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235 games like Altered Beast · 1983 – 2020
Timed NEC exclusive
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +19
Progress is made through the game by fighting through Death Adder's henchmen, including men armed with clubs and maces, skeleton warriors, and knights. Players are able to attack using their weapon, jump and cast spells that hurt all enemie
70 rating16 lists1 h main storyOften paired
Timed Sega exclusive
Android, Arcade, Game Gear +7
Streets of Rage is a side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Sega in 1991 for Mega Drive/Genesis. It is the first installment of the Bare Knuckle/Streets of Rage series which was followed by Streets of Rage 2 and St
76 rating7 lists1 h main storyOften paired
Timed Nintendo exclusive
Capcom · Arcade, PlayStation, SNES
Captain Commando is a futuristic side-scrolling beat 'em up video game. The game stars the titular superhero who was originally conceived as a fictional spokesman used by Capcom USA in the company's console games during the late 1980s. Amon
73 rating6 lists0.5 h main storyOften paired
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Thomas Happ Games · Linux, Switch, PS4 +5
After a lab accident, a scientist awakens in a mysterious, alien world. Is this a distant planet? The far future? Or a complex virtual-reality computer simulation? Plumb the recesses of a large, labyrinthine world in order to learn its sec
80 rating9 lists11 h main storyOften paired
Christian Whitehead · Android, Switch, PS4 +2
Sonic Mania is a side-scrolling platformer that pays homage to the original Sega Genesis Sonic the Hedgehog games. Players choose from Sonic, Tails, or Knuckles, each with unique abilities, and speed through 13 zones that include redesigned
84 rating8 lists5.5 h main storyOften paired
Android, Linux, Switch +5
Blasphemous is a punishing action-platformer that combines the fast-paced, skilled combat of a hack-n-slash game with a deep and evocative narrative core. Explore this nightmarish world of twisted religion and discover its many secrets hidd
79 rating3 lists13 h main storyOften paired
Konstantin Koshutin · Linux, Windows, macOS
Hammerfight is a 2D physics-based action game where you control an aircraft with your mouse. Your aircraft can be equipped with various slashing and crushing weapons, which are all effective at crushing through armor and slamming them into
70 rating1 list4 h main storyOften paired
Timed NEC exclusiveTeam Shinobi · Arcade, PS3, Commodore C64/128/MAX +10
Progress is made through the game by fighting through Death Adder's henchmen, including men armed with clubs and maces, skeleton warriors, and knights. Players are able to attack using their weapon, jump and cast spells that hurt all enemie
70 rating1 listSame studio
Timed Sega exclusive
Sonic Team · Android, Game Boy Advance, Linux +7
Comix Zone is an action platformer in which players control Sketch Turner as he progresses through panels of his comic book, hoping to reach the end and escape before his own creations finish him off. But there is hope. Now that he’s a comi
75 rating9 lists
Timed NEC exclusive
Namco · Arcade, FM Towns, Switch +4
Splatterhouse is a sidescrolling beat 'em up video game in which the player controls Rick, a parapsychology student who is trapped inside West Mansion. After his resurrection by the Terror Mask, Rick makes his way through the mansion, fight
66 rating7 lists
Timed PlayStation exclusive
Arc System Works · Android, Switch, PS4 +3
"The next entry in the side-scrolling action game series Double Dragon is finally here! The story picks up after the elimination of the Shadow Warriors in Double Dragon II!"
59 rating2 lists
Nintendo exclusive
Game Boy Advance
Zeus, creator and ruler of the Guardians of the Gates, raises you from your grave! You must go fourth and defeat a new, unknown evil that has destroyed the Guardians and ravaged the universe. To do so, you must collect the keys and Essence
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Technōs Japan · Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari 2600 +17
Double Dragon is a 1987 beat 'em up video game developed by Technōs Japan and distributed by Taito for arcades across Asia, North America and Europe. It is the first title in the Double Dragon franchise. The player character has a repertoi
57 rating30 lists
Timed Xbox exclusive
Studio MDHR · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuph
86 rating12 lists
Timed PlayStation exclusiveArc System Works · Android, Switch, PS4 +3
"The next entry in the side-scrolling action game series Double Dragon is finally here! The story picks up after the elimination of the Shadow Warriors in Double Dragon II!"
59 rating1 list1.5 h main story
Timed Sega exclusive
Linux, NES, Sega Genesis +3
Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master, released as The Super Shinobi II in Japan, is the fourth game in the Shinobi series and a direct sequel to The Revenge of Shinobi.
78 rating8 lists0.5 h main story
QUByte Interactive · Android, Linux, Switch +7
"99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and
55 rating7 lists3.5 h main story
Capcom · Arcade
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is a side-scrolling, beat 'em up arcade game based on the comic book series Xenozoic Tales. In the game, the player has access to several attacks. Each character has two special moves including one that depletes a ch
81 rating1 list
Timed Sega exclusive
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +14
Alien Storm is a side-scrolling beat 'em up. The game resembles Golden Axe, with a similar artistic style, three playable characters (a man, a woman, and a novelty character) and pick-up or power-up special attacks. The player (one player o
69 rating11 listsSame studio
Linux, Switch, PS4 +4
Help Madeline survive her inner demons on her journey to the top of Celeste Mountain, in this super-tight platformer from the creators of TowerFall. Brave hundreds of hand-crafted challenges, uncover devious secrets, and piece together the
89 rating8 lists8.5 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Hudson Soft · Arcade, PlayStation, PS3 +1
Bloody Roar, known as Bloody Roar: Hyper Beast Duel in Europe and Japan, is a fighting video game originally developed by Raizing (now Eighting) as an arcade game. It was later adapted for the PlayStation by Hudson Soft and published by Son
75 rating5 lists1 h main story
Data East · Arcade, Master System, NES +1
Captain Silver is a side-scrolling action game released for the arcades by Data East in 1987. In the game, the player control a young sailor named Jim Aykroyd who goes on a journey to seek the lost treasure of Captain Silver, facing various
62 rating4 lists
Timed Xbox exclusiveStudio MDHR · Switch, PS4, Windows +2
Cuphead is a run-and-gun action game focused primarily on boss battles. Its visual style is modeled after 1930s cartoons, using traditional hand-drawn cel animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings. Players control Cuph
86 rating1 list8 h main story
Atari console exclusive
General Computer Corporation · Arcade, Atari 7800, Atari XEGS
Food Fight (also styled as Charley Chuck's Food Fight) is an arcade game released by Atari, Inc. in March 1983. The player guides Charley Chuck, who is trying to eat an ice cream cone before it melts, while avoiding four chefs bent on stopp
63 rating3 lists
MS-DOS
A light-hearted FPS for DOS, in which the player must adventure across an island as protagonist Dick Danger to rescue their girlfriend, Samantha "Sweet-Cheeks" Smith, from an antagonist known as "Evil Boss".
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Nintendo console exclusive
Konami · Arcade, Switch
The Evil King has risen from the dead to rule the world once more. The Greek goddess Athena has summoned the souls of four ancient guardians and bestowed their power upon four heroes to stop the evil once again. These guardians wield the ab
74 rating1 list
Midway Studios – Los Angeles · PS2, Xbox
Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks is an action-adventure beat 'em up video game set in the Mortal Kombat universe. Players take on the roles of the iconic Shaolin monks Liu Kang and Kung Lao, either solo or in cooperative mode, as they defend Ea
71 rating4 lists
Sega exclusive
Sega Genesis
A kabuki warrior steps into a time portal to go back to the Shogun dynasty to defeat the evil lord Kabuki. The game is basically a side-scrolling beat-em up game, with the player controlling the kabuki warrior. The player can deliver kicks
1 list1 h main story
PlayStation exclusive
Playstos Entertainment · PS2, PS3
Ruff Trigger: The Vanocore Conspiracy is a 2006 action-platform video game developed by Playstos Entertainment and published by Natsume in North America and by ZOO Digital Publishing in Europe for the PlayStation 2. The game was released in
60 rating2 lists
Nintendo exclusive
Takeru · NES
Tapir, an enigmatic blue wizard in spotted pajamas from the Dream World, sends the player on a quest to rescue princess Rua. But things quickly become more complicated and the player soon has to rescue other characters along the way, such a
2 lists
Bombservice · Linux, Switch, PS4 +3
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight is a sidescrolling platformer, and is the fourth installment of the Momodora series. Focusing on gameplay, melee combos, dodge mechanics, travel forwards in the search to save everyone. With your trusty
84 rating5 lists4.5 h main story
Xbox exclusive
Success · Xbox 360
Operation Darkness is a turn-based strategy RPG which follows the exploits of a supernatural special forces unit during World War II as they attempt to stop Hitler and his various occult minions.
64 rating3 lists
Sega console exclusive
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9
Shadow Dancer is an action platform game developed by Sega for the Sega System 18 arcade system in 1989. A port of the game was published by Sega for the Sega Master System, and ports to several home computers were published by U.S. Gold.
65 rating5 listsSame studio
Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9
The five missions in the game are each three or four stages long. Several hostages are being held in each stage; Joe must rescue all of them before he is allowed to finish the stage. The last stage in each mission has no hostages, but inste
63 rating1 listSame studio
Sega console exclusive
Dreamcast, Windows
Spirit of Speed 1937 is a racing video game developed by Broadsword Interactive and published by both Acclaim Entertainment for the Dreamcast and by Microprose for PC. The game was released in North America on June 29, 2000. Spirit of Speed
5 lists
Software Creations · SNES, Sega Genesis
Get ready to put your blue skin-tight tights on. Ninjas need beating-up, bosses need clobbering! You run around the levels avoiding sharp flying objects and fighting any enemies that get in your way, including the numerous bosses. If your i
60 rating3 lists
Nintendo console exclusive
Linux, Switch, Windows +1
Civil unrest awaits as Tonight We Riot drops players into the boots of everyday working class rebels fighting against the oppression of global capitalism run amok in a dystopian future where the few wealthy elite dominate the entire civiliz
1 list1.5 h main story
PlayStation console exclusive
Delphine Software International · Android, PlayStation, Windows
Darkstone is an action role-playing game with a medieval fantasy setting, played solo or in multiplayer and often compared to Diablo. Players choose from paired character types such as warrior or Amazon, wizard or sorceress, assassin or thi
68 rating3 lists16 h main story
Sega console exclusive
Kaneko · Arcade, Sega Genesis
DJ Boy, also known as DJ Kid, was designed as a standard side-scrolling beat'em up game partially based on the hip-hop culture of the U.S. cities. What made the game unique at the time was the fact that many of the characters rode around on
1 list
SNK console exclusive
Arcade, Neo Geo
Murdered by criminals, Detective Yokoda's body is retrieved by Professor Tani and taken to his laboratory. There, Tani performs an experiment that has failed seven times; Yokoda is the latest subject to have his life force transferred into
53 rating2 lists
Nintendo exclusive
FromSoftware · GameCube
A dark mysterious force has taken over the five Kingdoms of Argwyll, and only one person can solve the mystery and save the world--you, as Princess Katia. Now you must travel through the kingdom and explore over two dozen unique 3D worlds f
70 rating4 lists
Sega console exclusive
Banpresto · Arcade, Master System, Sega Master System/Mark III
My Hero (Seishun Scandal in Japan) is a Sega video game released via arcade in 1985 and was later ported to the Sega Master System in 1986. The gameplay takes the form of a simple side-scrolling beat 'em up fighting game, which was seen as
50 rating3 lists
Arcade, CP System
One night, as Nemo sleeps, he is visited in a dream by the King of Slumberland, who invites Nemo to come and play with the King's daughter, the Princess. Nemo finds himself unable to find the Princess however, so he and 'Flip', a strange co
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Timed NEC exclusive
Irem · Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade +9
There are a total of seven stages varying from woodlands, wastelands, swamps, temples and cliffs. Each stage begins with the player slashing his way to the end, until he confronts a level boss. The ninja is always armed with the sword Righ
71 rating13 lists
PlayStation exclusive
Techno Soleil · PlayStation, PS3, PlayStation Portable
Rapid Angel is a mix of 2D platformer and beat-'em-up, so the players will explore the levels fighting enemies, collecting power-ups and avoiding traps. While basic moves are the same for all characters (running, double-jumping, using bombs
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Raven Software · MS-DOS
As the last hope of a shape shifting race from another dimension, you must restore your races long lost shape shifting powers, and use them to defeat the evil forces of the wizard Veste.
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Nintendo console exclusive
Tecmo · Arcade, Switch
The protagonist Tecmo Knight has the assistance of "Smokeman" and "Tiger". Pressing the "change" button allows Tecmo Knight to switch between the two. Smokeman uses powerful punches and kicks against enemies while Tecmo Knight rides him. Wh
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Sierra On-Line · MS-DOS, Windows, macOS
Play as both Gabriel and Grace as they are dispatched to Munich to solve a series of mutilation murders thought to be the work of werewolves.
84 rating3 lists