ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 similar games & best alternatives

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ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One • 2017

Should you play it?

Marvel and Capcom join forces to deliver the most frenetic 3 vs 3 tag battles ever with Ultimate Marvel VS Capcom 3. This release comes fully loaded, including all previous DLC, Marvel VS. Capcom : Official Complete Works.

What works

  • Large and diverse character roster
  • High skill ceiling and rewarding combos
  • Smooth and optimized pc port
  • Vibrant visuals and soundtrack
  • All dlc included at purchase

Things to keep in mind

  • Small and inactive online community on pc
  • Steep learning curve for new players
  • Limited offline single-player content
  • Some balance issues with characters
  • No local multiplayer with keyboard and controller simultaneously

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

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  • GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

  • Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid

  • GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R

  • TEKKEN 7

  • Guilty Gear X2 #Reload

Less intimate

Games that feels like ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 but with less focus on close relationships

  • BlazBlue Centralfiction

  • FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves

  • Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition

  • DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

  • BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Extend

More social

Games that feels like ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle

  • NARUTO SHIPPUDEN: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4

  • MEGATON MUSASHI W: WIRED

  • GOD EATER 3

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION

  • Injustice™ 2

Less dominating

Games that feels like ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3 but with less domination over others

  • Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising

  • Arcana Heart 3 LOVEMAX SIXSTARS!!!!!! XTEND

  • Iron Saga VS

  • FIGHTING EX LAYER

  • SOULCALIBUR VI

  • Skullgirls 2nd Encore

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • MARVEL vs. CAPCOM Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics

  • Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

  • Capcom Fighting Collection

  • Capcom Fighting Collection 2

  • Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

ULTIMATE MARVEL VS. CAPCOM 3: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Fantasy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026