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FIGHTING EX LAYER

ARIKA · 2018-11-29

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Action

Franchise: Street Fighter · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 28, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Nov 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 26, 2018 (Arcade)

After a long wait, Arika's EX characters gather once again for another exciting battle! Kairi, Skullomania, Blaire, Pullum and the others are all back with the latest graphics. And this time they're bringing a brand new system - the "Gougi System". Grasp victory with Gougi!

FIGHTING EX LAYER is an Action game released in 2018, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 917 reviews).

1
playing now
83%
positive of 917 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (84 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Fighting EX Layer is a 2018 fighting video game developed and published by Arika. It is a spiritual successor to Fighting Layer (1998) and the Street Fighter EX series (1996–2000), which Arika had developed, and features many of the same characters from the latter. The game was released originally for PlayStation 4, with ports for Microsoft Windows and arcades following. A mobile version of the game, titled Fighting EX Layer -α, was later released for iOS and Android devices in 2019, and a port to Nintendo Switch titled Fighting EX Layer: Another Dash was released in 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 93 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,682 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 917 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-11-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11111120182026Week of 2018-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$39.99$0.992018-11-302025-11-012018-11-30 — best price $29.592019-03-25 — best price $19.992019-06-26 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $15.992020-04-30 — best price $11.992020-06-25 — best price $11.992020-09-23 — best price $9.992020-11-12 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $7.992021-04-29 — best price $7.992021-06-24 — best price $7.992021-11-24 — best price $7.992021-12-22 — best price $7.992022-02-28 — best price $7.992022-06-23 — best price $7.992022-11-22 — best price $7.992022-12-22 — best price $7.992023-03-16 — best price $7.992023-06-29 — best price $7.992023-11-21 — best price $7.992023-12-21 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-07-16 — best price $7.992024-11-27 — best price $7.992024-12-19 — best price $7.992025-02-10 — best price $7.992025-03-13 — best price $7.992025-05-07 — best price $7.992025-06-26 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-11-01 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

82312026-06-01 — 64 pageviews2026-06-05 — 74 pageviews2026-06-09 — 61 pageviews2026-06-13 — 48 pageviews2026-06-17 — 76 pageviews2026-06-21 — 55 pageviews2026-06-25 — 46 pageviews2026-06-29 — 62 pageviews2026-07-03 — 35 pageviews2026-07-07 — 35 pageviews2026-07-11 — 64 pageviews2026-07-15 — 64 pageviews2026-07-19 — 82 pageviews2026-07-23 — 43 pageviews2026-07-27 — 49 pageviews2026-07-31 — 46 pageviews2026-08-04 — 55 pageviews2026-08-08 — 54 pageviews2026-08-12 — 52 pageviews2026-08-16 — 58 pageviews2026-08-20 — 51 pageviews2026-08-24 — 54 pageviews2026-08-28 — 49 pageviews2026-09-01 — 55 pageviews2026-09-05 — 65 pageviews2026-09-09 — 48 pageviews2026-09-13 — 61 pageviews2026-09-17 — 49 pageviews2026-09-21 — 47 pageviews2026-09-25 — 47 pageviews2026-09-29 — 51 pageviews2026-10-03 — 38 pageviews2026-10-07 — 52 pageviews2026-10-10 — 49 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
78.9%
earned "Progressive Player"
4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play Together18 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Korean

Post-launch support: 18 DLC released, first 2018-11-30, latest 2019-03-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)8,17218%41
Steam (Steam)2,5432%41

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

Player tags

2.5DAnimeActionArcadeFighting2D FighterMultiplayerSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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