Beat ‘em up is a genre of video games, featuring hand-to-hand combat between the waves of enemies and the protagonist. Beat ‘em up (also known as Brawler) takes place in urban setting introduces the revenge-based story, and crime-fighting, though some video game may employ fantasy, science-fiction, and historical themes. Traditional Brawler video games take place in side-scrolling, 2D Levels, though some games introduce more open 3D environments with the massive numbers of villains. Both Co-op and Multiplayer modes are hallmarks of the Brawler genre. It was introduced in the Kung Fu Master video game, released in 1987. Brawler video game is a subgenre of Action game where the protagonist must fight a massive number of enemies in unarmed battle or using melee weapons like knife, hammer and more. The gameplay relies on exploring the level, defeating a group of enemies before unlocking the next section. Arcade version of these video games is quite challenging to win, causing the player needs more money to struggle to win.

12 Best Beat Em Up Games for Xbox One

#1 Heart and Slash

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Heart and Slash brings an Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, and Single-player gameplay with an emphasis on Beat ‘em up element developed by A Heart Full of Games and published by Badland Games. The game takes place in the stunning world where machines rule the world after human civilization. In the story, you assume the role of the Heart, a robot fighting to escape from the custody of the evil being looking like a machine named as QuAsSy. It offers a procedurally generated environment, and the game features permanent death elements. You explore the world from a third-person perspective, the battle against enemies using a sword and can destroy them using your abilities. There are three different worlds available to explore and fight against robot machines. Each world comprises a variety of unique enemies and bosses. It has dozens of hi-tech weapons available to use and customize. Heart and Slash includes prominent features such as Dozens of Weapons, Perma-death, Play your Style, 3 Worlds, and more. Check out the game and have fun.

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#2 Aztez

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Aztez is a wonderful Upcoming side-scrolling, Turn-based Strategy and hardcore Brawler video game that lets you engage yourself into an amazing game-play in which your duty is to save Aztez Empire. With the use of your Strategy and Turn-based skills, you’ll have to repel the violent enemy outbreaks by showing off your amazing Beat ‘em’ up skills along with the use of firearms and other conventional weaponry (swords, spears, knives, clubs etc.). Aztez offers a totally unique setting, amazing challenges, and a lot to discover and enjoy. For an amazing Action and Side-Scrolling Run and Gun type Brawler type of game-play experience, you should totally try this game out. You’ll definitely love it.

#3 Comix Zone

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Comix Zone is an Action, Beat ‘em up, Side-scroll, and Single-player video game developed by Sega Technical Institute and published by Sega. The game takes place within a comic book’s panel and introduces dialogue system rendered with bubbles and ghosts that possessing the bright colors. It offers a well-written story, in which Sketch Turner and a freelance musician living in the fictional New York City, who work on his comic book called Comix Zone. An alien faction struggles to threaten the world while the New World Empire is efforting to defend Earth. The player must assume the role of the protagonist and his ultimate task is to explore the world from side-scroll and fight against monsters and aliens to rescue the world from devastation. The player can perform acrobatic moves to kill the enemies. As the story progresses, the game becomes difficult to play. There are two possible endings such Alissa efforts to defuse a nuke when the antagonist comes into the comic and stuck into a chamber, which begins to fill up with liquid. With exciting gameplay and smooth controls, Comix Zone is the best game to play and enjoy.

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#4 Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires

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Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is an Action, Hack and Slash, Single and Multiplayer video game with Beat ‘em up element developed by Omega Force and published by Tecmo Koei. The game serves as the 2nd downloadable content of the original title Dynasty Warriors 8, released in 2014. It introduces new playable characters, improved environment, and brilliant controls. It has two different modes such as Story and Free modes. The story mode offers the similar faction-based storyline and comes back with seamless cutscenes. Ambition and Challenge modes are also introduced in the expansion pack, which offers different arcade-style challenges. The player has to select his playable character and jump into the world full of enemies. He uses his unique abilities and fighting style to face hordes of enemies and kill them to earn enough points. The gameplay is explored from a third-person perspective while the player fighting enemies. Combine unique attacks to create the combos and beat waves of enemies to earn massive points. With prominent features, addictive gameplay and incredible graphics, Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires is the best game to play.

#5 Dead or alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters

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Dead or alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters is an Action-Adventure, Beat ‘em up, Fighting, Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo. The game takes place in the fantastic environment and introduces the limited playable characters while others are locked. It has two different modes such as Online Free and Story Mode. The story mode is locked and needs a purchase to available. Select your playable character and jump into the battle against your opponent in a one-on-one match. Each character has its unique personality, playing styles and individual moves. You can combine different attacks to create combos and take down enemy within no time. The game offers you a chance to show off your fighting abilities while competing for an opponent in a single match. There are different stages, and each stage has two or three rounds. Use your special moves to beat the opponent and struggle to decrease his health. With the highly detailed environment, brilliant mechanics and excellent controls, Dead or Alive 5 Last Round: Core Fighters is the good game to play and enjoy.

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#6 Just Cause 3

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To all the Fans of Just Cause Series, Your favorite Hero Rico Rodriguez is back with a Bang in Just Cause 3. This time, the game lets you have the Freedom of Exploring a 1000 km² world where you can reach to the limits of Skies or uncover the secrets on Seabed, Unleash your Wrath and spread Chaos in ways that are unimaginable to the most. According to the Storyline, You as the protagonist Rico Rodriguez are once more required to travel to the Republic of a Mediterranean vicinity of Medici that is being engulfed into the unlawful and brutal reign of a Power Hungry Dictator and the most Brutal individual history has ever seen, General Di Ravello. Your task is to reach simply to Medici, infiltrate into the close circles of General Di Ravello, and destroy his power and hold on Medici to save it. To complete the addictive and exciting objectives of the game, Just Cause 3 offers amazing Perks, a huge arsenal of Advanced Weapons, fantastic new gadgets, Vehicles and much more to discover. With splendid new and old features such as the ability to Sky Dive, Base Jump and Free Dive, Use Grapple, Parachutes, and Wingsuit to minimize the distances, the ability to cause massive explosions and to destroy military bases, mega structures, harbors and any other things you want, Just Cause 3 allows you to be part of a fantastic and quite brilliant world where you’ll experience Action and Thrill that you seek for.

#7 Dungeon Punks

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Dungeon Punks is an Action-Adventure, Beat ‘em up and Single-player and Multiplayer video game developed by Hyper Awesome Entertainment. The game evokes the classics like Golden Axe and combines in Tag-team fighting gameplay inspired by the series of Marvel vs. Capcom. A thrilling adventure awaits whether you are playing solo, competing against friends, or playing against each other in different arenas. You must explore the world from a side-scroll perspective, fight against enemies and crush them before they kill you. Use custom combo attack and crazy magic spell to take down enemies and embarks yourself on a stunning adventure with up to three players. You can challenge your friends to the battle around eleven different PvP (Player vs. Player) battle arenas. There are six unique mutated heroes available, and each offers its unique abilities, skills, and spells. The game looks easy to play but becomes challenging to master after completed some levels. Dungeon Punks includes prominent features such as Adventure Solo, Tag-team Fighting, Recruit Six Mutants, Twelve brilliant Areas, blast Enemies, Summon Creatures, and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

#8 Zheros

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Zheros mixes the Action, Fighting, Beat ‘em up, Co-op, and Single-player video game published and developed by Rimlight Studios. The game offers the next generation beat ‘em up gameplay focused on the hallmarks genre. You are the member of Zheros squad, and the primary goal is to fight your way through brutal forces that invade the entire Universe. Your mission as the protagonist is to defend the universe from the antagonist named as Dr. Vendetta and his missions. In Single-player missions, you can rely on your kicks and punches, using a combination of combos, and unlock powerful hi-tech weapons after scoring enough points. Explore the sci-fi world from a third-person perspective and fight enemies to smash them. The game rewards you with points for each kill, and you can use them to upgrade your abilities, weapons, and abilities. It features a variety of spectacular chain moves and combos in the beautiful graphics style around two dangerous lands. Zheros offers core features such as Engaging Combat, Awesome Mech, Local-co Mode, Develop your Character, and more. Try it out, and it’ll entertain you.

#9 Castle Crashers Remastered

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Castle Crashers Remastered is a 2D Arcade, Hack and Slash, Single and Multiplayer video game published by The Behemoth. The game mixes the Beat ‘em up, Role-playing, Action and Side-scroll elements. It takes place in the fictional medieval-themed Universe, where a dark wizard has stolen an ancient gem and abduct four princesses. Four knights are selected by the King to save the princesses, retrieve the gem, defeat the wizard and bring to justice. Before getting into the game world, the player needs to select his one of four characters and start exploring the game world where he has to complete a series of quests to progress in the match. In Co-op mode, up to four players can compete against each other to show off their skills and abilities and the player with the highest points will win the match. The game rewards the player with experience points by smashing the enemies which enable him to level-up. Castle Crashers Remastered includes core features such as up to Twenty-five unlockable Characters, Forty Weapons, Level-up System, Arena Mode, Mini-games and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

#10 Dead Rising

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Dead Rising is a Survival-Horror, Beat ‘em up, and Single-player video game created and published by Capcom. It is the first marvelous entry in the series of Dead Rising. The game takes place in the fictional world invaded by zombies. It lets you take on the role of the protagonist, a journalist named Frank West who trapped in a mall suffering from zombies. The ultimate task is to explore the mall, slaughter zombies using deadly weapons and items and rescue other survivors like you. Find the way out and complete each level at any cost. The game is played from the third-person perspective and it has two different modes such as Sandbox mode and 72 Hour mode. According to the story, the protagonist entered into the city without any movement to investigate why the city is closed by the Nation Guard. After reaching, he discovers the city is suffering from Zombie Outbreak. It lets you a chance to become a hero, rescue people who are not effected and beware from zombies because they want to bite you. Fight against zombies or have eaten your brain. Dead Rising includes key features such as Zombie-apocalyptic World, Lots of Missions, different types of Zombies, NPCs, Customization and more. Try it out and you’ll enjoy it.

#11 Deadpool

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Deadpool is a Single Player, Action-Adventure and beat ‘em’ up video game by Activision. The game is based on Marvel Comics character of the same name. Deadpool allows you to engage yourself into an epic Action-packed gameplay in which you act as a villain and an antihero character who fights against the Super Heroes and other hardcore villains, and tries to trick people in his cunning and devastating ideas. Armed with Guns and Swords, Hammers, Plasma Guns etc. Deadpool is one of the nastiest Anti-hero characters of the Marvel Comics ever. Deadpool is a combination of fantastic elements such as Fighting, Shooting, hack and Slash and Fist Fighting etc. and allows you to play the game as Deadpool himself, go on a hunting spree and fight off the nastiest villains of the time including the Marauders, Arclight, Blockbuster and Vertigo as well as some of the top tier heroes of marvel universe such as Wolverine, Rogue, Psylocke, Domino and follow the footsteps of your main target, Mr. Sinister. Keep on an action-packed route, meet and team up with Cable who comes from the future to sabotage the devastating plans of Mr. Sinister. Mr. Sinister would definitely defeat you at some point but that would only reunite you with your lover, Death whose guidance would lead you to the Mr. Sinister’s Clones and you’ll have the chance to eliminate them all along with their mentor and boss, Mr. Sinister. Packed with epic combats, hardcore action and thrill, this mind blowing game offers a brilliant combination of all the brilliant elements that a Super cool game like Deadpool deserves. So are you ready to give it a shot and entertain yourself like never before???

#12 The Legend of Korra

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The Legend of Korra is an Action, Beat ‘em up and Single-player video game developed by PlatinumGames and published by Activision for multiple platforms. The game offers a thrilling gameplay based on the animated movie of the same name. It takes you on the third-person adventure where you assume the role of the protagonist named as Korra, the female character, who must struggle to fight villains form the first two seasons of the series. You as the protagonist navigates the environment from a third-person perspective, run and jump your way to fight against enemies through a variety of levels using your martial arts abilities and score the points to unlock further equipment. During the gameplay, you can use four different elements to gain unique abilities such as Fire, Water, Earth, and Air. Unleash your fighting skills and set out yourself on an epic adventure to battle evils and their bosses. The Legend of Korra includes core features such as Four different Elements, Arcade Restore the Peace, use Devastation Combos, Change Bending Styles, and more. With addictive gameplay, immersive music, and brilliant mechanics, The Legend of Korra is the best game to play and enjoy.