THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

Buy84%

Very Positive · 9k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Verified
  • Windows

SNK CORPORATION · 2D Fighter · Dec 12, 2024

Player review score
84%
Very Positive
Price
$7.49−75%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
49
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
14
Full audio1 of 14
Subtitles14 of 14

Should I buy THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 44 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Characters: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Servers and matchmaking: 63 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 42 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Multiplayer: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 9k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
58% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews42% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The King of Fighters XV (KOF15) has solid gameplay improvements over the previous entry (KOF14), but it certainly doesn't come anywhere close to "shattering expectations".
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
44 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
*pretty graphics with effects that some don't like but i like a lot
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
42 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
*Big roster that's grown a lot with DLC and free boss characters since launch
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
13 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The inclusion of an entire library of songs from SNK's history makes the soundtrack 11/10.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The reason I'm giving it 4 instead of 5 stars is that the learning curve is steeper than many other fighting games.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The game’s combat mechanics are fluid and responsive, with an emphasis on timing, combo execution, and meter management.

+1 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay60 reviews
Graphics44 reviews
Characters42 reviews
Audio13 reviews
Difficulty11 reviews
Combat8 reviews
Co-op5 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Servers and matchmaking
68% still recommend
Story
81% still recommend
Multiplayer
67% still recommend
Interface
73% still recommend
Crashes
43% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer
  • Multi-player
  • Online PvP
  • PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Single-player

Controller

  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Remote Play Together
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$7.49$29.99−75%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

8 points recordedtoday · $7.49