Fighting games have always had spectacular arenas for you to fight in,giving you fantastic sights and sounds that play out in the background as you and your opponent mix it up in the foreground. And fortunately, that trend continues inStreet Fighter 6, which may have the best-looking stages in the genre.
There are currently 18 stages you’re able to throw down in, with the vast majority of them being packed to the rim with fascinating visuals, lively atmospheres, and colors that pop and capture the stage’s entire vibe. But which of these arenas is the best, and which ones fall short in comparison?
Updated July 13, 2025, by Seth Parmer:Terry Bogard has finally entered the Streets to check out the newly-opened Pao Pao Cafe in Metro City, and boy, is it ever a solid stage. Find out where we placed the new stage introduced in Street Fighter 6 along with Terry Bogard in the newly updated list below!
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Much like every other fighting game it appears in, the Training Room stage is still one of the most boring offerings you can get and the worst in Street Fighter 6.
This stage will never be good and is only acceptable when using the actual Training Mode. Using it outside of it should be considered a war crime at this point.
Zangief
Moving onto our first ‘real’ stage, we have Barmaley Steelworks, a steel mill located in Russia that has immense industrial vibes with a thick smog atmosphere blanketing the sky.
Overall, this stage isn’t terrible, but when compared to some of the others in Street Fighter 6, it falls drastically short. There’s no denying the stage nails its theme. It’s just not a visually appealing one.
The Macho Ring is another stage that would likely be much higher in most other games, but the competition is quite fierce in Street Fighter 6, placing it near the bottom.
Large screens that showcase the matchup, vast crowds of screaming fans, and an excellent color pallet make this stage easy on the eyes and exhilarating to fight it, but not enough to move it up any further.
Guile
Available in all Betas, the Carrier Byron Taylor was always a stand-out stage but paled in comparison to the other offerings at the time, and that remains true even with the game’s full release.
With that said, the sky is simply striking on this stage, and the scale of the Carrier is astonishing. We also love the colors used here and the liveliness of the onlooking crowd. Still, we wish we could place it much higher than it is, but the others are justthatgood to keep it this low.
Cammy
We know we made a point to acknowledge the importance of color and vibrancy of stages, and we are well aware of how drab-looking King Street is, but it has such a calm and gloomy vibe to it that we cannot get enough of it compared to the others listed this far.
King Street is set on a cobbled street in front of the famous Elizabeth Tower and the Palace of Westminster. While this stage is primarily gray, the splashes of reds and greens help breathe life into it, making it a surprisingly solid entry.
Ken, Kimberly, and Luke
Metro City Downtown is, perhaps, the exact opposite of King Street and offers bright neon lights, striking graffiti, and a look at the primary city of the series in all its glory.
However, even if it’s a much better stage overall than King Street, it still falls short of the remaining offerings. It’s a solid arena to fight in, with excellent use of color and NPC interactions in the background, but it’s missing that extra ‘something’ the others seem to have in spades.
Dee Jay
Bathers Beach kicks barely misses our top ten, and its beautiful sunset in the background, lively crowd, and summer vacation vibes make it hard not to place it higher. This is just a feel-good stage, and we love it for that.
This stage doesn’t try too hard to be anything other than fun, and Dee Jay’s “Maximum Bar” blaring funky tunes in the background drills that point home. The onlookers are also having a blast, dancing and interacting with each other. What’s there to hate?
Marisa
Whether or not an enormous Colosseum in Italy can bring better vibes than a beach in Jamaica is up to you, but there’s no denying that the Colosseo stage is nothing short of phenomenal.
Everything from the onlooking Spartans in the background with their shields and spears drawn to the sleeping lion and the brilliant splashes of red and gold that stand out in contrast to the brown stone, concrete, and dirt of the Colosseum make it one of the best in the game.
Blanka
Ranger’s Hut takes place on a small dock in Brazil, surrounded by huts, an enormous snake, and several people enjoying their day by the water. There’s also a large waterfall deep in the background that helps elevate the stage drastically.
There’s an oddly relaxing and calming nature to Ranger’s Hut, and it does an excellent job capitalizing on the brown wood used for the huts and dock by including splashes of green from watermelon and trees, a bright blue sky, and hints of reds and yellows from signs and clothing.
Ed
As we near the end of the first season of Street Fighter 6, we finally received a new stage to brawl in with the addition of Ed entering the roster. As its name suggests, Ruined Lab takes place in the aftermath of a destroyed Shadaloo Base, showcasing many of Bison’s experiments and clones in the background.
The eerie and desolate vibes of this stage make it an excellent change-up from most of the other offerings in the game, and the history and lore aspect of it elevates it above the vast majority of them. While not the best in the game, it’s certainly within the top ten!
