Games like Fantasy Strike
If Fantasy Strike is your kind of game, the closest matches are DRAGON BALL FighterZ, Street Fighter™ 6 and THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →Fantasy Strike is a free-to-play fighting game released in 2019 by Sirlin Games. Players describe it as challenging, competitive, and contemplative, with a design philosophy that emphasizes strategy over execution. The game removes traditional motion inputs by consolidating special moves into single-button commands, allowing characters to be learnable in minutes while each fighter retains unique mechanics. Reviewers highlight the rollback netcode for working reliably during online play. Factual mechanics include chip damage vanishing when rounds end, teching grabs, and character abilities granting specific advantages. The game supports both local and online multiplayer modes with a stated massive length for sustained play. It holds a 65% positive rating from 1517 Steam reviews.
About Fantasy Strike: A fighting game designed from the ground up to be so easy to control that even non-fighting game players can play it, yet deep enough to play in tournaments. Vibrant graphics and excellent online play.
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DRAGON BALL FighterZ
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Top pick for Fantasy Strike fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
DRAGON BALL FighterZ is born from what makes the DRAGON BALL series so loved and famous: endless spectacular fights with its all-powerful fighters.
Street Fighter™ 6
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Second-strongest match for Fantasy Strike fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Third-strongest match for Fantasy Strike fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
SHATTER ALL EXPECTATIONS! Transcend beyond your limits with KOF XV!
Killer Instinct
WHY THIS
Shares rollback netcode and a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Ranked #4 for Fantasy Strike fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Free To Play with Fantasy Strike.
The legendary fighting franchise is back with over-the-top action, a wild cast of combatants, rocking reactive music, and C-C-C-COMBO BREAKERS!!! Choose your ultimate combatants each with fluid animations, unique combat tactics, and enthralling special attacks.
GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Ranked #5 for Fantasy Strike fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
The cutting-edge 2D/3D hybrid graphics pioneered in the Guilty Gear series have been raised to the next level in “GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-“. The new artistic direction and improved character animations will go beyond anything you’ve seen before in a fighting game!
Granblue Fantasy: Versus
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Ranked #6 for Fantasy Strike fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
A new game in the Granblue Fantasy universe, available on Steam! This fantasy game blends fighting game action and RPG-style adventure. Throw yourself into matches or enjoy powering up your characters!
Nidhogg
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Ranked #7 for Fantasy Strike fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Fantasy Strike.
Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.
DNF Duel
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Ranked #8 for Fantasy Strike fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Casual with Fantasy Strike.
Action fighting at its extreme! Enter the new beat’em up world of Arad as your favorite character from the beloved Dungeon and Fighter franchise!
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Street Fighter™ 6
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Reviewers of Fantasy Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
Yomi 2
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Reviewers of Fantasy Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Fantasy Strike.
A fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. Strategic, turn-based card battling that lets you experience the nuances of fighting games like Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike by a lead designer who worked on both.
Street Fighter V
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Reviewers of Fantasy Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
Experience the intensity of head-to-head battles with Street Fighter® V! Choose from 16 iconic characters, then battle against friends online or offline with a robust variety of match options.
Mortal Kombat 11
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Fantasy Strike.
Reviewers of Fantasy Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
Mortal Kombat is back and better than ever in the next evolution of the iconic franchise.
Trek to Yomi
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Fantasy Strike.
Reviewers of Fantasy Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
As a vow to his dying Master, the young swordsman Hiroki is sworn to protect his town and the people he loves against all threats. Faced with tragedy and bound to duty, the lone samurai must voyage beyond life and death to confront himself and decide his path forward.
Omi Domini
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Fantasy Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Fantasy Strike.
Reyna, Hiei, and Jamal set out into the bowels of the Sistine Divide, the molten core of their homeland! The celestial lords await them observing their fighting style to fight you, the player, on your own level!
Mortal Kombat 1
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Fantasy Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
Discover a reborn Mortal Kombat™ Universe created by the Fire God Liu Kang. Mortal Kombat™ 1 ushers in a new era of the iconic franchise with a new fighting system, game modes, and fatalities!
Skullgirls 2nd Encore
WHY THIS
Shares rollback netcode and a challenging mood with Fantasy Strike.
Reviewers of Fantasy Strike cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Fantasy Strike.
--Main Stage Game at Evo 2022!-- The ultimate Skullgirls experience: Featuring 14 hand-animated characters, fully voiced story mode, countless palettes, and unparalleled GGPO-based multiplayer netcode.
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More from Sirlin Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Sirlin Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Yomi
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Another title from Sirlin Games, the studio behind Fantasy Strike. Shares Indie with Fantasy Strike.
Yomi is a fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. A strategy card game that has held up to many years of tournaments, Yomi comes from the lead designer of Street Fighter HD Remix, who was also a long-time fighting game tournament player.
Chess 2: The Sequel
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Another title from Sirlin Games, the studio behind Fantasy Strike. Shares Indie with Fantasy Strike.
The next step in the evolution of chess tuned for more viable options, strategic interest, and years and years of expert play.
Puzzle Strike
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Another title from Sirlin Games, the studio behind Fantasy Strike. Shares Indie with Fantasy Strike.
Puzzle Strike is an online deckbuilding puzzle game from David Sirlin, lead designer of Puzzle Fighter HD Remix and creator of the Fantasy Strike universe. Improve your deck (of chips!) as the game unfolds and crush your opponents under a mountain of gems!
Yomi 2
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Another title from Sirlin Games, the studio behind Fantasy Strike. Shares Indie with Fantasy Strike.
A fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. Strategic, turn-based card battling that lets you experience the nuances of fighting games like Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike by a lead designer who worked on both.
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Street Fighter™ 6
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
Here comes Capcom’s newest challenger! Street Fighter™ 6 launches worldwide on June 2nd, 2023 and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series! Street Fighter 6 spans three distinct game modes, including World Tour, Fighting Ground and Battle Hub.
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV
WHY THIS
Shares a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Fantasy Strike.
SHATTER ALL EXPECTATIONS! Transcend beyond your limits with KOF XV!
Killer Instinct
WHY THIS
Shares rollback netcode and a competitive mood with Fantasy Strike.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Free To Play with Fantasy Strike.
The legendary fighting franchise is back with over-the-top action, a wild cast of combatants, rocking reactive music, and C-C-C-COMBO BREAKERS!!! Choose your ultimate combatants each with fluid animations, unique combat tactics, and enthralling special attacks.
Frequently asked about Fantasy Strike
- Is Fantasy Strike free to play?
- Yes — Fantasy Strike is a free-to-play title on Steam. You can install and play it without buying anything, though some games include optional in-app purchases.
- Does Fantasy Strike have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Fantasy Strike supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
- What games are most similar to Fantasy Strike?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Fantasy Strike are DRAGON BALL FighterZ, Street Fighter™ 6, THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV.
- Who developed Fantasy Strike?
- Fantasy Strike was developed by Sirlin Games.
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