Games like Streets of Rage 4
If Streets of Rage 4 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic, MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its combat system, i frame exploitation and infinite replay factor. 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 →Streets of Rage 4 is a belt-scrolling beat 'em up developed by Dotemu, Guard Crush, and Lizardcube, released in 2020. The game emphasizes combo-based combat with character customization and roguelite elements, challenging players to preserve combos while managing a risk-reward health system. Couch co-op allows local multiplayer action, with i-frame exploitation forming a core tactical layer. Players describe the experience as intense and nostalgic, praising the combat system and infinite replay factor. The game runs verified on Steam Deck, offers a long campaign designed for extended sit-down sessions, and holds a 94% positive rating from 6956 Steam reviews at $24.99.
About Streets of Rage 4: 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.
Players who liked Streets of Rage 4 also play
Steam players who put hours into Streets of Rage 4 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.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic
WHY THIS
Shares character customization and a nostalgic mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Top pick for Streets of Rage 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
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!
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Second-strongest match for Streets of Rage 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
The legendary crossover hits are back! The action-packed lineup consisting of seven unique titles, is full of heavy hitters like X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER, and MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2 New Age of Heroes. The collection also includes the rare beat 'em up game, THE PUNISHER.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Third-strongest match for Streets of Rage 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Absolum
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Ranked #4 for Streets of Rage 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Ranked #5 for Streets of Rage 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
99Vidas
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Ranked #6 for Streets of Rage 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
"99Vidas" is a "beat 'em up" set in a contemporary world that pays tribute to both the new and the classic in gaming industry. Brought to you in all pixelated, 16 bit-esque glory, chockfull of references to not only gaming, but all 80's and 90's pop culture.
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Ranked #7 for Streets of Rage 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is an anime-inspired beat-em-up with varied enemies and deep customization. Play as the rabbit Ninjin, or Akai, the ninja fox, and fight to retrieve the carrots stolen by Shogun Moe! Redeem carrots for weapons, upgrades and more! Supports 2-player online or local co-op.
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Streets of Rage 4 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
Reviewers mention these as similar to Streets of Rage 4
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Drive Megapolis
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Streets of Rage 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Improve your real life driving skills! Drive Megapolis is designed to be interactive and also a learning opportunity. Tracking your driving mistakes and clearly highlighting them, allowing you to learn and improve. With a huge variety of vehicles with unique driving styles, maps, pedestrians and traffic.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Reviewers of Streets of Rage 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
SAW: Genesis
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Streets of Rage 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
A century before Jigsaw, survival demanded sacrifice. Experience the thrilling world of SAW first-hand in a new 3v1 multi-player horror game where three Accused must work together to escape a maze of traps, while one Judge orchestrates their rehabilitation.
Final Night
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Streets of Rage 4 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
A nightmarish descent into your worst memories awaits. In "Final Night," you're forced to relive your darkest traumas - now twisted into monstrous, living horrors that hunt you relentlessly. Every shadow hides a piece of your broken past, eager to drag you into the abyss.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Streets of Rage 4 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Streets of Rage 4 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
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 ~60% under Streets of Rage 4 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.
Left 4 Dead 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Streets of Rage 4 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
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 ~60% under Streets of Rage 4 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Fallout: New Vegas
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Streets of Rage 4 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
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 with Streets of Rage 4.
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 Streets of Rage 4.
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.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Streets of Rage 4.
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 Streets of Rage 4.
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.
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Other recommendable Steam games by Dotemu, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Heroes® of Might & Magic® III - HD Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Another title from Dotemu, the studio behind Streets of Rage 4.
The most popular Heroes® title of all time is back in HD! Fifteen years later, rediscover the epic tale of Queen Catherine Ironfist, as she re-embarks on her critically acclaimed quest to unite her ravaged homeland and re-conquer the kingdom of Erathia.
Absolum
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Another title from Dotemu, the studio behind Streets of Rage 4. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
METAL SLUG 3
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Another title from Dotemu, the studio behind Streets of Rage 4. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!
METAL SLUG
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Another title from Dotemu, the studio behind Streets of Rage 4. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!
METAL SLUG X
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Another title from Dotemu, the studio behind Streets of Rage 4. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
“METAL SLUG X”, one of the most highly praised titles in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!
Another World – 20th Anniversary Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Another title from Dotemu, the studio behind Streets of Rage 4. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
Also known as Out Of This World™, Another World is a pioneer action/platformer that released across more than a dozen platforms since its debut in 1991. Along the years, Another World™ has attained cult status among critics and sophisticated gamers alike.
Sanitarium
WHY THIS
Another title from Dotemu, the studio behind Streets of Rage 4.
Originally released in 1998 on PC, and awarded as the Adventure Game of the Year, The timeless horror point-and-click, Sanitarium, is returning to frighten the bravest adventure game fans.
METAL SLUG 2
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Another title from Dotemu, the studio behind Streets of Rage 4. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics
WHY THIS
Shares a retro mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
The legendary crossover hits are back! The action-packed lineup consisting of seven unique titles, is full of heavy hitters like X-MEN VS. STREET FIGHTER, and MARVEL vs. CAPCOM 2 New Age of Heroes. The collection also includes the rare beat 'em up game, THE PUNISHER.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael as they kick shell in a beautifully realized beat ’em up.
Abyss Odyssey
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
From indie Chilean developer ACE Team comes a new side-scrolling action adventure game featuring a complex fighting engine in procedurally generated levels that destines its three warriors to battle a different abyss each time! Choose your hero and also learn to possess your enemies in the abyss…
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Streets of Rage 4.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Streets of Rage 4.
Ninjin: Clash of Carrots is an anime-inspired beat-em-up with varied enemies and deep customization. Play as the rabbit Ninjin, or Akai, the ninja fox, and fight to retrieve the carrots stolen by Shogun Moe! Redeem carrots for weapons, upgrades and more! Supports 2-player online or local co-op.
Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & Teef
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Streets of Rage 4.
From the developers of the Guns, Gore and Cannoli franchise comes a new 2D run & gun platformer: Warhammer 40,000: Shootas, Blood & TEEF! Spearhead an Ork invasion, destroy the hive city and kill your warboss! ‘Ere we go!
Frequently asked about Streets of Rage 4
- Is Streets of Rage 4 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Streets of Rage 4 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 Streets of Rage 4 cost?
- Streets of Rage 4 is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Streets of Rage 4 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Streets of Rage 4 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP).
- What games are most similar to Streets of Rage 4?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Streets of Rage 4 are Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic, MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.
- Who developed Streets of Rage 4?
- Streets of Rage 4 was developed by Dotemu, Guard Crush, Lizardcube and published by Dotemu.
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 Streets of Rage 4.
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