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Street Fighter® IV

Capcom · 2009-07-07

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Action

Franchise: Street Fighter · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 18, 2008 (Arcade), Feb 20, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Feb 12, 2009 (Xbox 360), Jul 03, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2012 (Android), Mar 10, 2010 (iOS)

Street Fighter® IV brings the legendary fighting series back to its roots by taking the beloved fighting moves and techniques of the original Street Fighter® II, and infusing them with Capcom's latest advancements in next generation technology.

Street Fighter® IV is a 2009 Action game with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 534 reviews).

1
playing now
67%
positive of 536 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (183 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (823 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Street Fighter IV is a 2008 fighting game developed by Capcom and Dimps and published by Capcom. It was the first original main entry in the Street Fighter series since Street Fighter III in 1997, a hiatus of eleven years. Designed for the Taito Type X2 arcade hardware, it was ported with additional features in 2009 to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows, along with mobile versions later on.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–43k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 536 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
181Jul 2012Aug 2025Jul 2012 — avg 9 · peak 20Oct 2012 — avg 8 · peak 23Jan 2013 — avg 9 · peak 25Apr 2013 — avg 8 · peak 29Jul 2013 — avg 10 · peak 31Oct 2013 — avg 7 · peak 27Jan 2014 — avg 9 · peak 30Apr 2014 — avg 7 · peak 21Jul 2014 — avg 8 · peak 21Oct 2014 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2015 — avg 4 · peak 14Apr 2015 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Oct 2015 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2016 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2016 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Jan 2018 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2025 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Aug 2025

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.63$4.992015-01-012022-07-252015-01-01 — best price $13.142015-01-17 — best price $21.192015-01-23 — best price $13.592015-01-31 — best price $13.042015-02-12 — best price $12.192015-03-05 — best price $11.752015-03-16 — best price $10.772015-03-24 — best price $11.172015-04-09 — best price $11.472015-04-24 — best price $11.772015-05-05 — best price $11.342015-05-14 — best price $18.282015-05-23 — best price $22.012015-06-02 — best price $17.802015-06-18 — best price $11.462015-07-08 — best price $18.472015-09-18 — best price $19.992015-12-17 — best price $17.442016-02-16 — best price $22.272016-05-06 — best price $17.292016-05-20 — best price $4.992016-06-24 — best price $14.972017-11-16 — best price $4.992018-01-09 — best price $15.132018-04-19 — best price $4.992018-05-28 — best price $19.992021-12-17 — best price $4.992022-02-02 — best price $19.992022-03-22 — best price $4.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-07-15 — best price $4.992022-07-25 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5072272026-05-31 — 290 pageviews2026-06-04 — 297 pageviews2026-06-08 — 339 pageviews2026-06-12 — 372 pageviews2026-06-16 — 320 pageviews2026-06-20 — 291 pageviews2026-06-24 — 276 pageviews2026-06-28 — 316 pageviews2026-07-02 — 265 pageviews2026-07-06 — 234 pageviews2026-07-10 — 279 pageviews2026-07-14 — 262 pageviews2026-07-18 — 275 pageviews2026-07-22 — 283 pageviews2026-07-26 — 312 pageviews2026-07-30 — 279 pageviews2026-08-03 — 323 pageviews2026-08-07 — 284 pageviews2026-08-11 — 288 pageviews2026-08-15 — 283 pageviews2026-08-19 — 227 pageviews2026-08-23 — 274 pageviews2026-08-27 — 260 pageviews2026-08-31 — 278 pageviews2026-09-04 — 391 pageviews2026-09-08 — 347 pageviews2026-09-12 — 322 pageviews2026-09-16 — 267 pageviews2026-09-20 — 290 pageviews2026-09-24 — 286 pageviews2026-09-28 — 344 pageviews2026-10-02 — 392 pageviews2026-10-06 — 405 pageviews2026-10-10 — 507 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPPartial Controller SupportRemote Play Together

Player tags

2D2.5DAnimeActionArcadeFighting2D FighterBeat 'em upCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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