The Best Beat-em-up Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 3

Update : Fallen City Brawl added at rank #47.
21

River City Girls Zero (2022)

View Similar Games
71
Review score
Logo of River City Girls Zero Screenshot of River City Girls Zero Screenshot of River City Girls Zero Screenshot of River City Girls Zero

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

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.

Buy

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

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

22

9 Monkeys of Shaolin (2020)

View Similar Games
78
Review score
Logo of 9 Monkeys of Shaolin Screenshot of 9 Monkeys of Shaolin Screenshot of 9 Monkeys of Shaolin Screenshot of 9 Monkeys of Shaolin

Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a beat-em-up game with deep combat mechanics and varied level designs. The story follows Daokong, a man who joins a Shaolin order to seek revenge on the Japanese pirates that attacked his village. With generous parries, special attacks, seal moves and skill points to customize your abilities, you will feel like an unstoppable warrior!

Buy

What we like:
  • Deep combat mechanics
  • Varied level design
  • Generous parries and special attacks
  • Plenty of voice acting options
What could be improved:
  • Relatively short runtime
  • By-the-numbers plot

  • cooperative
  • beat-em-up
  • martial
  • fight
  • pirates
  • side-scrolling
  • local
  • brawler
  • online
  • ninja
  • arts
  • combat
  • old-school
  • hack-and-slash
  • action

23

Shadow of the Orient (2024)

View Similar Games
63
Review score
Logo of Shadow of the Orient Screenshot of Shadow of the Orient Screenshot of Shadow of the Orient Screenshot of Shadow of the Orient

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

Shadow of the Orient is a 2d pixel art action platformer where you play as a young warrior named Xiaolang who must venture across the orient fighting hordes of Samurai warriors and mythical creatures in an attempt to rescue the kidnapped children of the orient and face off against the dark lord.


  • platform
  • beat-em-up
  • martial
  • 2d
  • action-adventure
  • arts
  • swordplay
  • foreign
  • pixel
  • adventure
  • action
  • ninja
  • arcade

24

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed (2024)

View Similar Games
63
Review score
Logo of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed Screenshot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed Screenshot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed Screenshot of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants Unleashed

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

Join the Turtle brothers straight from the sewers and slide into this new adventure of shell-shocking proportions!


  • beat-em-up
  • arts
  • 3d
  • martial
  • comic
  • cartoony
  • cooperative
  • book
  • ninja
  • fight
  • family-friendly
  • colourful
  • controller-support

25

PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe (2023)

View Similar Games
74
Review score
Logo of PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe Screenshot of PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe Screenshot of PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe Screenshot of PixelJunk Scrappers Deluxe

wii u vita ps1 portable Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Playstation 3 PC Windows Mac OS Nintendo Switch Linux google stadia facebook apple arcade

Clean up the streets of Junktown as a team of robot garbage collectors. Trash your opponents with up to 4 players or go it alone in this beat ‘em up that’s also a clean ‘em up!

Buy

  • beat-em-up
  • cyberpunk
  • collectathon
  • local
  • multiplayer
  • truck
  • cooperative
  • robots
  • stylized
  • futuristic
  • fight
  • colourful
  • 2d
  • squad
  • casual

26

Beat 'Em Up Collection QUByte Classics (2025)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Beat 'Em Up Collection QUByte Classics Screenshot of Beat 'Em Up Collection QUByte Classics Screenshot of Beat 'Em Up Collection QUByte Classics Screenshot of Beat 'Em Up Collection QUByte Classics

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

A collection of seven retro beat 'em ups with enhanced features like rewind, cheats, screen filters, and more!


  • beat-em-up
  • retro
  • punch
  • retro-fueled
  • arcade
  • side-scrolling
  • 1990s
  • action
  • pixel
  • casual
  • scroller
  • compilation
  • must-play

27

Hot Blood (2024)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Hot Blood Screenshot of Hot Blood Screenshot of Hot Blood Screenshot of Hot Blood

IOS iPhone Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows

Take down zombies as a deadly cutie in 3D low-poly style! Hot Blood is physics-based brawling fun inspired by action movies of the 80s & 90s.


  • beat-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • zombies
  • 3d
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • open-world
  • gore
  • funny
  • blood
  • violent
  • colourful
  • fight
  • soundtrack

28

Feudal Bros - Tonosama #1 (2025)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of Feudal Bros - Tonosama #1 Screenshot of Feudal Bros - Tonosama #1 Screenshot of Feudal Bros - Tonosama #1 Screenshot of Feudal Bros - Tonosama #1

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

Japan. Edo period. After many years of violent wars, peace has returned to the land, but it doesn’t seem like it will last for long. A new danger lurks in the shadows, and only two noblemen can stop it: Lord Baka, a Japanese feudal lord, and Prince Bouffon, a prince from the faraway land of France.


  • beat-em-up
  • ninja
  • aliens
  • pixel
  • retro
  • action-adventure
  • medieval
  • top-down
  • cooperative
  • 2d
  • local
  • controller-support
  • fantasy

29

Tonight We Riot (2020)

View Similar Games
93
Review score
Logo of Tonight We Riot Screenshot of Tonight We Riot Screenshot of Tonight We Riot Screenshot of Tonight We Riot

Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

The game follows a player-controlled crowd of workers rather than a single character,[4] each member with their own weapons, to fight against Pinkertons, militias, and police as they move their way through a level. Players can inspire more workers to join the crowd by liberating factories and encouraging more workers to join the fight. The game's difficulty is dynamic as it is tied in part due to the size of the mob, from being extremely difficult as a single worker to challenging or easy as the mob grows in size.[5] The levels end in boss fights ranging from large vehicles operated by the police to the President of the fictional country the game takes place in.[6][7]

Buy

  • political
  • beat-em-up
  • crowd
  • politics
  • cooperative

30

MiceGard (2024)

View Similar Games
ND
Review score
Logo of MiceGard Screenshot of MiceGard Screenshot of MiceGard Screenshot of MiceGard

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

Play MiceGard, adventure game where viking mice fight for honor, fame and survival. Explore the world inspired by Norse mythology, meet with gods and warlocks and seize the glory of the fiercest mouse-warrior in this action-packed saga!


  • beat-em-up
  • narration
  • real-time
  • tactical
  • memes
  • cute
  • funny
  • adventure
  • mythology

Not seeing your game?