Fighting
Fighting is a genre of video games that simulates hand-to-hand combat in a limited space. There are a small number of characters in a fighting game, and the fighting area is called an "arena." Unlike the "beat 'em all" genre, the gameplay in fighting games is focused on competition rather than player cooperation and coordination of their actions. Most often, the fight is one-on-one, even in team battles. In the latter case, characters replace each other at the player's discretion or at the moment of knockout.
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Best Games in the Fighting genre of 2008 (Game released)
Action, Strategy, Fighting, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Isometric, Sports game, Open world, Role-playing game, Adventure
Game released: iOS, iPhone, Mac, Wii, PC, Windows Phone, Xbox, Xbox 360, PSP → 21 July 2011
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
94/100
An adventurous pirate game that combines elements of strategy, role-playing, and sea travel simulation. In the age of great discoveries, the player becomes the...
Game released: 3DO, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, Neo Geo, Neo Geo CD, PlayStation 3, PSP, SEGA CD, SNES, Wii → 10 February 1995
Players:
10/10
Samurai Shodown (1993) is an action game with a mixture of fighting and games in the anime or manga genre from developers from the SNK Corporation studio. The game...
Action, Shooter, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Adventure
Game released: GameCube, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox, Xbox 360 → 27 February 2004
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
86/100
This science-fiction action adventure takes place on Hyllis, a planet under siege by an alien race. Young reporter Jade becomes involved with the rebel organization...
Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, iOS, Android, PlayStation 4, Xbox One → 15 January 2009
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
77/100
Metacritic:
75/100
A dynamic fighting game based on the manga and anime Naruto. The game immerses you in the exciting world of martial arts, ninja techniques and epic battles. Players...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, NES, SEGA Master System, Wii, ZX Spectrum, PlayStation 4 → 1989
Players:
9.2/10
Renegade is a fun action-fantasy game with a side view. The game takes place on the gangster streets of Brooklyn in New York. You have to save your beloved from the...
Game released: Atari 2600, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Game Boy, Game Boy Advance, Genesis, Lynx, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, SEGA Master System, Wii, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum, iOS, PC, PlayStation 4 → 1988
Players:
9/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
65/100
A side-scrolling action game about martial arts experts Billy and Jimmy Lee, who take on the Black Warriors street gang to rescue Marian. Players fight through four...
Action, Shooter, Horror, Fighting, First-person view, Third-person view, Puzzle, Adventure, Survival horror
Game released: PlayStation 3, PC, Xbox 360 → 27 February 2009
Players:
7.3/10
Steam:
42/100
Metacritic:
68/100
Silent Hill: Homecoming is a survival horror adventure about Alex Shepherd, who returns to his hometown of Shepherd’s Glen to investigate his brother’s...
Role-playing game, Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Open world, Japanese role-playing game
Game released: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC → 13 November 2008
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
57/100
This action RPG follows a wandering samurai in Japan during the turbulent Sengoku era. The hero explores villages, battlefields, bandit fortresses and castles...
Game released: Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, BREW, Commodore 64, DOS, DoJa, Game Boy Advance, Game Boy Color, NES, PC-88, Wii, Windows Mobile, WonderSwan, ZX Spectrum → 1990
Players:
8.5/10
Ghosts 'N Goblins is a fantasy platformer about the knight Sir Arthur, who sets out to rescue Princess Prin-Prin from the Demon World. His route is blocked by...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Horror, Fighting, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based, Comics
Game released: PlayStation 2, Wii, Nintendo DS → 4 November 2008
Metacritic:
74/100
This action-adventure game with role-playing elements is set in an eerie supernatural world ruled by the cruel Baron Mharti. The player takes the role of an...
Game released: Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 16, Plus/4, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, PC Booter, Wii, ZX Spectrum → 1986
Players:
10/10
World Karate Championship is a third-person action game with elements of a fighting game and sports game from developers from the studio System 3 Software Ltd.. The...
