Invincible VS Brings Bloody, Fast Tag Battles in 2026

Invincible VS is a three-on-three superhero fighter with fast-paced action, huge combos, destructible environments, and enough gore to satisfy fans of the comic and show. It offers simplified or classic controls, smart anti-infinite systems, and unique tag mechanics that keep fights fair but chaotic. It’s coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S in 2026, and after seeing it at Evo 2025, it’s shaping up to be a major entry in the tag fighting game scene.

Built by Quarter Up, a studio with Killer Instinct veterans, the game feels like it has inherited the precision and speed of that title while adding its own bloody superhero twist. Players can pick either simplified inputs for quick accessibility or traditional commands for a more technical approach. The button layout keeps things intuitive, with light, medium, heavy, dash, and two assist buttons. Whether you mash or master, the combat delivers big, meaty hits and long combo strings, with hitstun animations that make every blow look brutal.

Blood is everywhere, but for streamers who want to stay on the safe side of platform rules, a Content Creator mode removes the gore without altering gameplay. This means Twitch and YouTube uploads won’t trigger demonetization while still showing off the action.

The combat system adds variety with Boost mechanics. By pressing medium and heavy together, players can temporarily upgrade moves—turning supers into EX versions or giving dashes a sudden burst of speed. This small tweak opens up mix-ups and combo extensions without slowing the flow. Quarter Up has also accounted for common tag-fighter problems by building in anti-infinite tech to stop looping combos, plus a system that resets the match to neutral after a teammate is knocked out, avoiding the cheap mix-up traps seen in other games.

"When the clock hits zero, all your remaining health and resources go into your main fighter for an overtime showdown. The last one standing wins." - PCMAG

There’s more depth under the surface. Assist Breakers let you call in a partner to interrupt an opponent’s combo, shifting momentum without costing meter—but the helper goes on cooldown, making timing critical. Counter Tags work as defensive reversals against active offense from both point and assist characters, but these can be baited and punished if read correctly. This creates a constant mind game where each tag action could be a real play or a trap.

Sudden Death mode prevents drawn-out timeouts. When the round timer expires, all health from surviving teammates and any stored meter are funneled into your active fighter, transforming the match into a high-stakes one-on-one. This not only speeds up the conclusion but forces players to think ahead about how they manage their roster.

Like Marvel Tokon, Invincible VS stages are more than just backgrounds. You can smash enemies through them into new areas mid-match, keeping the action visually dynamic. Stages are destructible, and both arenas and characters show battle damage that persists for the entire fight. This, combined with the high-impact animations, sells the feeling of superhumans beating each other through walls and across cities.

Online play will use rollback netcode, which is now a must for modern fighters, ensuring smooth matches across long distances. This means the chaotic, tag-based fights should remain responsive whether you’re battling someone in your city or halfway across the world.

With Invincible VS joining a growing list of team fighters in 2026, it will have competition. But its blend of accessible controls, deep assist mechanics, anti-infinite safeguards, gore-heavy presentation, and environmental destruction gives it a distinct identity. If Quarter Up can polish the balancing and keep the roster interesting, this could be one of the big multiplayer hits of the year.

Invincible VS will launch on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S in 2026. From the Evo demo, it’s already delivering a mix of spectacle and strategy that should appeal to both casual superhero fans and serious fighting game players. The next few months will show how far this brutality can go.