Golden Axe: Beast Rider is a 3D action-adventure game released for Xbox 360, marking a significant departure from the series' traditional side-scrolling format. Despite this evolution, it retains classic features such as magic, mountable beasts, and the quest against the antagonist Death Adder, offering both new and returning players an engaging gameplay experience.
Beast Rider is the first Golden Axe game in 3D as opposed to side scrolling hack and slash. While this is a major shift in game style from the previous games, Beast Rider maintains many of the elements from the originals such as magic and riding beasts, as well as sending the player on a quest to defeat Death Adder.