For a , focus on how Cheat Engine use in SoRR v5.1 (2021) reflected a shift:

A common script allows you to maintain weapons when changing scenes, which otherwise requires a specific in-game cheat.

In 2021, Streets of Rage Remake stood as a titan of the fangame world. Despite being a non-commercial project, it offered a content density that rivaled official AAA releases. The specific interest in "v5.1 mods" and "Cheat Engine" during this period was driven by the game's complex damage scaling and the community's desire to customize a "final" version of the game before the landscape shifted with the 2023 source code leaks.

The most popular mods for version 5.1 often focus on converting other classic beat 'em ups into the Streets of Rage engine.