Fighting Game Chronology

Street Fighter II

Feb 6, 1991

Mortal Kombat

Oct 9, 1992

Mortal Kombat II

Jun 23, 1993

King of Fighters 1994

Aug 25, 1994

Killer Instinct

Oct 28, 1994

Virtua Fighter

Nov 22, 1994

Tekken

Mar 31, 1995

Mortal Kombat 3

Apr 5, 1995

Street Fighter Alpha

Jun 5, 1995

King of Fighters 1995

Jul 25, 1995

Tekken 2

Aug 3, 1995

Street Fighter The Movie

Aug 11, 1995

Virtua Fighter 2

Dec 1, 1995

Street Fighter Alpha 2

Feb 27, 1996

Virtua Fighter 3

Jul 26, 1996

King of Fighters 1996

Jul 30, 1996

X-men vs Street Fighter

Sep 25, 1996

Dead or Alive

Nov 26, 1996

Soul Edge

Dec 20, 1996

Street Fighter III

Feb 4, 1997

Tekken 3

Mar 20, 1997

King of Fighters 1997

Jul 28, 1997

Mortal Kombat 4

Oct 15, 1997

Star Wars Masters of Teras Kasi

Oct 31, 1997

Marvel vs Capcom

Jan 12, 1998

Guilty Gear

May 14, 1998

Street Fighter Alpha 3

Jun 29, 1998

King of Fighters 1998

Jul 23, 1998

Soul Calibur

Jul 30, 1998

Super Smash Brothers

Jan 21, 1999

King of Fighters 1999

Jul 22, 1999

Dead or Alive 2

Oct 16, 1999

Marvel vs Capcom 2

Mar 30, 2000

Tekken Tag Tournament

Mar 30, 2000

King of Fighters 2000

Jul 26, 2000

Dead or Alive 3

Nov 15, 2001

King of Fighters 2001

Nov 15, 2001

Super Smash Brothers Melee

Nov 21, 2001

Virtua Fighter 4

Jan 31, 2002

Tekken 4

Mar 28, 2002

Guilty Gear XX

May 23, 2002

Soul Calibur II

Jul 5, 2002

King of Fighters 2002

Oct 10, 2002

Mortal Kombat Deadly Alliance

Nov 16, 2002

King of Fighters 2003

Dec 12, 2003

Melty Blood

May 30, 2004

Mortal Kombat Deception

Oct 4, 2004

Tekken 5

Mar 31, 2005

Namco X Capcom

May 26, 2005

Soul Calibur III

Oct 25, 2005

Dead or Alive 4

Dec 29, 2005

Virtua Fighter 5

Jul 12, 2006

Mortal Kombat Armageddon

Oct 11, 2006

Arcana Heart

Dec 22, 2006

Super Smash Brothers Brawl

Jan 31, 2008

Arcana Heart 2

Mar 21, 2008

Street Fighter IV

Jul 18, 2008

Soul Calibur IV

Jul 29, 2008

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe

Nov 16, 2008

Blazblue Calamity Trigger

Nov 19, 2008

Tatsunoko vs Capcom

Dec 11, 2008

Tekken 6

Oct 27, 2009

Blazblue Continuum Shift

Nov 20, 2009

Arcana Heart 3

Dec 22, 2009

Mortal Kombat 9

Apr 19, 2011

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Sep 14, 2011

Marvel vs Capcom 3

Nov 17, 2011

Soul Calibur V

Jan 31, 2012

Street Fighter X Tekken

Mar 6, 2012

Skullgirls

Apr 10, 2012

Under Night In-Birth

Sep 20, 2012

Dead or Alive 5

Sep 25, 2012

Blazblue Chronophantasma

Nov 21, 2012

Injustice Gods Among Us

Apr 16, 2013

Killer Instinct (2013)

Nov 22, 2013

Guilty Gear Xrd

Feb 20, 2014

Super Smash Brothers 4 WiiU

Nov 21, 2014

Tekken 7

Mar 18, 2015

Mortal Kombat X

Apr 7, 2015

Blazblue Central Fiction

Nov 15, 2015

Street Fighter V

Feb 16, 2016

Injustice 2

May 11, 2017

Marvel vs Capcom Infinite

Sep 19, 2017

One Strike

Nov 3, 2017

Blazblue Cross Tag Battle

May 31, 2018

Soul Calibur VI

Oct 19, 2018

Super Smash Brothers Ultimate

Dec 7, 2018

Dead or Alive 6

Mar 1, 2019

Mortal Kombat 11

Apr 23, 2019

Guilty Gear Strive

Jun 11, 2021