Games Like Dynamite Cop
Quick Answer
The closest games to Dynamite Cop are Die Hard Arcade, Streets of Rage 4, Fight'N Rage, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge and Yakuza 0. Below are 9 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Dynamite Cop, and what does not.
What Made Dynamite Cop Work
Dynamite Cop is Die Hard as an arcade brawler — you pick up a swordfish, a rocket launcher or a chair and hit people with it until it breaks. Runs are twenty minutes with branching routes. It is silly on purpose and extremely short by design.
Dynamite Cop is Sega AM1's 1998 arcade beat-em-up, released on Dreamcast in 1999, and the sequel to Die Hard Arcade. Pirates hijack a cruise ship and kidnap the President's daughter, and you fight through it using anything you can pick up — chairs, fish, guns, rocket launchers — with branching routes and quick-time events. A run lasts under half an hour. Fans usually want short, silly arcade brawling with improvised weapons.
9 Games Like Dynamite Cop
1.Die Hard Arcade
The direct predecessor, and the same weapon-grabbing chaos.
Why it fits: Sega AM1's 1996 arcade game, released on Saturn in 1997, is the predecessor, with weapon pickups and quick-time events.
What is different: The earlier Sega brawler in the same vein, shorter, with the button-prompt scenes between fights.
Where to play it: Arcade and Saturn.
More about this game →2.Streets of Rage 4
The best modern beat-em-up, and it honours the arcade originals.
Why it fits: Dotemu, Lizardcube and Guard Crush Games' 2020 brawler revives the Sega series with up to four players.
What is different: 2D and hand-drawn, with a deep combo system and four-player co-op; no hostage-rescue premise.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
More about this game →3.Fight'N Rage
An indie brawler with branching routes and real depth.
Why it fits: SebaGamesDev's 2017 brawler has branching routes and a large amount of unlockable content.
What is different: Pixel art with a deep combo system, and animal-headed heroes against a mutant army.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
More about this game →4.TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
The most fun four-player brawler in years.
Why it fits: Tribute Games' 2022 brawler has co-op play and a style inspired by the Konami arcade games.
What is different: Bright and friendly, with six-player co-op and the Turtles; no guns or everyday objects to swing.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch.
More about this game →5.Yakuza 0
For the improvised-weapon brawling, in a much bigger game.
Why it fits: Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio's 2015 game lets you pick up bikes, signs and other objects for Heat Actions in street fights.
What is different: An open city drama with side stories and a business to run; the fights are one part, not the whole.
Where to play it: PS4, PC and Xbox One.
More about this game →6.Sifu
Environmental weapons and hand-to-hand, made deadly serious.
Why it fits: Sloclap's 2022 game lets you pick up bottles, bats and other objects in its hand-to-hand fights.
What is different: One fighter, a serious kung-fu revenge story, and you age each time you die.
Where to play it: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch.
More about this game →7.Golden Axe
Same arcade brevity, fantasy instead of skyscrapers.
Why it fits: Sega's 1989 arcade brawler is short and designed for co-op.
What is different: Swords and magic in a fantasy land, with beasts to ride instead of guns to grab.
Where to play it: Arcade and Mega Drive.
Games like this →8.Power Stone
Dreamcast contemporary where the stage is also the weapon.
Why it fits: Capcom's 1999 Dreamcast fighter lets you pick up and use objects in its arenas.
What is different: A 3D arena fighting game rather than a stage-by-stage brawler, though you still throw the furniture.
Where to play it: Arcade and Dreamcast.
Games like this →9.Guardian Heroes
Saturn brawler with branching paths and a huge cast.
Why it fits: Treasure's 1996 Saturn brawler has branching paths and a large cast.
What is different: Fights across several depth planes, with character levels and a branching story.
Where to play it: Saturn; later Xbox 360.
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Where to Start
Die Hard Arcade is the direct predecessor. Streets of Rage 4 is the best modern beat-em-up. Yakuza 0 is the pick if you want improvised weapons in a much bigger game.
How We Picked These Games
Every pick is a brawler, or a game with improvised-weapon combat, and we favoured short arcade games and modern beat-em-ups. We included Dynamite Cop's predecessor and other Sega arcade brawlers from the same period.
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How These Picks Match Dynamite Cop
Dynamite Cop is catalogued here as a beat 'em up on the Sega Dreamcast. All nine picks share at least one of its genre tags — seven arcade games and five action games among them.
Going by the "where to play it" notes, five can be played on PC, five can be played on a PlayStation, four can be played on a Nintendo system and six can be played on an Xbox. Fight'N Rage and Sifu are from small or self-published studios. TMNT: Shredder's Revenge and Power Stone are the ones a child and an adult can play together.
| Game | Genre | Shares with Dynamite Cop | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die Hard Arcade | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Action, Arcade | Arcade and Saturn. |
| Streets of Rage 4 | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Action, Arcade | PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. |
| Fight'N Rage | Fighting, Arcade, Indie | Arcade | PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. |
| TMNT: Shredder's Revenge | Fighting, Arcade, Family | Arcade | PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. |
| Yakuza 0 | Action, Adventure, Fighting | Action | PS4, PC and Xbox One. |
| Sifu | Fighting, Action, Indie | Action | PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Switch. |
| Golden Axe | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Action, Arcade | Arcade and Mega Drive. |
| Power Stone | Fighting, Arcade, Family | Arcade | Arcade and Dreamcast. |
| Guardian Heroes | Fighting, Arcade, RPG | Arcade | Saturn; later Xbox 360. |
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