SoulCalibur II

SoulCalibur II is the third installment in the Soul series and continues the tradition of his predecessors with improved graphics, new characters and new levels. A majority of the action takes place in Weapon…

95 10 July 2002

Fighting Action Fantasy Historical

SoulCalibur II is a fighting developed by Project Soul, released 10 July 2002 on Arcade.

Verified 10 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What SoulCalibur II is

SoulCalibur II is a fighting game developed by Project Soul and released in 2002. It was published by Namco. It is available on Arcade only. It runs on Namco System 246.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Four years have passed since the spirit sword SoulCalibur defeated the evil Soul Edge. At the end of that fateful battle, the shards of the shattered Soul Edge were scattered across the world and SoulCalibur was lost to the void. Now, the evil that still resides in the scattered shards of Soul Edge threatens again to engulf the world in darkness.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and historical. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the SoulCalibur series

SoulCalibur II is the sixth of 27 entries we hold in the SoulCalibur series. It arrived 2 years after Minigame 3-hon Pack. The next entry was SoulCalibur II in 2003. Its critic score of 95 is 14 points above the series average of 81. That makes it the highest-rated entry in the series.

See all 27 SoulCalibur games in release order →

How it was received

SoulCalibur II holds a critic score of 95 out of 100. That places it above 99% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 27 points above the year average. Players rate it 89, 6 points lower than critics did — a gap worth knowing about before you buy.

What it launched against

SoulCalibur II launched on 10 July 2002, within three weeks of Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Super Mario Sunshine and Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem. It reviewed better than all of them.

Released around the same time: Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, Super Mario Sunshine, Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem.

Cheats and codes

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