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DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round: Core Fighters cover art

DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round: Core Fighters

Team NINJA · KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2015-03-30

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Action

Franchise: Dead or Alive · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Feb 20, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Apr 21, 2015 (Xbox One), Feb 20, 2015 (Xbox 360), Mar 30, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 20, 2015 (PlayStation 4)

The free version of the final word in fighting entertainment - DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round!

DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round: Core Fighters is a free-to-play Action game released in 2015, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 10514 reviews).

37
playing now
70%
positive of 11k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
85/100
IGDB user rating (55 ratings)
4.35★
PlayStation Store rating (141,037 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

37 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round is a 2015 fighting game developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo. It was released for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, with a Japan-only release for arcades and Windows version releasing the same year. It is the third and final updated version of 2012's Dead or Alive 5, following Dead or Alive 5 Plus and Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate; notable changes from Ultimate include two additional characters and a graphical upgrade for the new generation of consoles.

Trailer

DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Last Round: Core Fighters trailer thumbnail

DEAD OR ALIVE 5 LAST ROUND: CORE FIGHTERS - STEAM TRAILER

≈430,535 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 37 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 419 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~52/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $19.99 at Steam (2015-06-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
949420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

113342026-09-15 12:00 — 34 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 113 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 92 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 69 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 78 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 71 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 57 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 64 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 71 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 52 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 73 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 67 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 43 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 74 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 70 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 49 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 46 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 46 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 46 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 68 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 53 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 47 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 37 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
38233Apr 2015Aug 2026Apr 2015 — avg 382 · peak 1,870Aug 2015 — avg 68 · peak 147Dec 2015 — avg 81 · peak 182Apr 2016 — avg 73 · peak 190Aug 2016 — avg 50 · peak 102Dec 2016 — avg 120 · peak 437Apr 2017 — avg 88 · peak 170Aug 2017 — avg 82 · peak 160Dec 2017 — avg 77 · peak 160Apr 2018 — avg 61 · peak 127Aug 2018 — avg 63 · peak 107Dec 2018 — avg 66 · peak 140Apr 2019 — avg 48 · peak 122Aug 2019 — avg 38 · peak 83Dec 2019 — avg 35 · peak 76Apr 2020 — avg 42 · peak 127Aug 2020 — avg 40 · peak 76Dec 2020 — avg 37 · peak 93Apr 2021 — avg 39 · peak 78Aug 2021 — avg 37 · peak 71Dec 2021 — avg 40 · peak 100Apr 2022 — avg 41 · peak 106Aug 2022 — avg 37 · peak 72Dec 2022 — avg 40 · peak 77Apr 2023 — avg 43 · peak 81Aug 2023 — avg 35 · peak 72Dec 2023 — avg 42 · peak 94Apr 2024 — avg 38 · peak 84Aug 2024 — avg 39 · peak 83Dec 2024 — avg 39 · peak 82Apr 2025 — avg 47 · peak 94Aug 2025 — avg 37 · peak 68Dec 2025 — avg 44 · peak 80Apr 2026 — avg 40 · peak 78Aug 2026 — avg 39 · peak 71
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.002015-01-012018-11-072015-01-01 — best price $35.992015-03-27 — best price $39.992015-03-28 — best price $35.992015-06-11 — best price $23.992015-06-15 — best price $19.992015-06-17 — best price $27.992015-06-22 — best price $39.992015-10-29 — best price $19.992015-11-02 — best price $39.992015-11-25 — best price $19.992015-12-01 — best price $39.992015-12-22 — best price $19.992016-01-04 — best price $39.992016-03-27 — best price $19.992016-03-29 — best price $39.992016-04-28 — best price $19.992016-05-02 — best price $39.992016-06-23 — best price $19.992016-07-04 — best price $39.992016-09-19 — best price $19.992016-09-26 — best price $39.992016-10-04 — best price $0.002018-06-09 — best price $39.992018-09-20 — best price $19.992018-09-24 — best price $39.992018-11-07 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

216392026-06-02 — 63 pageviews2026-06-06 — 81 pageviews2026-06-10 — 90 pageviews2026-06-14 — 80 pageviews2026-06-18 — 74 pageviews2026-06-22 — 85 pageviews2026-06-26 — 216 pageviews2026-06-30 — 96 pageviews2026-07-04 — 82 pageviews2026-07-08 — 55 pageviews2026-07-12 — 86 pageviews2026-07-16 — 68 pageviews2026-07-20 — 71 pageviews2026-07-24 — 56 pageviews2026-07-28 — 64 pageviews2026-08-01 — 52 pageviews2026-08-05 — 66 pageviews2026-08-09 — 60 pageviews2026-08-13 — 39 pageviews2026-08-17 — 60 pageviews2026-08-21 — 52 pageviews2026-08-25 — 45 pageviews2026-08-29 — 45 pageviews2026-09-02 — 41 pageviews2026-09-06 — 59 pageviews2026-09-10 — 74 pageviews2026-09-14 — 63 pageviews2026-09-18 — 69 pageviews2026-09-22 — 52 pageviews2026-09-26 — 59 pageviews2026-09-30 — 53 pageviews2026-10-04 — 54 pageviews2026-10-08 — 49 pageviews2026-10-11 — 60 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
53.3%
earned "Fledgling Fighter"
7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsGamepad RecommendedPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing62 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean

Post-launch support: 62 DLC released, first 2015-03-30, latest 2017-12-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)28,1953%48

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DPvPCuteAnimeActionArcadePhysicsModdable3D FighterCompetitive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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