| Game name | Native language name (if available) | Company/Group/Developer name | Release date | Players | Original platform | Original media/distribution | Ports | Retail/Indie/Doujin | Commercial/Freeware | Last version | Best netplay solution | Official website | Comments/Notes |
| 2D Fighter Maker Project (prototype name) | JG GenesisKeys | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | Prototype 1.6 | LilithPort / Parsec | Online | Playable prototype so not technically a demo. 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. Very experimental, with some things I’ve never seen on the engine before. The dev sure likes thicc butts. Promising | |
| 5 Force Fighters | Kaizen Creed | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Steam entry | 1v1 2D fighter with hand draw sprites and really long combos. Has been in development since early 2020s but it seems the game took a big leap forward in 2025.. Rollback network confirmed. It was tested by Woolie on his YouTube channel | |
| 52Beatup | Roeb | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Freeware (for now?) | v0.5.5 | Parsec / Steam Remote | Online | 1v1 2D fighter. After every round 3 cards will appear with buffs that each player can pick. It’s kinda chaotic. Still in “alpha” state since 2022 but the dev has made updates on his Twitter recently. Alphas are free on Itch.io and has a Demo on Steam | |
| A Fighter's Nova: Mindara | BadRez Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Kickstarter entry | An interesting mix of a long story-driven RPG with 2.5D tag team fighting gameplay. Sadly 1P only | |
| Animation VERSUS | AnimatorsVsGames | To be announced | 2 | Windows | To be announced | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Kickstarter | 1v1 2.5D platform fighter with stick figures developed by a well known modder of the Rivals of Aether community, set in the Animator vs. Animation world. Kickstarter was a HUGE success (over a million dollars, and the dev asked for 130.000) | |
| Arcus Chroma sequel | GxGrainson | To be announced | 2 | To be announced | To be announced | N/A | Indie | To be announced | N/A | N/A | Dev Twitter | Announced in 2022 on Twitter. Development of all things related to Arcus Chroma were halted in april 2025. Until the dev strictly says it was cancelled I’ll keep the game on the “In development” list | |
| Arknights: Unleash Remastered | 明日方舟释放 (Míngrì fāngzhōu shìfàng) | Ocean Mirror | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | 0.3.6 Demo | Original game netcode? | Dev YouTube | Ikemen GO game. 1v1 or 2v2 2D fighter and fangame on the mobile title “Arknights” that is a “remaster” of another fighter that I haven’t found anything (is a mobile game?). Has a demo outside Steam. Run “高配版启动.bat” if the launcher doesn’t work. Haven’t tested the online |
| Art of Fighting 4 (tentative title) | 龍虎の拳4 (Ryūko no Ken 4) | SNK | To be announced | 2 | To be announced | To be announced | To be announced | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | N/A | Announced on Evolution 2024. Nothing more for now |
| Ascendance Fighters | Gensart | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Parsec / Steam Remote | Steam entry | 1v1 2D platform fighter that wants to be edgy and violent, with some gore. Has a demo on Steam with no online. No release date yet | |
| Asuka 120% O-nyu | あすか120% お・にゅ | Opera House | To be announced | 2 | Windows | To be announced | To be announced | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Announced with Reborn. A totally new Asuka game made from scratch for Windows. It was commented on an Opera House stream in 2023, still no new info in 2026. It has no relation with the exA game |
| Asuka 120% Reborn | あすか120%り・ぼーん | Opera House | To be announced | 2 | Genesis | To be announced | Switch | Doujin | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | This is… a crazy one: a brand new Asuka 120% game for Megadrive/Genesis. Announced in 2023 on Twitter, still no new info in 2026. A Switch version is also supposedly in the works |
| Atlas Wars (Steam version) | Stone Shard Games / Nano Knight Studio | To be announced | 4 | Windows | Download (Steam) | Epic | Indie | Commercial | Epic version | Original game netcode | Online | Free 4 players 2D platform fighter with retro dotart sprites. For now only available on Epic but a Steam version is coming with no official release date yet. Promises crossplay between Steam and Epic versions | |
| Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game | Gameplay Group International | 2026 (07/02) | 2 | PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Series X|S, Switch 2, Steam | Download | Arcade | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Dev Twitter | Announced at NYCC 2026. 1v1 2D fighter based on the animated series of the same name, developed by the team of Them's Fightin' Herds. Hand drawn sprites, rollback netcode and crossplay. An exA-Arcadia version was announced at Evo Japan 2026 | |
| BadZone | Perfect Combo | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware? | v1.0.2 | Parsec | Dev Patreon | 1v1 2D fighter made in Unity. Still in a very early development phase. Has a demo with two characters on their Patreon site (no registration needed). Looks promising | |
| Battle Arena Toshinden compilation | Edia | 2026/2027 | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | PS1 | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | PR Times announcement | Toshiden 1, 2 and 3 on “modern platforms”. Still don’t know what platforms exactly. PS1 versions | |
| Battle Dudes | jay_ts | To be announced | 2 | Windows, Linux | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | Beta 1.0 | Original game netcode (delay based) / Parsec | Online | Ikemen Go game. 1v1 2D fighter with characters made of sticks. Six characters (with EX modes) and three different fighting styles. Delay based netplay. Interesting. Still on Beta (released on march 2025), no release date for the full version yet | |
| Battle Queen | ix9 | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | Ver 0.45 Demo | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2.5D fighter developed in South Korea with an all-female cast and a lot of fanservice. Demo with 8 characters on an early stage of development (no sound/music). Characters has been made with AI?. Constantly updated (almost weekly). Distribution moved to Steam in May 2026 | |
| Battlecore Robots | Yellowfall Games | To be announced | 4 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Doujin | Commercial | Demo | Parsec / Steam Remote | Dev Twitter | Spiritual sequel to Custom Robo made by the original creator of the franchise. Has a Demo on Steam without native netplay, you need to use Steam Remote and it seems the full game will be like that too. The game devs are not working with Nintendo | |
| Bayani (exA-Arcadia version) | Ranida Games | Cancelled? | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Online | Port (rebalance?) of the Steam game, announced in 2019 as one of the first exA titles. Haven’t heard anything since that day, also the Steam version is on an eternal “early access” but until exA clarifies exactly the current status of the game I couldn't consider it cancelled | |
| Be Yourself | Sunamii Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Unknown | N/A | N/A | Dev Twitter | 1v1 3D fighter inspired in Tekken 2 and Rival Schools with PS1-style graphics. Described as “something casual, no online, just 1v1 retro goodness” | |
| Bearsus: Bear Knuckle Fighting | ARF Game Studio | To be announced | 2 | Browser, Windows, Mac | Browser, download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | Alpha Demo | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2D fighter using bears, with very simple inputs inspired by “Divekick”. Has a demo available as a browser game and as a Windows and Mac executable. No info about the development since 2023, so maybe this could be dead | |
| Beatdown Dungeon: Demon Day | Phil Airdash | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Indie | Freeware | 1.8 | Parsec | Online | Sequel/update to Beatdown Dungeon. Still on development without official release date but has a very big and generous demo since 2023 | |
| Blades of Crossed Hearts | Owen CMYK | 2026 | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Parsec / Steam Remote | Online | 1v1 2.5D fighter. Described by the dev as “an angsty anime character action fighting game taking inspiration from Marvel vs Capcom and the Devil May Cry series”. Still in development but has a playable demo on Steam since 2024 | |
| Blazing Strike (exA-Arcadia version) | RareBreed Makes Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | USB FLASH | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Announced in Evo Japan 2025. Rebalance for exA-Arcadia which if you ask me this fucking sucks because it's the original game that desperately needs fixing and not an Arcade exclusive port… oh well, money talks | |
| Blazing Worldstars | Bloodrune Entertainment | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Alpha Demo v0.3.6 | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2D fighter with furries inspired in more traditional Capcom/SNK style of gameplay. It was dead for a long time until development resumed in 2024. Has a generous playable demo with 5 characters. Demo has no native netplay. No release date yet | |
| BlindSight: Event Zero | Think2wice Studios | In development | 6 | Windows | Download (Itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Commercial? | 1.05a | Parsec | Itch.io entry | 6 players 2.5D platform fighter that plays on teams like “3 versus 3 assist based game-type”. Has a free “Alpha Demo”. Rollback is in development. Dev has been totally silent since july 2024 and I’m starting to think this was abandoned, hope it’s not the case | |
| Bootsies | Playgarden Games | 2026 | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Online | Described by the devs as “a 1D fighting game where fundamentals take the center stage, as you read your opponent to push them off”. Rollback netcode confirmed | |
| Brawlygon | Ynfernosaurus | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Parsec / Steam Remote | Steam entry | Universal Fighting Engine game. 1v1 2.5D fighter. Described by the devs as “a stylized, low poly fighting game, with warriors from various eras and worlds”. No online for now. Has a demo | |
| BreakThrough | ShatterPoint Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Online | 1v1 2.5 fighter. Looks promising and very combo friendly. Not to be confused with the 2DFM2nd fighting game of the same name (but with a “!”) | |
| Bukotsu -break away from the rat race- | 武骨 | Creative Studio Ooji | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Doujin | Freeware | 0.7.4 | LilithPort / Parsec | Dev Twitter | 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter heavily inspired by early SNK fighting games, especially Fatal Fury Special. “Pilot Version” updates constantly and is on the road to be a full game in the future |
| Burning Souls | Maguma | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware? | Public Prototype v7 | Parsec | Online | 3v3 2D tag fighter. Has been in the works since 2018 so development has been very slow, but it’s still alive (last update was in March 2026). Has a demo (no online modes for now) | |
| Byte Breakers | Odyssey Interactive | Cancelled? | 40 | Windows | To be announced | N/A | Indie | Freeware? | N/A | Original game netcode | Steam entry | 2.5D platform fighter and a spin-off of the game “Omega Strikers” that supports online matches up to 40 players on massive stages, described by the devs as “Smash Bros. meets Fortnite” but it’s basically another platform fighter. Has been speculated that the game was cancelled, I need more info | |
| Cereal Killaz | Mythallica | Cancelled? | 2 | Windows | To be announced | N/A | Indie | Unknown | N/A | N/A | Dev Twitter | 1v1 2D fighter. The characters are all parodies of cereal mascots. Looks nice but has been on development hell (was announced in 2021) and I don’t know if this is still alive | |
| Chlorophyter: Herbal Assault! | Smacky Jackson | To be announced | 2 | Windows | To be announced | N/A | Indie | Freeware | N/A | N/A | Online | Ikemen GO game. 1v1 2D fighter with plants and fungi, developed by a real garden pugilist. Had a preview showcase played by “mistermkl” on Twitch on March 30, 2026 | |
| Clash of the Metal | Repixel8 | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode? | Steam entry | 1v1 2.5D fighter with robots. Online was confirmed but there’s no info if it’s delay or rollback based. Looks cool | |
| Codename: Highschool Bastards | DeJorgiK | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Browser, download (itch.io) | Android | Indie | Freeware | Beta v0.9.1 | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2D fighter with a high school setting. Port of a mobile game that runs in browser but also has a Windows executable version. Gameplay was inspired in “Flappy Fighter” and the visuals in “Slap Happy Rhythm Busters”. Still in Beta | |
| Combo Devils | Punkzilla | To be announced | 4 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Online | 4 players 3D platform fighter. Heavily inspired in Smash Bros. but focused on long combos | |
| Cooking Fist | Cooking Fist? | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Indie | Freeware (for now?) | Closed beta | N/A | Dev Bluesky | 1v1 2.5D fighter with humans and rats fighting in a kitchen (feels like a Ratatouille fighting game lol). Still in early development. Closed betas have been conducted where you can participate by completing an online form. No online modes for now | |
| Daemon Bride exAGAIN | デモンブライド exAGAIN | Team Arcana / exA-Arcadia | 2026 | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Online | A new update to this Examu’s 1v1 2D fighter after 13 years, sadly super exclusive to exA it seems. Announced in 2021. No release date yet. Not to be confused with the Steam release of Additional Gain from 2025 |
| Dashwalk Dueling | Monkii Goes Boarding | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Dev Twitter | 1v1 2D platform fighter with ninjas and retro spritework. Rollback netcode confirmed | |
| Daybreak Slam | AOne Games | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | Steam | Retail | Commercial | Demo | N/A | Steam entry | Revealed in BIG Festival 2023 and announced for exA-Arcadia in Evo Japan 2024. New 1v1 2.5D fighter by chilean company AOne Games, creators of “Omen of Sorrow”. Devs commented the game was “inspired in Waku Waku 7”. It's coming to Steam too. Demo was released in June 2026 | |
| Dead or Alive 6 Last Round | デッドオアアライブ6 Last Round | Team Ninja / Tecmo Koei | 2026 (06/25) | 2 | Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S | Download | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Online | Announced on Sony’s State of Play February 2026 event. Extra characters and DLCs… but I only hope for a better netplay experience |
| Dead or Alive 6 Last Round Core Fighters | デッドオアアライブ6 Last Round Core Fighters | Team Ninja / Tecmo Koei | 2026 (06/25) | 2 | Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S | Download | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Online | Free version, also announced on Sony’s State of Play February 2026 event |
| Dead or Alive 7 | デッドオアアライブ7 | Team Ninja / Tecmo Koei | To be announced | 2 | PlayStation 5 | Download | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Announced on Sony’s State of Play February 2026 event. First DOA without Itagaki (RIP). PS5 exclusive for now |
| Deadly Fight (Akash Maheshwari) | Akash Maheshwari | To be announced | 2 | Android | Download (Steam) | N/A | Retail | Commercial | Android version | N/A | Steam entry | Steam port of the 1v1 2.5D fighter originally from Android by The Skies, now with another company name. There’s another fighting game of the same name on mobile by the same company but it's full 3D in both graphics and movement… weird. No release date | |
| Dirty Fighter 3 | Dirty Fighter Team | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Online | According to the official website a third entry of these shitty fighting games are on development since 2024. And now… all the characters are totally naked, duh. Probably will be released on Steam | |
| Dojo Masters EX | Pixeled Vision | 2026 | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Online | A port of this Steam game is coming to exA. Looks almost exactly the same | |
| Dream Strikers | Burn Out Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Parsec / Steam Remote | Steam entry | 1v1 3D indie arena fighter made in China. Has a demo with four characters and nine stages but no online mode, and there’s still no info about this for now. Ask for a mid to high-end PC | |
| E’s Laf++ | イーズラフ ダブルクロス (E’s Laf Double Cross) | Free / Pikixu | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Doujin | Commercial | 7/25/2024 Build | Original game netcode | Online | 1v1 2.5D fighter. Sequel made from scratch. Also known as “E’s Laf Double Cross”. Heavily inspired in “Guilty Gear Xrd”. Rollback netcode. Still on development but there’s a demo and a 5 dollars Patreon beta. Eternally updated from 10+ years without plans for a 1.0 soon. Very ambitious and cool |
| Elemensional Rift | NR | To be announced | 4 | Windows | Download (itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Early access version | Parsec | Online | 4 players 2D platform fighter. Stages are really big (reminds me to The Outfoxies). No online modes. Has an early access version at 12.99 USD. No release date for the full version yet | |
| Everron | Jack Bandai | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | Beta 0.5 | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2D fighter. According to the dev “the game revolves around switching between two fighting styles to create unique combos, game play offensive and defensive strategies based on the fighting style the character uses”. Still in development, but has a playable Beta | |
| Evolver: Become Unleashed | Weapons Grade Studios | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Parsec / Steam Remote | Online | 1v1 2.5D mix of a traditional fighter and platform fighter… and it’s honestly hard to describe (has been described by the dev as “unconventional and wildly eccentric”). Has been in development for almost a decade but the dev is still updating info on Bluesky. Has a demo on Steam | |
| Fallen Angels Revenge, The | exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Online | Update for the cult classic 1998 1v1 2D game Daraku Tenshi. One of the first games announced for exA-Arcadia. Has been on development hell: it was announced in 2019. ExA revealed a teaser video on Evo Japan 2025… so, who knows at this point | |
| Fight’N’Jokes (exA-Arcadia version) | 与太者バトラーズ (Yotamono Battlers) | exA-Arcadia / Mental Drink Ltd | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Another “WTF?” moment of exA-Arcadia. Was announced in Evo Japan 2025 with this japanese name. Still don’t know if it's exactly the same game or a rebalance update |
| Fighting EX Layer (new version) | ファイティングEXレイヤー | Arika | To be announced | 2 | Unknown | Unknown | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | N/A | In 2023 Arika uploaded some videos showing a new version of Fighting EX Layer with free 8-ways 3D movement, which is a BIG change. Hasn’t been talked since then, Arika is probably too busy helping Tekken 8 (they are the developers of the netcode) |
| Figure KnockOut | Punchline Playworks | 2027 | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Parsec | Steam entry | 1v1 2D fighter that, according to the dev, “combines the best of 2D fighting and platform fighting”. Has a demo with no online modes | |
| Fist of OUYA (prototype name) | CC & SH | To be announced | 2 | Razer Forge TV | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Fandom's wiki | A very weird one: originally a platform fighter for Ouya announced in 2013 that was cancelled because Ouya, it “”may”” be revived in 2025 for the Razer Forge TV according to the wiki updated by the devs. Fun fact: a character of the game appears on a stage in Skullgirls | |
| Flat Form Fighter | Jail | To be announced | 4 | Windows, MacOS | Download (itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Itch.io alpha version 2 | Parsec | Online | A very frenetic, black and white and artsy 4 players platform fighter. Has been on early access/alpha since 2019 and the last update was on 2022 so maybe it’s dead?. There’s a Steam entry with a “coming soon” message, no news since six years. Looks kinda cool though! | |
| Fraud Fight | Jope / JoshuaJacobsonArt | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Indie | Unknown | N/A | Unknown | Dev Twitter | 1v1 (for now?) 2D platform fighter using hand-drawn sprites. Still in early development but the dev shows the game’s progress constantly on Twitter. Developed using Castagne | |
| Fraymakers (Switch version) | McLeodGaming | 2023 (01/19) | 4 | Switch | Download (eShop) | Steam | Indie | Commercial | Steam early access | Original game netcode | Steam entry | A port of this 4 players 2D platform fighter was announced in 2020. The Steam version was released as Early Access in 2023 and is still in that phase but the game is receiving updates constantly (as for 2026). Maybe it's coming to Switch 2 at this point? | |
| FrostFire -Battle Frenzy- | SUMACHU Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Patreon build | Original game netcode | Dev Patreon | 1v1 2.5D fighter made in Spain, inspired in “various anime fighters” both in gameplay and art. Visually speaking looks really cool and promising. Has a 6.50 dollars Patreon demo | |
| Full Power | The Diepod | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Unknown | N/A | Unknown | Dev Bluesky | 1v1 2D fighter developed by a long time MUGEN sprite animator. Has been on development since around 2023/early 2024. The dev constantly updates about the game on his social media accounts. Looks promising | |
| Furia Divina | Mythic Battleplain | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | Demo MMXXV | LilithPort / Parsec | Online | 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter with mythological creatures developed in Argentina. It’s super ambitious for a 2DFM2nd game that’s for sure. Has a demo | |
| Furia Royale | Innovation Extreme Team | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Patreon) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Patreon build | Unknown | Dev Patreon | 3v3 2.5D fighter with an all-female roster (yet this seems to change in the future?). The dev releases some early builds for download but you need to pay a 6 dollars Patreon. Haven’t played it yet | |
| Future Fighter | Doc Brock Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Early access version | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2.D fighter with a futuristic setting. Has been in development since the 2010s, with the dev uploading “making of” videos on YouTube. Last update was on 2024, so things has been slow. Had an early access version in 2020 but it's not available anymore so this is a hard one to find | |
| Generic Fighter Maybe (Steam version) | Astrobard Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Browser version | N/A | Steam entry | A big, “full” and commercial version of this 1v1 2D fighter originally released as a free browser game with just one character. No words about online modes yet | |
| Golpes y Porrazos | Widijou | 2026 | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Steam entry | 1v1 2D fighter with stick characters, a project based on a previous work by the dev originally made in Flipnote Studio. Golpes y Porrazos means “Blows and Slaps” in spanish | |
| Hellversus | Kyo-hei | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Doujin | Freeware | 2025/12/04 ver01 | N/A | Online | 1v1 2D fighter and a very ambition doujin fangame of “Helltaker” (with the blessing of the original game creator) made by a single dev and because of that development has been very slow but promising. An early build with two characters was released on christmas 2025 | |
| Hidden Ones, The | Morefun Studios | 2026 | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Online | 1v1 3D arena fighter based on the martial arts franchise The Outcast. Had a very discrete and short Pre-Alpha test. Looks very ambitious. This new company are also making a very stylish FPS so these people doesn’t look Indie to my eyes (I could be wrong) | |
| HoloHeaven | Tmoeqjoe | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | 0.8.0007 | Original game netcode | Online | 1v1 2D fighter and fangame of the “Hololive” and “Holostars” franchises but with a pretty unique artstyle. Gameplay very inspired in airdashers ”anime” fighters. Has rollback netcode using room codes. The devs considers the game now “a kinda janky demo” and it’s constantly updated | |
| Homestuck Strife! Project | Wiiuski | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | Beta v2 | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2D fighter based on the webcomic “Homestuck”. Has a beta/demo. Has been on development hell for over a decade and the last demo was released in 2022. The dev has insisted that the game is still alive and will receive another public beta, the last time he mentioned it was in August 2025 | |
| Hyperfight 2 | studio joh | 2026 | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Dev Twitter | Announced in december 2023. Demo was released on Steam in 2026/04/16 with three characters and rollback netcode. Is not a “1-hit kill” game anymore and has combos, made from scratch | |
| HyperStars | Jean.dev / Evetshuu / Dices | To be announced | 2 | Windows, Macintosh | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | 0.3.4 Demo | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2.5D fighter with a twist: has a “tug of war” health mechanic. A lot of juggles. Still in development but has a demo released in 2023 with two characters. No online modes | |
| Idol Royale | The Buddy Adrian | To be announced | 4 | Windows | Download (itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | N/A | Original game netcode | Online | 4 players 2.5D platform fighter and fangame with characters from “idol/music anime franchises” like Love Live, The Idolmaster, BanG Dream and K-On!. Has rollback netcode | |
| King of Fighters ‘98: The Slugfest, The (exA-Arcadia version) | SNK / exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | Neogeo MVS/AES/CD, PS1, PS2, PSP, PS3, PSV, Xbox 360, Wii, Xbox One, PS4, Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, iOS, Android | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Nothing for now | N/A | Announced at Evo Japan 2026. Seems to be exactly the same vanilla KOF98 from MVS which it’s weird to me (the MVS cartridge is still cheap) | |
| Kingdom Heroes: Arena | 三國群英傳: ARENA (Sānguó Qúnyīng Chuán: Arena) | USERJOY Technology Co.,Ltd. | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | PS5, Android, iOS | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Steam entry | 1v1 fighter based on the chinese franchise of the same name. I’m not 100% sure if it is full 3D or 2.5D. Looks interesting. It’s coming to Steam and “later” to PS5 and mobile |
| Knock Off: The Battle for Imagination | Mechaghidora | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2.5D fighter. Characters are “knock offs” of popular toys from the 80s/90s. Kickstarter was a failure (barely 17%) so the future of this is dim, but it hasn’t been officially cancelled and there’s a post-crowdfunding failure Trailer. Demo was taken down, but it's easy to find | |
| Kronian Titans | Panthavma | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo (April 2023) | Parsec / Steam Remote | Online | 1v1 2D fighter with mechas. 20 characters. Aimed to be a very fast game. Has a demo and the game has been constantly updated. No online, but the full official release of the game promises rollback netcode. Developed using Castagne | |
| Limbo Breakers | Vaguecoder | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Freeware? | N/A | Unknown | Dev Bluesky | 1v1 2.5D fighter, evidently inspired in GG/Blazblue. There’s not too much info about it but the videos available shows that the dev is making some very impressive work | |
| Little Red: Caught on Tape | sapphicsceptre | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Steam entry | 1v1 2D fighter based on Little Red Hood… and it’s a hentai NSFW game too. Hand-drawn sprites, and honestly they look really cool. According to the dev only the story mode will have NSFW stuff | |
| Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls | Arc System Works | 2026 (08/06) | 2 | PlayStation 5, Steam | Unknown | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Online | Arcsys take on Marvel… and 4v4, fuck yeah | |
| Melty Blood Twi-Lumina | メルティブラッド:トワイルミナ | French Bread | 2027 | 2 | PlayStation 4, 5, Xbox One, Switch 1-2, Steam | Unknown | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Online | True first biiiig update to Type Lumina |
| Metal Revolution (Steam and Switch ports) | NEXT Studios / Tencent | To be announced | 2 | Windows, Switch | Download only probably | Android | Retail | Freeware | Mobile version | Unknown | Steam entry | Port of the (popular at some point) mobile fighting game. Both ports were announced in early 2022 but nothing has happened since then and I don’t think this is a active anymore (especially the Switch port). I’ll wait until 2027, if nothing happened up to that point I will move this to “cancelled” | |
| Molten Winds: Open Edition | Panthavma | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Steam entry | 3v3 2D fighter with a fantasy western setting created with an engine called Castagne. There’s not too much info about this yet | |
| Moonatics | Benpaste | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Steam entry | 1v1 2D fighter that, according to the dev, features “a colourful cast of freaks and misfits, rollback netcode, and stylish hand-drawn animations”. A demo is in the works | |
| Mortal Kombat (Atari Jaguar homebrew port) | Tru Fun Games | To be announced | 2 | Atari Jaguar | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Commercial? | 1.1 Beta | Parsec | Patreon entry | A homebrew/indie version of MK1 running on Jaguar. Still needs more work for sure but for now it’s playable. A beta is available for download but you need to pay the Patreon. I still don’t understand if this port will be release for free or not when it’s finished | |
| Mortal Kombat II (Atari Jaguar homebrew port) | Tru Fun Games | 2028 | 2 | Atari Jaguar | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Commercial? | N/A | N/A | Patreon entry | Same story as above but the dev will truly work on this project after he completes MK1 and confirmed that it’s a “2028 project”. A teaser is up on the dev’s YouTube channel | |
| My Hero Academia: All’s Justice | 僕のヒーローアカデミア All’s Justice | Byking | To be announced | 2 | PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam | Blu Ray (PS5, Xbox Series X/S), Download (Steam) | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Online | Sequel to the 3D arena fighter “My Hero One's Justice 2” based on the anime, this time as a 3v3 game |
| Neo Double Dragon | ネオ・ダブルドラゴン | exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | Arcade?, PS1? | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Announced in Evo Japan 2026. Still don’t know if it’s a real update or the same game from Neogeo |
| Netcode Warriors | Son Studios | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Steam entry | 1v1 3D arena fighter with character designs by Kenji Watanabe and Soh Moriyama (mostly known for their work on Digimon and it shows here). As the name suggest, the team is making the netplay a priority | |
| New CyberGambá “El Chavo” fighting game | CyberGambá | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Unknown | N/A | Unknown | Dev Twitter | After almost 15 years CyberGambá is working on another new El Chavo (or “Chaves” in Brazil) fighting game. Revealed in January 2026. No official name confirmed. Screenshots and videos looks pretty similar to his cancelled game “Chaves Arena” | |
| Ninja Master's: Haō Ninpō Chō | ニンジャマスターズ ~覇王忍法帖~ | Code Mystics / SNK | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Dev Twitter | Another Neogeo work by Code Mystics. Rollback confirmed |
| Nizaal | Eko | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Unknown | N/A | Unknown | Dev YouTube | 1v1 2.5D fighter with, according to the dev, a “Muslim-themed” aesthetic. Developed on Godot and for Windows and mobile with crossplay and rollback netcode. Still on a very early stage of development | |
| Node Breaker | Scarfboys' Club | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Freeware? | Alpha 1.2.2 | LilithPort / Parsec | Online | Ikemen GO game. 1v1 2D fighter with “stickman” characters. Has been in development for years and is still on an early stage with only two characters in an “alpha” state. Gameplay inspired in 3rd Strike and KOF. No release date for the full game yet. Rollback via Ikemen GO | |
| Ōgon Musōkyoku Cross exAceed | 黄金夢想曲CROSS exAceed | 07th Expansion / exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | Don’t know if it’s the original or a new rebalanced version yet | Doujin | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Announced in Evo Japan 2026. Seems to be a port of Cross without anything new for now. Don’t know if it’s based on original Cross or the rebalanced version included in the PS4/Switch Umineko compilation |
| Ojōsama Densetsu RE | お嬢様伝説RE | Kizawaya | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (free and Steam versions) | N/A | Doujin | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Online | A sequel and update to the 2007 2.5D free doujin fighting game “Ojōsama Densetsu”. Announced in late 2024 with two versions: free and Steam. No info since that day and the dev is pretty busy working on Shadow Prisoner and the Steam port of Daemon Bride: Additional Gain |
| Omen of Sorrow: Arising Chaos | AOne Games | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | Arcade? | Retail | Commercial | NESICAxLive 2 ver? | Unknown | Online | Seems to be a direct port of the NESICA 2 version of Omen of Sorrow but now on physical media. No date. Just play the Steam version | |
| Origin of Storms | ArcForged | 2027 | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam, Itch.io) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Prototype | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2D fighter with a fantasy medieval setting. Gameplay tries to combine the combo system of the Marvel VS series with the beast transformations of Bloody Roar. Has a prototype demo with two characters and stages. No online (the dev recommends Parsec on the website) | |
| Outer Dimension | GOMA | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | Beta 0.3.5 | Parsec | Online | MUGEN game. 1v1 2D fighter with original characters and assist creatures that feels very Digimon-esque. Gameplay inspired in “Arcana Heart” with a homing button. Looks like a japanese game but it’s made by a single taiwanese dev. Still in beta. Fun and VERY promising | |
| Pokémon: Close Combat | BattleCapacity | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Indie | Freeware | Demo 11 | LilithPort / Parsec | Dev Twitter | Spiritual sequel to Battle Capacity, now with true Pokémon characters. Updated frequently but the dev released all those versions as “demos”, so it's still on development and still has a long way to go to the true first 1.0 release | |
| Pouko Fighters Maximum Impact | ぽうこファイターズMAXIMUM IMPACT | Yano Fighting | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Doujin | Commercial | N/A | LilithPort / Parsec | YouTube Trailer | The fourth entry of “Pouko Fighters”. Made a big jump visually (yet… huh… was the art made with gen AI? just a question…). No release date |
| Presidents Fight | Virtual World Studios | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Steam entry | Another of those shitty fighting games with real life politicians. Looks like it was made in UFE?. Maybe it was cancelled because it has been there on Steam as “coming soon” for a long time (I mean, the protagonist of the game is Joe Biden...) | |
| Project Fantasy | bybyblue | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo v1.9.9.24 | Parsec | Dev Patreon | 1v1 2D platform fighter created by the same dev of “Dojo Masters”. Hasn’t been any info about the game since 2019 but the dev has been very active on social media and working extensively on Dojo Masters so maybe this will back in some way?. Has a demo but you need to pay the Patreon | |
| Project Z.E.D. | Sean | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Ko-Fi WIP demo | Original game netcode | Dev Bluesky | 1v1 2D fighter based on “various fighting games”, developed on Ikemen. Has some WIP demos but you need to pay on the game’s official Ko-Fi in order to get access to them. Still on early development | |
| Rabbit (exA-Arcadia version) | 羅媚斗 (ateji for “Rabito”) | Aorn / exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Announced in Evo Japan 2025. Still don’t know if it's a direct port of the original Arcade game again or an update |
| Rage of the Dragons W | レイジ・オブ・ザ・ドラゴンズW | exA-Arcadia / Piko Interactive | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | Steam? | Retail | Commercial | Steam version? | N/A | Online | Seems to be a direct port of the Steam release of ROTD, were notably the final boss is available to play and was rebalanced |
| Resistance 204X | Yaga Studio | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Online | A very interesting mix of 1v1 2.5D traditional fighting game inputs with Nidhogg inspired rules, using a retrofuturistic aesthetic. I had the pleasure to play a Beta of the game, it's super fun and promising | |
| Revolution Core | Grave=the=Fenrir / Howling Mind | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Unknown | N/A | Unknown | Dev Bluesky | 1v1 2.5D fighter inspired by, according to the dev, “ Blazblue, Melty Blood and Monster Hunter”. Still in early development. Developed using Castagne | |
| Rising Eclipse (exA-Arcadia version) | ライジング・イクリプス | Yuhki Hiryoh / exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Doujin | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Announced at Evo Japan 2026. I’m still in shock with this… it’s obvious that this is NOT a direct port of the original Windows game because that version was faaaar to be a full complete release |
| Rising Spirit | Rising Spirit Team? | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Dev Twitter | 1v1 2.5D fighter with a medieval fantasy setting. It’s still in a very early stage of development but the game looks pretty ambitious… yet no info has been released since 2024, and I suspect this is not going well (the dev is, supposedly, searching for a publisher?) | |
| Rival Ultimate Steel Hand | Alcratz | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | v0.1.8 | Original game netcode | Online | 1v1 3D fighter inspired in VF/Tekken, made in Unity. Created because, according to the dev, “Tekken 8 broke my heart”. Prototype demo. It's in an extremely early stage of development. VERY interesting and has a lot of potential. Rollback netcode via codes | |
| Robo Oh vs Uchu Mega Fight | ロボ王 vs ウチュメガファイト | uchuzine | 2026 | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Doujin | Commercial | Free Trial | Unknown | Online | 2v2 tag team 2D crossover of the indie fighting game “Robo Oh” and the doujin fighting game “Uchu Mega Fight”. A west vs east indie/doujin crossover (yet it is developed in Japan by uchuzine). Has a browser demo released for Evo Japan 2026 |
| Robot Heroes | Yamda | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | 0.7.1 | LilithPort / Parsec | Online | 2D Fighter Maker 2nd game. 1v1 2D fighter with robots. Very wacky and unique character designs, also the sprites are huge. Still on development but has a somewhat buggy demo. Has potential. The dev recommends Parsec on the official website but it’s a 2DFM2nd game so LilithPort should work too | |
| Royalty Free-For-All | AAAA Games | To be announced | 4 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Original game netcode | Online | 4 players 2D platform fighter with characters from cartoons and books that are now in the public domain (including Piglet from Winnie the Pooh which I found amusing). Rollback netcode. Has a Patreon only demo | |
| Rumble Fish 2 Nexus, The | ザ・ランブルフィッシュ2 NEXUS | Dimps / exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Announced at Evo Japan 2025. Seems to be the latest update that was released on Steam (that, honestly, was not well received at all) but on Arcades |
| Sakura X Clash -Last Millennial Spring- | Project Sakura X | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | SAGE 2024 Demo | Original game netcode / Parsec | Online | Ikemen-GO game. 1v1 2D fighter heavily inspired in Neo Geo Pocket fighting games. Has been in development for years but has been constantly updated with some demos (last one was in 2024). Uses Ikemen so it has rollback (yet it’s buggy, maybe Parsec will be prefered) | |
| Samurai Dojo | Eyad Hussein | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Unknown | N/A | Unknown | Online | 1v1 2.5D weapon based fighter made by a single dev, inspired in The Last Blade and developed in Unreal Engine | |
| Saturday AM: Battle Manga | Son Studios | To be announced | 2 | To be announced | To be announced | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Online | A 2v2 2.5D tag fighter based on the franchise Battle Manga. Announced just in the middle of a 2v2 tag craze in 2025 | |
| Savagene | O-Massimo-O | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | 0.9.2 | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2.5D fighter with anthropomorphic animals. Has been on development at least since 2023?. Hasn’t been released yet but has a downloadable early build and the dev updates info on his Twitter account | |
| Scramble Heart City | M. Paul Weeks | 2026 | 2 | Windows, MacOS, Browser | Download (Steam), Browser | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Online | 3v3 2D fighter developed by the team that made Tough Love Arena. Will have both a browser and Steam versions with crossplay and rollback netcode. Early access coming in 2026 | |
| Sentinels Inc. | SnailWhale Studios | To be announced | 4 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Dev Twitter | 4 players 2v2 2D platform fighter with pretty nice pixelart and long combos. Rollback netcode confirmed. Looks really interesting but sadly development has been very complicated (it was supposed to be released in 2024). Hope this is still alive | |
| Shang Wu Zhi | 尚武誌 | Persistent999 | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download | N/A | Indie | Unknown | N/A | Unknown | Dev Twitter | 1v1 2.5D fighter with a chinese martial arts setting |
| Shattered | Team18K | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Dev Twitter | 1v1 2D fighter with a medieval fantasy setting. 2D spritework is pretty good and gameplay tries to be like a mid 90’s fighting game. The dev has been silent since 2024 and seems he's had some serious health problems, so I’m kind of worried about this | |
| Shining Strike | Tyadran | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Freeware | N/A | Unknown | Reddit post | 1v1 2.5D fighter and fangame of “Shining Force 3”, which I think is a really unexpected choice. Dev uploads videos of the game in the /Fighters/ Reddit community | |
| Shot One Fighters! | Red Moon Workshop | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Dev Patreon | 1v1 2.5D fighter with a sci-fi setting. This one has a weird story: this was gonna be a Windjammers type of game and the devs changed this to a fighting game when Windjammers 2 came out. Gameplay supposedly inspired in Street Fighter IV | |
| Sister Odette | Cold Fusion | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | Windows | Indie | Unknown | N/A | N/A | Dev Twitter | 1v1 2D fighter made by two chilean Touhou Hisoutensoku players. Cute spritework | |
| SkullStars: Supernova | SkullStars | 2026 | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Parsec / Steam Remote | Steam entry | 1v1 2.5D fighter. Low poly models with a visual style kinda inspired in Jet Set Radio I guess?. No mention of online modes | |
| Sono Higurashi no Naku Koro ni vs Touhou Universe 3 | そのひぐらしVS東方UNIVERSE3 | Seishun 18 Kingyo | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Doujin | Unknown | N/A | Unknown | Dev YouTube | After 10 years it seems that the doujin circle “Seishun 18 Kingyo” is working again on this classic series. The devs has been uploading some new music for this sequel (last time was in August 2025) and they uploaded a “documentary” about the group in October 2025, so they are pretty much active |
| SoulFighters | Clos | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Kickstarter entry | 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3 2D fighter with hand drawn animated sprites. Kickstarted was completed in september 2025 | |
| Spectral vs. Generation Chaos | IGS / exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | N/A | Announced in Evo Japan 2025. Update to the classic IGS fighter/crossover of Idea Factory RPGs. Locked on exA | |
| Stardust Rain | EX Beat | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Steam entry | 1v1 2.5D fighter with a futuristic setting. Combos seems to be very long. No info on online modes or release date yet | |
| Stickfigurez | Studio Bidou | To be announced | 4 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Steam entry | 4 players 2D platform fighter. A collaboration between the creators of “A Few Quick Matches” and Hyun, dev of “Fatal Art” and “Knockout!”, using the same type of matchman characters from those games. Had some closes betas | |
| Street Chaves II' O Campeão da Vila | Master Linkuei | To be announced | 2 | Sega Genesis | Download | N/A | Indie | Freeware | N/A | Unknown | Dev YouTube | 1v1 2D fighter for Genesis based on the TV series “El Chavo del Ocho” and also based on the Windows fighting game “Street Chaves”. Last time the dev talked about it was in 2023 and I’m starting to think this was abandoned. I'll give it some more time before throwing it into the "unreleased" section | |
| Super Fighting Ultra | Vengefulcalamari | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (zip file) | N/A | Indie | Freeware | 0.7.2 Demo | Parsec | Online | 1v1 2D fighter with a old retro pixelart. Has a demo with supposedly online but I haven’t tested it yet. Has been on development for years, I think this is dead but I need more info about that | |
| Super Robo Oh | Foxy Boxy Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Online | Third entry of “Robo Oh”, but now made from scratch with 16-bit inspired graphics | |
| Swordmin'z Dream | Sleeeeeenky | To be announced | 4 | Windows, Browser | Download (Steam), Browser | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Online | 1v1 or 2v2 2.5D weapon based “one hit kill” fighter with “a strong parry system”. No online modes. Has two demos for Windows and a browser version for now. Was announced for Steam in 2023 but I’ve heard almost nothing about it since then | |
| SystemathicAffection | Kotodama Kenkyūkai | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Unknown | N/A | Doujin | Unknown | N/A | Unknown | Dev Twitter | Third fighting game by the dev of “Junk[IE]” and “[Ban]ISH”. According to the dev the project jumped to MUGEN. This is the only available footage for now | |
| Tattoo Assassins (exA-Arcadia version) | exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | No, this is not a joke: seems that Tattoo Assassins it's finally coming to arcades after 30 years and for fucking exA-Arcadia of all things. According to Arcade Heroes: “exA have resurrected the original project’s source code and assets” and it will be an update | |
| Team Rush | infinitejuggle | To be announced | 4 | Windows | Download (Itch.io, Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial? | Demo Build 2025.01 | Parsec | Online | 4 players 2.5D platform fighter. According to the dev the game was inspired by “Smash Brothers, beat ‘em ups and traditional fighting games”. Has two demos. Development has been slow. No online for now? | |
| Them's Fightin' Herds (exA-Arcadia version) | Mane6 / exA-Arcadia | To be announced | 2 | Arcade (exA-Arcadia) | USB FLASH | Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S | Indie | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Announced at Evo Japan 2026. Seems to be a direct port | |
| Touhou Dream Duel | Alice in Gensouland | 2026? | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Doujin | Commercial | N/A | Original game netcode | Steam entry | A new Touhou Project fighting game, but this time not made by Tasofro. 1v1 2D fighter supposedly inspired in Hisoutensoku. Rollback netcode announced. The original dev sadly passed away and a team is trying to continue with the project | |
| Toy Hunter | Hunters Lab | To be announced | 6 | Switch | Unknown | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Dev Patreon | 6 players 3D platform fighter, clearly inspired in “Power Stone”. Was announced in 2020 and development has been very slow (seems that it’s a work of a sole developer?). Last update on the Patreon page was in september 2025. Hope this is not dead, it looks nice | |
| Ultravore Zero | Songbird Productions | 2026 | 2 | Atari Lynx | Cartridge | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | YouTube Trailer | An update for the unreleased Atari Lynx game “Ultravore” (a spin-off of sorts of “Ultra Vortek”) that was modified using the original source code. It’s coming on physical media in 2026, still no date | |
| Umbral Core | A Few Rounds Games | Cancelled? | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Original game netcode | Dev Patreon | An ambitious 1v1 2.5D fighter with a medieval setting. Had a Demo on Steam in 2022 but it's not available now. Website and social media are dead but the Patreon is alive with the latest updates from early 2026, so things are slow. If you have the Demo DO NOT UNINSTALL IT FROM STEAM | |
| Urban Struggle | Pirituba Hills Studio | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Unknown | Steam entry | 1v1 2D fighter made in Brazil. Retro sprites in the style of Neogeo Pocket. No online for now. Has a demo | |
| Valkyrie of Phantasm (PS5 and Switch ports) | 幻想のヴァルキューレ (Gensou no Valkyrie) | Area Zero | 2025 | 2 | PlayStation 5, Switch | Unknown | Steam | Doujin | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Online | A port of the Steam game. Was announced in april 2024 and has been totally radio silent since then so I’m starting to think this was cancelled, but I’ll wait a little more |
| Virtua Fighter Crossroads | バーチャファイター | Sega / Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio | To be announced | 2 | PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Steam | To be announced | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | N/A | N/A | Fucking finally |
| Virtual Violence | Vampire Cat Studios | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | N/A | Steam entry | 1v1 2D fighter. According to the dev the game is “a 2D, hand animated 3 Button style fighting game where you play as various indie v-tubers throwing down and doing battle using their own unique Drive mechanics”. No release date or info about online modes | |
| Vita Fighters (Steam port) | AndryDevs / Ranida Games | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | Android, iOS | Indie | Commercial | Demo | Parsec / Steam Remote | Steam entry | A Steam port of the cult classic 1v1 2.5D fighter with blocky characters. Originally a PS Vita homebrew project, later jumped to Android and iOS. No release date yet but has a generous demo (no online modes yet) | |
| Waifu Fighter | Gameholic | To be announced | 2 | Windows | Download (Steam) | N/A | Indie | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Steam entry | 1v1 2.5D fighter with, as the title suggest, an all-female roster and probably some NSFW stuff. Not to be confused with the boxing game of the same name (or probably other games because… I mean, it’s generic as fuck) | |
| Xenoh Dynamic Bout | Project Atsuki | To be announced | 2 | Unknown | N/A | N/A | Doujin | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Ci-en entry | The new fighting game by the dev of “Axel City”. Seems to be a new 2D Fighter Maker 2nd title. No platform confirmed for now but from what I've been able to see on the dev's Twitter account it seems that this time is a Steam release. I hope so | |
| Xuan Yuan Sword: The Fight of Heroes | 轩辕剑巅峰对决 (Xuānyuán jiàn diānfēng duìjué) | Digital Crafter | To be announced | 2 | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Switch, Steam | To be announced | N/A | Retail | Commercial | N/A | Unknown | Steam entry | Also known as “Fight of Xuan Yuan Sword”. 1v1 2.5D fighter based on the chinese RPG franchise “Xuan Yuan Sword”, developed by the same team of “Fight of Animals”, “Fight of Gods” and “Fight for Steel”. Looks like the most ambitious game made by this studio. No release date |