews2016
Dev: Butlerstyle Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rebel Wings is a multiplayer arcade airplane shooter. Conquer the skies with an unusual arsenal of weapons and a gravity-defying airplane!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #35 Oh Boy Cheese
74% matchPositive100% of 13 reviews2018
Dev: Ryan Bissonnette
Windows
Have some cheesy fun with two modes of cheesy madness. Try tojump onto scoreboard by collecting the cheese or just have some casual fun. Play one wacky mode, with trampolines, planes, presents and explosions. Whatever you choose it will be cheesetastic.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #36 You are a torpedo AI
75% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2017
Dev: Leonardo Alexandrino
Windows
Navigate a torpedo in environments filled with obstacles and DESTROY YOUR TARGET.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #37 Acorns Above: A World Gone Nuts
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2017
Dev: Ninja Chip Studios
Windows
You are a chipmunk pilot. Defend the universe! Take the fight to the enemy squirrels in the skies, space, and under the sea in this top down arcade shooter!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #38 Dangerous Skies 80's edition
75% matchMixed43% of 14 reviews2018
Dev: TeamomegaPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Enter the world of Dangerous skies, a shoot em up inspired by the mythical space invaders, you will face ten fantastic levels in full 80s style.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #39 StarLightRiders: HyperJump
58% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: LunarCitySeven
Windows
StarLightRiders: HyperJump is a fast paced and frantic multiplayer arcade shoot em up. Protect the solar system from the alien invasion and stop them from eliminating all life on Earth! Take control of the powerful HyperJump ships and blast the hell out of everything that moves.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #40 Spray Dynamite X Radioactive Insects
71% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Célio Fernandes Krachinski
Windows
Play a shooter 2D, using a spray to explode waves of radiactive insects.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #41 Knight & Damsel
74% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2015
Dev: MK-ULTRA Games
Windows
Knight & Damsel is a two-player "uncooperative" multiplayer game set on a papercraft stage that subverts the age-old tale of knights saving damsels, with the knight and damsel competing to rescue the other!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #42 Ace Meerkats
71% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Catmoon Productions
Windows
Search and rescue your kidnapped meerkat brothers and sisters in this brand new classic arcade game! Your long journey through the wild will lead the way to your meerkat brothers and sisters. Escape from ugly monsters (or eliminate them all), climb the highest mountains and the deepest caves to win and find all of your lost mates.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #43 peakvox Route Candle for Steam
71% matchMostly Positive77% of 13 reviews2016
Dev: peakvoxPub: O-TWO inc.
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 99%
Let's light a candle... it's the beginning of Sparky's great adventure! The Sparky's battlefield is the only 6 x 12 square lattices. Make an efficient route for Sparky in this new challenging puzzle.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #44 Brain Guzzler: The End Is Nigh
73% matchMixed64% of 11 reviews2015
Dev: Flaming Pumpkin Ltd
Windows
Guzzle brains and keep the zombie conga alive! Brain Guzzler is an action packed classic where you take control of the zombie outbreak. Gobble up humans and add them to your Zombie chain, but remember don’t eat yourself, zombies taste bad!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #45 Smash Party VR
70% matchVery Positive89% of 54 reviews2016
Dev: Viacom NEXT
Windows
Smash Party is an intense, hilarious, and free VR party game being developed by Viacom NEXT and Titmouse for the HTC Vive. In Smash Party, players can smash a variety of familiar objects from toilets to plates to televisions, surrounded by a virtual crowd cheering their every move.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #46 Space Struck Run
69% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Tormentor Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Space Struck Run is a small game where you take control of Dectron The Cyborg, where you have to do your best to survive in outer space while the difficulty keeps rising.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #47 Quadra
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Witch Warlock Labs
Windows · Mac
Get good and get fast with Quadra, a high-speed match-3 game that will test your reflexes. Don't be a square, play Quadra!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #48 Wingless
70% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Kentoo Sp. z o.o.
Windows
It’s a snowball crafting, penguin mashing, dynamite throwing fun! Fend off waves of flightless birds in the name of gaining the ultimate skill - flight. Who deserves it more? Humans or wingless animals?
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #49 Planet Protector VR
62% match9 user reviews78% of 9 reviews2020
Dev: BigfootDS
Windows
Defend your city from alien invaders in this colorful virtual reality game! Aim, shoot, and protect your planet for as long as you can!
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #50 Gangsta Sniper
67% matchMixed55% of 78 reviews2018
Dev: Tero Lunkka
Windows
Thirdperson shooter and survival game, where player is gangsta criminal. Mission to rob and collect hidden money bags. Also avoid or kill different enemies like zombies, mutants and cyborg soldiers. Also use armored vehicle
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #51 Fat Foods
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Team 21 Studio
Windows
Having become too large from all the snacks, you must roll and eat your way to glory! Complete with a "same screen" multiplayer mode where one player is a giant, doing everything to keep the other player from reaching the finish.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #52 Tiger Fighter 1931 Sunset
66% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2019
Dev: TigerQiuQiu
Windows
This is a shoot em up game , In this game the player combats a large number of enemies by shooting at them, the game is set in the Chinese People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,off the air of the North Eastern Province. Player control a fighter shoot down all the enemies r to win the game.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #53 SaberSaw VR
66% match5 user reviews40% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: James OliverPub: Destined
Windows
Take the role of warrior controlling giant SaberSaws to defend yourself from waves of ever more challenging bots.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #54 Soldier Killer
68% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2017
Dev: SQUIX Games
Windows
Soldier Killer is a simple game based on killing opponents. You are a member of a secret organization and you have the task of liquidating all those who have betrayed the organization.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #55 Eggs & Kings
56% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Vsevolod Pletnev
Windows
SYSYGY`s Eggs & Kings - this is an unrealistic hardcore game that will explode your computer! Grab your gamepad and a lot of patience! You will have to destroy crowds of monsters, collecting their precious eggs.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #56 Chopper To Hell
65% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2019
Dev: Destroyer Doggo
Windows · Mac
Chopper To Hell is a top down twin stick shooter, where big and large spiders are coming in via portals and your job is to kill them all.
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%
- #57 City Monsters
62% matchMostly Positive76% of 51 reviews2020
Dev: NewGen
Windows
City Monsters is a game where you can control legendary monsters! Battle,police, army, tanks, helicopters and more! How much City can you SMASH?! Take control of a giant Monkey Ape, a Jurassic Dinosaur T-rex, Boxer, Celtic warrior and more !
Why similar: Action 37.5%, Casual 35.3%, Indie 27.2%