Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a 2018 crossover fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the fifth installment in the Super Smash Bros. series, succeeding Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014). The game follows the series' traditional style of gameplay, in which players control one of the various characters and use attacks to weaken their opponents and knock them out of an arena. It features a wide variety of game modes, including a single-player campaign and multiplayer versus modes. Ultimate features 74 playable fighters, including all characters from previous Super Smash Bros. games as well as newcomers. The roster ranges from Nintendo characters to those from third-party franchises.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2018
- Developer
- Sora Ltd.
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 7 December 2018 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Sora Ltd., Bandai Namco Studios |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo Switch |
| Genres | platform fighter, crossover fiction |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q54093632, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? How long to beat it
Total play time for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is about 76.6 hours to do everything, and around 24.1 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 24.1h | 618 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 42.5h | 617 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 76.6h | 430 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Super Smash Bros. Ultimate lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 88ahead of 53% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 61ahead of 96% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
What platforms is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on?
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is available on Nintendo Switch. It first released in 2018.
Who made Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was developed by Sora Ltd., Bandai Namco Studios and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
about 24.1 hours for the main story, 42.5 hours with the main extras, 76.6 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.