# Games like River City: Rival Showdown

> The closest matches to River City: Rival Showdown: River City Ransom: Underground, Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic, Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons, Streets of Rage 4, and Okinawa Rush. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [River City Ransom: Underground](https://imho.run/games/422810/river-city-ransom-underground) — Also Beat 'em up, like River City: Rival Showdown. 1,115 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/422810/)
2. [Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic](https://imho.run/games/329490/phantom-breaker-battle-grounds-classic) — Also Beat 'em up and Hack and Slash, like River City: Rival Showdown. 924 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/329490/)
3. [Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise Of The Dragons](https://imho.run/games/1967260/double-dragon-gaiden-rise-of-the-dragons) — Also Beat 'em up and Side Scroller, like River City: Rival Showdown. 523 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1967260/)
4. [Streets of Rage 4](https://imho.run/games/985890/streets-of-rage-4) — A frequent pick in River City: Rival Showdown players' libraries, and another Action. 6,956 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/985890/)
5. [Okinawa Rush](https://imho.run/games/777670/okinawa-rush) — Also Beat 'em up and Metroidvania, like River City: Rival Showdown. 67 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/777670/)
6. [River City Girls Zero](https://imho.run/games/1851020/river-city-girls-zero) — Also Beat 'em up and Drama, like River City: Rival Showdown. 66 Steam reviews, 64% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1851020/)
7. [You are Peter Shorts](https://imho.run/games/2352640/you-are-peter-shorts) — Also Beat 'em up and Metroidvania, like River City: Rival Showdown. 186 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2352640/)
8. [Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge](https://imho.run/games/1361510/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-shredder-s-revenge) — Also Beat 'em up and Side Scroller, like River City: Rival Showdown. 5,841 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1361510/)
9. [Abyss Odyssey](https://imho.run/games/255070/abyss-odyssey) — Also Beat 'em up and Metroidvania, like River City: Rival Showdown. 805 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/255070/)
10. [Absolum](https://imho.run/games/1904480/absolum) — A frequent pick in River City: Rival Showdown players' libraries, and another RPG. 4,194 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1904480/)
11. [Shing!](https://imho.run/games/1103730/shing) — Also Beat 'em up and Hack and Slash, like River City: Rival Showdown. 105 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1103730/)
12. [Young Souls](https://imho.run/games/985900/young-souls) — Also Beat 'em up and Hack and Slash, like River City: Rival Showdown. 202 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/985900/)
13. [Infernax](https://imho.run/games/374190/infernax) — Shares multiple endings with River City: Rival Showdown. 1,056 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/374190/)
14. [Chronicles of the Wolf](https://imho.run/games/2371890/chronicles-of-the-wolf) — Also Metroidvania and 1980s, like River City: Rival Showdown. 207 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2371890/)
15. [Lost Castle / 失落城堡](https://imho.run/games/434650/lost-castle) — Also Beat 'em up and Hack and Slash, like River City: Rival Showdown. 1,399 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/434650/)
16. [Salt and Sacrifice](https://imho.run/games/1437400/salt-and-sacrifice) — Also Metroidvania and Hack and Slash, like River City: Rival Showdown. 659 Steam reviews, 71% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1437400/)
17. [Scott Pilgrim vs. The World™: The Game – Complete Edition](https://imho.run/games/2215260/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-the-game-complete-edition) — Also Beat 'em up and Side Scroller, like River City: Rival Showdown. 1,653 Steam reviews, 70% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2215260/)
18. [Unruly Heroes](https://imho.run/games/780350/unruly-heroes) — Also Beat 'em up and Side Scroller, like River City: Rival Showdown. 162 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/780350/)
19. [SHINOBI: Art of Vengeance](https://imho.run/games/2361770/shinobi-art-of-vengeance) — Also Metroidvania and Hack and Slash, like River City: Rival Showdown. 1,343 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2361770/)
20. [Guacamelee! 2](https://imho.run/games/534550/guacamelee-2) — Also Beat 'em up and Metroidvania, like River City: Rival Showdown. 1,291 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/534550/)
21. [MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics](https://imho.run/games/2634890/marvel-vs-capcom-fighting-collection-arcade-classics) — Also Beat 'em up, like River City: Rival Showdown. 1,579 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2634890/)
22. [STRIDER™ / ストライダー飛竜®](https://imho.run/games/235210/strider) — Also Metroidvania and Hack and Slash, like River City: Rival Showdown. 1,369 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/235210/)
23. [Fight'N Rage](https://imho.run/games/674520/fight-n-rage) — Also Beat 'em up and Side Scroller, like River City: Rival Showdown. 1,144 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/674520/)
24. [9 Monkeys of Shaolin](https://imho.run/games/739080/9-monkeys-of-shaolin) — Also Beat 'em up and Side Scroller, like River City: Rival Showdown. 200 Steam reviews, 84% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/739080/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=2090370&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=2090370&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=2090370&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=2090370
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/2090370
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About River City: Rival Showdown

River City Ransom is back, rebuilt from the ground up! Rekindle old rivalries and relive past rumbles through a completely revamped story!

## Game info

- **AppID:** 2090370
- **Developer:** Arc System Works
- **Publisher:** Arc System Works
- **Genres:** Action, Adventure, RPG
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Shared/Split Screen, Steam Trading Cards, Online PvP, Shared/Split Screen PvP, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Remote Play Together, PvP, Family Sharing, Co-op
- **Released:** Oct 11, 2023
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/2090370/river-city-rival-showdown)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=2090370&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2090370/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

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