Games involving any kind of martial art sorted by release date

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.

Most popular martial arts games

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Double Dragon

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Super Street Fighter 2

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Bushido

DOS19833.6/5 Ebenel enterprises
Yie Ar Kung Fu

DOS19853.8/5 Konami
Yie Ar Kung Fu 2: The Emperor Yie-Gah

DOS19853.9/5 Konami
Karateka

DOS19864.1/5 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 published for Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, C64, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum.
Shogun

DOS19863.1/5 Virgin Interactive
World Karate Championship

DOS19863.7/5 System 3
Moebius

DOS19873.4/5 Origin Systems
Bad Dudes VS Dragon Ninja

DOS1988protected4.1/5 Data East
Double Dragon

DOS19883.9/5 Technos Japan
Last Ninja

DOS19883.6/5 System 3
Renegade

DOS19883.8/5 Technos Japan
Street Fighter

DOS19883.8/5 Capcom
Budokan: the Martial Spirit

DOS19894.1/5 Electronic Arts
Shinobi

DOS19893.9/5 Sega
Teenage mutant ninja turtles

DOS19893.6/5 Konami
Windwalker (Moebius 2)

DOS19892.7/5 Origin Systems
Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance

DOS19903.5/5 System 3
Ninja Gaiden

DOS19903.7/5 Tecmo
Ninja Gaiden 2: The Dark Sword of Chaos

DOS19904.1/5 Tecmo
No Exit

DOS19903/5 Coktel Vision
Shadow Knights

DOS19904/5 id software
International Ninja Rabbits

DOS19913.4/5 Flair Software
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Manhattan Missions

DOS19913.8/5 Distinctive Software
First Samurai

DOS19923.9/5 Vivid Image
Ninja Rabbits

DOS19923.6/5 Villa Crespo Software
Street Fighter 2

DOS19924.3/5 Capcom

Street Fighter 2 is one of the most popular fighting game ever released in the 90s. Street Fighter 2 was designed by Akira Nishitani and Akira Yasuda, developed and published by Capcom in 1991 for the arcades and then converted for many platforms from Spectrum ZX to DOS (in 1992).
Mortal Kombat

DOS1993protected4.3/5 Midway Manufacturing Company

Mortal Kombat is one of the most popular 1 on 1 fighting games. No wonder it spawned many sequels. You can play as one of the seven digitized characters and must fight everyone else to the top. One of the distinctive features of Mortal Kombat is the fatality: a special move to finish off the adversary.
Mortal Kombat 2

DOS1994protected4.1/5 Midway Manufacturing Company
Surf Ninjas

DOS19943.9/5 Creative Edge Software
Mortal Kombat 3

DOS1995protected4.1/5 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 the acclaimed Mortal Kombat series that spawned many sequels, a few TV series and even movies (with various degree of suc...