Fixed Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game launching on Thursday, July 23, across all current-gen platforms, reviews from multiple media outlets have been trending in a somewhat positive direction for the upcoming title. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game features a dozen characters from Nickelodeon's Avatar franchise for players to choose from at launch.
The last full week of July is a busy time for fans of Avatar series. Along with the launch of Avatar Legendsan animated film called Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender will be released Saturday, July 25 exclusively on Paramount+. Although the film was originally slated to arrive on October 9, Avatar Aang: The Last Airbenderr leaked on social media. In short, Avatar Aang is set between the events of The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. However, it is currently unclear if Paramount Skydance moved up the film's debut date in response to the leak.
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Review embargo for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game lifted just one day before the game's global launch. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game ratings on Metacritic have so far been mostly positive based on nine reviews as of this writing. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game has a “Generally Favorable” Metacritic score of 81, with a strong overall score of 82 and a 64% critic recommendation on OpenCritic. The highest reviews so far for Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game have come from outlets like SteamDeckHQ and GamingBolt, who praised the game's accessibility options, beginner-friendly tutorials, and hand-drawn visual style.
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SteamDeckHQ (Onat Esendağ) – Score: 10/10
Avatar Legends is a masterpiece. It takes everything that makes fighting games special and runs it at an incredibly high level, while remaining welcoming to newcomers through its outstanding tutorials and accessibility options. Combined with its breathtaking 100% hand-drawn visuals that perfectly capture the spirit of the animated series, it stands as one of the most impressive and memorable fighting games I've ever played.
GamingBolt (Stuart Glover) – Score: 9/10
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game overcomes its initial intimidation to reveal a fighter that's expressive, exciting, and truly rewards improvement.
IGN (Mitchell Saltzman) – Score: 8/10
The potential of Avatar Legends is huge. This is a gorgeous 2D fighting game that stands out as both a throwback to the bygone era of sprite-based fighters and a faithful adaptation of the beloved cartoons it's based on. It has some of the most satisfying movement of any 2D fighter I've played, combo routes that are challenging but incredibly rewarding to learn, a 12-character roster that feels much larger than it actually is thanks to the clever support system, and flexible combat that allows for plenty of creative expression. The weak story mode and complete absence of some basic options like CPU difficulty settings really make Avatar Legends hard to recommend to casual Avatar fans, but for fighting game fans looking for something with “sauce”, Avatar Legends is about as fresh as it gets.
TheGamer (George Foster) – Score: 9/10
Avatar has long felt like a poisoned chalice when it comes to video games, but Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game proves it's been a perfect fit all along. Although on the smaller side, the amazing and very Avatar combat mechanics, gorgeous style and love for the series make it a fighter that will be very hard to top.
TechRaptor (Austin Suther) – Score: 8/10
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game is not just a good, well, fighting game, it's the best Avatar game ever released. With options for newcomers to get used to and plenty of depth for experienced players, the only significant downside is the underwhelming story mode.
However, Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game also got mixed responses from other reviews. Final Weapon stated in their review that while longtime fans of the Avatar The TV series may be disappointed with what the game has to offer, it may turn some parts of the fighting game community (FGC) into fans of Avatarr franchise. A similar point was made in Hardcore Gamer's review, which stated that Gameplay Group International managed to make each character feel unique in their play styles. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game will be available for play starting Thursday, July 23, at approximately 10 a.m. Eastern. The standard edition costs $30, while the digital deluxe edition will set players back $50.
Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game will include several features for players to choose from when starting the game. These include a training mode to give players a way to practice playing as their favorite fighters, an art gallery that includes never-before-seen artwork from Avatar TV series and game modes such as Arcade Mode, Story Mode and Online Play. Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game will include recovery netcode and cross-play across all supported platforms to ensure smooth gameplay during online matches.
While it remains to be seen how well Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game will be fine at launch. Gameplay Group International has already pledged support for the upcoming fighting game. Avatar Legends will launch additional DLC fighters in 2026 and 2027, which include Iroh, Tylee, Lin Beifong, Bolin and the winner of a character vote between Kuvira, Tenzin, Amon, King Bumi and Asami Sato.
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23 July 2026
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All 10+ / Fantasy violence, in-game purchase
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Gameplay Group International
