Games like Jitsu Squad
If Jitsu Squad is your kind of game, the closest matches are Shing!, The TakeOver and Pulling No Punches — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its epic, funny and whimsical. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Jitsu Squad: Jitsu Squad is a Marvel vs Capcom inspired 4 player co-op TAG TEAM beat ‘em up with epic character transformations and fast paced combat.
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Shing!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Jitsu Squad.
Top pick for Jitsu Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
The TakeOver
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Jitsu Squad.
Second-strongest match for Jitsu Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
The Takeover is a side-scrolling beat'em up inspired by 90's classics such as Streets of Rage and Final Fight. Battle solo or alongside a friend in local co-op while listening to awesome tunes from Little V Mills, Richie Branson, James Ronald and industry legend Yuzo Koshiro!
Pulling No Punches
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Jitsu Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
A classic 2D arcade action game animated frame by frame. Survive a fictional pandemic in a city filled with madness and denial.
Breakneck City
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Jitsu Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Old school 3D Beat-Em-Up Action! Use your wits, reflexes and environment to take on the ruthless gangs of Breakneck City!
Streets Ablaze
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Jitsu Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Streets Ablaze is a 3D side-scrolling beat em' up inspired by the arcade and console games we played growing up.
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Jitsu Squad.
Ranked #6 for Jitsu Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.
Reality Rash
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Jitsu Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
A 3D beat 'em up inspired by the classics — fight your way through 4 different worlds. Play solo or in 2-player co-op to gather the 4 cores and save your home in this nostalgic and modern beat 'em up!
Underling Uprising
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Jitsu Squad fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Relive the glory of '90s cartoons in this vibrant Beat 'Em Up! Unleash the powers of the Underlings, scientifically enhanced experiments, in exciting 1-4 coop battles. Fight across the globe, master your abilities and take revenge on the mad scientist who created you!
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Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Jitsu Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Amongst the best beat’em up series ever created, jammin’ ‘90s beats and over the top street fighting, the iconic series Streets of Rage comes back with a masterful tribute to and revitalization of the classic action fans adore.
River City Girls 2
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Jitsu Squad.
Reviewers of Jitsu Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Jitsu Squad.
The River City Girls are back! Misako, Kyoko, Kunio, and Riki - joined by newcomers Marian and Provie - hit the streets for an all-new beat-'em-up adventure! Team up for local or online co-op and explore a massive world packed with new abilities, enemies, locations, and more!
MARVEL Cosmic Invasion
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Jitsu Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
A cosmic battle awaits! Choose between 15 Marvel Super Heroes in this frenetic action beat ‘em up to fight against the deadly Annihilation Wave threatening the galaxy. From New York City to the depths of the Negative Zone, the future of the Marvel Universe will be fought for across the stars!
Samurai Cat
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Jitsu Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Samurai Cat is a puzzle game based on checkers where you control Mr. Jack, a remaining cat in a world conquered by mice. Use cheese to lure the mice to vantage positions and help Mr. Jack eliminate them all with just one movement.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Jitsu Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Fight'N Rage
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Jitsu Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Fight’N Rage is a brand new old-school side-scroller beat’em up. Inspired by the classics from the “golden age”, and with an art style that mimics the aesthetic from the 90's arcade gems, this game pays homage to all classic gameplay features that makes this genre one of the best from its time!
Castle Crashers®
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Jitsu Squad cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Jitsu Squad at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Jitsu Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Jitsu Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Jitsu Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action with Jitsu Squad.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Jitsu Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jitsu Squad.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Jitsu Squad on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Jitsu Squad.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Jitsu Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Jitsu Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Jitsu Squad on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
ENA: Dream BBQ
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Disfigure
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!
Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).
Meteor 60 Seconds!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Meteor 60 seconds! is a simple, fun, comic-like action game that simulates your life if there were a meteor heading towards Earth and you had 60 seconds to live. Do anything you want to do with your last 60 seconds, even if it's illegal! What about planting an apple tree?
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Shing!
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Jitsu Squad.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
Experience the most exciting and immersive beat-em-up combat system ever – become a kickass ninja and slice some demons in style!
The TakeOver
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Jitsu Squad.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
The Takeover is a side-scrolling beat'em up inspired by 90's classics such as Streets of Rage and Final Fight. Battle solo or alongside a friend in local co-op while listening to awesome tunes from Little V Mills, Richie Branson, James Ronald and industry legend Yuzo Koshiro!
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with Jitsu Squad.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Jitsu Squad.
The true rebirth of iconic beat 'em up genre in vein of old-school video games! As a simple Chinese fisherman Wei Cheng you have to avenge the death of your friends and family slaughtered in a pirate raid at your peaceful village.
Frequently asked about Jitsu Squad
- Is Jitsu Squad verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Jitsu Squad is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Jitsu Squad cost?
- Jitsu Squad is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Jitsu Squad have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Jitsu Squad supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Jitsu Squad?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Jitsu Squad are Shing!, The TakeOver, Pulling No Punches.
- Who developed Jitsu Squad?
- Jitsu Squad was developed by Tanuki Creative Studio.
imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Jitsu Squad.
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