4 Games like Lethal League on PS5 that you should try

Games like Lethal League · Find similar →

We filtered the 49 games similar to Lethal League down to the 4 that fit the “PS5” category. Mortal Kombat 1, Street Fighter 6 and MultiVersus top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to Lethal League.

NextGameLike80/ 100

Did you find what you were looking for?

GenreFightingSubgenre2D Fighter

The best games like Lethal League on PS5

4 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Lethal League. Each one has been evaluated across 13 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

Mortal Kombat 1

67 similarity to Lethal League

NGL78

Closest overall match

GenreFightingSubgenre2D Fighter

SoloMultiplayerPvPOfflineCo-opMeleeCompetitive2D

Year 2023Dev NetherRealm Studios · WB GamesOn Xbox · PC · PS5

Shelved next to Lethal League for good reason: competitive edge, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is setting and tone: dark, oppressive atmosphere and fantasy world.

Released 9 years after Lethal League.

Genre100Combat100Game mode96Visuals70Tone50Setting0

Street Fighter 6

63 similarity to Lethal League

NGL88

Closest on tone

GenreFightingSubgenre2D Fighter

SoloMultiplayerPvPOfflineMeleeCompetitive2D

Year 2023Dev CapcomOn Xbox · PS4 · Switch

Held in common with Lethal League: competitive edge, melee combat and single-player focus. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is setting: fantasy world.

Released 9 years after Lethal League.

Genre100Combat100Tone100Game mode80Visuals70Setting0

MultiVersus

63 similarity to Lethal League

NGL76

Closest on visuals

GenreFightingSubgenre2D Fighter

MultiplayerCo-opSoloPvPMeleeCompetitive2D

Year 2024Dev Player First Games · WB GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

What carries over from Lethal League is competitive edge, melee combat and multiplayer gameplay. The common ground extends to 2D presentation. Where the two diverge is setting: fantasy world.

Released 10 years after Lethal League.

Genre100Combat100Tone100Game mode80Visuals80Setting0

Mortal Kombat 11

61 similarity to Lethal League

NGL85

GenreFightingSubgenre2D Fighter

SoloMultiplayerOfflinePvPMeleeCompetitive2D

Year 2019Dev NetherRealm Studios · WB GamesOn Xbox · PS4 · PC

The genre is the same as Lethal League’s, and with it competitive edge, melee combat and single-player focus. Both also lean on 2D presentation. The distance is in setting and tone — its own ground is dark, oppressive atmosphere and fantasy world.

Released 5 years after Lethal League.

Genre100Combat100Game mode80Visuals79Tone53Setting0

Explore games similar to Lethal League by category

If Lethal League left you wanting more, this is where you narrow it down. Was it the sports or the competitive that hooked you? There is a list of just that. And if you play on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS5, PlayStation, Xbox and Mobile, filter by platform and skip the games you could not play anyway.

Rankings in the same genre

Sometimes what you want is not a Lethal League look-alike but simply the best 2D Fighting Games there are. That is what these rankings are for: no comparison to anything, just the highest-rated games. And if you feel like widening the net, the Fighting Games ranking is a good way to run into something you were not expecting.

The 20 Best 2D Fighting Games (2026)The 20 Best Fighting Games of All Time (2026)