List of beat 'em ups

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boss
. If multiple players are involved, players generally fight cooperatively.

It is often useful to characterise gameplay as either 2D (largely characterised by the player walking only to the left or right) or 3D (characterised by full movement in the implied horizontal plane, sometimes also with a button for jump). Graphics can likewise be categorised as 2D (with sprites, sometimes with an isometric or parallax effect) or 3D (polygons), or hybrid (e.g. sprite characters in front of polygon backgrounds, or vice versa).

Beat 'em ups

Graphics 2D gameplay 3D gameplay
2D (sprites)

(Also known as single-plane or

side-scrolling
)

(Also known as

belt scroll
)

3D (polygons) (Also known as 2.5D)

Games with beat 'em up sections

Hack 'n slash

2D

3D

See also

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