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Street Fighter IV

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This page is for the original 2009 version. For expanded variants released from 2011 to 2014, see Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.

Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter IV cover
Developers
Capcom
Dimps
Publishers
Capcom
Russia 1C Company[1]
Release dates
Windows July 3, 2009
Reception
Metacritic 91
IGDB 90
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Fighting
Series Street Fighter
Street Fighter IV on HowLongToBeat
Street Fighter IV on IGDB
Street Fighter IV guide on StrategyWiki
Street Fighter IV on MobyGames
Street Fighter IV on Wikipedia
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Warnings

For Games for Windows - LIVE on Windows 8 or later, install the latest Games for Windows - LIVE software.

Street Fighter IV a port of the 2008 arcade fighting game of the same name, featuring additional characters compared to the arcade original.

It was superseded by Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition in July 2011, but remained sold separately until November 2021, when it was taken down due to an "installation issue".[2]

General information

Steam Community Discussions
Official forums
Street Fighter IV Subreddit
Street Fighter Wiki
Strategy guides

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
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SecuROM 7 DRM.
Windows
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable)
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[3]
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Unavailable for purchase since November 2021, pending Capcom's investigation into an installation issue.[2]
Windows
All versions require Games for Windows - LIVE DRM.[Note 1]

Essential improvements

Skip launcher

Use the -play command line argument

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21660/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/21660/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.
Graphics settings.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Toggle with Alt+ Enter.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
In-game Vsync is broken.[4]
60 FPS
120+ FPS
Locked to 60fps; fixed frame rate has to be enabled to prevent broken game speed.

Input

Input settings.
Input settings.

Audio

Sound settings.
Sound settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Background music, sound effects, voice
Surround sound
Auto configures up to 5.1 output[5]
Subtitles
Cutscenes
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

English or Japanese voices can be set individually for each character after clearing Arcade Mode for the first time, as well as the cutscenes.
Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Russian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2
LAN play
Online play
2

VR support

3D modes State Notes
vorpX
G3D
User created game profile, see vorpx forum profile introduction.

Issues fixed

"Fatal Error: An unhandled error occured / Game won't start on Windows 10"

Update Games for Windows - LIVE[citation needed]
  1. Uninstall Microsoft Games for Windows Marketplace and Microsoft Games for Windows - LIVE Redistributable.
  2. Install the Games for Windows Marketplace Client.

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Cutscenes Windows Media Foundation
Multiplayer Games for Windows - LIVE

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM) 1 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 6600
ATI Radeon X1600
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 3.0 support
Sound (audio device) DirectX 9.0c compatible

Notes

  1. Games for Windows - LIVE DRM features: Legacy activation, supports local profiles.
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/21660/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (21660) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. [1] - last accessed on 2023-05-30
  2. 2.0 2.1 Steam - Street Fighter® IV - Message from Capcom regarding Games for Windows Live - last accessed on 2021-11-21
  3. Games For Windows Live store is up! - last accessed on 19 August 2022
  4. VSync on causes input lag? - shoryuken forums - last accessed on May 2023
  5. PC Gaming Surround Sound Round-up - last accessed on May 2023