In this paper, we firstly introduce a new notion of inverse
C
k
−
class functions which extends the notion of inverse
C
−
class functions introduced by Saleem et al., 2018. Secondly, some common fixed point theorems are stated under some compatible conditions such as weak semicompatible of type
A
, weak semicompatibility, and conditional semicompatibility in metric spaces. Moreover, we introduce a new kind of compatibility called
S
τ
−
compatibility which is weaker than
E
.
A
.
property and also present a common fixed point theorem in metric spaces via inverse
C
k
−
class functions. Some examples are provided to support our results.