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Beat 'em up (also known as brawler) is a video game genre featuring  hand-to-hand combat between the protagonist and an improbably large  number of opponents. Traditional beat 'em ups take place in scrolling,  two-dimensional (2D) levels, though some later games feature more open  three-dimensional (3D) environments with yet larger numbers of enemies.  These games are noted for their fairly simple-to-learn gameplay, a  source of both critical acclaim and criticism. Two-player cooperative  gameplay and multiple player characters are also hallmarks of the genre.  Most of these games take place in urban settings and feature  crime-fighting and revenge-based plots, though some games may employ  historical, science fiction or fantasy themes.  The first beat 'em up was 1984's Kung-Fu Master,[1][2] with 1986's  Renegade introducing the urban settings and underworld revenge themes  employed extensively by later games. The genre then saw a period of high  popularity between the release of Double Dragon in 1987, which defined  the two-player cooperative mode central to classic beat 'em ups, and led  to 1991's Street Fighter II, which drew gamers towards one-on-one  fighting games. Games such as Streets of Rage, Final Fight, Golden Axe  and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are other classics to emerge from this  period. The genre has been less popular since the emergence of 3D-based  mass-market games, but some 3D titles adapted the beat 'em up formula to  utilize large-scale 3D environments, such as Devil May Cry and other  hack-and-slash games. In recent years, 2D beat 'em ups have seen a  resurgence, with the success of digital titles such as Dungeon Fighter  Online (2004) and Streets of Rage 4 (2020).