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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806250Streets of Rage 2, released in Japan as Bare Knuckle II: The Requiem of the Deadly Battle and... more
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, released as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Kame Ninja in... more- 3363120Alien vs. Predator is a beat 'em up video game developed and released by Capcom for the CPS-2... more
- 4392136Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, released in Japan as Cadillacs Kyouryuu Shinseiki is a 1993 arcade... more
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Final Fight
1989Final Fight is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up produced by Capcom. Originally released as an... more - 6381133The Simpsons Arcade Game or just The Simpsons is an arcade beat 'em up developed by Konami... more
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X-Men
1992X-Men is an arcade game produced by Konami in 1992. It is a side-scrolling beat 'em up based... more - 8388147
Golden Axe
1989Golden Axe is a side-scrolling, beat 'em up, hack and slash arcade video game released in 1989... more - 9295115Knights of the Round is an arcade game released by Capcom in 1991. A side-scrolling beat 'em... more
- 10Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder is a side-scrolling beat'em up video game released in... more
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Double Dragon
1987Double Dragon is a 1987 beat 'em up video game developed by Technōs Japan and distributed in... more - 12284113
The Punisher
1993The Punisher is a 1993 beat 'em up arcade game developed and released by Capcom. It stars the... more - 13267104
Streets of Rage
1991Streets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released by Sega in 1991 for the Sega Genesis.... more - 14Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara is an arcade game developed and published by Capcom in... more
- 1523390Double Dragon II: The Revenge is a side-scrolling beat 'em up produced by Technōs Japan... more
- 16265115Streets of Rage 3, known in Japan as Bare Knuckle III and subtitled Tekken Seiten in... more
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Castle Crashers
2008Castle Crashers is a 2D beat 'em up video game independently developed by The Behemoth and... more - 18Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist, released in Europe as Teenage Mutant Hero... more
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Guardian Heroes
1996Guardian Heroes is a 2D side-scrolling beat 'em up video game in the vein of Final Fight or... more - 2023399
Captain Commando
1991Captain Commando is a 1991 futuristic side-scrolling beat 'em up game originally developed and... more - 2119781
The Warriors
2005The Warriors is a beat 'em up video game published by Rockstar Games. It was released on... more - 2221797
Golden Axe II
1991Golden Axe II is a side-scrolling beat 'em up released for the Sega Mega Drive. It was... more - 2319785River City Ransom, originally released as Downtown Nekketsu Story in Japan and later as Street... more
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Final Fight 3
1995Final Fight 3, released in Japan as Final Fight Tough, is a side-scrolling beat 'em up by... more - 2513061Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom, published in 1993, is the first of two arcade games created... more
