Tekken 8: Full character roster and DLC roadmap

Tekken 8 made its mark right after dropping in January, selling millions of copies and setting itself up to be another long-lasting entry in the franchise. And that means Bandai Namco is looking at years of post-launch content to support the game—featuring a full roadmap of DLC and updates.

Every modern fighting game needs to keep things fresh with new updates and content, otherwise the developers risk losing players by the truckload. Tekken 8 is looking to avoid that by promising a full, post-launch DLC roadmap featuring a mixture of free and premium content. This ranges from story expansions, new features, and additional characters joining the roster. So if you want to look at who is available in Tekken 8, and what content is on the way, here is a full DLC roadmap overview for the game.

Tekken 8 Roster Guide: All playable characters and full DLC roadmap

Every playable character in Tekken 8

Tekken 8’s base roster contains 32 playable characters, including three newcomers, one reworked fighter, and 28 familiar faces. Even returning characters have been changed, however, as Bandai emphasized reworking the series and its fighters from the ground up with new yet recognizable elements instead of flooding the game’s roster with newcomers and guest fighters.

Here are all 32 characters in the base game’s roster for Tekken 8, documented in alphabetical order and split between returning fighters and newcomers.

All returning characters in Tekken 8

All new characters in Tekken 8

Tekken 8 DLC roadmap: All DLC characters in Playable Character Year One Pass

During the Tekken World Tour Finals 2023, Bandai announced the first wave of DLC coming to Tekken 8 post-launch. The Playable Character Year One Pass will include four additional fighters coming to the game, with other updates also planned.

Playable Character Year One Pass will run for a year, releasing a character in Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter—likely leading up to a Year Two Pass announcement at some point in early 2024.

Outside of characters, Bandai is also releasing the usual balance updates while also adding new chapters to Tekken 8’s main story and features like online practice and Ghost vs. Ghost AI battle modes.

With all these characters, you will have plenty of options to pick from and try to master alongside Tekken 8’s new Special Style controls. Just make sure your PC is up to running the game if you plan to play it there.