Reviews for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game have dropped before its release tomorrow, and they place it as the highest-rated fighting game of 2026 so far.
Although 2026 hasn’t been quite as monumental for fighting games as 2025 and 2024, it’s still had some notable new additions. Invincible VS is perhaps the biggest of the year so far, which landed to positive reviews and a passionate community that still seems to be involved even a few months after launch.
Invincible VS may have the new fighting game crown by default currently, but that appears to be about to change with the launch of Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game, arguably the underdog contender. Reviews for the game just went live ahead of launch tomorrow, and they show just how positively the game is being received.
As of the time of writing, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game currently has a Strong score on OpenCritic with 81, and an 81 on Metacritic. That easily puts it as the best-rated Avatar game of all time, as well as the current highest-rated fighting game of 2026, with Invincible VS eventually settling with a 77.
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