Guilty Gear

Arc System Works' Guilty Gear is a fighting series defined by attitude. Created by Daisuke Ishiwatari, who also writes its heavy-metal soundtracks, it runs on a cast of rock-reference characters led by the bounty hunter Sol Badguy and a combat system notorious for its technical depth.

What separates it visually is the Xrd and Strive era, where Arc System Works pioneered 3D models shaded to look like hand-drawn 2D animation, setting a benchmark the whole genre chased. The fighting underneath rewards aggression and precise execution, which has kept it a fixture of competitive play even as it works to welcome newcomers.

The catalog now stretches the series past games into television with the 2025 anime Dual Rulers, but the games remain where Guilty Gear's identity lives.

The Guilty Gear franchise spans 1 series, 7 games in the CrossBinge catalog.