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Game profile
Street Fighter 6
A technically deep fighting game with modern and classic control schemes for beginners and pros alike. The open world mode World Tour also offers an RPG-like solo experience.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Fighting, set in the present day. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays light and upbeat. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. It is built around short sessions, which makes it easy to pick up for half an hour.
It is genuinely demanding, and repeated failure is part of how it is designed. Story exists mostly as background texture rather than a reason to keep going. Competitive play against other people is part of the package. It is available broadly, on 4 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Accessible control options
- Deep fighting system
- World Tour solo mode
This fits you if
- you want your skill measured against other people
- you usually have thirty to sixty minutes and want that to be enough
- you want real resistance and are fine with dying a lot
- you enjoy competing against other players
- you want something light that leaves you in a good mood
Look elsewhere if
- you want to relax and not be punished for mistakes
- competitive lobbies stress you out
- you want to play it side by side with someone
- you want something with real weight to it
What it costs you in time
About 15 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 3 weeks, or 8 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 93 out of 100, which puts it above 95 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 53 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, Fighting averages 81 points across the database, so this one sits 12 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 121 collected ratings.
Released in 2023 and 3 years old. Recent enough to look and run modern, old enough to be patched and often discounted.
The facts
- Release year
- 2023
- Genres
- Fighting
- Playtime
- approx. 15 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Demanding, punishing
- Story weight
- Background flavour
- Play with
- Competitive, Solo
- Setting
- Present day
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Switch
- Critic rating
- 93 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Street Fighter 6 | 2023 | approx. 15 hrs. | 93 | Mid price |
| Street Fighter II Turbo | 1992 | approx. 3 hrs. | 90 | Budget |
| Tekken 8 | 2024 | approx. 15 hrs. | 88 | Mid price |
| Screamer | 2026 | approx. 15 hrs. | 70 | Mid price |
If you liked this, try these
- Street Fighter II Turbo Shared: Fighting, Present day, shorter
- Tekken 8 Shared: Fighting, Present day
- Screamer Shared: Fighting, Present day
- The King of Fighters XV Shared: Fighting, Present day, longer
- Dragon Ball FighterZ Shared: Fighting, longer
- Sifu Shared: Fighting, Present day