Double Dragon: Neon similar games & best alternatives

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Double Dragon: Neon

PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Nintendo Switch • 2014

Should you play it?

BRO-TACULAR! Legendary martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee return in this creative re-imagining of the classic beat ‘em up, Double Dragon Neon. Fight your way through countless henchmen including Linda and Abobo on your way to rescue the love of your life, Marian!

What works

  • Strong co-op multiplayer including online
  • Nostalgic 80s aesthetic and soundtrack
  • Engaging and skill-based combat mechanics
  • Character progression and customization
  • Humorous and self-aware tone

Things to keep in mind

  • Some technical bugs and crashes reported
  • Linear level design with limited exploration
  • Short overall campaign length
  • Occasional grind for upgrades
  • Controls can feel slow or stiff to some players

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Absolum

  • River City Girls

  • Jitsu Squad

  • Holo X Break

  • River City Girls 2

  • Young Souls

Less intimate

Games that feels like Double Dragon: Neon but with less focus on close relationships

  • The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors

  • The TakeOver

  • Mother Russia Bleeds

  • Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition

  • Fist Puncher

  • Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Classic

More competitive

Games that feels like Double Dragon: Neon but with more competition against others

  • Lethal League Blaze

  • Little Fighter 2 Remastered

  • Final Exam

  • Alien Hominid Invasion

  • Ember Knights

  • Son of a Witch

More status-driven

Games that feels like Double Dragon: Neon but with more focus on status and recognition

  • Streets of Rage 4

  • 20XX

  • The Metronomicon: Slay The Dance Floor

  • 99Vidas

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

  • GODBREAKERS

More intense

Games that feels like Double Dragon: Neon but with a more intense feel

  • Rampage Knights

  • Lost Castle / 失落城堡

  • HUNTDOWN

  • Infected Shelter

  • Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2

  • Shing!

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • River City Girls 2

  • River City Girls

  • Contra: Operation Galuga

  • Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

  • Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Double Dragon: Neon: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Cooperation, Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026