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.

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METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...

Price -42% 11.66€
Rating 9.5
Release 09 Jan 2014
Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure Play as Trane, a "toy" graffiti artist with the street smarts, athletic prowess and vision to become an "All City King" - the most reputable of all graffiti artists. Along your quest, uncover the mayor's deep, dark secret and use your fighting talents and high-wire graffiti to expose the city's leader as a corrupt...

Price -40% 8.99€
Rating 8.5
Release 13 Dec 2013
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition enhances the bold new franchise to the fighting game genre from NetherRealm Studios. Featuring six new playable characters, over 30 new skins, and 60 new S.T.A.R. Labs missions, this edition packs a punch.

Price -97% 0.61€
Rating 8.4
Release 29 Nov 2013
Final Exam Jump into the frenzied action and the whacky humor of a pure 2.5D side-scroller! While they were going to their old high school for what was supposed to be the party of their life, four long-time friends end up in a ghost town full of monstrous creatures.

Price -91% 0.46€
Rating 8.0
Release 05 Nov 2013
Valdis Story: Abyssal City Assume the role of Wyatt in this Action/Exploration Platformer as you explore the ruins of a holy city that was lost many years ago. Battle various types of demons, angels, and a new threat known only as the “Ferals”, using swordsmanship, martial arts, and sorcery.

Price -38% 9.31€
Rating 8.1
Release 30 Oct 2013
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 Full Burst HD Live the 4th Great Ninja War and its overpowering boss fights or defy your friends in ultra dynamic online and offline ninja confrontations!

Price -58% 8.50€
Rating 8.7
Release 24 Oct 2013
Batman™: Arkham Origins As of December 4, 2016, the online services portion of Batman: Arkham Origins has been retired. We thank those that have joined us to battle. The Single player campaign may still be played and enjoyed offline. For any questions relating to Batman: Arkham Origins, please contact WB Games customer service.

Price -85% 2.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 24 Oct 2013
Megabyte Punch Megabyte Punch is a fighting/beat ‘em up game in which you build your own fighter! As you travel through different environments, you battle other creatures to get their parts. Parts have their own powers and bonuses, like gun arms for a shoot ability or powerful hips for a devastating pelvic thrust attack.

Price -86% 2.03€
Rating 8.5
Release 15 Oct 2013
Marlow Briggs and the Mask of Death A new breed of WARRIOR returns, committed to destroying the enemies of FREEDOM When ONE angry man, has a world to protect - There is only ONE future – HIS OWN No-nonsense hero Marlow never shied away from danger or trouble. But now he faces his ULTIMATE challenge.

Price -91% 0.48€
Rating 8.7
Release 20 Sep 2013
Foul Play Play as the daemon-hunter Baron Dashforth in a side-scrolling co-op brawler set entirely on the grand spectacle of a theatre stage that rewards performance over pummeling. Perform shattering takedowns and reversals!

Price -56% 6.74€
Rating 7.5
Release 18 Sep 2013
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION [[i]i]“THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII”[/i], SNK PLAYMORE’s flagship 2D versus fighting title returns in an ultimate version on Steam!!

Price -66% 6.86€
Rating 8.7
Release 13 Sep 2013
Guacamelee! Gold Edition Guacamelee! is a Metroidvania-style action-platformer set in a magical Mexican-inspired world. The game draws its inspiration from traditional Mexican culture and folklore, and features many interesting and unique characters.

Price -40% 8.88€
Rating 9.0
Release 08 Aug 2013
Fist Puncher The sinister Milkman holds the city of San Cruces in his nasty criminal grip, and it’s up to legendary black belt neurosurgeon Dr. Karate and the rest of the Fist Puncher team to deliver old-school justice to the lawless streets.

Price 9.99€
Rating 6.8
Release 21 Jun 2013
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara brings reworkings of two of Capcom’s classic arcade hits - Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara – together in one definitive digital package.

Price -93% 1.14€
Rating 7.8
Release 18 Jun 2013
Remember Me Remember Me™ is a 3rd person action adventure where players take on the role of Nilin, a former elite memory hunter with the ability to break into people’s minds and steal or even alter their memories.

Price -91% 2.86€
Rating 8.1
Release 06 Jun 2013
Dust: An Elysian Tail Immerse yourself in a gorgeous hand-painted world on a search for your true identity. As the mysterious warrior, Dust, your action-packed journey will take you from peaceful glades to snowy mountaintops and beyond.

Price -80% 2.79€
Rating 9.3
Release 24 May 2013
Zeno Clash 2 Ghat's story is far from over: Zeno Clash 2 picks up where the deliciously brazen first game left off. After 4 years of waiting, the sequel to the surreal first-person brawler brings more variety in combat and levels, and even more bizarre storytelling into the beguiling world of Zenozoik.

Price -84% 2.45€
Rating 7.5
Release 30 Apr 2013
Sacred Citadel Sharpen your axe, string your bow, brew your potions! Ancaria needs heroes like you. Grab your friends to join the resistance!The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it.

Price -96% 0.42€
Rating 6.7
Release 16 Apr 2013
Brutal Legend Brütal Legend is an action-adventure that marries visceral action combat with open-world freedom. Set in a universe somewhere between Lord of the Rings and Spinal Tap, it’s a fresh take on the action/driving genre, which in this case is full of imitation cover bands, demons intent on enslaving humanity and Heavy metal tunes.

Price -93% 1.10€
Rating 9.1
Release 26 Feb 2013
DmC: Devil May Cry In this retelling of Dante's origin story which is set against a contemporary backdrop, DmC Devil May Cry™ retains the stylish action.

Price -94% 2.03€
Rating 9.1
Release 24 Jan 2013
Fairy Bloom Freesia Take control of Freesia as she protects Lita Forest by beating the living daylights out of enemies invading the forest!

Price -90% 0.85€
Rating 8.1
Release 17 Oct 2012
Castle Crashers® Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!

Price 11.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 26 Sep 2012
Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition Get Batman: Arkham City and all DLC for one low price with the release of the GOTY Edition!

Price -80% 3.99€
Rating 9.5
Release 07 Sep 2012
They Bleed Pixels They Bleed Pixels is a fiendishly difficult action platformer inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and classic horror.

Price -90% 1.00€
Rating 8.0
Release 29 Aug 2012

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