Dragon Ball Fighters

Every Dragon Ball fighting game in one place - FighterZ, Sparking! ZERO and what comes next.

Dragon Ball Fighters is the home for the franchise's fighting game scene, and the game most people mean by the phrase is Dragon Ball FighterZ - whose Japanese title, Dragon Ball Fighters, is where the name comes from. This wiki covers Arc System Works' 2.5D classic with its 3v3 tag teams and 10 million sales, Spike Chunsoft's Sparking! ZERO with its Beam-and-Limit Break loop, the full technique vocabulary of both games, the rosters, the story modes, the competitive scene, and Project AGE 1000 - the new Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 announced for 2027.

FighterZ: January 26, 2018 - Sparking! ZERO: October 11, 2024 - Xenoverse 3: 2027 PC (Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, Arcade Bandai Namco Entertainment

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Why This Wiki Exists

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Two Very Different Fighters

FighterZ is a 2.5D tag-team read-and-react game built on Unreal Engine 4. Sparking! ZERO is a full 3D arena fighter with beam clash and Limit Break mechanics. They do not play the same and are not substitutes for each other.

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The Full Technique Vocabulary

Dragon Rush, Vanish Attack, Ki Charge, Super Dash, Shenron wishes, Sparking! Blast, Chain Blast and Limit Break - what each one does, how it interacts and where it breaks the game open.

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The Competitive Scene

The Dragon Ball games sit in a specific spot on the FGC calendar, between anime-style fighters and arena fighters. That positioning explains both the fanbase and the tournament formats.

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The 2027 Roadmap

Project AGE 1000, revealed as Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3, is the largest Dragon Ball game ever made - roughly seven years in development, set 216 years after Dragon Ball Z, with PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC versions planned.

Which Dragon Ball Fighting Game Should You Play?

There is no single answer, because the Dragon Ball fighting games are two different genres wearing the same franchise. If your search led you here looking for "Dragon Ball Dragon Fighters", you are almost certainly looking for Dragon Ball FighterZ - the Japanese title of which is literally Dragon Ball Fighters - and it remains the most acclaimed and best-selling game in the entire Dragon Ball video game catalogue.

Dragon Ball FighterZ - a 2.5D tag-team fighter by Arc System Works. Read-and-react, long matches, assist moves, a Shenron wish system and a 3v3 team structure. Metascore 87, the highest of any Dragon Ball game, and 10 million copies sold. If you want the definitive Dragon Ball versus experience, this is it.
Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO - a 3D arena fighter by Spike Chunsoft, released October 11, 2024 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Beam clashes, Limit Breaks and a full training mode. This is the modern, current competitive title.
Budokai Tenkaichi - the long-running 3D arena lineage that Dragon Ball games trace back to, with 161 characters in the third entry and a 8.8 user score. It is the series most often compared against Sparking! ZERO.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 3 - not a fighter, but announced for 2027 and set 216 years after Dragon Ball Z. It is the biggest Dragon Ball game in development and the one most likely to change the conversation.

The rest of this wiki covers each of them in depth: the games, the mechanics, the rosters, the story modes, the tournament scene and the upcoming projects. If you just want the short version, play FighterZ for the mechanics and Sparking! ZERO for the current meta.

The State of the Franchise in 2026

2026 was a heavy content year rather than a release year for Dragon Ball games. Almost everything that shipped was an update to an existing title, and the one genuinely new game announced is not due until 2027.

Sparking! ZERO - Super Limit-Breaking NEO, released July 30, 2026 on PS5, Xbox and PC, adding 33 new fighters including Champa, Super Saiyan Bardock, Grandpa Gohan, Mercenary Tao, Zangya, Pikkon, HF17 and Nuova Shenron, plus a new single-player roguelike mode called Limit Breaker Journey and four new stages. Switch and Switch 2 versions are scheduled for spring 2027.
Sparking! ZERO free updates - a Mission 100 update began January 26, 2026, and a later free patch added the Sparking! Boost and Chain Blast actions alongside new stage variations.
FighterZ - added Goku (Super Saiyan 4, DAIMA) as a new DLC fighter on April 22, 2026, complete with a new Wild Dash technique. The 2024 PS5 and Xbox Series X|S release added rollback netcode.
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 - Future Saga Chapter 4 released July 8, 2026, concluding a roughly ten-year story arc with a final confrontation against Fu.
Sparking! ZERO roadmap - Tower of Power arrives as a solo mode in winter 2026 and as a team mode for up to five players in spring 2027, alongside Mission 100 SP and Survival Mode SP. Cross-play is slated for a beta after summer 2027 on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Steam - Switch is excluded.

The anime side is also active: Dragon Ball Super returned with a Galactic Patrol arc adaptation in 2026, and Dragon Ball Legends continues its campaign and rating-match seasons, including a Shadow Dragon Saga themed season that ran through October and November 2026.