Killer Instinct

Don't listen to all the negative reviews complaining about "only 1 character". It's been like this since launch and rotates often. Anyway, this game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ goated.

One of the best fighting games of all time!
Soundtrack 10/10
Sound design: 10/10
Gameplay: 10/10
Character design: 10/10
Netcode: ROLLBACK
This game is more than 10 years old and still remains a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ MASTERPIECE!

I played the first KI on SNES. I flayed the skin on my thumbs to get the combos right. I literally bled for the game. Was it worth it? Hell yes! This is just as awesome!

Don't go by my play time, I started on Xbox then moved to the Xbox app on PC. Bought this on Steam because this is hands down the best 2D fighter in existence! The fact that this was made on such a crap budget shows how much the devs loved K.I. They did it justice for sure. Don't be intimidated, it has one of the best training and practice modes ever and isn't that hard to understand. It puts the modern Mortal Kombat games to shame imo. The fact that this game is so loved after it's been out this long speaks to it's quality. I really hope we can get a big budget sequel one day!

It's odd that people are complaining that the free to play version doesn't come with all of the characters? I could name 10+ games where you have to buy or EARN your characters by playing the game. Additionally, imagine paying full price for any of the "newer" MK's, and then having to pay an additional kidney to get a character that should've been added in the original roster (Takeda, Tanya, Shang Tsung, Nightwolf, Sindel, Sheeva, Mileena, Rain, Ermac, Quan Chi). You can get all of the characters in KI for less than an MK game and this is one of the best fighters available IMO.

Killer Instinct is old, and practically dead but is still fun to those who play alone. The game is "free to play" but you only get access to one character and I don't think it even rotates the free fighter anymore. Although, the game goes on sale now and again and you can get access to every single character and dlc that existed for as low as $10. Even for full price ($30) it's not a bad deal, just don't expect to play online.
Killer instinct is also incredibly easy to enter as a fighting game if you're not experienced due to auto combos. You can generally mash buttons, but you will learn how to properly press buttons, how to avoid and perform combo breakers, and how to use special moves.
For those who are worried about playing alone, shadow lords will give you tons of extra playtime as its a rogue-lite, and gives you some stuff to work towards like skins for each character, which also includes fighting against shadows which are basically ai versions of players which also has its own modes relating to it. You can make CPUs fight each other if you just wanna watch some fights in real time as well.
Revision: Upon further looking at some stuff in the game, the weekly fighter does still reset, so you're not stuck to one character all the time if you don't have the extra money you're willing to spend. You can get Orchid and Jago for free by playing shadow lords. So technically you could just buy 1 or 2 characters, but I'd recommend just buying the full game.

Easy recommend. Played the windows store version before and just added to Steam now. One of the greatest fighting games ever made !!!