Games like River City Ransom: Underground
If River City Ransom: Underground is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beat Me!, Sorcery Mastery and Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its nostalgic, retro and character customization. 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 →River City Ransom: Underground is a side-scrolling beat-em-up with RPG elements released in 2017. Players navigate a sprawling urban setting as they fight through waves of enemies, earning money and unlocking new abilities. The game features a deep combo-building system and character customization that reviewers highlight as satisfying and extensive, with over 500 unique fighting moves available across a large roster of characters, each with their own movesets. Mechanics include weapon usage and skill upgrades. The action is challenging and the campaign is long, designed for extended play sessions. It supports online cooperative multiplayer and runs as playable on Steam Deck. According to Steam reviews, it holds a 75% positive rating from over 1100 players. Players describe the experience as nostalgic and retro, appealing to fans of the classic beat-em-up genre.
About River City Ransom: Underground: Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.
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Beat Me!
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Top pick for River City Ransom: Underground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
Beat Me! is a physics-based multiplayer game for up to 6 players. Play with comical fantasy characters in a wide variety of fun and surprising environments. Challenge your friends locally or beat others over the internet!
Sorcery Mastery
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Second-strongest match for River City Ransom: Underground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
Magical duels meet roguelike builds in this fast-paced multiplayer action RPG. Defeat monsters, craft your unique magic build by choosing sorceries, items, and masteries, then outplay your rival as the arena shrinks toward the final battle.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate
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Shares a retro mood with River City Ransom: Underground.
Third-strongest match for River City Ransom: Underground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Ransom: Underground.
"Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate" is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up with the heart of a fighting game, showcasing nostalgic pixel art and the latest cross-platform online multiplayer. Experience the biggest and most expansive entry in the "Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds" series to date!
Lost Castle / 失落城堡
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Shares a nostalgic mood with River City Ransom: Underground.
Ranked #4 for River City Ransom: Underground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
Lost Castle is an action RPG beat'em up with roguelike elements and randomized dungeons for up to four players online and local!
TETHER BRAWL
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Ranked #5 for River City Ransom: Underground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Ransom: Underground.
Friends or Frenemies? Team up or sabotage your friend in this fast-paced, 2-player brawler where you're literally tethered together. Set in a sci-fi world, play as a cute, unique animal wielding sports-inspired weapons. Beat up waves of killer robots, dodge attacks and score points to win!
Bravery and Greed
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Ranked #6 for River City Ransom: Underground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
Bravery and Greed is a beat 'em up, roguelite, dungeon brawler for up to four players. Choose from four classic fantasy classes, engage in a deep robust combat system, and play a variety of co-operative and competitive game modes with friends via local, online or both. Get rich, or die trying!
Street Fighter™ 6
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Ranked #7 for River City Ransom: Underground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with River City Ransom: Underground.
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
Super Mega Baseball 3
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Shares a nostalgic mood with River City Ransom: Underground.
Ranked #8 for River City Ransom: Underground fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
Run up the score in a relaxed slugfest or push the limits of your reflexes in this refined baseball simulator. The third entry in the series features all-new Franchise and Online Leagues modes, major graphical enhancements, and on-field additions including pickoffs and situational player traits.
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Streets of Rage 4
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Shares character customization and a retro mood with River City Ransom: Underground.
Reviewers of River City Ransom: Underground cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
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.
Scott Pilgrim EX
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Shares a retro mood with River City Ransom: Underground.
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Join Scott Pilgrim and Ramona Flowers in a brand-new brawling adventure across space, time, and the streets of Toronto!
Super Dodgeball Beats
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Reviewers of River City Ransom: Underground cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
You’re invited to the craziest dodgeball contest ever! Get your groove on with Super Dodgeball Beats, the world’s most insane rhythm-sports game!
River City Girls
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Reviewers of River City Ransom: Underground cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with River City Ransom: Underground.
There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
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Reviewers of River City Ransom: Underground cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with River City Ransom: Underground.
In Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered, the worlds of Peter Parker and Spider-Man collide in an original action-packed story. Play as an experienced Peter Parker, fighting big crime and iconic villains in Marvel’s New York. Web-swing through vibrant neighborhoods and defeat villains with epic takedowns.
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STRAFTAT
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Grimm's Hollow
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Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
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Star Fetchers
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Magic Archery
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Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
Eternal Senia
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Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate
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Shares a retro mood with River City Ransom: Underground.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with River City Ransom: Underground.
"Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate" is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up with the heart of a fighting game, showcasing nostalgic pixel art and the latest cross-platform online multiplayer. Experience the biggest and most expansive entry in the "Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds" series to date!
Street Fighter™ 6
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Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with River City Ransom: Underground.
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
Super Mega Baseball 3
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Shares a nostalgic mood with River City Ransom: Underground.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with River City Ransom: Underground.
Run up the score in a relaxed slugfest or push the limits of your reflexes in this refined baseball simulator. The third entry in the series features all-new Franchise and Online Leagues modes, major graphical enhancements, and on-field additions including pickoffs and situational player traits.
Frequently asked about River City Ransom: Underground
- Does River City Ransom: Underground run on Steam Deck?
- River City Ransom: Underground is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
- Does River City Ransom: Underground have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — River City Ransom: Underground supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to River City Ransom: Underground?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside River City Ransom: Underground are Beat Me!, Sorcery Mastery, Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate.
- Who developed River City Ransom: Underground?
- River City Ransom: Underground was developed by Conatus Creative Inc..
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