21 Best Beat Em Up Games for Xbox 360

The Warriors is a blasting Action and Thrill packed Fighting and Beat em’ Up video game by the creators of GTA Series, Rockstar games. The games takes the players back into 70’s and allows them to roam through the streets of New York City and be part of the most feared Street Gang named as The Warriors. The Gang wrongly gets accused for the Murders they did not commit and to clear their name they get back to the City of New York. The game allows the players to select any of the playable characters such as Cleo (The Warriors Leader), Lieutenant Swan, Ajax and Snow, Vermin and Cowboy, The Scout Fox, Cochise and Rembrandt. The player’s tasks are to train fellow gang members, go out in the streets and beat down the rival gang members in order to earn more reputation. Further objectives of the game are to explore the Coney Island, engage into extra missions, steal loads of goods, get into Graffiti competitions and enjoy bribing the crook Cops, chasing down the targets and beating them up with the baseball bats and stuff. The game offers amazingly addictive Rumble matches in which the players can team up with up to eight other gang members and go reign hell over the enemies. Players can use some special moves while beating up the rival gang members as enjoy 2 and 3 button combinations of special attacks as well. The Warriors offers a totally linear gameplay and multiple missions such as Wreck ‘Em All, Mayhem, Let’s Go, Scatter, Watch my Back and Hold Up, etc. With total 18 amazingly blasting and action packed missions, beautiful 3D visuals, and an astoundingly addictive nature, The Warriors is a fun Beat em’ Up video game to play and enjoy.

Double Dragon is an Action, Arcade, Beat’em up, Single and Multiplayer video game series created and published by Technos Japan. The game focuses on martial arts and includes different characters each with its unique playing style. The story of the game revolves around between two protagonist named Jimmy Lee and Billy and their efforts to fight against various foes and their gangs. It has a set of stages filled with challenges foes and different tasks. It allows the player to select his character and jump into the game world, where he has to fight against enemies, collect power-ups, and defeat rivals. Each character can use a punch, kick, and object to defeat enemies. The player can pick up different objects such as a stick, hammer, and other tools to use. Face deadly boss at the end of each level and must defeat it to level-up. The game offers an opportunity to show your fighting style and impress your friend. With good graphics, addictive gameplay, and brilliant story, Double Dragon is the wonderful series to play and enjoy.

Zeno Clash is an Adventure, First-person Shooter and Single-player video game with Beat ‘em up twist developed by Ace Team and published by Tripwire Interactive. The game offers fantasy world of Zenozoik, where it takes place and centers on the protagonist named as Ghat, a young man who is on the run from his female companion and his siblings, as they traverse through strange worlds. In the primary story, you assume the role of Ghat, and your ultimate task is to explore the world, visit specific locations in a linear sequence. You can manipulate the world from a first-person perspective, with cutscenes in Third-person view. When you enter the area, you have to battle enemies to progress and obtain upgrades and power-ups. During the battle, you use melee combat, and a variety of ranged weapons to kill enemies. The Single-player story contains Challenge Mode, enabling you to take down enemies while climbing a tower. Zeno Clash includes core features such as Engaging Melee Combat, Fantastic Visuals, Survival Mode, Deep Storyline, Bizarre Weapons, and more. Try it out.

Watchmen: The End Is Nigh is an Action, Beat ‘em up, Single and Multiplayer video game with an episodic element serves as the sequel to the movie of the DC Comics novel Watchmen by Dave Gibbons. The game takes place in the fictional environment ruled by terror and crime. According to the story, the brutal antagonist has broken out of prison and struggle to threaten the world with vicious darkness. The fictional city needs heroes who can fight against these criminals and save the innocent people from their custody. The game introduces two playable Watchmen characters, and each offers its unique personality, abilities and play style such as Nite Owl and Rorschach. You must choose your one of two characters to jump into the world where you have to fight against criminals and kill them to take down the terror. There are a variety of levels, and each level needs a completion of individual goals to progress through the game. You can manipulate the land from a third-person perspective and can use melee combat and weapons to beat the enemies. You can interact with objects and environments to further progress and can unlock additional content to have fun. With the superb game, amazing graphics and brilliant controls, Watchmen: The End Is Nigh is the best game to play.

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.

Streets of Rage is video game series of Action, Beat ‘em up, Single and Multiplayer developed and published by Sega. The series offers an exciting gameplay and centers on the struggle of several heroes to wipe out a serious thread from the city called Crime Boss Mr. X and his forces. Streets of Rage is the first installment in the series released in 1991. Two other titles were published, including new features, characters, improved mechanics, and graphics. The game puts the player into the role of the protagonist, who must explore the environment from side-scroll view to fight against enemies and their bosses. There are a series of levels, and each level requires a completion of individual goals to progress through the game. As the story advances, the game increases the level difficulty. The player can use his favorite moves including punch, kicks, elbow, the flying kick and more. With enhanced mechanics, superb gameplay, classic soundtrack and wonderful graphics, Streets of Rage is the excellent video game series to play and enjoy.

Sacred 3 is a mix of Action-Adventure, Hack and Slash, Beat ‘em up, and Third-person elements produced by Keen Games and published by Deep Silver. It is a marvelous installment in the series of Sacred and offers improved graphics, and brilliant mechanics. There are different character classes available, and the player can choose between them to get into the world. Each character has its unique personality and special abilities. The player can navigate the environment from a third-person perspective and can pit against enemies to take down them using his special moves and a set of weapons. According to the story, the guardians of the galaxy has kept the beautiful land at peace for many centuries but forgotten the evil named as Lord Zane, who is the ruler of Ashen Empire. Lord Zane makes the team with Demons, opening the gates to the underworld and expand his empire. The player can assume the role of the hero who must fight against the ruler of Ashen Empire and fend off him by getting the powerful artifact called the Heart of Ancaria. Sacred 3 is the best game as compared to other Hack and Slash games.

Asura’s Wrath is an Action, Beat ‘em up and Single-player video game created by CyberConnect2 and published by Capcom. The game story follows the protagonist who is a demigod named as Asura, as he attempts to take revenge from other demigods who betrayed him. The story consists of in different episodes including closing and opening credits. The game takes place in the scientific environment and puts you in the role of the protagonist to navigate the world. The gameplay is a mix of action and a rail shooter elements and your objectives it to explore the world from third-person perspective and fighting against monsters and other demigods who betrayed you. Clear each and every episode to take your revenge and satisfy your anger after defeating foes. As the game progress, other enemies, episodes and features will be unlocked. Asura’s Wrath offers core features such as unforgivable Environment, Third-person Action, a variety of Levels, Upgrades and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it.

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is an addictive, Side-scroll, Beat’em up, Single and Multiplayer video game developed and published by Ubisoft. It is inspired by the film of the same name. The game takes place in the fictional world and includes different characters such as Scott Pilgrim, Stephen Stills, Kim Pine and more. It lets you select your character and dive into the game world where you have to fight against enemies in seven levels and defeat seven evil exes of Ramona. Each character has its unique power, fighting styles and abilities. Use heart and gut points to perform special moves and get your energy back by collecting power-ups. You can earn coins by defeating your foes and can use them to buy health and boost stats. As you level-up, the game will unlock a new character with special powers. It has two different modes such as Survival Horror Mode and Boss Rush mode. Invite your friend to play with you and enjoy multiplayer mode. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World includes prominent features such as various Characters, a set of Levels, Superb Mechanics, Smooth Controls, and more. It is the best game as compared to other Beat’em up games.

Foul Play is another great Multiplayer Action-Adventure Brawler, Casual, Indie Hack ‘n’ Slash and Beat ‘em’ up video game by Mediatonic. The game allows you to be a Demon Hunter named Baron Dashforth, get into a theater stage game world, pummel your opponents/enemies and earn different kinds of rewards. In order to complete the game objectives you must perform well on the stage while speedily wielding your weapons and satisfy your audience. You must also take down all the vicious beasts, pummeling enemies and all the other rivals. With 22 super stage acts, 50 different enemies, amazing stage tricks, cool visuals, great story and a wonderful gameplay, Foul Play is a marvelous game to play and enjoy.

Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds centers on an Action, Beat ‘em up, and Side-scroll gameplay developed by 5pb, MAGES. It is the superb spin-off of the Beat ‘em up video game Phantom Breaker and takes place in the fictional land populated with hordes of enemies. The player can assume the role of the protagonist and his ultimate task is to explore the environment from side-scroll, efforts to take down the massive waves of enemies and earn points to progress through the game. There are a series of stages and the player needs to accomplish each one to become the master. Many exciting moves can used by the player such as punches, kicks, elbows and a lots of other weapons. The character is capable of running, jumping and picking up different tools during the gameplay. It has two different modes such as Story and Arcade. Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds offers core features such as Customization, two Modes, Multiplayer, Special Attacks, and more. Try it out.

Ben 10: Omniverse 2 is an Action, Fighting, Beat ‘em up, and Single-player video game developed by High Voltage Software and published by D3 Publisher. The game offers a superb gameplay based on an American animated series having the same name, and it is the sequel to Ben 10: Omniverse. In the game, you can assume the role of the protagonist named as Ben 10, and your primary goal is to fight against new galactic threat using your Omnitrix. Explore the environment from third-person perspective and battle against different powerful enemies to save the galaxy from trouble. You can transform into many alien forms using your watch and can attack enemies to kill them. There are a variety of levels, and each level needs a completion of individual objectives to progress through the game. The level difficulty increases as you become advance through the game. Ben 10: Omniverse 2 offers core features such as New Alien Forms, Upgrades, fight against the Incurseans, and more. With exciting gameplay, brilliant mechanics, and impressive graphics, Ben 10: Omniverse 2 is the best game to play and enjoy.

Unbound Saga is an Action, Side-scroll, Single and Multiplayer video game with Beat ‘em up element developed and published by Vogster Entertainment. It offers an exciting gameplay that you’ve never played before. The story follows the protagonist named as Rick Ajax, who is a character of comic book and find himself stuck in a comic. The primary task of the protagonist is to find out the artist with the help of his fellow called Lori Machete who created them to fighting constantly. In the beginning, the player must explore the environment from side-scroll, fight against waves of enemies and take down them using three different combination of attacks. As the story progresses, the game unlocks challenging levels to play and increases the level difficulty. It offers the similar gameplay to Comix Zone and takes place in the fictional environment, consisting of a variety of areas such as city slums, jungles, sewers, and tundra. There are two characters with their unique fighting style and personality. Rick can fight like a wrestler and pick up foes to throw at others to kill them. Unbound Saga is the best game to play.

Double Dragon Neon is an immersive, Arcade, Beat ‘em up, Co-op and Single-player video game created by WayForward Technologies and published by Majesco Entertainment. Double Dragon Neon is the reboot of the series of Double Dragon. The game focuses on martial arts and includes various character each with unique playing style and skills. The game includes two protagonists named as Billy Lee and Jimmy Lee and allows you to select one of them to get into the game world where you have to save Marian from the custody of the Shadow Warriors gang controlled by the lich-Skullmageddon. It has a set of levels and includes various scenes to explore such as outer-space, a graveyard, city streets, Asia Countryside, and the antagonist’s place. Start your journey, fight against foes using melee weapons, martial arts and defeat them to reach at the end of each level. Your character can run, jump, kick and punch to attack enemies. Double Dragon Neon offers prominent features such as New Attacks, Mix Abilities, different Locations, Effective Soundtracks, Power-up, Achievements, and more. With the best gameplay, stunning environment, side-scroll elements and superb visuals, Double Dragon Neon is the wonderful game to play and enjoy.

Kick Ass 2 is a cool Action-Adventure, beat ‘em’ up and Comedy video game based on the character of the same name. Kick Ass 2 is basically an arena style beat ‘em’ up fighting and Hack and Slash video game that allows you fight against thugs and other criminals. The game provides with three main character (Kick Ass, Hit Girl and Big Daddy) choices and lets you set yourself up into your desired character, provides you with unique character based skills and weapons etc. You can either go alone against the enemies in Single Player mode or you can team up with friends in Co-Op mode and enjoy the game. With cool visuals, NPCs and, open world environment and and addictive game-play, Kick Ass 2 is a wonderful Fighting, Beat em’ Up and Hack and Slash video game to play and enjoy.

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???

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.

Sonic Unleashed mixes the Action, Platform, Third-person Perspective, and Beat ‘em up elements created by Sega Team and published by Sega. The game has Single-player mode only and serves as the installment in the series of Sonic the Hedgehog released by Sonic Team. The story follows the protagonist named as Sonic the Hedgehog and revolves around his struggles to restore the world to its former condition after defeating the antagonist named s Dark Gaia using the powerful laser given by Doctor Eggman. The gameplay splits into two parts, with each being played during nighttime or daytime. Daytime levels deal with traditional platform elements and trademark speed, with the mixture of third-person viewpoints and two-dimensional side-scrolling. The Nighttime gameplay focuses on the transformation of the protagonist into the Werehog, and it slows down the platform play and increases the combat against hordes of foes using the protagonist’s brutal strength. Sonic Unleashed offers prominent features such as Tight Navigation, Speed Control, Cinematic Graphics, Expanded Environments, Path Navigation and more. Try it out, and you’ll love it.

Ultimate Spider-Man is an Action, Beat ‘em up and Single-player video game developed by Treyarch and published by Activision for multiple platforms. Ultimate Spider-Man comic book inspires the game by Brain Michael. The game casts the player in the role of the superhero named Peter Parker. The starts with a recap of the protagonist explaining how Eddie Brock’s and his beloved fathers worked together to find a cure for cancer. They lost ownership of the Suit after signing an agreement with Track Company. The suit is capable to healing wearer. After the death of Richard Parker and Eddie Brock Sr. the suit is kept by the company. After discovering, that Trask Industries had cheated his dad, the Spider-Man decide to take revenge. There are a variety of levels, and each level offers challenging gameplay, in which the protagonist has to fight against enemies using his special powers. Explore the world from third-person, and take down enemies to progress through the game. Ultimate Spider-Man is the best game as compared to other Beat ‘em up games.

Batman: Arkham Origins is an Action-RPG, Beat em’ up and Stealth video game developed by Warner Bros. Games Montreal and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Xbox 360 gaming platforms. The game features the young Batman as the protagonist and the villain Black Mask puts a bounty on his head. A number of assassins approach to the Gotham City, 8 among them, the most brutal and fearful villains are famous for their hate for Batman. Throughout the game, Gotham city police keeps chasing Batman and the Batman keeps on fighting against the villains including The Joker and Anarky. Protagonist is controllable from a third person perspective and allows the player to use his best stealth capabilities, detective expertise and tools in combats against the enemies and against the city police to keep them on a distance. Batman keeps on fighting against the Villains and after defeating the Joker and Anarky in a destructive battle he finally reaches to confront Black Mask, kills him in a brutal death-match and leaves. The game provides with a nicely routed story and ultra-realistic graphics along with single and multiplayer gaming mode options. Batman: Arkham Origins is a fun game to play and enjoy.

Prison Break: The Conspiracy is an Action-Adventure, Single and Multiplayer video game created by ZootFly and published by Deep Silver. The Fox television series named Prison Break inspires the game. There is two protagonists named Michael Scofield and Tom Paxton. The player can take on the role of the protagonist and start exploring the game world where he has to accomplish several tasks to earn reputation points. The player can assume the role of an agent of an organization who must go to a prison within Fox River State to interrogate and uncover secrets. It takes place in the fictional and consists of nine chapters. The player can explore the world from third-person view, interact with NPCs, objects and can fight against prisons and take down them using his abilities. Prison Break: The Conspiracy offers core features, superb gameplay, and excellent mechanics. Try it out.