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Game entry

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

1999 · Fighting, Arcade · Arcade · Capcom

GameForever voters place Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike no. 123 in the world ranking, with 1,828 ELO points and 83% of wins across 134 duels settled. Of the 4 duels that pitted it against For Honor, it has won 2 and lost 2. Where it fares best, it sits at no. 2 out of 257 (Fighting).

World rank

no. 123

ELO score

1,828

Wins

83%

Duels played

134

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About Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike

Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike is the second follow-up to Street Fighter III. The game increased the character roster by adding five new characters and also added further refinements to the previous game's play mechanics and rules. All the returning characters from the previous Street Fighter III games were given new stages, endings, and voice actors for certain characters, continuing the overall storyline from where the first two games left off.

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,828 ELO points over the last 215 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 120 Ghost of Tsushima 1,828
  2. 121 BioShock 2 1,828
  3. 122 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 1,828
  4. 123 Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike 1,828
  5. 124 Dark Souls III 1,827
  6. 125 Super Mario Galaxy 1,826
  7. 126 Hyper Light Drifter 1,826

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The standing

Where Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 2 out of 257 (Fighting).

Where Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 123 5,110
Fighting 2 257
1990s 25 655
1999 4 116

The community

The debate

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  1. QuestBard

    Melee rewards speed and reads that snowball fast, this rewards patience and a single correct read at the right moment, both demanding but in almost opposite ways

  2. IronKid3

    Compared to Smash it rewards precision over chaos, or maybe I mean patience more than precision honestly.

  3. Donato_1990

    The parry system rewards precise timing in a way few fighters match, though the input windows punish anyone without arcade-level reflexes. Newcomers bounce off hard.

    lloyd09

    Same here, clicks or falls apart, no in between really

    Puente51

    La precisión que mencionás es justo lo que separa a este juego de casi todo lo demás en el género.

  4. Audreanne_1999

    Same debates, same defenders, same 82 percent win rate flexed every single thread.

    GerhardByte

    same 82 percent flex every thread, meanwhile I'm still stuck losing to the same three moves

  5. BossOwl1995

    this game deserves way more respect than 107th honestly, the parry system alone puts it above half the roster of newer fighters people rank higher, i still boot it up sometimes just to feel dumb again for an hour

    GlitchPilot

    Ce respect qu'il inspire est mérité, mais ça reste une barrière énorme pour qui débarque aujourd'hui.

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