Name Native language name (if available) Company/Group/Developer name Year Players Original platform Original media/distribution Ports Retail/Indie/Doujin Commercial/Freeware Best emulator for PC Last game update Last version Best netplay solution Official website Best guide or wiki Comments/Notes
Idol Showdown
Besto Game Team 2023 (05/05) 2 Windows Download (Steam) N/A Indie Freeware N/A Idol Showdown Next Fes v3.0.15 Original game netcode Archive.org backup N/A 1v1 2D F2P fighter and fangame based on the Hololive VTuber universe. Rollback netcode. Had a positive reception and later received support from Hololive. The ony way to play the vanilla version now is via piracy
Idol Showdown Next Fes
Besto Game Team 2024 (05/05) 2 Windows Download (Steam) N/A Indie Freeware N/A N/A v.5.4.1 Original game netcode Online Mizuumi Big update: Elo-based matchmade lobby, new character (Ninomae Ina’nis), new stages, colors, mechanics and rebalance. Has a loyal worldwide scene. It's pretty cool even if you’re not into VTuber stuff
IGS Classic Arcade Collection
IGS / Elephant Electronics 2023 (04/14) 2 Switch Game Card N/A Retail Commercial Yuzu/Ryujinx N/A N/A Parsec Online See entry on the respective game A Switch exclusive compilation of PGM games for the first time in a console. All are beat ‘em ups except for Martial Masters. Has online, delay based it seems. Overall reception of the compilation has been strongly negative (no 4:3 screen ratio! EEEEW), you will probably prefer to stay on MAME/FBNeo
Ikemen
Supersuehiro 2010 (07/07) 4 Windows Download (zip file) N/A Indie Freeware N/A N/A Ikemen-GO v0.99.0 Original game netcode / Parsec Online Github wiki Short for “ Itsumademo Kanseishinai Eienni Mikansei ENgine”. An open source reimplementation of MUGEN written in Go. Added a lot of stuff, including rollback netcode that its quality depends on the game. Also could be used for commercial releases. Has the same playable example as MUGEN
IM@S Kakuge アイマス格ゲー suzuwithhiyoko 2020 (07/01) 2 Windows Download (zip file) N/A Doujin Freeware N/A N/A 0.009e LilithPort / Parsec Online N/A 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter and fangame of “The Idolmaster”. Has some cult status and even had a tournament in the US in 2023. Was constantly updated until 2024. It’s free, but you need a Pixiv account for downloading the game, which is kind of annoying
Imp
Idol FX 2001 (??/??) 2 Windows CD N/A Retail Commercial N/A N/A … all the 50 CDs? Parsec N/A N/A 1v1 3D fighter made by Idol FX, known for “Drake of the 99 Dragons” (lol). In one of the most unhinged marketing strategies ever made for a FG, the base game has only ONE character and you need to buy the extra characters PER CD. There’s 50 characters, so you need 50 CDs (hint: Archive.org)
Impartial Judge 包青天: 格斗版 (Bāo Qīngtiān: Gédòu Bǎn) Hummer Team 1996 (??/??) 2 Nintendo Entertainment System Cartridge N/A Indie Commercial Mesen N/A N/A Mednafen / Mesen / Retroarch (delay) N/A N/A 1v1 2D fighter, supposedly based on historical chinese figures. Engine is the same as some pirate Dragon Ball FC games. It's super janky of course but it's not thaaaaaaat bad
Inahouchou Dynamite Bomb!! 稲歩町ダイナマイトボム Light Green 8 2014 (06/06) 2 Windows Download (was on Playism/DLSite, not anymore) N/A Doujin Commercial N/A Inahouchou Dynamite Bomb!! (exA-Arcadia version) ver.1.31 LilithPort / Parsec Archive.org backup @wiki (in japanese) 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. Pretty decent 1v1 2D fighter by a dev that worked on Dragon Ball FighterZ. It was on sale (digital) but when the exA version was announced this version was erased from existence, so piracy is your only option. Has a demo. There’s no way to play the exA version on PC
Indie Game Battle
Blob Games Studio 2015 (10/29) 4 Windows Download (Steam) N/A Indie Commercial N/A N/A N/A Parsec / Steam Remote Steam entry N/A 4 players 2vs2 2.5D platform fighter with “indie” characters (mostly from the same indie dev group). Was released as “early access” but hasn’t been updated since a decade and it's obviously dead. No online. Better check the game bellow
Indie Pogo
Lowe Bros. Studios LLC 2018 (07/10) 4 Windows Download (Steam) N/A Indie Commercial N/A N/A 3.1.3.0 Original game netcode / Parsec / Steam Remote Online N/A 4 players 2D platform fighter and crossover of indie characters from a lot of very popular games. Stages are super chaotic and it barely feels like a fighting game, but we'll leave it here anyway. Has online but it’s delay based so test Parsec or Steam Remote just in case. Fun game
Inflatality
Hojo Studio / Deepforge Studio 2017 (10/26) 2 Windows Download (Steam) N/A Indie Commercial N/A N/A N/A Parsec / Steam Remote Steam entry N/A I'm being quite generous here with the concept of "fighting game" but this is supposedly a 1v1 2.5D fighter with “inflatable wavers” using twin sticks and it’s much closer to a physics game. The devs has described it as a “derpy physics based fighter” so… oh well. No online modes
Injustice 2
NetherRealm Studios 2017 (05/16) 2 PlayStation 4, Xbox One Blu Ray Steam Retail Commercial N/A N/A 2018/05/22 update Original game netcode (delay), Parsec / Steam Remote (Steam) Archive.org backup Event Hubs It's not an update but a sequel with all 3D models made again from scratch and jumped to a new version of Unreal Engine. Online quality is very random. Has a shitton of microtransactions. Still has a fanbase, but it's not that well respected on the competitive side of the FGC
Injustice Arcade
NetherRealm Studios / Raw Thrills 2017 (10/16) 2 Arcade (Raw Thrills PC Based) HDD N/A Retail Commercial Teknoparrot (subscription) N/A N/A Parsec Online N/A “THERE’S A PORT OF INJUSTICE ON ARCADES???” Nah, it's a port of the mobile game with physical cards. Works on Teknoparrot (only on their shitty subscription paywall though) but there’s no card emulation so it's kinda pointless. Barely on this database but at least has a two players mode
Injustice: Gods Among Us
NetherRealm Studios 2013 (04/16) 2 PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 Blu Ray (PS3, Wii U), DVD (Xbox 360) N/A Retail Commercial RPCS3 (PS3), CEMU (Wii U, not recommended), Xenia (Xbox 360) Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition N/A Parsec (emulators) Archive.org backup SuperCombo 1v1 2.5D fighter with DC characters made by the MK team. Works pretty good on RPCS3 and seems to work fine on Xenia. Still randomly crash on CEMU. Has a Demo on PS3 and Xbox 360, and the PS3 demo works on RPCS3. Untested on RPCN
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
NetherRealm Studios 2013 (11/12) 2 PS3, PS4, PSV, Xbox 360, Steam Blu Ray (PS3, PS4), DVD (Xbox 360), Game Card (Vita), Download (Steam) N/A Retail Commercial RPCS3 (PS3), Xenia (Xbox 360), Vita3k (PSV, not recommended), Xenia (Xbox 360) N/A 2014/09/22 update Parsec / Steam Remote (Steam) Archive.org backup SuperCombo Update that has all the DLCs and was released on other platforms, including Steam. Has online but I honestly think Parsec/Steam Remote is a better option. Same results on emulators as vanilla Injustice. Untested on RPCN. The SuperCombo wiki is meh, I accept suggestions
Inmu of Fighters, The THE淫夢オブファイターズ StudioS Unknown (before 2012) 2 Windows CD N/A Doujin Commercial N/A N/A 810114514 LilithPort / Parsec Online N/A 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter with characters that are “sexual fetishes”, both male and female, but it's more into comical/parody territory compared to other StudioS lewd games. Still kinda NSFW I guess. Digital version on sale at DLSite. Demo on DLSite too
Input Chaos
Anthund 2022 (09/20) 4 Windows Download (Steam) N/A Indie Commercial N/A N/A 4.7 Parsec / Steam Remote Online N/A 4 players 3D fighter with a “Tron” inspired visual setting. Doesn’t have combos but it’s super fast and crazy, a very experimental game. Has no online modes (the dev recommends Steam Remote)
Insane Pain
Blast Process Games 2022 (12/14) 2 Sega Genesis Cartridge (40Mbit) N/A Indie Freeware BlastEm N/A N/A Fightcade Online N/A 1v1 2D fighter. Sega Genesis original homebrew with gameplay inspired in Mortal Kombat and 3D pre-render graphics in the style of Killer Instinct. It's on Fightcade
International Karate
System 3 1985 (11/??) 2 ZX Spectrum Cassette and Disc Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Commodore 16, MS-DOS, MSX, Wii (Virtual Console) Retail Commercial EightyOne (ZX), ACE (CPC), Altirra (Atari), Hatari (ST), Denise/VICE (C64), openMSX (MSX), DOSBox-X (MS-DOS), Dolphin (Wii) International Karate+ Atari ST version? Parsec, Dolphin (Wii) N/A N/A Also known as “IK”. Classic 1v1 2D fighter in the style of Karate Champ… to the point it was sued by Data East. Seems that the Atari ST is the best port. The C64 version is on Wii Virtual Console. Released in the US as “World Karate Championship” but even there is mostly known as IK now
International Karate +
System 3 1987 (10/??) 2 Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum Cassette and Disc (C64/CPC), Cassette (ZX) Atari ST, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Wii (Virtual Console) Retail Commercial EightyOne (ZX), ACE (CPC), Hatari (ST), Denise/VICE (C64), WinUAE (Amiga, Amiga CD32), Dolphin (Wii) N/A Amiga or ST version Parsec, Dolphin (Wii) N/A N/A One of the first updates for a fighting game. Atari ST/Amiga ports are recommended. It's on GBA and even PS1, both faithful to ST/Amiga ports. C64 port is on Wii Virtual Console. C64 US version was released as “Chop N' Drop”. C64 port has a hack that supports 3 players. Amiga CD32 has no CD audio
International Karate + Deluxe
Z-Team 2019 (??/??) 4 Sega Genesis Download (BIN file) N/A Indie Freeware BlastEm N/A N/A Mednafen? (it's not on Fightcade) Online N/A An unofficial Sega Genesis port of IK+ that supports 4 players, has new stages and remastered music
International Karate 2000
System 3 1999 (11/24) 2 Game Boy Color Cartridge N/A Retail Commercial BGB N/A N/A Parsec for BGB (use two instances of the emulator opened) Archive.org backup N/A A remake of sorts of IK+. I prefer this version over the GBA remake. It supposedly has cable link support, haven’t tested myself so if you have tried it please tell me your results
InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale 犬夜叉 戦国お伽合戦 (Inuyasha: Sengoku Otogi Kassen) Dimps / Bandai 2002 (12/05) 2 PlayStation CD N/A Retail Commercial Duckstation / Mednafen N/A US Rev 1? Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja Archive.org backup Mizuumi 1v1 2D fighter based on the anime. Secretly the prequel to “The Rumble Fish”. Has a small scene and a lazy localization in the US (with japanese voices, thanks for that). Has a “Rev 1” release that seems to be the same from a balance perspective. “Shaman King: Spirit of Shamans” is very similar
InuYasha: Feudal Combat 犬夜叉 奥義乱舞 (Inuyasha: Ogi-Ranbu) Eighting / Bandai 2005 (06/16) 2 PlayStation 2 DVD N/A Retail Commercial PCSX2 N/A N/A Parsec N/A GameFAQs 2v2 3D arena fighter based on the anime of the same name. I honestly prefer the PS1 game a lot more
Invincible VS
Skybound Games / Quarter Up 2026 (04/30) 2 PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam Blu Ray (consoles), Download (Steam) N/A Retail Commercial N/A N/A N/A Original game netcode Online N/A 3v3 2.5D fighter based on the animated series of the same name. Developed by a team that worked on Killer Instinct 2013. Rollback netcode. Reception has been very positive
Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft
Take-Two Interactive 1996 (10/03) 2 PlayStation CD N/A Retail Commercial Duckstation / Mednafen N/A N/A Duckstation Netplay / Arkadyzja N/A GameFAQs COMBINATION COMBINATION COMBINATION COMBINATION COMBINATION. Absolutely atrocious 1v1 3D fighter based on Dungeons & Dragons. Not even in the “so bad it's good” category for me. Was originally a Panasonic M2 game (see Unreleased)
Iron Saga VS
Gameduchy 2025 (03/21) 2 Windows Download (Steam) N/A Retail Commercial N/A N/A 2025/04/17 update Original game netcode / Parsec / Steam Remote Dev Twitter Mizuumi 1v1 2D fighter with characters from Iron Saga (a mobile game) and others from licensed Super Robot anime series like Mazinger Z or Getter Robo. Rollback netcode that works honestly bad most of the time. Really cool game! and a very pleasant surprise
IS -Infinite Stratos- Versus Colors IS インフィニット・ストラトス ヴァーサスカラーズ Project YNP 2019 (08/05) 2 Windows Download (Steam) N/A Doujin Commercial N/A N/A Ver3.01 Original game netcode (delay) Online N/A 1v1 3D arena fighter based on the light novel/anime. Made by the popular doujin group YNP but has the blessing of the original IP holders. Clearly inspired in Virtual On. Has delay based online
Istanbul Beyleri
Istanbul Beyleri Team Unknown (between 2006/2009) 2 Windows DVD N/A Indie Commercial N/A N/A 0.8 Demo Parsec Archive.org backup N/A Funny and goofy 1v1 2D fighter with digitized characters developed in Turkey. Demos were released on physical media and it was never finished, so “0.8 Demo” is the final version. Was basically rescued from oblivion by D-NO on Archive.org and no dev has complained, so go there
ITO Fight
K-LINE Unknown (before 1999) 2 Windows Download (exe file) N/A Doujin Freeware N/A ITO Fight - the 2nd Stage - 0.90 Parsec Archive.org backup N/A 2D Fighter Maker 95 game. A very doujin take on Joy Mech Fight. Still available for download at Vector
ITO Fight - the 2nd Stage -
K-LINE 1999 (08/21) 2 Windows Download (exe file) N/A Doujin Freeware N/A N/A 0.22B Parsec Archive.org backup N/A 2D Fighter Maker 95 game. Sequel/update, but this time the new characters are matchsticks. Still available for download at Vector