One of the best fighting games / Dragon Ball games
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“FighterZ is not only THE best Dragon Ball game but also THE best fighting game I ever played in my life”
Steam review · 277.1 h played ↗
DRAGON BALL FighterZ
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 91%Very Positive · 91%Arc System Works2018Fighting · Action · Arcade
The verdict
A gorgeous, anime-faithful 3v3 tag fighter that is easy to pick up and deep to master. Skip it if you want casual online play or use Linux/Steam Deck.
Great for
Dragon Ball fans and fighting game players who have friends to play with or enjoy lab work
Main risk
Online is dominated by sweaty veterans with one-touch combos, and anticheat blocks Linux and Steam Deck
What players love
Anime-perfect visuals and animation
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Graphics look so much like the anime that your eyes will bleed hype.”
Steam review · 17.1 h played ↗
Easy to learn, deep to master
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“What really sets FighterZ apart is accessibility without sacrificing depth.”
Steam review · 5.2 h played ↗
Fun 3v3 tag combat and combo system
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“It's honestly frightening how much fun it is to think up team combinations or find ways to optimize your gameplan/combos.”
Steam review · 115.2 h played ↗
Great with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 positive reviews
“stupidly fun, esp with a friend you force to play”
Steam review · 75.7 h played ↗
Still supported and worth it on sale
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“Even in 2025 its a fantastic way to spend your time and money as its still being updated 7 years later.”
Steam review · 115.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Sweaty online with one-touch combos
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the majority of people who still play this game are people who've been playing it for hundreds, if not thousands of hours.”
Steam review · 14.8 h played ↗
Anticheat blocks Linux and Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“DBFZ uses Easy Anti Cheat, which does support Steam Deck, but the developers chose not to click the box to enable Linux support”
Steam review · 32.1 h played ↗
Unbalanced meta and overpowered DLC characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“ALSO ALSO, if you like going up against a character that never gets nerfed and has 9+ moves that have I-Frames”
Steam review · 94.3 h played ↗
Small, dead online and bad matchmaking
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It might be one of the games of all time but you`ll have no one to play with”
Steam review · 125.2 h played ↗
Expensive, DLC-heavy roster
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Over 50% of the characters u have to buy the individual DlC's for”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
Crashes and lost saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“I'm am met with a fatal error crash every time I start the game. You can delete localappdata and it lets the game work”
Steam review · 7.2 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: UnsupportedController support6 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
ProcessorAMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon HD 6870, 1 GB / GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 1 GB
Storage6 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
ProcessorAMD Ryzen 5 1400, 3.2 GHz / Intel Core i7-3770, 3.40 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon HD 7870, 2 GB / GeForce GTX 660, 2 GB
Storage6 GB available space
OSWindows 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
ProcessorAMD FX-4350, 4.2 GHz / Intel Core i5-3470, 3.20 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsRadeon HD 6870, 1 GB / GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 1 GB
Storage6 GB available space
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