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The Greatest Fighting Games Ever Made
List Rules
Head to Head Tournament-Style Fighting Games Only
The best fighting games pit player against player testing reflexes and skill. Fighting games range from the 3D arena fighters to elaborate tag matches. Almost every major franchise in pop culture has had a go at a fighting game lately, from Star Wars to Street Fighter, the reach of the Fighting Genre runs deep. You can build a list to include your favorite fighting franchise, or use the vote buttons to give the fighting game you love a boost.
Featuring Mortal Kombat, Super Smash Bros., Tekken, and more, ths list includes the best fighting video games of all time.
Ranked by
- 1
2011- Genres (Video game): Action, Fighting
- Series: Mortal Kombat
- Designers: Ed Boon
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Platform: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
- Series: Marvel vs. Capcom
- Publisher: Capcom
- Platform: Xbox, Arcade game, PlayStation 2, iPhone, Dreamcast
- 31997
- Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
- Series: Tekken
- Publisher: Namco
- Platform: PlayStation 2, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Namco System 12
- Genres (Video game): Fighting game
- Series: Street Fighter
- Publisher: Capcom
- Platform: Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation 3
- 52002
- Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
- Series: Soul
- Publisher: Namco Bandai Games, Electronic Arts, Namco
- Platform: Xbox, Arcade game, PlayStation 2, GameCube
- Sequels: Soulcalibur
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6- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Series: Street Fighter
- Designers: Akira Yasuda
- Publisher: Capcom
- Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Saturn, TurboGrafx-16, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
- Sequels: Street Fighter
- Genres (Video game): Action, Fighting
- Series: Mortal Kombat
- Designers: Ed Boon, John Tobias
- Publisher: WMS Industries Inc., Midway Games, Playtronic Industrial Ltda., GT Interactive Software, Acclaim Entertainment
- Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Sega Mega Drive
- Genres (Video game): Platform game, Action game, Fighting game
- Series: Super Smash Bros.
- Designers: Masahiro Sakurai, Shigeru Miyamoto
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Platform: GameCube
- Sequels: Super Smash Bros.
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Series: Street Fighter
- Publisher: Capcom
- Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy Advance, DOS, Sega Mega Drive, Arcade game
- 102015
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Series: Mortal Kombat
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Mortal Kombat X is a fighting video game developed by NetherRealm Studios. It is the tenth main installment in the Mortal Kombat video game series. ![Mortal Kombat II]()
111993- Genres (Video game): Action, Fighting
- Series: Mortal Kombat
- Designers: Ed Boon, John Tobias
- Publisher: Midway Games, Acclaim Entertainment
- Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation 2, Master System, PlayStation, Sega 32X
- 12
- Genres (Video game): Platform game, Action game, Fighting game
- Series: Super Smash Bros.
- Designers: Masahiro Sakurai, Shigeru Miyamoto
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Platform: iQue Player, Wii, Nintendo 64
- 132001
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Series: SNK vs. Capcom
- Publisher: Capcom
- Platform: Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Series: Super Smash Bros.
- Publisher: Nintendo
- Platform: Nintendo Switch
- 15
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Platform: PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4
- 162019
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
- Platform: Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Series: Street Fighter
- Publisher: Capcom
- Platform: Arcade, 3DO, PC DOS, Amiga, Dreamcast
- 181995
- Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
- Series: Tekken
- Publisher: Namco
- Platform: PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Zeebo, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Series: Street Fighter
- Publisher: Capcom
- Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade game, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
- 201992
- Genres (Video game): Action, Fighting
- Series: Mortal Kombat
- Designers: Ed Boon, John Tobias
- Publisher: Midway Games, Virgin Interactive, Acclaim Entertainment, THQ
- Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, MS-DOS, PlayStation 2, Game Boy, PlayStation Portable
- 21Jan 01 1996
- Genres (Video game): Action, Fighting
- Series: Mortal Kombat
- Designers: Ed Boon, John Tobias
- Publisher: WMS Industries Inc., Midway Games, GT Interactive Software
- Platform: Game com, PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Personal computer, Nintendo 64
- 22
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Publisher: Capcom
- Platform: Arcade, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega Dreamcast, Game Boy Advanced
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Publisher: Capcom, Virgin Interactive
- Platform: Arcade, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Xbox, PlayStation 3
- Genres (Video game): Action game, Fighting game
- Publisher: Virgin Interactive, Capcom
- Platform: Arcade game, Dreamcast, PlayStation
- 25
- Genres (Video game): Fighting
- Publisher: Capcom
- Platform: Arcade, Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
- Sequels: Street Fighter Alpha 2
