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Soulcalibur

edited 2026-06-15

A complete play order for the Soulcalibur franchise — every mainline Bandai Namco weapon-fighting game from Soul Edge (1995) through Soulcalibur VI (2018), plus story-relevant spin-offs. Covers both the original timeline (Soul Edge through Soulcalibur V) and Soulcalibur VI's soft-reboot new timeline, with in-universe chronological ordering for the mainline series.

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01GAME
1995The 1995 arcade debut of the Soul series, developed by Project Soul and published by Namco. In 16th-century Europe, the cursed demon sword S…
02GAME
1998The 1998 arcade sequel and series breakout hit, ported to Sega Dreamcast in 1999 with enhanced visuals and additional content. Set three yea…
03GAME
2002The 2002 arcade sequel and 2003 home console release, four years after Soulcalibur. Soul Edge has been shattered into fragments that scatter…
04GAME
2005The 2005 PlayStation 2 exclusive and the only mainline title not to receive a simultaneous arcade release (an Arcade Edition followed in 200…
05GAME
2008The 2008 HD-era debut of the franchise on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, set shortly after Soulcalibur III. The story follows the escalating wa…
06GAME
2012The 2012 sequel set 17 years after Soulcalibur IV, marking a generational handoff in the franchise's cast. Patroklos Alexander — son of seri…
07GAME
2018The 2018 series relaunch and the first entry of the New Timeline, which re-tells the events of the original Soulcalibur era (1583–1586) with…