The Best Brawler Games

Update : Paint the Town Red VR added at rank #15.
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River City Girls (2019)

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Xbox One PC Windows

Step into the shoes of Kyoko or Misako in River City Girls, a beat 'em up extravaganza! With its vibrant pixel-art, riveting manga story panels, and catchy synth-pop soundtrack, you'll enjoy every punch, kick, and combo you unleash on the bad guys. This wild, action-packed adventure is a nostalgic trip filled with humor, stunning art, and epic gameplay.


What we like:
  • Excellent quality OST and pixel graphics
  • Hilarious writing with matching voice acting
  • Fun co-op mode
  • Beautiful hand-drawn animated cutscenes
  • Engaging gameplay and music atmosphere
What could be improved:
  • Poor AI leading to repetitive combat
  • Slow recovery of downed enemies disrupts combo flow
  • Limited DPS through aerial combos
  • Lack of control customization

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

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The friends of Ringo Ishikawa (2018)

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Xbox One Mac OS Nintendo Switch PC Windows

The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa is a unique and inscrutable narrative-brawler that explores the lives of high school seniors contemplating their future after graduation. You play as Ringo and take part in 2D brawler-style combat, buy food and books to replenish your health and stamina, attend classes, study, work part-time jobs and train at the gym.


What we like:
  • Unique experience full of freedom
  • Cool pixelated graphical style
  • Atmospheric soundtrack
  • Discover routines in the town
  • Follow them and learn different actions you can take
What could be improved:
  • No tutorials or hints provided
  • No world map or quest markers given
  • Combat could feel more responsive

  • beat-em-up
  • brawler
  • 1980s
  • martial
  • arts
  • rpg
  • open-world
  • pixel
  • scroller
  • atmospheric
  • drama
  • sandbox
  • anime
  • brawler-type
  • 2d

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Charlie Murder (2013)

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PC Windows Xbox 360 Linux Mac OS

It’s a punk rock apocalypse! Team up with your friends to lead embattled punk rock band Charlie Murder in their epic quest to save the world from rival death metalers Gore Quaffer and their legions of evil.


  • brawler
  • cooperative
  • rpg
  • beat-em-up
  • side-scrolling
  • zombies
  • demons
  • boss-fight
  • gore
  • rhythm
  • skateboard

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OK K.O.! Lets Play Heroes (2018)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Based on Cartoon Network's hit show, this game stars pint-sized K.O. as he fights Lord Boxman's evil bots to save Lakewood Plaza Turbo. In this story-driven adventure meets cartoon-brawler, you'll complete quests, unlock moves & collect cards of your Plaza pals as you fight to become a true hero.

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  • beat-em-up
  • cartoony
  • brawler
  • card
  • story
  • robots
  • funny
  • boss-specific
  • combo
  • fight
  • adventure
  • exploration

5

City of Crime: Gang Wars (2022)

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IOS iPhone Android

Gameplay optimizations. Various bug fixes that greatly enhance the game experience.

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  • real-time
  • brawler
  • empire
  • boss
  • grand
  • innovative
  • zombies
  • survival
  • sport
  • realistic
  • war
  • fight
  • challenging
  • difficult
  • strategy

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Gang Beasts (2017)

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Playstation 4 psvr Nintendo Switch Xbox One Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Gang Beasts is a silly multiplayer party game with surly gelatinous characters, brutal slapstick fight sequences, and absurd hazardous environments, set in the mean streets of Beef City.


  • party
  • physics
  • brawler
  • local
  • multiplayer
  • fight
  • funny
  • online
  • beat-em-up
  • experimental
  • soundtrack
  • arena

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Yakuza 4 Remastered (2019)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4

When a dark secret brings a loan shark, a death-row inmate, a corrupt cop and the legendary yakuza Kazuma Kiryu together the resulting war in Kamurocho might level the district to the ground.


  • rpg
  • crime
  • japanese
  • fight
  • brawler
  • jrpg
  • combat
  • drama
  • battle
  • open-world
  • turn-based
  • baseball
  • beat-em-up
  • narrative
  • boss

8

Streets of Rage 4 (2020)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Streets of Rage 4 is the long awaited fourth entry into the classic Sega franchise. It features a blend of old and new, with classic characters such as Axel and Adam Hunter returning alongside a new main character, Cherry. All characters have unique playstyles, from Axel's powerful punches to Cherry's speedy strikes. There are tons of unlockables to discover and it has an amazing soundtrack.


What we like:
  • Satisfying combat
  • Incredible music and visuals
  • Tons to unlock
  • Simple yet rewarding combat mechanics
What could be improved:
  • Lack of 4 player online
  • Occasionally too easy to get cornered

  • brawler
  • boss
  • cooperative
  • beat-em-up
  • combo
  • retro
  • classic
  • side-scrolling
  • fight
  • old-school
  • arcade
  • online
  • hand-drawn
  • crime
  • combat

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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life (2016)

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Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows

Step into Japan's criminal underworld in this explosive action brawler starring legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu, who is hellbent on unraveling the truth around his daughter's tragic accident.


  • rpg
  • crime
  • japanese
  • fight
  • brawler
  • combat
  • jrpg
  • drama
  • open-world
  • battle
  • turn-based
  • baseball
  • narrative
  • beat-em-up
  • arcade

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3D Streets of Rage II (2015)

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Slam the asphalt with bigger, better and totally devastating attacks. Skull crushing ex-wrestler Max Thunder joins up with Axel and Blaze to throw earth shattering body slams and fist attacks.

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  • brawler
  • beat-em-up
  • park
  • classic
  • retro
  • midi
  • boss
  • cooperative

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