Games Like Double Dragon
Quick Answer
The closest games to Double Dragon are Streets of Rage 2, Final Fight, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge, Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons and Fight'N Rage. Below are 12 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Double Dragon, and what does not.
What Made Double Dragon Work
Double Dragon established the shape: two players, a scrolling street, and a move list you learn by getting hit. The elbow is still the best move in any beat-em-up. It is short, it is unfair in places, and everything in the genre since is a response to it.
12 Games Like Double Dragon
4.Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons
The recent entry, roguelite-flavoured and surprisingly good.
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How These Picks Match Double Dragon
Double Dragon is catalogued here as a beat 'em up on the Nintendo Entertainment System. All twelve picks share at least one of its genre tags — twelve fighting games, eight arcade games and six action games among them.
Four of the picks have their own list on this site, catalogued under the Sega Genesis (2), the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Saturn. Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons, Fight'N Rage, River City Girls 2 and Sifu are from small or self-published studios. TMNT: Shredder's Revenge and Castle Crashers are the ones a child and an adult can play together.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Double Dragon | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streets of Rage 2 | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Sega Genesis (catalogued) |
| Final Fight | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Fighting, Arcade, Action | — |
| TMNT: Shredder's Revenge | Fighting, Arcade, Family | Fighting, Arcade | — |
| Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons | Fighting, Arcade, Indie | Fighting, Arcade | — |
| Fight'N Rage | Fighting, Arcade, Indie | Fighting, Arcade | — |
| Castle Crashers | Fighting, Action, Family | Fighting, Action | — |
| Golden Axe | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Sega Genesis (catalogued) |
| River City Girls 2 | Fighting, RPG, Indie | Fighting | — |
| Dragon's Crown | Fighting, RPG, Action | Fighting, Action | — |
| Battletoads | Fighting, Platformer, Arcade | Fighting, Arcade | Nintendo Entertainment System (catalogued) |
| Sifu | Fighting, Action, Indie | Fighting, Action | — |
| Guardian Heroes | Fighting, Arcade, RPG | Fighting, Arcade | Sega Saturn (catalogued) |
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