✓ Both are 2D fighting games — sharing fighting mechanics, ranged combat and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, while skipping melee combat

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The closest game to Mortal Kombat 4 is Super Smash Bros. Melee — scoring 94/100 on our similarity scale. Super Smash Bros. Brawl and SoulCalibur II follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Mortal Kombat 4. Each one has been evaluated across 8 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, ranged combat and single-player focus
≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, while skipping melee combat
✓ Fits the 2D fighting games cluster, with fighting mechanics, melee combat and ranged combat
≠ Its own twist: precision platforming and offline, while skipping free to play
✓ Both are 2D fighting games — sharing fighting mechanics, melee combat and ranged combat
≠ Stands apart with fantasy world and historical setting, while skipping co op

✓ Same family of 2D fighting games: fighting mechanics, melee combat and ranged combat
≠ Stands apart with dark, oppressive atmosphere, horror setting and fantasy world, while skipping co op
✓ Fits the 2D fighting games cluster, with fighting mechanics, melee combat and single-player focus
≠ Where it differs: brings visual third person, while skipping ranged combat
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Dragon Ball Z: Budokai 2
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Killer Instinct
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Mortal Kombat Trilogy
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Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
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Street Fighter X Tekken
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The King of Fighters '95
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Samurai Shodown
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Mortal Kombat II
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Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers
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Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout
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X-Men vs. Street Fighter
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