The best beat 'em up games of all time for any console or system, ranked by gamers everywhere. These games are ordered by popularity, so only the greatest and most popular titles are always at the top of the list. Spanning the entire history of the genre, these games are considered the best in the genre.
From popular games like features Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City to classic arcade beat 'em ups like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more, this list includes all challenging games that have ever hit the shelves, so it doesn't necessarily have all the more obscure or new beat 'em up games.
This list answers the questions, "What are the best beat 'em up games?" and "What is the greatest beat 'em up game of all time?" Vote up all your favorites below.
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Developer: MNM Software, Sega Wow, Shout!Designworks Co., Ltd., Ancient Corp
Streets of Rage 2, released in Japan as Bare Knuckle II: The Requiem of the Deadly Battle and... more
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Developer: Backbone Entertainment, Konami
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, released as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Kame Ninja in... more - 3
Developer: Capcom
Final Fight is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced by Capcom. Originally released as an... more - 4
Developer: Backbone Entertainment, Konami
The Simpsons Arcade Game or just The Simpsons is an arcade beat 'em up developed by Konami... more - 5
Developer: Capcom
Alien vs. Predator is a beat 'em up video game developed and released by Capcom for the CPS-2... more - 6
Developer: Capcom
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, released in Japan as Cadillacs Kyouryuu Shinseiki is a 1993 arcade... more - 7
Developer: Backbone Entertainment, Konami
X-Men is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1992. It is a side-scrolling beat 'em up based... more - 8
Developer: Acclaim Cheltenham, Sega Wow, Aspect, Sega, Telenet Japan
Golden Axe is a side-scrolling, beat 'em up, hack and slash arcade video game released in 1989... more - 9
Developer: Capcom
Knights of the Round is an arcade game released by Capcom in 1991. A side-scrolling beat 'em... more - 10
Developer: Technōs Japan, Arc System Works
Double Dragon is a 1987 beat 'em up video game developed by Technōs Japan and distributed in... more - 11
Developer: Sega Wow, Overworks, Sega
Streets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Sega in 1991 for the Sega Genesis.... more - 12
Developer: Technōs Japan
Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a side-scrolling beat 'em up produced by Technōs Japan... more - 13
Developer: Sculptured Software, Capcom
The Punisher is a 1993 beat 'em up arcade game developed and released by Capcom. It stars the... more - 14
Developer: Sega Wow, Sega
Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder is a side-scrolling beat'em up video game released in... more - 15
Developer: KID, Technōs Japan, Million
River City Ransom, originally released as Downtown Nekketsu Story in Japan and later as Street... more - 16
Developer: Capcom
Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara is an arcade game developed and published by Capcom in... more - 17
Developer: Treasure Co. Ltd
Guardian Heroes is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up video game in the vein of Final Fight or... more - 18
Developer: The Behemoth
Castle Crashers is a 2D beat 'em up video game independently developed by The Behemoth and... more - 19
Developer: Rockstar Toronto, Rockstar Leeds
The Warriors is a beat 'em up video game published by Rockstar Games. It was released on... more - 20
Developer: Capcom
Captain Commando is a 1991 futuristic side-scrolling beat 'em up game originally developed and... more - 21
Developer: Sega Wow, Sega
Golden Axe II is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released for the Sega Mega Drive. It was... more - 22
Developer: Sega Wow, Overworks, Sega
Streets of Rage 3, known in Japan as Bare Knuckle III and subtitled Tekken Seiten in... more - 23
Developer: Konami
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, released in Europe as Teenage Mutant Hero... more - 24
Developer: Capcom
Final Fight 3, released in Japan as Final Fight Tough, is a side-scrolling beat 'em up by... more - 25
Developer: Sega Wow, Sega
Alien Storm is a 1990 beat 'em up arcade game by Sega. It was later ported to the Sega Mega... more
