
✓ Both are 2D fighting games — sharing fighting mechanics, offline and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting scifi
Released 20 years after Art of Fighting.

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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to Art of Fighting is PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale — scoring 73/100 on our similarity scale. Injustice 2 and The King of Fighters XIII follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Art of Fighting. Each one has been evaluated across 6 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

✓ Both are 2D fighting games — sharing fighting mechanics, offline and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, dark, oppressive atmosphere and setting scifi
Released 20 years after Art of Fighting.
✓ Nearly identical: fighting mechanics, offline and single-player focus.
≠ Missing: visual third person.
Same studio: SNK.

✓ Both are 2D fighting games — sharing fighting mechanics, offline and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: melee combat, while skipping visual third person
Same studio: SNK.

✓ Both are 2D fighting games — sharing fighting mechanics, multiplayer gameplay and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with competitive edge, melee combat and combat magic, while skipping visual third person
Marvel and Capcom join forces to deliver the most frenetic 3 vs. 3 tag battles ever with Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. This release comes fully loaded, including all previous DLC, and the Marvel vs. Capcom: Official Complete Works.
Released 19 years after Art of Fighting.

✓ Both are 2D fighting games — sharing fighting mechanics, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Its own twist: dark, oppressive atmosphere, competitive edge and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual third person
Released 23 years after Art of Fighting.

✓ Fits the 2D fighting games cluster, with fighting mechanics, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Where it differs: brings dark, oppressive atmosphere, competitive edge and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual third person
Released 27 years after Art of Fighting.

✓ Fits the 2D fighting games cluster, with fighting mechanics, offline and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Where it differs: brings sports simulation, competitive edge and melee combat, while skipping visual third person
###The experiment Experimental side-scrolling fighting game for two players developed and published by the Messhof studio. Players compete in fencing in the pixelated game world.
Released 22 years after Art of Fighting.

✓ Fits the 2D fighting games cluster, with fighting mechanics, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Stands apart with sports simulation, competitive edge and melee combat, while skipping visual third person
Tekken 7 is a fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the ninth installment in the series. ###Plot An unnamed journalist investigates the Mishima family history after his family got killed in a war that was started by Jin Kazama.
Released 23 years after Art of Fighting.
✓ Same family of 2D fighting games: fighting mechanics, single-player focus and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Where it differs: brings adventure storytelling, deep RPG systems and action RPG combat, while skipping visual third person
Released 31 years after Art of Fighting.

✓ Same family of 2D fighting games: fighting mechanics, multiplayer gameplay and single-player focus
≠ Its own twist: competitive edge, melee combat and PvP competition, while skipping visual third person
Ultra Street Fighter IV is a multiplatform fighting game developed by Capcom. It is an arcade version of the vanilla Street Fighter IV with minor changes. ###Setting Ultra Street Fighter IV takes place several months after the events of Street Fighter II and is a prequel to Street Fighter III.
Released 22 years after Art of Fighting.

✓ Both are 2D fighting games — sharing fighting mechanics, multiplayer gameplay and offline
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, vibe casual and strong narrative focus, while skipping visual third person
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge reunites Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello to kick shell in a beautifully realized pixel art world invoking the turtles’ classic 1987 design.
Where it drifts furthest from Art of Fighting: visuals.
Released 30 years after Art of Fighting.

✓ Same family of 2D fighting games: fighting mechanics, offline and multiplayer gameplay
≠ Where it differs: brings melee combat, co op and PvP competition, while skipping visual third person
###Ambitius crossover One of the most ambitious crossovers in the history of crossovers. Heroes of two iconic series of fighting games will battle against each other at the most popular locations from both franchises.
Released 19 years after Art of Fighting.
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