Most SF6 replay searches come down to three questions: where do I watch replays, how do I save the match I just won, and why will a replay that worked yesterday not play today. The answers all follow from one fact. Street Fighter 6 replays are not videos. The game stores the inputs from a match and recreates the fight in the engine when you press play, which is why you can browse and watch them through CFN but cannot export them, open them on your phone or send them to a friend as a file. This guide walks through opening replays from the Multi Menu, the difference between Replay List and My Replays, saving your own match from Battle Log, the battle version rule that locks old replays, and Replay Review, the replay takeover feature that lets you pause and play the rest of the round yourself. It also clears up a common mix up: the Training Mode dummy recording feature is not a video recorder. Menu names follow Capcom announcements and widely used community guides, and updates can rename things, so double check against what your game shows. For general ways to capture gameplay on PC, see how to record PC games; and if you want every set saved as video without thinking about it, DOR records Street Fighter 6 automatically as soon as you launch it.
Short answer: watch in CFN, save from Battle Log, and use a PC recorder when you need video
To view replays, open the Multi Menu, choose CFN and select Replays. You will see three tabs. Replay List holds the matches you added yourself. My Replays shows recent matches from players you follow. Search lets you look up other people's matches by conditions such as character and MR; community guides agree that it does not search by player ID. To save a replay of your own match, open the Multi Menu, go to Profile, open Battle Log, pick the match and choose the option to add it to your Replay List. Since the February 5, 2025 update, Capcom has also added Watch Replay to the result screen after ranked and casual matches, so you can rewatch a set the moment it ends. The catch is that a replay is a list of inputs played back by the current game. When a battle version update lands, Capcom's manual and patch notes say that replays recorded on an older version cannot be played. They may still sit in your list, but they will not play and will not appear in search. That is the main cause behind replays that suddenly stop working. CFN lists also need an online connection, so an empty list can simply mean you are offline. If what you really want is a video file of the match, the game will not make one: there is no in game video recording on PC. You will need a desktop recorder such as Xbox Game Bar recording or NVIDIA Instant Replay, or an automatic recorder.
View, save, take over and keep SF6 replays, step by step
- 1Open Replays from CFN in the Multi MenuFrom the Battle Hub or the Fighting Ground, open the Multi Menu, choose CFN and select Replays. If you see the Replay List, My Replays and Search tabs, you are in the right place. CFN content loads from Capcom's servers, so if the lists look empty, check your connection before assuming anything was deleted.
- 2Find matches with Search and the seek barTo study a character at a high level, use the Search tab and set conditions such as character and MR. The August 5, 2025 update added MR filter search, recommended replays and a seek bar so you can jump straight to the round you care about instead of watching the whole set. Following a strong player is the easiest way to keep their recent matches showing up in My Replays.
- 3Save your match from Battle Log to the Replay ListWhen you want to keep a match, open the Multi Menu, go to Profile and then Battle Log. Pick the match and choose to add it to your Replay List. From then on it is one tap away in the Replay List tab. The list is reported as holding up to 500 entries, so clearing out old casual sets keeps the important ones easy to find.
- 4Take over control with Replay ReviewReplay Review arrived with the Terry update on September 24, 2024, and it is what people mean by SF6 replay takeover. Pause the replay, choose Switch to Player Control and pick which character you want to play. From that exact moment you are in control, so you can test whether a different anti air or punish would have worked. Choose to end player control to return to the replay. It works with both local and online replays.
- 5Know that Training Mode recording is not videoMany people searching for SF6 recording land on Training Mode dummy recording. Community guides describe it like this: in the pause menu's recording settings tab you pick a slot and record while you control the dummy, then turn the slot on for playback and start it so the dummy repeats the actions. There are up to 8 slots, recording starts after a 1, 3 or 5 second countdown or on a button press, and recorded actions can be used as the dummy's reversal. Record and playback shortcuts are set in the general settings with the FUNCTION button. All of this stores dummy behavior, not a video file.
- 6Check battle version and connection when a replay will not playIf a replay will not play or does not show in search, first ask whether it was recorded before the latest battle version update. Capcom is clear that those replays cannot be played even if they remain in your list. There is no confirmed time based expiry, so version changes, not age, are usually the reason. If a match matters to you, record it as video before the next update; that is the only copy that lasts.
SF6 replay tasks at a glance
| What you want | Where to go | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Watch other players | Multi Menu > CFN > Replays > Search | Filter by character, MR and other conditions. Guides say there is no player ID search. |
| Save your own match | Profile > Battle Log > pick match > add to Replay List | Replay List is reported as holding up to 500 entries, based on an older source. |
| Watch people you follow | My Replays tab | There is a limit, but the exact number is not confirmed. Check it in the game. |
| Rewatch a set right away | Watch Replay on the ranked or casual result screen | Added in the February 5, 2025 update. |
| Review during practice | Open your recent Replay List from the Training Mode menu | Added on August 5, 2025 with MR filters, a seek bar and recommended replays. |
| Replay will not play | Check whether it predates the latest battle version | Older version replays cannot be played or found in search. Also confirm you are online. |
| Watch on a phone | Buckler's Boot Camp website covers battle logs and stats | To watch the match itself on a phone you need a video file. |
SF6 replay checklist
- You can see Replay List, My Replays and Search under Multi Menu > CFN > Replays.
- You are online when opening CFN lists.
- Matches you want to keep are added to the Replay List from Battle Log.
- You checked that the replay was recorded after the latest battle version update.
- You search other players by character and MR rather than by ID.
- You know Training Mode recording saves dummy actions, not video.
- Matches you plan to share on a phone or Discord are saved as a video file.
Keep every SF6 set as video with DOR automatic recording
SF6 replays only play inside the game and stop working after a battle version update, so the comeback set or the first clean Drive Rush combo you landed needs to be a real video if you want to keep it or send it. DOR is a free Windows app: just launch the game and DOR's AI records it automatically. When you start Street Fighter 6, DOR detects it and records the whole session in the background as mp4 until you quit, with game audio and your mic. By the time you think a set was worth saving, it is already on disk. Trim the rounds you want in the app library and export them in 16:9, 9:16 or 1:1, which makes vertical Shorts recording a one step job. Check the round clips you saved and press AI Highlight to join them into one montage. AI Voice Notes turns what you and a friend or coach said during the set into text on the recording timeline, so you can jump straight to the moment someone said that punish was there. For text, background music and effect templates such as shake zoom and punch zoom, open DOR Studio in the browser with nothing to install; the DOR browser editor guide shows how. Share the result with one dor.gg link that opens in any phone browser. The full sharing flow is in how to share Street Fighter 6 gameplay video.
