Best Beat 'em up Games on Steam

Unlike generic lists, our strategy game recommendations use a rigorous analysis of Steam user reviews to identify and feature only the best, community-validated beat 'em up games. For those who prefer not to search, check out lists of the most played, top deals and best free to play Beat 'em up games on Steam.

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Astro Prospector Astro Prospector is an incremental bullet hell about mining cofferoids and fighting SpaceCorp. Collect resources, upgrade your ship and become unstoppable. Return AstroCoffee to humanity!

Price -10% 4.49€
Rating 8.9
Release 14 Jul 2025
PATAPON 1+2 REPLAY PATAPON is an action adventure where players use the rhythm of 4 Mystical Drums to command cute and mysterious eyeball-like creatures known as Patapons. As the player, you are the God of the Patapons and lead them on a grand adventure to Earthend!

Price -27% 21.99€
Rating 7.9
Release 10 Jul 2025
Suit for Hire Suit for Hire is a challenging action shooter, tactically blend weapons and martial arts together to unleash beautifully crafted violence.

Price 12.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 20 Jun 2025
Marvel Contest of Champions The ultimate Super Hero fighting game is now on Steam! Collect and upgrade iconic Super Heroes and Villains from the Marvel Universe, engage in fast-paced 1v1 battles, and unleash powerful abilities in Marvel Contest of Champions!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.1
Release 18 Jun 2025
Berserk or Die This is an action game in which players attempt to survive by defeating a number of enemies which appear from the left and right sides of the screen. Use a unique keyboard-banging control scheme for maximum dopamine! Go Berserk, or Die!

Price 3.99€
Rating 7.2
Release 08 Jun 2025
Nitro Express Nitro Express is a 2D side-view gun action game where cute pixel-art girls shoot assault weapons with 360° free aiming in the streets of Japan!

Price 12.79€
Rating 7.2
Release 18 May 2025
Nubs! Arena As a true chaotic Nub warrior, your skills will be put to the ultimate test in a trap-filled arena. Arm yourself with a Can-o-Beanz, Burny-Hogz-Stick, or a Fish as you battle your way to the top in short fast-paced multiplayer brawls.

Price -40% 4.79€
Rating 6.1
Release 15 May 2025
KIBORG KIBORG is a relentless rogue-lite beat’em up where you enhance your body with new cybernetic implants each run. You’ve been sent to the worst prison in the galaxy for crimes you didn’t commit. Death won’t provide an escape, but a violent reality show may offer a way out.

Price -53% 11.66€
Rating 8.2
Release 30 Apr 2025
Path of Kung Fu Path of Kung Fu is a Wuxia RPG that blends classic martial arts storytelling with open-world freedom. Master kung fu, navigate the Jianghu's bloody conflicts, and rise from a novice to a legendary hero. Subscribe to top-rated Workshop MODs to elevate your experience to the next level!

Price -56% 6.60€
Rating 7.2
Release 29 Apr 2025
Big Helmet Heroes Throw yourself into an epic 3D beat’em up adventure with adorable knights, full of surprising worlds and situations. Grab your buddy and play in 2 player co-op to save the princess, but this is only the beginning!

Price -36% 16.17€
Rating 7.5
Release 06 Feb 2025
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Be Greater. Together. The incredible power of the symbiote forces Peter Parker and Miles Morales into a desperate fight as they balance their lives, friendships, and their duty to protect in an exciting chapter of the critically acclaimed Spider-Man franchise on PC.

Price -39% 36.86€
Rating 7.5
Release 30 Jan 2025
ADEN Dance, dance, and dance some more! A kawaii side-scrolling dance battle for the new age! Control the mysterious girl Toaka and save the world from destruction!

Price 8.79€
Rating 9.0
Release 11 Dec 2024
Arisen Force: Life Devotee - Initial Ver. Enjoy a stylish action combat experience as you explore a chapter storylines from Journey to the West.

Price Free to play
Rating 9.2
Release 24 Nov 2024
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate TMNT Splintered Fate - Unleash the Turtles in a rogue-like quest to rescue Splinter from the Foot Clan! Master ninja skills, unite in bodacious co-op gameplay, and conquer iconic NYC locales.

Price -50% 13.99€
Rating 7.8
Release 06 Nov 2024
Arisen Force: HeroTest Experience stylish-action battles and beautiful pixel art, summon heroes across time and space, and challenge the magic tower to save the heroic spirits and goddesses!

Price -40% 6.47€
Rating 7.9
Release 22 Oct 2024
Halluci-Sabbat of Koishi Touhou Project, Komeiji Koishi's Action Game, with collision between sword and magic! Help Marisa hold a Sabbat of witches, and explore the way of treasure hunt with wisdom and strength. On the day of the war, there is the glory of death and no shame of life.

Price 7.79€
Rating 8.6
Release 29 Sep 2024
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics The legendary crossover hits are back! The action-packed lineup consisting of seven unique titles, is full of heavy hitters like X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER, and MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2 New Age of Heroes. The collection also includes the rare beat 'em up game, THE PUNISHER.

Price -31% 34.78€
Rating 9.0
Release 11 Sep 2024
Insect Swarm The insect swarm is a swarm consists of millions of alien insects, and you, as the only survival on this barren planet, will have to fight against them dauntlessly. Good luck!

Price -50% 3.44€
Rating 8.1
Release 11 Sep 2024
Towerborne Towerborne is a new kind of Looter Brawler, combining side-scrolling combat with action RPG loot progression and endless customization. Unite with other Aces and defend the Belfry, humanity’s last refuge. Explore, fight, and grow stronger – together.

Price 24.99€
Rating 7.6
Release 10 Sep 2024
KIBORG: Arena Fight for cash and glory in a prison planet’s Coliseum in this free prologue to KIBORG, the fast-paced action rogue-lite with brutal, cybernetic-enhanced combat.

Price Free to play
Rating 8.0
Release 13 Aug 2024
Commando Collection A reboot of classic 2D side-scrolling shooters, featuring a new Survival Mode and Workshop system. Fight as a WWII Allied soldier across diverse battlefields with imaginative weapons. Survival Mode brings fresh enemies, epic bosses, and new challenges—relive childhood memories with a twist!

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.2
Release 26 Jul 2024
Lost Castle 2 "Lost Castle 2" is a 2D Beat'em up Rogue-Lite game. Explore abundant treasures and items to enhance yourself, master various weapons to showcase your skills, and challenge powerful monsters to demonstrate your strength. A new adventure is calling for treasure hunters!

Price -60% 5.92€
Rating 7.6
Release 24 Jul 2024
Metal Slug: Awakening Metal Slug: Awakening continues the classic gameplay loved by fans, with exciting new features like World Adventure, 3-player Team-up, and Roguelike challenges. Join forces with your friends online to take on powerful bosses anytime, anywhere!

Price Free to play
Rating 6.6
Release 19 Jul 2024
Mirror of Heaven The Qi has awakened demons, they wreak havoc on our world. You traverse ancient realms with the aid of the "Kunlun Mirror," embarking on a journey of cultivation and acension to gods.

Price 7.79€
Rating 7.9
Release 01 Jun 2024