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AEW: Fight Forever cover art

AEW: Fight Forever

YUKE'S · THQ Nordic · 2023-06-29

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ActionSports

Franchise: AEW · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person, Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jun 29, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 29, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 29, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 29, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jun 29, 2023 (Xbox One), Jun 29, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Developed by YUKE’S, AEW: Fight Forever combines nostalgic arcade-wrestling with All Elite Wrestling finishers and moves. Featuring a big roster of AEW talent, multiple match types, robust career mode, tons of customization options, more than 40 weapons, and so much more!

57%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
711
Nexus mods (106k downloads)
2.57★
PlayStation Store rating (11,278 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)
AEW Fight Forever is a 2023 professional wrestling sports video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ Nordic. It is the debut title on home consoles and personal computers based on the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW).

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 69 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (427 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 25,734 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 35k–80k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,770 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$11.99-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Steam (2025-03-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 66 of 92 observed days · $8.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
31431420232026Week of 2023-06-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 314 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 6 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$99.99$3.992022-11-142026-10-092022-11-14 — best price $99.992023-07-07 — best price $50.992023-08-21 — best price $47.952023-09-13 — best price $49.192023-11-20 — best price $53.992023-12-07 — best price $49.192024-01-02 — best price $29.992024-03-04 — best price $39.592024-03-26 — best price $24.222024-04-29 — best price $44.992024-05-14 — best price $39.992024-06-26 — best price $19.992024-07-26 — best price $20.002024-09-02 — best price $20.002024-10-14 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992024-12-18 — best price $10.002025-01-07 — best price $39.992025-02-22 — best price $39.992025-03-26 — best price $7.762025-04-18 — best price $7.992025-05-02 — best price $33.172025-06-05 — best price $39.992025-07-17 — best price $6.962025-08-28 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $8.972025-11-20 — best price $7.872025-12-05 — best price $39.992025-12-19 — best price $8.392026-02-03 — best price $33.592026-03-13 — best price $10.002026-04-06 — best price $33.172026-05-04 — best price $39.992026-06-02 — best price $39.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-07-31 — best price $6.732026-08-31 — best price $10.002026-10-09 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.4k1262026-07-11 — 138 pageviews2026-07-14 — 161 pageviews2026-07-17 — 149 pageviews2026-07-20 — 146 pageviews2026-07-23 — 177 pageviews2026-07-26 — 162 pageviews2026-07-29 — 145 pageviews2026-08-01 — 169 pageviews2026-08-04 — 160 pageviews2026-08-07 — 181 pageviews2026-08-10 — 180 pageviews2026-08-13 — 171 pageviews2026-08-16 — 150 pageviews2026-08-19 — 146 pageviews2026-08-22 — 345 pageviews2026-08-25 — 177 pageviews2026-08-28 — 260 pageviews2026-08-31 — 438 pageviews2026-09-03 — 292 pageviews2026-09-06 — 302 pageviews2026-09-09 — 179 pageviews2026-09-12 — 169 pageviews2026-09-15 — 148 pageviews2026-09-18 — 166 pageviews2026-09-21 — 131 pageviews2026-09-24 — 158 pageviews2026-09-27 — 190 pageviews2026-09-30 — 333 pageviews2026-10-03 — 270 pageviews2026-10-06 — 173 pageviews2026-10-08 — 202 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

38
achievements tracked
66.2%
earned "First Win"
8.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements19 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 19 DLC released, first 2023-06-29, latest 2024-07-10 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)8,4468%39
PS4 (PlayStation)3,8037%39
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)3,4163%38
Steam (Steam)1,0223%38
Switch (Nintendo)760%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DPvPCo-opCombatSportsRealisticWrestling3D FighterControllerTeam-Based

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Players also track

WWE 2K24

Similarity via IGDB.

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