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TEKKEN 8

Bandai Namco Studios Inc. · Bandai Namco Entertainment · 2024-01-25

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Franchise: Tekken · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Releases: Jan 26, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 26, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jan 26, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

TEKKEN 8 is the latest addition to the TEKKEN series, the pinnacle of 3D fighting games. Join the fight with over 32 characters and bear witness to the next installment in this epic saga. Get ready for the biggest and best TEKKEN game ever made!

5,525
playing now
56%
positive of 72k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,333
twitch viewers (latest)
88/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (124 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

5,525 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Tekken 8 is a 2024 fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Arika and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is the eighth main installment in the Tekken series and the first one to debut on home systems instead of arcades. Game tests were held starting in July 2023 before the game was released for the PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on January 26, 2024.

Trailer

TEKKEN 8 trailer thumbnail

Tekken 8 - State of Play Sep 2022 Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5,525 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,421 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~803/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 72,023 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $19.90 at GameBillet (2025-12-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 62 of 69 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.6k5.6k20242026Week of 2024-01-01: 5,386 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 590 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5,631 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 884 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2,237 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 647 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,343 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2,653 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 767 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 373 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,041 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 432 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 489 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 217 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,517 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1,646 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 336 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,362 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 516 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 334 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 206 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 377 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 214 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5,034 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 545 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 300 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 357 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 288 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 221 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 651 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 407 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 223 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,124 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 346 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 415 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 199 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 87 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

8.0k3.7k2026-08-06 21:00 — 4,645 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 3,681 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 6,187 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 5,080 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 4,650 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 6,278 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 5,500 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 4,979 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 6,992 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 5,329 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 3,805 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 6,615 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 4,779 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 3,893 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 6,489 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 4,735 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 3,807 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 6,464 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 5,466 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 4,027 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 5,206 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 7,244 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 6,234 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 6,433 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 7,178 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 5,448 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 5,103 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 7,496 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 5,525 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$69.99$18.992023-08-222026-08-262023-08-22 — best price $69.992023-11-08 — best price $69.992024-01-02 — best price $58.792024-01-26 — best price $62.992024-02-22 — best price $58.692024-04-10 — best price $56.992024-05-01 — best price $48.992024-05-24 — best price $58.792024-06-28 — best price $32.392024-07-04 — best price $31.992024-07-10 — best price $30.992024-07-18 — best price $39.192024-07-29 — best price $69.992024-08-12 — best price $69.992024-08-30 — best price $47.592024-09-16 — best price $69.992024-09-28 — best price $33.172024-10-04 — best price $41.992024-11-28 — best price $34.992024-12-13 — best price $28.242025-01-27 — best price $25.252025-02-24 — best price $38.992025-03-21 — best price $36.992025-04-22 — best price $53.992025-06-30 — best price $28.992025-08-01 — best price $26.892025-10-03 — best price $26.892025-10-14 — best price $26.952025-12-11 — best price $18.992026-02-03 — best price $52.792026-02-20 — best price $34.892026-03-04 — best price $52.792026-03-15 — best price $37.992026-04-22 — best price $53.882026-05-06 — best price $29.992026-06-23 — best price $36.492026-07-16 — best price $36.992026-08-26 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.6k4732026-05-29 — 1,041 pageviews2026-06-01 — 1,630 pageviews2026-06-04 — 760 pageviews2026-06-07 — 901 pageviews2026-06-10 — 688 pageviews2026-06-13 — 604 pageviews2026-06-16 — 571 pageviews2026-06-19 — 540 pageviews2026-06-22 — 583 pageviews2026-06-25 — 553 pageviews2026-06-28 — 712 pageviews2026-07-01 — 700 pageviews2026-07-04 — 606 pageviews2026-07-07 — 506 pageviews2026-07-10 — 543 pageviews2026-07-13 — 535 pageviews2026-07-16 — 500 pageviews2026-07-19 — 590 pageviews2026-07-22 — 562 pageviews2026-07-25 — 549 pageviews2026-07-28 — 534 pageviews2026-07-31 — 490 pageviews2026-08-03 — 528 pageviews2026-08-06 — 521 pageviews2026-08-09 — 747 pageviews2026-08-12 — 566 pageviews2026-08-15 — 569 pageviews2026-08-18 — 519 pageviews2026-08-21 — 651 pageviews2026-08-24 — 645 pageviews2026-08-26 — 583 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

10k5052026-08-16 17:12 — 8,447 viewers2026-08-19 02:12 — 2,733 viewers2026-08-20 07:12 — 1,705 viewers2026-08-20 10:12 — 4,019 viewers2026-08-26 19:34 — 1,837 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 1,434 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 1,325 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 1,358 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 794 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 1,200 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 1,297 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 1,382 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 954 viewers2026-08-28 00:34 — 1,354 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 1,927 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 1,637 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 1,355 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 2,042 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 1,432 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 1,540 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 1,367 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 1,309 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 1,371 viewers2026-08-29 06:34 — 1,204 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 505 viewers2026-08-29 12:35 — 1,013 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 1,988 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 1,893 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 1,799 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 2,096 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 2,397 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 1,328 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 1,765 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 1,821 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 2,333 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
88%
earned "What a rush!"
46.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support24 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)28,41032%47
Steam (Steam)19,41410%47
Xbox Series (Xbox)6,99414%47

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

PvPAnimeActionArcadeCasualFightinge-sports3D FighterCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

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

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