The closest games to Tekken Tag Tournament 2 are Tekken 8, Tekken 3 and Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown. Below, 10 picks with the reason for each — what carries over from Tekken Tag Tournament 2, and what does not.
Tag Tournament 2 is the fan-service entry, and the tag mechanic is the reason: two characters, a bar that refills the one resting, and combos that hand off mid-air. The roster is enormous and the practice mode was the best in the genre at the time. It is a fighting game with an unusual amount to do alone.
Tekken Tag Tournament 2 released on the PlayStation 3. The list below is not restricted to that console — a recommendation is only useful if you can actually play it, so it spans generations and platforms.
The current entry, and the single-player content is generous again.
Where the series became itself, and still the most beloved.
The purest 3D fighter, and the most technically respected.
3D fighting with weapons and a proper story mode.
Tag fighting taken to its most chaotic extreme.
Faster 3D fighting built around counters.
The best on-ramp any fighting game has built, if you are starting out.
Capcom's team-based 3D fighter with a full story mode.
If the chaos rather than the frame data was the appeal.
Kameo assists are the modern version of the tag idea.
Several of these have their own page here: games like Tekken 3, games like Power Stone 2, games like Mortal Kombat 1.
The 3 of these picks that have a page here, and the console each is catalogued under. Most are on more platforms than one — remasters and back catalogues move constantly — so treat this as where to start looking rather than a complete availability list.
| Game | Catalogued under |
|---|---|
| Tekken 3 | PS1 |
| Power Stone 2 | Dreamcast |
| Mortal Kombat 1 | PS5 |
Tekken 8. The current entry, and the single-player content is generous again.
Tekken 8, Tekken 3 and Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown are the closest. The full list of Tekken Tag Tournament 2 similar games is on this page — 10 of them, each with the reason it is here rather than a genre tag that happens to match.
The picks above span platforms rather than sticking to the PS3, because the thing worth copying about Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is not a property of the hardware. The PS3 list further down is the place to go for more from that library.
Because the thing you liked about Tekken Tag Tournament 2 is not a property of the hardware. Restricting the list to one console would drop most of the good answers, so the picks above span platforms and eras. If you specifically want more from that library, the PS3 list further down is the place to start.
By hand, one game at a time, on what the source game actually does — its pacing, its movement, its difficulty, its tone. Genre tags alone put Tekken Tag Tournament 2 next to games that feel nothing like it, so they are not the basis for this list. Each pick carries the reason it is here so you can judge it yourself.
No. The whole list is on this page, free, with no sign-in and no email. We earn a small affiliate commission if you buy through a retailer link, which is what pays for the site.
If you already know what kind of answer you want, these are the same list cut by genre — and each one says what it leaves out as well as what it includes:
More from the PlayStation 3 library, each with its own recommendations page: