Skullgirls
Skullgirls is a 2012’s Fantastic 2D Action and Fighting video game by Reverge Labs. The game revolves around an Artifact known as “Skull Heart” that grants wishes to Women and if a women with an impure heart wishes something, The Skull Heart transforms her into a Skullgirl. The ultimate purpose of a Skullgirl is to only fight others like herself and defeat them in order to survive. Skullgirls lets you be one of that girls and go fighting solo or in teams of 2 or 3 and knock out the other teams. The game mostly focuses on close combats and PVP fights against the rivals and allows you to make teams of Two or maximum three characters, knock down your opponent before your health totally depletes and earn points and reputation. With a very addictive and immersive game-play and enhanced mechanics, fluent animations and the brilliant online multiplayer feature (allows players to challenge other players from around the world), Skullgirls offers a fantastic fighting environment for all the hardcore gamers.
#1 Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R is another marvel in the line of exciting Fighting genre. Packed with ultimate Battle oriented Action and Thrill, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R lets you go against equally skilled and unforgiving rivals, fight them off in epic duels in one on one fights and defeat them to win the matches and earn points. The game lets you select your character from 25 choices and enjoy mastering their unique skills and use Gatling combos against your opponents, knock them down mid-air with your “Dust” attacks and enjoy being the ultimate fighter in the Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R universe. With a number of different game modes (Survival Mode, M.O.M Mode, Training Mode, Ranked Matches Mode, Player Match mode etc.), fast-paced hardcore action filled game-play, beautifully created visuals, cool upgrades, unique perks and DLC, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R is one amazing fighting video game to play.
#2 Injustice: Gods Among Us
Injustice: Gods Among Us is an Action, Fighting, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by NetherREalm Studios. The game takes place in the stunning universe of Justice League and includes superheroes. To get into the game world you must select your superhero. Each character has its unique powers, skills, and abilities. In the game, you can use special attacks and different fighting styles and engage yourself in one-on-one combat to defeat your opponents. It has different stages based on the different environment such as Metropolis, DC Universe, Bat cave, and Fortress of Solitude including interactive areas. Use weapons, tools, unique powers and special abilities to deplete opponent and attack enemy using strong moves. Avoid attacks and maintain your health bar if your health bar goes empty you lose the match. Each stage consists of two levels and you must complete both levels to complete a stage. The game includes different superheroes such as Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Ironman, Joker, and more. It offers the similar gameplay to Tekken series. With the best mechanics, fighting gameplay and stunning visuals, Injustice: Gods Among Us is the excellent game to play and enjoy.
#3 Street Fighter X Tekken
Street Fighter X Tekken is a brilliant Action and Fighting video game. The game offers characters from both Street Fighter and Tekken Series and allows you to experience a wonderful combination of Classic Characters, their Skills and their unique abilities. Street Fighter X Tekken allows you to select any of the two characters, go challenge your opponents in Epic Duels and team-based encounters and engage yourself into intense fights, knock your opponents down and win the matches. Multiplayer mode of the game allows you to challenge any of the online players and win for glory, rewards and loads of amazing perks and abilities. With a single-player story mode, Multiplayer Support, amazingly fast-paced matches, great visuals and an immersive game-play, Street Fighter X Tekken is one of the best Action and Fighting video games to play and enjoy.
#4 BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift by Ark System is an enticing 2D Fighting video game and is the direct sequel to the popular BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger. The game offers two more versions of the game named as Blazblue: Continuum Shift 2 and BlazBlue Continuum Shift Extended. The game offers mechanics and game-play similar to its predecessor and allows you to engage yourself into traditional 2D Fighting dueling your way through multiple rivals. In order to win the matches, you’ll have to defeat your opponents in one to five round matches, and deplete the life of your opponents by using amazing combos of different fighting skills and techniques. The length of the match depends on how much you damage your opponent with every blow. Once the life bar gets empty, you’ll win the match. With a number of new and old characters, unique fighting combos and skills, revised game story, bundles of upgrades and DLC, BlazBlue: Continuum Shift offers a brilliantly immersive game-play to enjoy.
#5 Street Fighter
Who isn’t familiar with the names of Legendary Characters of Ken, Ryu, Chun Li, Blanka, and Dhalsim from the Legendary Street Fighter video games. Almost everybody have played a game from this fantastic series and the ones who have played any Street Fighter games, are fans for life. Talking about the Street Fighter video game, Street Fighter is a 1987’s fantastic hit Fighting Video game developed and published by the Legendary Japanese video game company Capcom. The game is very first installment of the globally popular video game series “Street Fighter” and it is available to play on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and various other gaming consoles. Street Fighter offers characters from various locations of the world such as Japan, U.S. China, Canada, Thailand and Brazil, etc. Throughout the game, Street Fighter offers a highly competitive and challenging gameplay in which it allows two players to fight against each other, blast the opponents with fantastic combinations of attacks and whoever depletes the opponent’s health bar, wins the game. It allows the players to play the game against each other or with the Game AI (Artificial Intelligence), keep on defeating the opponents and after winning, move to next round of the game. Just like the fighter characters, Street Fighter offers competitive matches on various locations of the game world and allows the players to defeat the opponents and enjoy the game. With a variety of characters, and their special fighting abilities, fighting styles and all the blasting action and thrill, Street Fighter is one of the best ever Fighting games till date and is known as the trend setter for this particular genre.
#6 Tekken
Tekken is a series of Single and Multiplayer Fighting video games by Namco. Released back in 1994, Its first game in the series is “Tekken” that features a Dual style fighting gameplay with eight characters including Nina, Yoshimitsu, Paul, Michelle, Jack, Kazuya, Marshal Law, etc. According to the gameplay, Tekken allows the players to choose a character from the provided character line-up and engage in fast-paced Hand to Hand Combat with a computer controlled or 2nd player controlled rival character. For the very first time, Tekken provided with innovative controls that allowed the players to control all the Limbs of player character independently with the help of buttons on the Arcade Console. The game offers time-based and round based gameplay and allows the players to select either one of the modes and enjoy fighting and defeating the opponents. The players can perform various types of moves by pressing the buttons as well as some special moves with the help of pressing multiple buttons at the same time. A help bar tells about the health of the player character and the one with low health loses the game if he/she fails to complete the round in given time. Tekken offers game rounds on various in-game world locations such as Monument valley (USA), Acropolis (Greece), Kyoto (Japan), and more. With a variety of gameplay modes, fantastic characters, amazing graphics and fast-paced combats, Tekken is the most played and liked Arcade Fighting video game Series to play and enjoy.
#7 Accel World
Accel World is the last entrant on our list of games like “Catherine”. The game is a cool Puzzle platformer and Adventure marvel and is about two main characters “Haruyuki Haru Arita” and “Kuroyukihime” The Black Snow Princess. Haruyuki Haru Arita after getting bullied by the school mates starts playing Squash on local school network where he gets the attention of Kuroyukihime who helps him with the bullies and introduces him to a secret program named as “Brain Burst”. Brain Burst helps “Haruyuki Haru Arita” improve in almost everything by putting him to a lot of challenging puzzles and some difficult games. “Accel World” lets you take part in fights with different opponents, solve puzzles and spend some excellent quality time while playing this cool game. “Accel World” is one of the best alternatives to “Catherine”.
#8 Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax
Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is an Action, Arcade, Fighting, Single and Multiplayer video game created by Ecole Software and published by Sega. The game takes place in the stunning world and includes a variety of characters such as Asuna, Kirito, Akira Yuki, Tomoka Minato, etc. Each character has its unique skills, abilities, and combo style. Select your character one of the different characters and start fighting against NPCs in one-on-one combat matches. Use different moves, and attacks to take down your foes and learn new abilities to enhance your skills. The game focuses on the 2D Fighting element and uses side-scroll perspective. It includes eighteen assist and twelve playable characters from assists from the light novel. There are over ten stages, and you must show off your strength in each stage to progress. With attractive visual details, superb gameplay and wonderful sound, Dengeki Bunko: Fighting Climax is the best game as compared to other Fighting games. Try it out.
#9 Tenchu: Stealth Assassins
Tenchu: Stealth Assassins developed by Acquire is an Action-Adventure, Stealth and Single-player video game available to play on PlayStation platform. The game combines the elements of Third-person perspective, Fantasy, Fighting and Fantasy and takes place in the sixteenth century. It cast you in the role of the one of two ninjas such as Rikimaru and Ayame, who worked for lord Gohda. The game puts you on an epic quests, in which you have to fight against enemies using your mighty sword, and rank-up your level by defeating the enemies and accomplishing your tasks. It revolves around the element of stealth and lets you attack enemy and take down silently. There are different levels and each level offers a unique scenery. Explore the fantasy world, interact with NPCs, and fight against opponents to progress. The game offers different tasks in the beginning to increasing the difficulty such as Deliver the Secret Message, Punish the Evil Merchant, Rescue the Captive Ninja, Cross the Check Point and more. The game looks easy but hard to master. With superb gameplay, attractive soundtracks, and brilliant controls, Tenchu: Stealth Assassins is the best game to play and enjoy.
#10 J-Stars Victory Vs
J-Stars Victory Vs is a Single and Multiplayer Fighting video game developed by Spike Chunsoft and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game takes place in the stunning world and allows up to four players combat against each another similar to Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle Royale. There are fifty-two characters available from thirty-two jump series including Dr. Slump, Bleach, Assassination Classroom, Medaka Box, One Piece, Dragon Ball, Gin Tama and more. Select your character and dive into battle to fight against other three characters controlled by other players or AI controlled character. Each fighter has its unique skills, abilities and special moves that can be used to take down competitors. You can perform combos for multiple hits to decrease the health bar of the opponent and take down them. You can navigate the environment from third-person perspective and your character is capable of running, jumping, performing combos and more. Try it out, and you’ll enjoy it if you like playing fighting games.
#11 Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition
Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition is an Action-Adventure, Fighting, Superhero, Single and Multiplayer video game developed by NetherRealm Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game introduces several characters from the Universe of DC and takes place in the beautiful environment explore by isometric perspective. There are lots of superheroes present such as Batman, Superman, Spiderman, Aquaman, Ares, Bane, Black Adam, and more. Each character has its unique super power, abilities and plays style. You must choose your character and dive into the battle where you have to fight against opposing character and defeat him using your skills. You can participate in one-on-one combat matches against multiple characters in different levels. The game contains different stages based on several locations including Batcave, Fortress of Solitude, and Metropolis. As the match progresses, it will increase the level difficulty and unlock other characters to select and play. Six new characters, thirty skins and up to sixty lab missions are available in this ultimate edition. With superb gameplay, improved graphics, and smooth controls, Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition is the best game to play and enjoy.
#12 Tekken 2
Tekken 2 is the 2nd title in the Fighting video game series of Tekken, released in 1995 by Namco. The game features both Single-player and Two-player modes, and it features ten unique playable characters each has its unique personality, playing style, moves, and combos. In Arcade version, there are over twenty-five fighters available for the player to select and fight against other characters in one-on-one matches. The game offers the similar gameplay to its predecessor, but introduces several modifications and continues to use 2D environment in its stages. The game begins with the player selecting his fighter from available by hitting the action button and jumping into the world of battle where he will face opponents on by one in each stage. Using his kicking and punching abilities, the player needs to deplete his opponent’s health meter and beat until it health meter reaches to zero. It has three different modes such as Time mode, Team Battle mode, and Survival mode. With core mechanics, superb gameplay, and 2D Graphics, Tekken 2 is the best game to play.