Fighting
Game genre theme
Informal group for finding fighting game sub-genres; Primarily one-on-one fighting genre, but includes tag team fighting, too.
Alternate names: Versus fighting, One-on-one fighting
Parent group
This is a container group; its children are:
| One-on-one fighting | Based around non-sport close combat between two characters at a time, energy bars and usually limited time, in a stage in which the boundaries are fixed. | 1979 / 2021 | 1366 games |
| Beat 'em up | Informal group for finding beat 'em up sub-genres; fighting genre modified to so it's no longer one-on-one but against multitude of opponents. | 1985 / 2016 | container group 17 games |
| Melee combat simulation | This is a placeholder for the nameless genre about melee combat simulation. (too short) | 1998 / 2017 | 33 games |