Some of these campaigns play like blockbuster films, others like anime seasons or full RPGs, and a couple only clicked for diehards. Pick the one you would actually sit through again.
1Injustice 2The 2017 sequel campaign pitting Batman's rebuilt Justice League against Brainiac, with two different endings to choose from.1000pts
2Mortal Kombat XA 2015 campaign that jumps 25 years ahead and hands the spotlight to a new generation led by Cassie Cage.872pts
3Street Fighter 6Capcom's World Tour mode, an open-world RPG campaign where a custom avatar trains under the series' legends.542pts
4Tekken 8The 2024 cinematic chapter of the Mishima saga, built around Jin Kazama's showdown with his father Kazuya.542pts
5Granblue Fantasy Versus: RisingThe 2023 fighter whose story mode continues the Granblue Fantasy RPG with a sky-island adventure.542pts
6Injustice: Gods Among UsNetherRealm's 2013 DC story where a grief-stricken Superman turns tyrant and heroes from another Earth step in.478pts
7Mortal Kombat 1The 2023 campaign set in Liu Kang's freshly rebuilt timeline, reimagining the classic cast from scratch.478pts
8Mortal Kombat (2011)NetherRealm's reboot that retold the first three Mortal Kombat games as a cinematic campaign and set the template for modern fighting game stories.478pts
9Guilty Gear StriveArc System Works' 2021 story told as a feature-length anime film that closes Sol Badguy's long arc.478pts
10Guilty Gear Xrd Rev 2The Xrd story trilogy, presented as hours of cel-shaded anime cutscenes about the Universal Will and the Conclave.404pts
11Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZeroA 2024 arena fighter whose Episode Battles follow single characters and branch into what-if routes.404pts
12Persona 4 Arena UltimaxA visual-novel continuation of Persona 4 and Persona 3 in which the Investigation Team and SEES face a red fog over Inaba.404pts
13Tekken 7The 2017 story that finally settles the feud between Heihachi and Kazuya, narrated by a journalist who lost his family to it.319pts
14Soulcalibur VIA 2018 game with two story modes: the Soul Chronicle retelling of the series' history and the Libra of Souls RPG adventure.319pts
15Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4CyberConnect2's 2016 retelling of the Fourth Great Ninja War with huge set-piece boss battles.319pts
16Super Smash Bros. UltimateNintendo's 2018 crossover with World of Light, an adventure map where Kirby sets out to free every fighter.319pts
17Dragon Ball FighterZA 2018 three-arc story built around the original character Android 21 and a soul-linking twist that ties the roster together.217pts
18BlazBlue: Central FictionThe 2016 finale of BlazBlue's sprawling visual-novel story, wrapping up Ragna the Bloodedge's saga.0pts
19Mortal Kombat 11A time-bending 2019 story in which Kronika pits past and present versions of the roster against each other.0pts
