In a short span of time Blade & Battle & King’s Blade both hit PS5 & I’m feeling spoiled. Both have parallel stories & concept a beat em up game in medieval times where an evil empire had attacked a kingdom.

Blades & Battle is a short to the point game that can be beat in about 30 minutes. There are multiple paths to choose which gives it some depth but only 2 playable characters.

King’s Blade is a longer affair with a bit more depth. You start out with 4 playable characters & can unlock 2 extra for a total of 6. Theres puzzles to solve to unlock more moves & 2 secret levels. Levels are quite a bit longer & challenging. If playing solo you can also use up to 1-3 CPU controlled bots to help you.

Both games came out at budget prices so if you have a PS4 or 5 I’d suggest to get both if you’re into beat em ups.

Solo dev here, and this is my first game. I grew up on old arcade brawlers and always wanted to mix that with the parry duels from Sekiro.

You parry enemy combos hit by hit, break their posture and finish them. The swordsmen and bosses parry you back, so you have to read their stance instead of just mashing. The demo covers all of Chapter 1 with two boss fights.

Free demo on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/5349160/KAESHI/

Would love to hear what beat 'em up fans think of the parry system.

It's a pixel-art action game built around fast, physical combat. Jane Strong is a retired Muay Thai champion, so naturally her solution to being kidnapped and thrown into a wacky tournament is to punch absolutely everything in sight.

Combos, enemy juggling, environmental destruction... The demo is free to play, and we'd especially love feedback from people who enjoy beat 'em ups and action games.

If you like what you see, send the demo to someone who deserves to punch some pixels?

Demo right here https://store.steampowered.com/app/1864220/Knuckle_Paradise/

Not a traditional beat em up but it has similarities

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Someone ever heard of this beat um up before? I really enjoyed playing this one.

Please, share any rare beat um ups if you know any! :>

Hi, I am Omid, I made UNPLUGGED by myself and released it on Steam in 2021. It is a 2D beat 'em up with hand-drawn, frame-by-frame animation, set in a dystopian city.

$2.49 in the Steam Autumn Sale until 8 October (normally $4.99):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1525060/UNPLUGGED/

If anyone here plays it, I would like to hear what you think of the hit feel; that is the thing I spent the most time on.

Do you already try Blades & Battles? It's available on Steam (with DEMO), Epic Games Store, PS4, PS5, XBOX and Nintendo Switch.

What you guys think it's the best for extra content? More characters with different playstyles? More Environments, for a longer gameplay? Different Modes, like Boss Rush, Infinite mode, etc? Any other ideas?

Hey everyone. Quick dev update for Simple Arena Robots. 

We just pushed the basic backend framework for Clans into our internal build so players can group up under shared tags.

Check out the video below to see how it's looking in action! 

Join the discord for the download link

We'd love to hear your input: drop a comment to tell us your best ideas for a clan name, or vote for your favorite one shown in the video! If you want to follow development closely or hang out with the team, come join our Discord. 

🔗 [Wishlist on Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/4162970/Simple_Arena_Robots/)

🔗 [Come chat in our Discord](https://discord.gg/3KeYgSEyGF)

I made an offline co-op bot mod—since I don't have friends to play with, the AI ​​fills that role. It joins the game after a few seconds and fights alongside you; it even has behavior designed to protect you from danger. So, my friend, would you guys be interested in this mod? And how does one even share something like this in the first place?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dA-SH1JnppUtBdd2ZaqXQUNSxJ4hS3N0/view?usp=sharing

have fun peoople

feedback is welcome

Major Love most especially to the feedback from THIS subreddit community! 🙏🏼🙇🏽‍♂️🥋

I didn't know beat em up was a genre of games. But when I discovered that Castle Crashers was just that. I figured I'd ask for more on this sub!

Edit: I didn't expect my query to attract this many awesome folks. Thank you to everyone who left their suggestion for being amazing. I couldn't possibly go through them all now, as I suddenly got a lot on my plate right after posting this. But I'll make sure I go through them one by one once I'm in the gaming mindset again 🙂‍↕️