The best martial arts games

Karate, Jujutsu, Kung Fu, samurai warriors, ninjas, etc. Martial arts were a major source of inspiration for classic video games like the Double Dragon series, Dragon Ninja, Karateka, The Last Ninja, the Ninja Gaiden series and many other fighting and beat'em up games.

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Street Fighter 2

DOS1992 Capcom

Street Fighter II is a classic arcade fighting game developed and published by Capcom. It was first released in 1991 as a sequel to the original Street Fighter. Street Fighter II is widely regarded as one of the most influential a...

Mortal Kombat

DOS1993protected Midway Manufacturing Company

Mortal Kombat is one of the most popular one-on-one fighting games, and it's no surprise that it has spawned numerous sequels. Players choose from seven digitized characters and battle their way to the top, facing all other oppone...

Super Street Fighter 2

DOS1996 Capcom

Super Street Fighter II is an enhanced version of the iconic arcade fighting game Street Fighter II, developed and published by Capcom. It was released in 1993 as an upgrade to Street Fighter II Turbo: Hyper Fighting and introduce...

Panza Kick Boxing

DOS1991 Loriciels

Panza Kick Boxing is a video game released in 1990 for the Amiga, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, DOS, and ZX Spectrum platforms. It was developed and published by Loriciel. The game is named after André Panza, a well-...

Mortal Kombat 2

DOS1994protecteddemo Midway Manufacturing Company

Mortal Kombat II is an arcade fighting game released by Midway in 1993. It's the sequel to the original Mortal Kombat (1992). The game introduced several new fighters, including Kitana, Mileena, Baraka, and Jax, alongside ret...

Karateka

DOS1986 Broderbund

Karateka is a martial arts themed action / fighting game released by Broderbund in 1986 for DOS. Karateka is the first game designed by Jordan Mechner, the father of the Prince of Persia franchise. Karateka was also publ...

Battle Arena Toshinden

DOS1996 Tamsoft Corporation

Battle Arena Toshinden was the first game in the Toshinden series and was originally released for the Sony PlayStation in 1995 and later for DOS. Battle Arena Toshinden introduced 3D graphics to the fighting game genre, allow...

Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos

DOS1990 Tecmo

Budokan: the Martial Spirit

DOS1989 Electronic Arts

Ah, Budokan, the game where patience and discipline meet awkwardly slow combat and the occasional flying kick. You play as a martial arts student training in various dojos, culminating in a tournament that’s less Enter the D...

Ultra Mortal Kombat Vendetta

Windows XP/98/952001freeware

Mortal Kombat 3

DOS1995protected Midway Manufacturing Company

Mortal Kombat 3 is a fighting action game developed by Midway Manufacturing Company and released by GT Interactive Software in 1995 for DOS and Windows as well as for many other platforms. Mortal Kombat 3 is the third chapter of t...

Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected Data East

Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the president? If that line doesn’t make you want to punch a ninja through a hotdog stand, nothing will. Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja is peak 80s: mullets, muscles, and more side-scrolling be...

World Karate Championship

DOS1986 System 3

Double Dragon

DOS1988 Technos Japan

The Way of the Exploding Fist PC

Windows 10/112008freewareremake

First Samurai

DOS1992 Vivid Image

First Samurai is a classic action-platformer game originally released in 1991. The game was initially available on the Amiga and Atari ST, with later ports to the Commodore 64, DOS, and Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES).&...

Shadow Warrior

DOS1997protected 3d Realms

Yie Ar Kung Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah

DOS1985 Konami

The sequel nobody expected but everyone button-mashed through. Yie Ar Kung Fu 2 adds more characters, more chaos, and less coherence. This time you’re Lee (no relation to Bruce, allegedly), battling an army of themed fighter...

Shinobi

DOS1989 Sega

International Ninja Rabbits

DOS1991 Flair Software

Renegade

DOS1988 Technos Japan

Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition

DOS1996 Capcom

Sword of Honour

DOS1993 Dynafield Systems International

Yie Ar Kung Fu

DOS1985 Konami

The proto-fighting game that walked so Street Fighter could punch. Yie Ar Kung Fu is pure arcade joy: a brave martial artist named Oolong fights a rogue’s gallery of opponents with names like “Star” and “Fa...

Street Fighter

DOS1988 Capcom

Bushido

DOS1983 Ebenel enterprises

Step into feudal Japan with Bushido, a game that tries to simulate samurai life on a machine barely capable of rendering a convincing circle. Still, there’s something charming in its ambition. You duel, you train, you try to...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

DOS1989 Konami

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is an arcade game released in 1989 by Konami. It is based on the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The game was initially released as a coin-operated arcade game and later adapted ...

Ninja Gaiden

DOS1990 Tecmo

Ninja Gaiden, released in 1988 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and later to other platforms, is a side-scrolling action-platformer developed by Tecmo. It follows the story of Ryu Hayabusa, a skilled ninja on a quest fo...