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River City Ransom: Underground is getting delisted from stores

Liam Dawe — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:00:51 +0000

Another loss for game preservation and history, River City Ransom: Underground is being delisted from stores.

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Forestrike is a martial arts roguelite like no other where you see the future

Liam Dawe — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 16:21:42 +0000

Using the power of Foresight, in the 2D martial arts roguelite Forestrike you can see how each fight will go down, and it's really damn good.

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MARVEL Cosmic Invasion set for launch on December 1

Liam Dawe — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 15:16:16 +0000

Today, Tribute Games Inc. and Dotemu have confirmed the beat 'em up MARVEL Cosmic Invasion will officially launch on December 1st.

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MARVEL Cosmic Invasion gets a demo with Native Linux support

Liam Dawe — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:31:24 +0000

MARVEL Cosmic Invasion is an upcoming retro-styled beat 'em up from Tribute Games with Dotemu and Gamirror Games. A demo was just released with Linux support.

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Sirocco Thugs is an upcoming first-person boomer beat 'em up with a demo out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 19 May 2025 10:16:20 +0000

With a focus on flashy kicking, punching and beating, Sirocco Thugs could be one to watch if you love boomer shooters but fancy smacking people with a lead pipe or knuckledusters instead while you do combos.

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Absolum is a beat 'em up RPG from the makers of Streets of Rage 4 and TMNT Shredder's Revenge

Liam Dawe — Tue, 04 Mar 2025 16:24:24 +0000

Pulling together the teams behind hits like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge and Streets of Rage 4, today we have an exciting reveal of Absolum.

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TRON: Catalyst announced from Bithell Games and Big Fan Games

Liam Dawe — Thu, 17 Oct 2024 10:03:53 +0000

Recently we had Devolver Digital announce Big Fan Games to get more games made from major licenses (tv, movies, comics etc) and the first is TRON: Catalyst.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Radical Reptiles DLC out now

Liam Dawe — Wed, 25 Sep 2024 08:22:03 +0000

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Radical Reptiles was surprise announced and launched on the same day with it available now.

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Double Dragon is coming back from Arc System Works with Double Dragon Revive

Liam Dawe — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:27:13 +0000

Due out for release in 2025, Double Dragon Revive is bringing the almighty classic beat 'em up back for modern audiences from Arc System Works.

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Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind announced for 2024

Pengling — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 16:12:45 +0000

The original Power Rangers return to fight a robo-reincarnation of the rotten Rita Repulsa in an all-new retro-style beat-'em-up!

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Co-op tower defense beat 'em up ChronoDojo adds various Steam Deck improvements

Liam Dawe — Tue, 28 May 2024 11:00:31 +0000

ChronoDojo blends together two genres that I didn't think would work. Putting together tower defense and a beat 'em up sounds a bit odd, but I've seen a lot stranger.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge - Dimension Shellshock DLC is out now

Pengling — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:55:24 +0000

Native Linux beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge received its Dimension Shellshock DLC on August 31st, with discounts available for both the DLC and the base game.

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TMNT: Shredder's Revenge - Dimension Shellshock DLC to release on August 31st

Pengling — Wed, 16 Aug 2023 20:19:00 +0000

The previously-announced DLC Dimension Shellshock for the Native Linux beat 'em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge now has a confirmed release-date and price, and there'll be a separate free update on the same day, too.

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New DLC info for retro-style beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Pengling — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 08:31:28 +0000

More information and a new trailer have been published for the recently-announced Dimension Shellshock DLC for the native Linux beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge, revealing a new Survival Mode.

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DLC announced for beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

Pengling — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:39:31 +0000

Announced on June 7th (so a little bit late on this one - oops!), the native Linux beat-'em-up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge will be getting a DLC expansion titled "Dimension Shellshock" later this year.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge gets a nice big stability update

Liam Dawe — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 16:19:07 +0000

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is an absolutely fantastic beat 'em up throwback and now perhaps even better, with a big stability update out now!

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Classic inspired brawler Pulling No Punches arrives on August 10

Liam Dawe — Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:42:33 +0000

Ready for more beat 'em up action? Pulling No Punches from developer BrainDead Broccoli is confirmed to be launching on August 10 along with Native Linux support.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge hit a million sales in the first week

Liam Dawe — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 15:05:19 +0000

Not a big surprise but Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge has managed to shift over a million in the first week after release.

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Dudes! Beat 'em up Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is out now

Liam Dawe — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 18:49:20 +0000

Ready to get punched with nostalgia and eat some pizza? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge is officially out now along with Native Linux support and it's looking good on desktop and a Steam Deck too.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge releases June 16

Liam Dawe — Thu, 09 Jun 2022 19:43:30 +0000

It's now confirmed that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge will be launching on June 16, using FNA and it will have a Native Linux version.

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Get ready to beat 'em up plenty with Final Vendetta

Liam Dawe — Thu, 17 Feb 2022 09:03:20 +0000

In the spirit of the classics like Streets of Rage, Bitmap Bureau and Numskull Games recently announced Final Vendetta with some great pixel-art and a super soundtrack.

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Doom Fighters turns the classic Doom II into a beat 'em up

Liam Dawe — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:39:17 +0000

Doom mods do a lot of things from small adjustments to total conversions and Doom Fighters is one of the most interesting I've seen recently that turns Doom II into a beat 'em up.

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Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans 2 will be coming to Linux

Liam Dawe — Wed, 22 Sep 2021 11:00:12 +0000

The developers of Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans 2 have announced that their beat 'em up sequel will be coming to Linux officially.

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The free beat 'em up MannaRites recently added a big Adventure Mode

Liam Dawe — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 14:41:08 +0000

One we've covered briefly before is MannaRites, a free game that gives you a classic beat 'em up experience that recently expanded with a whole new mode.

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Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare rolls out with a free update for all players

Liam Dawe — Thu, 15 Jul 2021 15:50:59 +0000

Today is the day! Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare is out now expanding the beat 'em up with a bunch of new content, plus there's a free upgrade for all players.

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Free Game Wednesday - check out MannaRites, a retro beat'em'up with modern touches

Liam Dawe — Wed, 05 May 2021 10:42:17 +0000

Something I've been meaning to post about for a while is the beat'em'up MannaRites, a completely free game you can grab on Steam that's surprisingly great.

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Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare DLC and free update announced

Liam Dawe — Fri, 09 Apr 2021 10:40:55 +0000

Did you love Streets Of Rage 4? We sure did and there's plenty more of it coming with Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare.

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BROK the InvestiGator is an upcoming amusing sounding 'Punch & Click'

Liam Dawe — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:36:40 +0000

We've seen classic point and click adventures but what about merging one with a beat 'em up? Punch & Click appears to be what you get with BROK the InvestiGator.

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Multiplayer arena fighter 'Mighty Fight Federation' has Linux support on the roadmap

Liam Dawe — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 11:05:01 +0000

Mighty Fight Federation is a multiplayer arena fighter with a focus on "fighting game fundamentals" that recently launched officially for Windows in Early Access but Linux is in their plans.

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Steam has a big fighting game sale going on right now

Liam Dawe — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:44:12 +0000

Never missing an opportunity to run a big sale, Valve have put together a big fighting game sale including multiple genres with lots of games going cheap.

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Streets of Rage 4 is now officially available for Linux, along with Vulkan support in FNA

Liam Dawe — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 18:47:24 +0000

Lizardcube and Dotemu announced today that Streets of Rage 4 is now officially supported on Linux (and macOS), with a port done by Ethan Lee creator of FNA.

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9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a great classic kung-fu movie inspired beat 'em up out now

Liam Dawe — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 14:52:26 +0000

9 Monkeys of Shaolin gives us another wonderful beat 'em up with easy to use controls, thoroughly entertaining combat and some great visuals.

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Shing! brings unique controls to beat 'em up fun - out now for Linux PC

Liam Dawe — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 11:03:41 +0000

Shing! from developer Mass Creation is what they're calling a "beat 'em up 2.0", as it does away with button-bashing and replaces it with a new weapon control system.

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Get ready to beat 'em up as 9 Monkeys of Shaolin releases in October

Liam Dawe — Mon, 10 Aug 2020 15:04:50 +0000

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is an upcoming beat 'em up from Sobaka Studio, it looks great and it's going to be coming with Linux support too.

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Streets of Rage 4 to be playable on Linux at release with Steam Play Proton

Liam Dawe — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 05:58:42 +0000

Streets of Rage 4 is a classic beat 'em up series revived thanks to Dotemu, Guard Crush Games and Lizardcube that releases today. It's also going to be playable on Linux.

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Eight Dragons brings retro-inspired beat 'em up action to you and a bunch of friends

Liam Dawe — Tue, 29 Oct 2019 12:19:17 +0000

Eight Dragons? Does that mean it's like four times as good as the classic Double Dragon? Asking the important questions here today on GOL.

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Fantastic looking beat 'em up Shing! confirmed to be releasing for Linux

Liam Dawe — Mon, 16 Sep 2019 10:14:03 +0000

One we completely missed from Gamescom is Shing!, a new beat 'em up from developer Mass Creation releasing next year and it looks like it's going to be a lot of fun.

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Crazy-looking third-person action beat 'em up MADNESS: Project Nexus is coming to Linux

Liam Dawe — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 18:03:15 +0000

MADNESS: Project Nexus popped up on Steam recently and this mix of a running, gunning and beat 'em up is planning to support Linux when it releases later this year.

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The beat 'em up 'Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe' is out with Linux support and it's good

Liam Dawe — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 10:53:04 +0000

Streets of Red: Devil's Dare Deluxe from Secret Base, a permadeath multiplayer horror beat 'em up is now available with Linux support.

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The good looking beat 'em up 9 Monkeys of Shaolin still coming to Linux, releasing later this year

Liam Dawe — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 13:47:26 +0000

While 9 Monkeys of Shaolin did have a pretty big delay, Sobaka Studio have just recently announced a new release date (including Linux support) along with help from Koch Media.

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The 2D beat 'em up 'Tunche' is another game funded on Kickstarter and heading to Linux

Liam Dawe — Fri, 15 Feb 2019 11:54:29 +0000

Another bit of positive crowdfunding news for you today, as Tunche, the 2D beat 'em up with procedurally generated worlds has been funded and so it's coming to Linux.

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Tunche, a 2D beat 'em up with a seriously good style will support Linux

Liam Dawe — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 09:55:25 +0000

Seeking funding on Kickstarter, Tunche is a 2D beat 'em up with intense looking action and a fantastic colourful style to it.

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Bully Beatdown, a ridiculous beat 'em up released with Linux support

Liam Dawe — Fri, 30 Nov 2018 13:39:12 +0000

For those who don't mind games that are a little silly, Bully Beatdown is a reasonably good beat 'em up that released this month.

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Samurai Riot is an easy to get into beat 'em up with Linux support

Liam Dawe — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 14:55:02 +0000

Now that Samurai Riot is out with Linux support, I took a bit of a look at it to see if this beat 'em up is worth your time.

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The beat 'em up Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans left Early Access recently

Liam Dawe — Thu, 10 May 2018 09:48:41 +0000

Need more beat 'em ups on Linux? Bud Spencer & Terence Hill - Slaps And Beans looks like a pretty safe bet and it's left Early Access.

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Coffee Crisis is a rather good retro-inspired brawler that's now on Linux

Liam Dawe — Wed, 09 May 2018 10:12:27 +0000

Coffee Crisis from developer Mega Cat Studios was originally released for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive and now it's updated and out on PC with Linux support.

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Avenge the death of your friends and family in the beat 'em up 9 Monkeys of Shaolin

Liam Dawe — Thu, 22 Mar 2018 10:57:34 +0000

9 Monkeys of Shaolin is a new beat 'em up from Sobaka Studio and Buka Entertainment where you take control of a simple Chinese fisherman who is out to avenge the death of his friends and family.

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Way of the Passive Fist is out and it’s finger-aching fun

Liam Dawe — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 19:25:14 +0000

Way of the Passive Fist is not the type of brawler I expected it to be, but it’s still a very fun experience.

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Parry and dodge your way to victory in 'Way of the Passive Fist', launching March 6th

Liam Dawe — Tue, 20 Feb 2018 15:30:16 +0000

Way of the Passive Fist is a rather unique and very colourful arcade brawler and it's releasing with Linux support on March 6th.

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Slaps and Beans now in Early Access

RTheren — Sun, 17 Dec 2017 12:13:00 +0000

Bud Spencer & Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans is now in Early Access after a successful Kickstarter campaign in which the developers gained over $200k.

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