Games Like Streets of Rage 2
Quick Answer
The closest games to Streets of Rage 2 are Streets of Rage 4, Golden Axe, Fight'N Rage, TMNT: Shredder's Revenge and Final Fight. Below are 12 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Streets of Rage 2, and what does not.
What Made Streets of Rage 2 Work
Streets of Rage 2 is the beat-em-up everyone else is measured against: four characters who genuinely play differently, a special move that costs health so using it is a decision, and a soundtrack that is half the reason anyone remembers it. Forty minutes, two players, no filler.
Also written as Streets of Rage — same game, same list.
12 Games Like Streets of Rage 2
1.Streets of Rage 4
The modern sequel, and it honours the original without imitating it.
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Modern brawling with RPG progression and a lot of personality.
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How These Picks Match Streets of Rage 2
Streets of Rage 2 is catalogued here as a beat 'em up on the Sega Genesis. All twelve picks share at least one of its genre tags — twelve fighting games, eight arcade games and eight action games among them.
Four of the picks have their own list on this site, catalogued under the Sega Genesis (2), the Sega Saturn and the Nintendo Entertainment System. 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 Streets of Rage 2 | Where to play |
|---|---|---|---|
| Streets of Rage 4 | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Fighting, Arcade, Action | — |
| Golden Axe | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Sega Genesis (catalogued) |
| Fight'N Rage | Fighting, Arcade, Indie | Fighting, Arcade | — |
| TMNT: Shredder's Revenge | Fighting, Arcade, Family | Fighting, Arcade | — |
| Final Fight | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Fighting, Arcade, Action | — |
| Castle Crashers | Fighting, Action, Family | Fighting, Action | — |
| Dragon's Crown | Fighting, RPG, Action | Fighting, Action | — |
| Guardian Heroes | Fighting, Arcade, RPG | Fighting, Arcade | Sega Saturn (catalogued) |
| Double Dragon | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Nintendo Entertainment System (catalogued) |
| River City Girls 2 | Fighting, RPG, Indie | Fighting | — |
| Comix Zone | Fighting, Action, Arcade | Fighting, Arcade, Action | Sega Genesis (catalogued) |
| Sifu | Fighting, Action, Indie | Fighting, Action | — |
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