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The 10 best DOS fighting games

The 10 best DOS fighting games, as the players of dos.games rate them. Street Fighter II leads the list, ahead of Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight and X-Men: Children of the Atom.

Every game on the list plays in your browser, with nothing to install. The order comes from players' ratings and real play time, so it moves as people play.

Updated How the lists are ranked

  • 16DOS fighting games in the archive
  • 10 of 10Play in your browser
  • 3.7Score of #1, out of 5

  9. 9. Mortal Kombat

    1994 · Probe Software Ltd. · Action

    3.2No ratings yet

    Five Hundred years ago, an ancient and well respected Shaolin fighting tournament, held every 50 years, was corrupted by an evil and elderly sorcerer by the name of Shang Tsung.

    Play now: Mortal KombatAbout the game
Ranks 11–16

More great DOS fighting games

  1. Dragon Lore II: The Heart of the Dragon Man — playable in the browserCryo Interactive Entertainment · Adventure · 1996Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Dragon Lore II: The Heart of the Dragon Man
  2. Mortal Kombat 3 — playable in the browserAtari, Inc. · Action · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Mortal Kombat 3
  3. One Must Fall — playable in the browserFreeware · Action · 1993Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open One Must Fall
  4. Sword of Honour — playable in the browserPrestige Softwareentwicklung GmbH · Action · 1993Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Sword of Honour
  5. One Must Fall 2097 — playable in the browserEpic MegaGames, Inc. · Action · 1994Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open One Must Fall 2097
  6. Primal Rage — playable in the browserTime Warner Interactive · Action · 1995Not played yet
    3.2
    How this score is built
    SignalAdds
    Player ratings0% · no ratings yet0.00
    Archive default3.20 × 100% · never scored by the catalogue · stands in for 8 ratings3.20
    Blended rating3.20
    Play activitynobody has booted it here · capped at +0.50+0.00
    Score3.2

    Recomputed from the database as ratings and sessions land. Every title in the archive goes through this same arithmetic — there is no manual adjustment step.

    Open Primal Rage
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How Best DOS Games are ranked
What is the best DOS fighting game?

Street Fighter II (1992, Capcom Co., Ltd.) is the best DOS fighting game by our players' ratings, ahead of Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight and X-Men: Children of the Atom. The ranking follows players' ratings and real play time, so it changes as people play.

Can I play these DOS fighting games online?

Yes. 10 of the games on this list play free in your browser on dos.games, with no download and no emulator to set up. Press Play on any of them; your progress can be saved.

How many DOS fighting games are there on dos.games?

16. This list ranks the best 10 in full and the next ones below them; the catalogue has every one, with filters for year, studio and more.

Which year had the most great DOS fighting games?

1992. 2 of the games on this list came out that year: Street Fighter II and Moonstone: A Hard Days Knight.

How is this list ranked?

With the same score as our Best DOS Games ranking: players' ratings, pulled toward the archive's own rating while a game has few of them, plus a small bonus for the games people actually keep playing. No editor and no sponsor decides a place.