Yes, worth buying.
At $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale.
- Story and characters: 86 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Servers and matchmaking: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Performance: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 5k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
It has some memorable vistas and you can even play as all the boss characters in the NESTS saga.
Netcode is super clean (rollback).
Originally released in arcades and consoles in the early 2000s, this updated version, available on Steam, offers a definitive experience that both honors the series’ roots and updates the gameplay for competitive modern audiences.
Try to buy the soundtrack if you want to.
Matches are far more stable now, and the online experience is suitable for serious competitive play, especially in 1v1 lobbies or ranked battles.
Amazing movement, mechanics, combos, characters, music, graphics (IMO).
+1 more the community rallied around
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No themes split opinion in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $14.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.
The data behind the verdict
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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