The fighting game genre has a ton of famous games and developers, from heavyweights like Tekken and Mortal Kombat to more obscure titles with cult followings. Some developers are well known for their focus on fighting games, while others may dip their toes in on occasion. Either way, we've had many outstanding fighting games from a wide variety of studios.
It's not usually surprising when a well-known developer makes a fighting game, but there are some developers that make you stop and go, "wait, what?" when you learn about entries in their back catalog. These 10 obscure fighting games all come from famous developers, and some of them you'd never expect!
Argonaut Software is a famous name in gaming history, whether we're talking about its iconic games such as Star Fox — one of gaming's most recognizable historic franchises that's even had a recent comeback with Star Fox 2 — or its contributions to gaming tech in the form of its Super FX chip and BRender engine.
Argonaut Software also produced a fighting game, FX Fighter, an MS-DOS 3D fighting game. It was originally intended for the SNES using Argonaut's Super FX chip. This was essentially an experiment in early real-time 3D, and although it didn't sell that well, with 200,000 units sold, it's a fascinating piece of obscure gaming history.
Namco isn't exactly unknown in the fighting game genre. It's responsible for Tekken and Soulcalibur, and it's one of the defining arcade companies. And that's not even talking about its other games, such as the Pac-Man and The Tales franchises. But despite making some genuine smash hits that are global phenomena, it's also had some flops, and The Outfoxies is one of them.
This is a Namco fighter you've probably never heard of. The Outfoxies was an experimental weapons-based arcade fighting game in which assassins battled across hazard-filled stages. It enjoyed initial success in Japan but quickly faded and never received its planned PlayStation port. It languished, largely forgotten, until its release as part of the Arcade Archives and Arcade Archives 2 collections for the Switch and Switch 2, PlayStation 4 and 5, and Xbox Series X/S consoles. It's had a bit of a moment since then, but it's still pretty obscure, even though retrospectives have been kind.
Atlus is a juggernaut of the JRPG world, producing games in franchises like Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, and its more recent hit, Metaphor: ReFantazio. To modern audiences, this kind of thing is the studio's bread and butter. It's what it's known for, and what its fans want.
But Atlus also has a history of making all sorts of other games, including fighting games. One of its more obscure arcade fighters is Groove on Fight, a Japan-only arcade game that also got a Sega Saturn release. It's the fourth game in the Power Instinct series, and it features demons that are the same as those in the Shin Megami Tensei series — but it's hidden deep within a massive game catalog of an entirely different kind.
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