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THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH cover art

THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 UNLIMITED MATCH

SNK CORPORATION · 2015-02-27

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Action

Franchise: The King of Fighters · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 09, 2009 (Arcade), Feb 27, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 26, 2009 (PlayStation 2), Feb 09, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 03, 2010 (Xbox 360)

KOF 2002 UM is the 2nd title in the UM Series and a fully upgraded ver. of KOF 2002, a masterpiece of the KOF Series deserving its place of honor alongside KOF ’98. Based on THE NESTS CHRONICLES, 2002 UM includes the most characters of any title in the KOF Series, and fighting game history!

241
playing now
95%
positive of 5.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

241 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match is a 2009 fighting video game developed and published by SNK Playmore. It is a remake of 2002 video game The King of Fighters 2002, the ninth main game in The King of Fighters series. The game was released for PlayStation 2 and arcades in Japan, and later internationally released for Xbox 360 in 2010.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 241 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 321 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~40/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 133k–319k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,318 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.48-87%
GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2022-05-10) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 24 of 47 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
16416420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

241592026-08-06 23:00 — 77 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 59 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 139 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 106 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 108 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 144 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 115 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 126 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 135 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 117 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 80 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 120 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 99 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 88 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 131 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 109 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 79 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 139 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 113 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 92 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 126 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 89 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 129 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 91 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 74 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 117 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 118 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 133 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 241 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.792015-01-302026-08-302015-01-30 — best price $11.992016-07-10 — best price $14.992018-09-14 — best price $6.492019-04-26 — best price $14.992019-08-10 — best price $6.622019-11-15 — best price $7.492020-02-07 — best price $13.492020-04-21 — best price $5.282020-06-21 — best price $11.012020-08-03 — best price $12.992020-09-12 — best price $11.692020-10-19 — best price $14.992020-12-04 — best price $12.882021-01-23 — best price $14.992021-03-07 — best price $12.992021-04-17 — best price $14.992021-05-26 — best price $11.692021-07-13 — best price $11.012021-09-24 — best price $12.992021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-01-23 — best price $14.992022-04-04 — best price $14.992022-06-14 — best price $11.012022-08-16 — best price $12.992022-11-20 — best price $5.622023-01-25 — best price $12.992023-04-03 — best price $5.622023-06-24 — best price $12.992023-08-16 — best price $14.992024-01-05 — best price $14.992024-09-10 — best price $7.492025-05-08 — best price $3.742026-02-18 — best price $14.992026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

68142026-07-12 — 29 pageviews2026-07-14 — 25 pageviews2026-07-16 — 24 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-20 — 38 pageviews2026-07-22 — 32 pageviews2026-07-24 — 32 pageviews2026-07-26 — 48 pageviews2026-07-28 — 28 pageviews2026-07-30 — 63 pageviews2026-08-01 — 32 pageviews2026-08-03 — 33 pageviews2026-08-05 — 34 pageviews2026-08-07 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 35 pageviews2026-08-11 — 47 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-15 — 55 pageviews2026-08-17 — 35 pageviews2026-08-19 — 50 pageviews2026-08-21 — 30 pageviews2026-08-23 — 39 pageviews2026-08-25 — 34 pageviews2026-08-26 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

502026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
25.4%
earned "CHAMPION"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play Together

3 supported languages: English, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)4,45811%12
Steam (Steam)2,7065%12
PS4 (PlayStation)2,1677%12

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

Player tags

2DAnimeRetroActionArcadeClassicFighting2D FighterCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

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

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