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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 ↗ $13.99 (US · as of 2026-10-23)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“To make my 'tastes' clear right away, out of all the beat 'em up games I played recently (Streets of Rage 4, River City Girls, Mother Russia Bleeds) I enjoyed The Takeover the most. Things I liked: - Visuals and sound. The game looks unique; the colors are bright and the…”
— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played“So, The Takeover - a game that's so *overtly* Final Fight it hurts, is by many considered kind of ugly because of its use of 3D animation over sprites and was, unfortunately, kind of overshadowed by the one-two combo of Streets of Rage 4 and River City Girls releasing the same…”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played“I am a sucker for beat em up games. I probably own most decent ones on Steam and if not I will probably do at some point. Even if at the eyes of most people it feels like a pretty basic genre (enemies appear, you beat them until they die, repeat a billion times), there's an art…”
— a player, Steam review · 25 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-10-23.
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 2026-05-13.
| 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 |
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