The Best Beat-em-up Games for Playstation 5

Update, : River City Girls 2 added at rank #1.
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River City Girls 2 (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X

Get ready for an all-new adventure with River City Girls 2! Team up with friends for local or online co-op and pound punks with new abilities including guard-crush attacks and lift-off combos. Level up to earn new moves, buy items, and recruit defeated foes and hired heavies to help you along the way. With enhanced combat, bigger areas to explore, surprise cameos, and an epic soundtrack, you'll be brawling until your enemies yell "BARF!"


Pros:
  • Side quests include mini-games for diversity
  • Multiplayer options available for local and online play
  • Destructible background objects for added fun
  • Offers solid beat 'em up mechanics with light RPG mechanics
  • Unique enemy recruitment system that allows players to personalize their play style
Cons:
  • Unbalanced boss battles
  • Lack of enemy variety
  • Technical issues with FPS and multiplayer

  • beat-em-up
  • brawler
  • cooperative
  • anime
  • boss
  • pixel
  • fight
  • rpg
  • collectathon
  • boss-fight
  • local
  • comic
  • arts
  • action
  • book

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The Legend of Tianding (2021)

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PC Windows IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch

The Legend of Tian Ding takes you on a journey into the depths of Taiwanese history and culture, through fast-paced combat and platforming. This game puts its own spin on the legend of Liao Tian Ding, a Taiwanese Robin Hood-like character, while remaining true to his character. With its mix of kung fu combat and platforming, this game is sure to satisfy any itch for an action-packed adventure set in Taiwan's past.


Pros:
  • Fast-paced combat and platforming
  • Rich story based on real events
  • Charming manhua aesthetic
  • Atmospheric soundtrack
  • Freedom to chain abilities in combat & movement
  • Variety of secrets hidden throughout levels
Cons:
  • Cutscenes can be too long & unskippable at times
  • Uneven progression with upgrades only available later in the game
  • Difficulty spikes during some boss battles

  • platform
  • historical
  • spectacle
  • fight
  • beat-em-up
  • side-scrolling
  • 2d
  • character
  • comic
  • boss
  • boss-fight
  • scroller
  • hack-and-slash
  • action
  • book

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Jitsu Squad (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Jitsu Squad is a four-player co-op fighting game inspired by the Marvel vs Capcom series. The players take on the role of four heroes on a mission to thwart an evil sorcerer’s ambitions and retrieve a powerful demon's soul stone. With beautiful hand-drawn visuals and an over-the-top chop socky soundtrack, this game will have you feeling like you're playing in one of your favorite Saturday morning cartoons.


Pros:
  • Varied characters
  • Super transformations and screen filling super attacks
  • Visually stunning graphics
  • Entertaining soundtrack
  • Variety of enemies and bosses
Cons:
  • Difficulty distinguishing between characters in multiplayer mode
  • Limited number of puzzles
  • Not difficult even at the end

  • ninja
  • beat-em-up
  • 1990s
  • scroller
  • cooperative
  • hack-and-slash
  • fight
  • character
  • swordplay
  • 2d
  • comedy
  • superhero
  • old-school
  • retro
  • linear

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Final Vendetta (2022)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Final Vendetta is an arcade-style throwback inspired by the 16 and 32-bit-era of gaming. It features large, gorgeously animated character sprites, true-to-the-era hand-drawn pixel art backgrounds and timeless old school flourishes. Perfectly combining elements from Final Fight and Streets of Rage 2 with generous dashes of NEO GEO style, Final Vendetta is a master class in kicking ass!


Pros:
  • Classic visuals and gameplay
  • Coop play for up to two players
  • Challenging bosses
Cons:
  • Limited lives on Easy or Hard mode
  • Some cheap enemy attacks and grabs

  • beat-em-up
  • arcade
  • boss
  • pixel
  • classic
  • brawler
  • old-school
  • soundtrack
  • fight
  • side-scrolling
  • retro
  • combo
  • cooperative
  • scroller
  • arts

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River City Girls Zero (2022)

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Nintendo Switch PC Windows Xbox Series X Xbox One Playstation 4 Playstation 5

River City Girls Zero is a spin-off of the Kunio-kun franchise where you play as Misako and Kyoko, fighting their way to rescue Kunio and Riki. Featuring great visuals, superb character designs, and a fantastic soundtrack, River City Girls Zero offers local co-op support with extras like manga-style animated self-aware cutscenes, an opening video, new music and more.


Pros:
  • Great visuals
  • Superb character designs
  • Fantastic soundtrack
  • Local co-op support
  • Extras like manga-style animated cutscenes
  • New music
Cons:
  • No difficulty modes
  • No online play
  • Limited display options for aspect ratios

  • beat-em-up
  • cooperative
  • brawler
  • anime
  • fight
  • pixel
  • boss
  • motorbike
  • action-translated
  • spin-kicking
  • local
  • retro
  • crime
  • boss-fight
  • combat

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RWBY: Arrowfell (2022)

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Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X PC Windows

Dive into an explosive new RWBY adventure! Instantly switch between Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, and use their weapons and Semblances to battle a mysterious new threat in this in-canon story set during RWBY Volume 7! Featuring a new song by Jeff Williams with vocals by Casey Lee Williams!


  • beat-em-up
  • platform
  • scroller
  • anime
  • action-adventure
  • 2.5d
  • hack-and-slash
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • boss-fight
  • combat
  • action
  • family-friendly
  • boss
  • colourful

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River City Girls (2019)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4

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!

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  • brawler
  • cooperative
  • anime
  • beat-em-up
  • fight
  • boss
  • pixel
  • boss-fight
  • rpg
  • local
  • retro
  • couch
  • combat
  • side-scrolling
  • classic

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Asterix & Obelix: Slap them All! (2021)

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Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 5

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!


  • beat-em-up
  • hand-drawn
  • book
  • 2d
  • x
  • comic
  • local
  • cooperative
  • horizontal
  • scrolling
  • holding

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Colossus Down (2020)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

Join forces with Nika, MechaNika, Agatha and the Great Bleeding Pig in this peculiar and crazy mission of destruction of everything that isn't cool.


  • beat-em-up
  • cooperative
  • mech
  • local
  • scroller
  • construction
  • 2d
  • soundtrack
  • fight
  • book
  • brawler
  • anime
  • hand-drawn
  • teenage
  • candyland

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Game Type DX (2022)

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Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch

3D isometric roguelite that tells the story of Schell, a small humanoid creature enslaved to mine metals, who tries to escape from the depths of dangerous caves infested with enemies. To be free, she will be guided by an ancient alchemist, who will teach her how to create potions.


  • rogue-like
  • beat-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • dungeon-crawler
  • parody
  • cartoony
  • shooter
  • procedural
  • funny
  • isometric
  • character
  • top-down
  • swordplay

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