The Best Beat-em-up Games for Nintendo Switch - Page 4

Update : Beat \'Em Up Collection QUByte Classics added at rank #26.
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Paw Paw Paw (2020)

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Paw Paw Paw is a fun side-scrolling beat-em-up game set in the woods, with sword-n-shield based combat and lots of unlockables. The game follows a maverick group of woodland animals who have rebelled against a corrupt(ed) king, and refused to be forced to wear trousers. Experience the joys of 2D characters walking about in a world with X, Y and Z coordinates and use different weapon types for tactically different gameplay.

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What we like:
  • Lots of unlockables
  • Rideable creatures and other characters to play
  • XP maintained when you die so no need to start from scratch
  • Different weapon types for each character mixes up tactics
  • Super cute visuals with violent combat
What could be improved:
  • Clumsy trying to align with equally flat enemies
  • Getting the first few combos unlocked is a lengthy process
  • Hitboxes are very inconsistent
  • Balance is all over the place

  • cooperative
  • beat-em-up
  • hack-and-slash
  • local
  • funny
  • scroller
  • action-adventure
  • side-scrolling
  • class
  • fantasy
  • comedy
  • 2d
  • rpg
  • action
  • cartoony

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One Finger Death Punch 2 (2019)

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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
  • brawler
  • fight
  • arts
  • rhythm
  • survival
  • martial
  • 2d
  • fast-paced
  • action
  • skill

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Feudal Bros - Tonosama #1 (2025)

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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
  • fantasy

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MiceGard (2024)

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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

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants (2024)

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Re-experience the 2017 arcade classic with 3 additional stages and 6 additional boss battles! Take control of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello or Raphael in this classic beat-em-up inspired by the cult favorite Turtles in Time. Play with your friends through 4 player local co-op


  • arcade
  • cooperative
  • beat-em-up
  • boss
  • local
  • ninja
  • cartoony
  • boss-fight
  • fight
  • classic
  • scroller
  • action
  • 4-player
  • 2d
  • casual

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Way of the Passive Fist (2018)

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Way of the Passive Fist is a unique and colorful arcade brawler. Parry, Dodge and Dash to outwit and outlast your enemies on a desolate planet ruled by raiders, mutants and fanatical sun worshipers. It's a new kind of tactical fighting in the licensed arcade brawler for the 90s cartoon you wish existed.


  • beat-em-up
  • pixel
  • brawler
  • rhythm
  • action
  • fight

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River City Saga: Three Kingdoms Next (2024)

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Get ready for River City Saga: Three Kingdoms’ finale


  • spectacle
  • beat-em-up
  • 2d
  • destruction
  • comedy
  • anime
  • family-friendly
  • pve
  • pixel
  • tutorial
  • historical
  • old-school
  • retro
  • funny
  • fight

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The Phantom (2025)

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The Ghost Who Walks is back! Comics' very first costumed hero is coming to Steam and console in an all new side scrolling beat-em-up adventure. Take on the Singh brotherhood across the globe with only your physical strength, skill with weapons and fearsome reputation!


  • beat-em-up
  • comic
  • superhero
  • 2d
  • scroller
  • action-adventure
  • book
  • hand-drawn
  • multiple-endings
  • arcade
  • stylized
  • fight
  • em-up
  • 1990s
  • story

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Mutant (2022)

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-15 Huge Levels. -Nine Mutant Special Abilities. -Hold Up To Four Guns At Once. -Beat Your Enemy With Crates, Barrels, Or Cars.

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  • beat-em-up
  • action-adventure
  • shoot-em-up
  • 3d
  • parody
  • shooter
  • driven
  • action

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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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