Beginner-friendly with auto-combos
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“the rapid beat mechanic (Auto-Combo) is a gift from heaven for beginners who may not have played any other fighting games before”
Steam review · 10.9 h played ↗
MELTY BLOOD: TYPE LUMINA
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%FRENCH-BREAD, TYPE-MOON, Lasengle Inc., TAMSOFT CORPORATION, GameLoop Inc.2021Fighting · Arcade · Action
$49.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A fast, flashy, beginner-friendly anime fighter with auto-combos, strong visuals and lots of solo content. Skip it if you need a lively online scene, or if you want the deeper, bigger-roster Melty Blood Actress Again.
Great for
Newcomers and Type-Moon fans who want an easy-to-learn, flashy 2D fighter to play with friends or solo
Main risk
Online is nearly empty, so you may struggle to find matches or get stuck against veteran sweats.
What players love
Fast, fluid and fun gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Some of the best game feel and easily the best movement of any modern fighting game.”
Steam review · 163.1 h played ↗
Gorgeous art style and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Very fun 2d fighter with an amazing art style”
Steam review · 22.1 h played ↗
Great with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“playing with friends = one of the best fighting games to screw around with.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Lots of single-player content and tutorials
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Tons of single player content. Story for each character, challenges etc.”
Steam review · 32.5 h played ↗
Free DLC characters and color customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“no microtransactions, and all DLC characters are free”
Steam review · 56 h played ↗
What players complain about
Intrusive auto-combos with no off toggle
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Autocombo keeps kicking in when I don't want it and there's no option to toggle it off.”
Steam review · 0.4 h played ↗
Bad netcode and lag
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“it has the worst netcode to ever exist, i literally cannot find any match that i don't need to play 200+ ping”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
Online is dead or hard to find matches
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“it's a discord fighter :( Can't find a match without interacting with flaky discord people”
Steam review · 24.8 h played ↗
Worse than Actress Again Current Code
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“This game is a major downgrade compared to actress again current code.”
Steam review · 9.5 h played ↗
Shield rock-paper-scissors mechanic
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Shield guessies the game. It's like the devs heard someone say fighting games are like Rock Paper Scissors and made the biggest game mechanic based around it.”
Steam review · 12.4 h played ↗
Small roster, missing MBAACC characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“This game has 22 characters while the previous has 31, they've also left out fan favorite/important characters like Sion”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Verified12 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5, 3.2 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 680 / Radeon HD 7970
Storage12 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i5, 3.2 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 680 / Radeon HD 7970
Storage12 GB available space
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