The Game Award for Best Fighting Game
The Game Awards · 64 nominations across 12 ceremonies · 12 wins
The Game Awards 2025 · 2025
- Winner Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves · SNK
- Nominee Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. · Ryu ga Gotoku Studio
- Nominee Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown · Sega AM2
- Nominee Capcom Fighting Collection 2
- Nominee Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection · Digital Eclipse
- Nominee 2XKO · Riot Games
The Game Awards 2024 · 2024
- Winner Tekken 8 · Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Namco Studios
- Nominee MultiVersus · Player First Games
- Nominee Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising · Arc System Works
- Nominee Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero · Spike Chunsoft
- Nominee Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics · Capcom
The Game Awards 2023 · 2023
- Winner Street Fighter 6 · Capcom
- Nominee Pocket Bravery · Statera Studio
- Nominee Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 · Fair Play Labs
- Nominee God of Rock
- Nominee Mortal Kombat 1 · NetherRealm Studios
The Game Awards 2022 · 2022
- Winner MultiVersus · Player First Games
- Nominee DNF Duel · Arc System Works, Eighting, Neople
- Nominee Sifu · Sloclap
- Nominee The King of Fighters XV · SNK
- Nominee JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle R · CyberConnect2
- Nominee JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: All-Star Battle R · CyberConnect2
The Game Awards 2021 · 2021
- Winner Guilty Gear Strive · Arc System Works
- Nominee Melty Blood: Type Lumina · French-Bread
- Nominee Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown · Sega AM2
- Nominee Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown · Ryu ga Gotoku Studio, Sega AM2
- Nominee Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
- Nominee Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles · CyberConnect2
The Game Awards 2020 · 2020
- Winner Mortal Kombat 11 · NetherRealm Studios
- Nominee Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] · French-Bread
- Nominee Street Fighter V · Capcom, Dimps
- Nominee One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows · Spike Chunsoft
- Nominee Granblue Fantasy Versus · Arc System Works
- Nominee Street Fighter V: Champion Edition · Capcom
- Nominee Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[cl-r] · French-Bread
The Game Awards 2019 · 2019
- Winner Super Smash Bros. Ultimate · Bandai Namco Studios, Sora Ltd.
- Nominee Samurai Shodown · SNK, Safari Games
- Nominee Jump Force · Spike Chunsoft
- Nominee Mortal Kombat 11 · NetherRealm Studios
- Nominee Dead or Alive 6 · Team Ninja
The Game Awards 2018 · 2018
- Winner Dragon Ball FighterZ · Arc System Works
- Nominee Street Fighter V · Capcom, Dimps
- Nominee BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle · Arc System Works
- Nominee Soulcalibur VI · Dimps
- Nominee Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition
The Game Awards 2017 · 2017
- Winner Injustice 2 · NetherRealm Studios, QLOC
- Nominee Tekken 7 · Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Namco Studios
- Nominee Arms · Bandai Namco Studios, Nintendo Entertainment Planning & Development
- Nominee Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite · Capcom
- Nominee Nidhogg 2 · Messhof
The Game Awards 2016 · 2016
- Winner Street Fighter V · Capcom, Dimps
- Nominee The King of Fighters XIV · Abstraction Games, SNK
- Nominee Pokkén Tournament · Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Nominee Killer Instinct: Season Two · Double Helix Games, Iron Galaxy Studios
The Game Awards 2015 · 2015
- Winner Mortal Kombat X · NetherRealm Studios
- Nominee Rise of Incarnates · Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Nominee Guilty Gear Xrd · Arc System Works
- Nominee Rising Thunder
The Game Awards 2014 · 2014
- Winner Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS · Bandai Namco Entertainment, Sora Ltd.
- Nominee Persona 4 Arena Ultimax · Arc System Works
- Nominee Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS · Bandai Namco Entertainment, Sora Ltd.
- Nominee Killer Instinct: Season Two · Double Helix Games, Iron Galaxy Studios
- Nominee Ultra Street Fighter IV · Capcom, Dimps
- Nominee Ultra Street Fighter IV · Capcom