Platforms
- PCSep 20, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics7.383 Players
- PlayStation 5Sep 20, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics8.175 Players
- Xbox Series X|SSep 20, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
- PlayStation 4Sep 20, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics8.371 Players
- Xbox OneSep 20, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
- Nintendo SwitchSep 20, 2024NAplayscoreNA0 Critics9.034 Players
16 critic reviews · 0 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
At a time when quality beat-’em-ups are so abundant, it’s hard to recommend The Karate Kid: Street Rumble to anyone. Despite its gorgeous presentation, the game’s stiff and weightless combat, frustrating mechanics, and game-breaking glitches sweep the leg of this half-baked brawler.
Save yourself $40, or buy a far superior beat-’em-up for half the price. Trust me; you’ll thank me later.Francis DiPersio · Oct 26, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewThe Karate Kid: Street Rumble is a well-crafted and enjoyable adaptation that fans of the movies and Cobra Kai TV series are bound to enjoy thanks to the clever ways that developer Odaclick, has managed to translate scenes from the films into fab set pieces and boss battles.
For everyone else though, it’s a fun but basic belt brawler that’s fun while it lasts but doesn’t have much to draw you back once Johnny has hit the mat for the final time.Gareth Newnham · Sep 30, 2024 Reviewed on SwitchRead full reviewThe Karate Kid: Street Rumble sticks close to the source material in the way the story plays out and most of their likenesses. The combat is robust and fast paced and great to be played along with friends if you like games like the turtles beat ’em up games. It’s a shame there is no online co-op play but they have provided some ways to replay the game to improve the longevity, and it is quite fun to play through, especially if you are fans of the original films.
Graham Cameron · Sep 28, 2024 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full reviewStreet Rumble isn’t terrible, but it’s not good either. Sure, it looks good, but the music is boring, the gameplay is bog standard, it has serious design flaws, and in a lot of cases, it just isn’t interesting. Yeah, there’s an arcade mode, boss rush, and so on, but you need to beat the story mode to unlock them, and if I hadn’t been playing this for review, I would have stopped around thirty minutes in. Beat ‘em up fans deserve better. Licensed games deserve better. And The Karate Kid deserves better than to be resurrected as a coat of paint used to gussy up a mediocre beat ‘em up.
Will Borger · Sep 27, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full reviewIt’s safe to say that The Karate Kid: Street Rumble is a pretty good stab at crafting a game from a great film franchise. The action and the baddies are there, it is just a shame that the inspiration that clearly hits in the mini games section doesn’t stick around for the actual fighting levels, for they start to feel far too familiar quite quickly.
If you love Karate Kid and want to be Daniel, then knock yourself (or your opponents more likely) out – but just be aware that it starts to run out of ideas pretty rapidly.Paul Renshaw · Sep 24, 2024 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full reviewThe Karate Kid: Street Rumble almost has what it takes to be a classic beat ‘em up. The game is worth a try if it goes on sale if you are a massive fan of the genre and the films.
Michael Nicolosi · Sep 24, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full reviewThe game does lack in terms of visuals, but the gameplay covers that gap by implementing the signature moves. It's an ideal game for newcomers to the genre and for the fans of The Karate Kid franchise. If you've enjoyed Double Dragon Gaiden: Rise of the Dragons or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants, you'll find much to like in The Karate Kid: Street Rumble.
Rayan · Sep 21, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full reviewIt’s a really unfortunate development for me that I just couldn’t find much enjoyment in the simple act of actually just playing this game. It undermined the quality of everything around it and the issue is, gameplay/combat/control is the most important aspect of this genre and if it’s not up to snuff, then the rest falls down around it.
Nick Baker · Sep 21, 2024 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full reviewThe Karate Kid: Street Rumble is just alright. There’s nothing terrible about it, and there’s nothing that makes it truly stand out. Even if its gameplay is floaty, it is so damn easy you won’t even care about it. It’s full of content related to the first three movies in the franchise, but it doesn’t properly follow the trilogy’s “from zero to hero” premise, making it feel less like a tie-in and more of a “what if” fanservicey fest than an accurate tie-in. Furthermore, it’s just okay as a beat ’em up. I had fun with it, sure, and I’m pretty confident die-hard fans of the franchise (and 80s pop culture in general) will have a blast with it, but there are better titles out there.
Leo Faria · Sep 21, 2024 Reviewed on PS5Read full reviewThe Karate Kid: Street Rumble is a good, solid, retro-style scrolling beat 'em up that demonstrates not only a clear love for its source material, but for the heyday of the genre itself. Nonetheless, once you've dispensed with its twelve levels, you might struggle to find a compelling reason to go back for more.
Richard Walker · Sep 20, 2024 Reviewed onRead full review
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About the game
Sweeping across iconic locations of the first three classic The Karate Kid movies from the 1980s, you’ll step out of the dojo and into the streets of the West Valley and Okinawa as you battle waves of enemies in this pixel art, side-scrolling, beat ‘em up adventure. Play as Daniel LaRusso, Mr. Miyagi, Ali Mills, or Kumiko as you set out to defeat Johnny Lawrence, John Kreese, Terry Silver, and others intent on establishing dominance over Miyagi-Do Karate forever. This game features intense martial arts combat and frenetic action mixed with plenty of retro flair from the original movies.