Street Fighter 6 features three overarching game modes: Fighting Ground, World Tour, and Battle Hub.

World Tour is a single-player story mode featuring a customizable player avatar exploring 3D environments, such as Final Fight's Metro City and the small, fictional Central Asian nation of Nayshall, with action-adventure gameplay.

In the Battle Hub, players can compete in ranked or casual matches, battle as their created avatars using the skills learned in World Tour mode, participate in special events, or play emulated Capcom arcade titles, using the same emulation technology used in the Capcom Arcade Stadium series, among other features.

[2] The main fighting gameplay of Street Fighter 6 is based around the Drive Gauge, a system designed to encourage player creativity.

When a player is low on health, their Level 3 super move becomes a Critical Art, which is more powerful in addition to having an expanded cinematic scene.

[6] Many character from previous Street Fighter titles appear in the game, including Blanka, Cammy, Chun-Li, Dee Jay, Dhalsim, E. Honda, Guile, Juri, Ken, Luke, Ryu, and Zangief.

The trailer announced the World Tour, Battle Hub and Fighting Grounds modes, showed the return of Chun-Li, and introduced two new characters named Jamie and Kimberly.

[17] Published by Taito for NESiCAxLive-compatible cabinets, it is set for 2023 release in Japan under the title Street Fighter 6 Type Arcade, which only focuses on the "Fighting Ground" mode.

In August 2023, at EVO 2023, a limited-time collaboration with Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was announced for release later that month, adding character costumes and other cosmetics to game.

[23][24] As part of the game's second season of downloadable content, protagonists Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui from SNK's Fatal Fury series are scheduled to be added as playable characters.

[6] In exchange, it was confirmed at the 2024 Tokyo Game Show that Ken and Chun-Li would appear in the upcoming Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves as part of its first season of downloadable content in 2025.

The official video clip of the song also features artists Sumi Oshima and Benny Diar, and is directed and edited by Ross Harris.

[43] Game Informer wrote that the Drive System was a great addition, that it sets "up a compelling risk/reward dynamic that tinges on every interaction".

[38] PCGamesN criticized the World Tour mode's storytelling as a disappointment, but noted that Capcom learned from its past mistakes and made the most "feature-packed fighting game yet", and that the expansive scope of [Street Fighter 6] will satisfy players with its abundant content without waiting for an Ultimate Edition to be released.

[53] In Japan, the PlayStation 5 version of Street Fighter 6 was the third highest selling physical game during its first week of release, with 21,192 retail units being sold across the country.