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The TakeOver
The Takeover is a side-scrolling beat'em up inspired by 90's classics such as Streets of Rage and Final Fight. Battle solo or alongside a friend in local co-op while listening to awesome tunes from Little V Mills, Richie Branson, James Ronald and industry legend Yuzo Koshiro!
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“The TakeOver is a beat 'em up that I had high hopes for, but it ended up being just too repetitive. Even for a fan of this genre, the enemies take far too long to defeat, which makes fighting the same enemies over and over feel like a chore rather than a challenge. The music is…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Solid beat em up that gets old after a few hours. Nice graphics and generally fun fighting mechanics. I wish there were a few more basic moves. It feels like you repeat the same moves throughout the whole game. It is good on discount, but I wouldn't reccommed paying full price.…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“The only Beat-em up game that can only be considered on-par with Streets of Rage series. Buy it and enjoy solid gameplay and you know what.... the sequel is coming!!!!”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Takeover 2 Demo Update
Hello everyone, A new update for Takeover 2 Demo is now available. This update includes: A new stage New enemy types Improved enemy attack and defense patterns New parry counter mapped to the punch bu
Takeover 2 demo is now Live!
Takeover 2 , the sequel to 2019’s The Takeover , now has a playable demo available on Steam! The sequel delivers: Hard-hitting, more responsive combat Parries, special attacks, and finishing moves Exp
The TakeOver soundtrack and Switch version.
I'm happy to announce that The TakeOver is available from today for pre-orders with a 10% discount on the Nintendo Switch e-shop. The full release will be on June 4th. The game's soundtrack will also
Patch Notes 3
This update contains fixes for the "Not Afraid of Freya" and "Indestructible" Achievements as well as fixing a bug with the camera on Stage 2-1.
Update#40
This update contains additions and changes addressing issues brought up by players since the game's release. I want to thank you all for the feedback. Additions: A new practice mode including a short
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie |
| Player tags | Beat 'em up · Action · Indie · Casual · Violent · Arcade · Side Scroller · 1990's · Local Co-Op · Retro · Gore · Fighting (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Remote Play Together |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/10 Processor: Intel Pentium Dual Core or equivalent Memory: 3 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 or equivalent Storage: 4000 MB available space