The beat 'em up genre has been around since the days of arcades. Although it's not as prominent as it once was, games like these are still great fun. The gameplay mostly consists of brawling through a ...

The era of arcade beat 'em ups was one that defined friendships, rivalries, and the feeling of watching your last coin circle the drain as a final boss mopped the floor with you. These games never ...

While the genre isn't as prolific as it once was, beat-'em-ups still tend to follow in the mold of Final Fight and Streets of Rage: You're a muscle-bound mayor or a martial arts expert or occasionally ...

At release, Towerborne will feature a variety of different weapons to equip your heroes (called Aces here) with. I had the chance to try out two of those weapons: the Warclub and Dual Daggers. That ...

Fond of weirdly obscure titles since childhood, Ivanir has been captivated by many Japanese games over the years. Some of his most passionate topics are the Dept. Heaven series, Summon Night ...

For my money, Streets of Rage 4 is the best beat-em-up of the modern era – and honestly might give the retro classics that inspired it a run for their money. While one of the three studios involved in ...

Not just a thrilling throwback, but a thoroughly modern spin on a classic genre, Absolum proves the arcade beat 'em up and the run-based game are a perfect pairing. Combat is fast, fun, and ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

When I got to play a preview build of upcoming 2D beat-'em-up Marvel Cosmic Invasion earlier this year, I was really blown away. Far from just a mindless button-masher, it's shaping up to be a ...

Back in the 16-bit era, few genres had as much of a grip on both arcades and consoles as the beat ‘em up. Halfway between a fighting game and a platformer, a good side-scrolling brawler generally ...

The four-player cooperative side-scroller hits the sweet spot between MCU favorites and more niche heroes in its roster Players can pick from one of 15 Marvel superheroes to fight their way through ...

I grew up with arcade beat-em-ups like Konami’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time and X-Men. It was a genre I loved, so I was sad to see it diminish in relevance. Thankfully, beat-em-ups ...