Best Fighting Games
Super Smash Bros. Meleeon 3 of 13 rankings2
Mafiaon 2 of 13 rankings3
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateon 2 of 13 rankings4
Brawlhallaon 1 of 13 rankings5
Conan Exileson 1 of 13 rankings6
Injustice: Gods Among Uson 1 of 13 rankings7
Def Jam: Fight for NYon 1 of 13 rankings8
Super Street Fighter II Turboon 1 of 13 rankings9
Double Dragon II: The Revengeon 1 of 13 rankings10
Twisted Metal IIIon 1 of 13 rankings11
Battle Cityon 1 of 13 rankings12
Tekken 3on 1 of 13 rankings13
Mortal Kombat Xon 1 of 13 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 13 independent rankings, recounted 19 October 2026, the best Fighting game is Super Smash Bros. Melee, followed by Mafia and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
How this is counted
This chart counts 13 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles whose genre is Fighting, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 19 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.
12 of the 13 published rankings of games this counts, in the order they were published.