Street Fighter V

Experience the intensity of head-to-head battle with Street Fighter V! Choose from 16 iconic characters, each with their own personal story and unique training challenges, then battle against friends online or…

72 15 February 2016

Arcade Fighting Action

Street Fighter V is an arcade developed by Capcom, released 15 February 2016 on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 10 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Street Fighter V is

Street Fighter V is an arcade game developed by Capcom and released in 2016. It is available on PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Street Fighter V is a 2016 fighting game developed primarily by Capcom, with assistance from Dimps, and published by Capcom for PlayStation 4 and Windows. The major follow-up to Street Fighter IV as part of Capcom's Street Fighter series, it was developed using Unreal Engine 4 and was released as a console exclusive for PlayStation 4 alongside a Windows version. Similar to previous games in the series, Street Fighter V features a 2D fighting gameplay system, and introduces the "V-Gauge" mechanic. The game featured 16 characters at launch, with four of them being new to the series; a main story mode and 30 additional characters were added through updates and downloadable content.

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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 45 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the Street Fighter series

Street Fighter V is the 189th of 243 entries we hold in the Street Fighter series. The next entry was Street Fighter V: Collector's Edition in 2016. Its critic score of 72 is 6 points below the series average of 78. The highest-rated entry is Street Fighter II' Turbo at 100.

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How it was received

Street Fighter V holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 46% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 4 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 72, across 187 votes.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz, 6 GB RAM and NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 480, GTX 570, GTX 670, or better. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Street Fighter V launched on 15 February 2016, within three weeks of Stardew Valley, The Witness, Firewatch and SuperHot. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Stardew Valley, The Witness, Firewatch, SuperHot.

Cheats and codes

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