Excellent character creator
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“75% of my playtime is making dumb *** characters in the creator. fantastic fighting game but even better customisation.”
Steam review · 20.8 h played ↗
SOULCALIBUR VI
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%BANDAI NAMCO Studios Inc., Dimps Corporation2018Fighting · Action · Arcade
−90%$59.99$5.99
US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A flashy, accessible weapon-based 3D fighter with a superb character creator and solid combat. Skip it if you want lively online play, a strong story, or all characters without paying extra DLC.
Great for
Fans of weapon fighters who love creating custom characters, playing solo or local with friends, and buying on sale
Main risk
Dead online multiplayer and costly DLC leave you with only a weak single-player story
What players love
Fun, accessible weapon-based combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“combat feels smooth, responsive, and stupidly satisfying to play.”
Steam review · 126.5 h played ↗
Good graphics, music and guest characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Hats off to the devs for the guest characters, especially 2B and Geralt.”
Steam review · translated · 11.7 h played ↗
Lots of single-player content
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“Got really good single player content for a fighting game. You can make your dream character and even play an entire RPG mode.”
Steam review · 57 h played ↗
Great value on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“But the base game now during sales at 5.99 is just a crazy steal.”
Steam review · 23.4 h played ↗
Runs well on modest hardware
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“runs locked 60 on the deck with little to no fan noise.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Expensive DLC and paywalled characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Remember when special characters were unlocked through time and effort instead of money?”
Steam review · 33 h played ↗
Weak, slideshow-style story modes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“when 90% of the campaign is looking at still images, while listening to painfully slow dialogue, there is no reason to want to replay.”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Dead or tiny online community
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“ranked mode is dead and you have to play against people with over 1k hours in casual mode so its basically impossible to play online as a newcomer”
Steam review · 1.1 h played ↗
Less content and weaker customization than older entries
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Soul Calibur 3 came out years ago on a less advanced system. it Contains in its base game more than 3 times the amount of content within SC6.”
Steam review · 14.2 h played ↗
Reversal Edge and cinematic mechanics disrupt flow
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“Interrupting the flow of a fight for Reversal Edge Clashes and unskippable cutscene supers is a bad design decision.”
Steam review · 13.5 h played ↗
Save corruption and crashes
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“There is a bug that can happen to you seemingly out of nowhere where your save data will be corrupted, causing you to lose all your game progress, stats, and custom characters.”
Steam review · 124.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable20 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz or equivalent
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Storage20 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4690 3.5 GHz or equivalent
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1060 or equivalent
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows 7, 8.1, 10 (64-bit)
ProcessorIntel Core i3-4160 @ 3.60GHz or equivalent
Memory6 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050
Storage20 GB available space
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