Games like The TakeOver
If The TakeOver is your kind of game, the closest matches are Urban Lockdown, Streets of Rage 4 and Jitsu Squad — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its soundtrack elevates the action, atmospheric and challenging. 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 The TakeOver: 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!
Players who liked The TakeOver also play
Steam players who put hours into The TakeOver also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Urban Lockdown
WHY THIS
Top pick for The TakeOver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
With stunning digitized graphics, beatdown the escaped prison inmates, thwarting their boss in an epic showdown!
Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with The TakeOver.
Second-strongest match for The TakeOver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
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.
Jitsu Squad
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with The TakeOver.
Third-strongest match for The TakeOver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
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.
Final Vendetta
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The TakeOver.
Ranked #4 for The TakeOver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
A hard-hitting action packed beat ‘em up in the vein of classic arcade titles. Featuring stunning pixel art and a thumping soundtrack with exclusive tracks from Utah Saints! Brawl with bad dudes and tough girls as you fight through dangerous environments.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for The TakeOver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with The TakeOver.
Ranked #6 for The TakeOver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with The TakeOver.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds! Enjoy fast and frantic arcade-style beat 'em up gameplay with cute characters. Beat up hordes of weird enemies with awesome special attacks. Local co-op and PVP supported for up to 4 players!
Young Souls
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The TakeOver.
Ranked #7 for The TakeOver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The TakeOver.
Ranked #8 for The TakeOver fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
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.
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Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with The TakeOver.
Reviewers of The TakeOver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
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.
Shank 2
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with The TakeOver.
Reviewers of The TakeOver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
The fan-favorite 2D brawler is back as ex-mob hit man Shank returns to action in Shank 2. With those closest to him under attack, Shank is once again forced on the offensive. Now he must put his trusty arsenal of handguns, shotguns, automatic weapons, chainsaws, machetes, grenades, plus all-new weaponry and moves to use in order to...
Mother Russia Bleeds
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The TakeOver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
An old-fashioned beat 'em up with big doses of adrenaline and trippiness, somewhere between the classic style of Streets of Rage and the ultra-violence of Hotline Miami. Set in a cold, ruthless Soviet Union, Mother Russia Bleeds aims to conjure up anxiety, unease, and drug-addled frenzy.
Questria: Rise of the Robot Skullfaces
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The TakeOver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
Questria is a multiplayer action dungeon crawler. Grab your pals and save Friendship from the evil Robot Skullfaces!
Killer Instinct
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with The TakeOver.
Reviewers of The TakeOver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The TakeOver.
The legendary fighting franchise is back with over-the-top action, a wild cast of combatants, rocking reactive music, and C-C-C-COMBO BREAKERS!!! Choose your ultimate combatants each with fluid animations, unique combat tactics, and enthralling special attacks.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The TakeOver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
BURNER
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The TakeOver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with The TakeOver.
voxel style survival game with rouge like, platformer, and brawler elements, randomly generated levels in real time. sent to another dimension, burner must collect $50,000 to make it back home, upgrade stats and buy weapons between levels. In development since 2021.
Shank
WHY THIS
Reviewers of The TakeOver cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
Shank is the cult-classic revival of the sidescrolling beat-em-up. Play as Shank in an over-the-top grindhouse game, packed to the rim with enemies, bosses, combos, and more by the award-winning team at Klei Entertainment.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below The TakeOver at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under The TakeOver on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with The TakeOver.
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.
Lethal Company
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The TakeOver on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The TakeOver on Steam right now. Shares Action with The TakeOver.
Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The TakeOver on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under The TakeOver on Steam right now. Shares Action with The TakeOver.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with The TakeOver.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The TakeOver.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with The TakeOver.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
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 The TakeOver.
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 The TakeOver.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.
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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.
Streets of Rage 4
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with The TakeOver.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
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.
Jitsu Squad
WHY THIS
Shares an epic mood with The TakeOver.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
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.
Final Vendetta
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The TakeOver.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
A hard-hitting action packed beat ‘em up in the vein of classic arcade titles. Featuring stunning pixel art and a thumping soundtrack with exclusive tracks from Utah Saints! Brawl with bad dudes and tough girls as you fight through dangerous environments.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Young Souls
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The TakeOver.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
Young Souls is a gorgeous 2D brawler meets story-rich action RPG. Fight hordes of belligerent goblins, level up with hundreds of weapons and accessories, explore, and journey between worlds, as rebellious twins battle their way to save their foster father.
9 Monkeys of Shaolin
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with The TakeOver.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with The TakeOver.
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 The TakeOver
- Is The TakeOver verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — The TakeOver 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 The TakeOver cost?
- The TakeOver is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does The TakeOver have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — The TakeOver 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 The TakeOver?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside The TakeOver are Urban Lockdown, Streets of Rage 4, Jitsu Squad.
- Who developed The TakeOver?
- The TakeOver was developed by Pelikan13.
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 The TakeOver.
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