The Best Beat-em-up Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 5

Update : River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next added at rank #37.
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Fight'N Rage (2017)

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Fight'N Rage is a classic beat 'em up game with satisfying punches, varied, intelligent enemies, an array of characters with unique playstyles, and reams of fun unlockables. Every hit feels satisfying and the game offers a variety of music styles to keep players entertained.

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What we like:
  • Satisfying punches
  • Varied and intelligent enemies
  • Array of characters with unique playstyles
  • Reams of fun unlockables
  • Variety of music styles
What could be improved:
  • Spamming special moves can be too easy if not monitored carefully
  • SP gauge can be difficult to check during intense fights
  • Some tutorial elements are confusing

  • side-scrolling
  • cooperative
  • local
  • classic
  • beat-em-up
  • arcade
  • combo
  • old-school
  • retro
  • martial
  • multiple-endings
  • brawler
  • 2d
  • ninja
  • fight

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502's Arcade (2024)

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502's Arcade is a collection of fast paced arcade games. Ghost hunting in a procedural dungeon crawler, fast reflex puzzle solving in a potion shop, blasting through alien enemies and more! Get good old arcade fun featuring modern mechanics and challenge your way to the top of the leaderboards.


  • attack
  • score
  • cats
  • fast-paced
  • arcade
  • beat-em-up
  • precision
  • pixel
  • cute
  • rogue-like
  • retro
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • controller-support

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Pulling No Punches (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Linux

A classic 2D arcade action game animated frame by frame. Survive a fictional pandemic in a city filled with madness and denial.

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  • character
  • beat-em-up
  • campaign
  • comic
  • 2d
  • hack-and-slash
  • stylized
  • cartoony
  • book
  • fight
  • bullet-hell
  • attack
  • score
  • customization
  • cooperative

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Dusk Diver (2019)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

When an unstable dimensional rift brings together Gods, Phantoms and Humans - headstrong highschool girl Yang Yumo must step up to protect the neighbourhood. Fight alongside your guardians as part of a dynamic action-oriented combat system and expand your abilities by immersing yourself in the bustling streets, stores, personalities and even cuisines of Taipei. Online features require an account and are subject to terms of service and applicable privacy policy (playstationnetwork.com/terms-of-service & playstationnetwork.com/privacy-policy).

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  • rpg
  • anime
  • beat-em-up
  • japanese
  • action
  • adventure
  • combat
  • hack-and-slash
  • jrpg

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Vengeance Hunters (2024)

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Vengeance Hunters is an adrenaline fueled Neo-Geo hardware developed beat’em’up that lets you and a friend in local co-op fight mutants, zombies, punks, gangsters, lab techs with bombs (you read that correctly), suited mystery men, cyborgs and more across multiple stages, sublevels and secret areas.


  • beat-em-up
  • cartoony
  • post-apocalyptic
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • zombies
  • local
  • arcade
  • retro
  • pixel
  • hand-drawn
  • fight
  • cooperative
  • colourful
  • combat

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Cobra Kai: The Karate Kid Saga Continues (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

The game was announced on August 25, 2020.[1] A trailer for the game was released the same day.[2]

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  • beat-em-up
  • arts
  • fight
  • martial
  • side-scrolling
  • 2.5d
  • character
  • top-tier
  • narration
  • arcade
  • brawler
  • combo
  • boss
  • multiple-endings
  • customization

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Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All! (2021)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

Asterix & Obelix, return in a new adventure full of slaps! Play as Asterix and Obelix and cross the most iconic landscapes of the saga while facing a host of enemies, in a Beat Them Up filled with action ... and slaps!

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  • hand-drawn
  • book
  • beat-em-up
  • horizontal
  • 2d
  • scrolling
  • local
  • brawler
  • comic
  • cooperative
  • fight
  • adventure
  • multiplayer

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The Karate Kid: Street Rumble (2024)

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Dominate the dojo in The Karate Kid: Street Rumble, a pixel art beat ‘em up adventure. Grab your friends for local co-op multiplayer and dive into the classic The Karate Kid journey with retro-style gameplay, dynamic combat, and epic boss battles.


  • side-scrolling
  • martial
  • retro
  • 2d
  • beat-em-up
  • cooperative
  • brawler
  • chiptune
  • arts
  • scroller
  • 1980s
  • fight
  • arcade
  • local
  • action

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Doug's Nightmare (2023)

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Defeat enemies and epic bosses, unlock new weapons and skins. Help Doug overcome his anxiety and demons. All that and more in this cartoony, hand-drawn Bullet Hell.


  • loot
  • shooter
  • bullet-hell
  • beat-em-up
  • hand-drawn
  • dungeon-crawler
  • twin-stick
  • top-down
  • arena
  • stylized
  • 2d

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One Finger Death Punch II (2019)

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IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows

The world's fastest brawler is back. Experience cinematic kung-fu in the most epic stickman fighter ever made. Staying true to the original, you play with only two buttons. Every press matters, do not button mash!

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  • beat-em-up
  • martial
  • arts
  • hyper-fast
  • 2d
  • fight
  • fast-paced
  • over-the-top
  • casual
  • action
  • mouse

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