Huge, diverse character roster
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Robust roster with arguably the best in the series history by the end of life of the title.”
Steam review · 197 h played ↗
Ultra Street Fighter® IV
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 92%Very Positive · 92%Capcom2014Fighting · Arcade · Action
$29.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago · Lowest we’ve seen since Oct 20, 2026: $3.89
The verdict
A deep, legendary, execution-heavy fighter with a huge roster and a sky-high skill ceiling. Skip it if you're a casual newcomer or only want online play, since the scene is small and netcode is delay-based.
Great for
Fighting game fans who like high-execution play, local matches with friends, and a big classic Street Fighter roster
Main risk
Brutal learning curve plus a small, sweaty online scene with laggy delay-based netcode
What players love
Classic that revived the FGC and still holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Top notch game. The game that re-lit the fire for the FGC.”
Steam review · 12.5 h played ↗
Runs on low-end PCs and Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Well optimized. Can run on a potato”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Deep, rewarding gameplay with high skill ceiling
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“It strikes the perfect balance between accessibility and depth, making it fun to play while still offering a high skill ceiling.”
Steam review · 139.9 h played ↗
Great value, often on sale cheaply
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“For 4 bucks this is amazing experience”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
Ember rollback mod fixes online play
NEW · LAST 30 DAYSMentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Thanks to the Ember Rollback mod, the netplay is now actually excellent.”
Steam review · 808.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor PC port: controls, menus, fullscreen
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“No option for full screen, you get that annoying window title bar of windows with title and minimise + close buttons on it”
Steam review · 1 h played ↗
Capcom's Enigma DRM added after purchase
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Capcom adding DRM after purchase when it wasn't disclosed on the store page should be against store policy.”
Steam review · 4.2 h played ↗
Laggy delay-based netcode
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Delay netcode kills this game so much harder than it usually kills a game, due to the amount of precision involved.”
Steam review · 45 h played ↗
Balance issues and cheap AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Even on the easiest setting the AI spams the same upper cut, grab or kick over and over and over and over and over...again.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Very steep learning curve, hard for newcomers
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Extremely difficult fighting game due to the tight execution needed to pull off combos (we're talking 1-2 frame tight).”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
Dead or sweaty online scene, bad matchmaking
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“you just get washed by whichever top 100 global player happens to find you and then get thrown back to the menu with no chance to rematch”
Steam review · 62.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support12 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or better
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better (except NVIDIA GeForce 7300)
Storage12 GB free hard drive space
Recommended
OSWindows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8,Windows 10,Windows 11
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz or better
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better
Storage12 GB free hard drive space
OSWindows Vista
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz or better
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 6600 or better (except NVIDIA GeForce 7300)
Storage12 GB free hard drive space
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