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THE KING OF FIGHTERS '97 GLOBAL MATCH cover art

THE KING OF FIGHTERS '97 GLOBAL MATCH

SNK CORPORATION · 2018-04-03

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

Action

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

Releases: Apr 03, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 03, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Apr 03, 2018 (PlayStation Vita)

KOF ’97 is the final entry in the Orochi Saga, the original storyline of the KOF series, which is still played by enthusiastic fans around the world. KOF ’97 makes a return with new features such as online matchmaking, a new gallery mode, and custom menu BGM settings!

70
playing now
81%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.49
steam price (US)

70 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–101k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,686 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$5.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.26 at GreenManGaming (2026-04-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 29 of 45 observed days · $0.23 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

9492026-08-11 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 13:00 — 45 players2026-08-13 05:00 — 26 players2026-08-13 20:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 12:00 — 39 players2026-08-15 04:00 — 25 players2026-08-15 20:00 — 20 players2026-08-16 12:00 — 60 players2026-08-17 04:00 — 16 players2026-08-17 20:00 — 9 players2026-08-18 12:00 — 41 players2026-08-19 03:00 — 22 players2026-08-19 19:00 — 10 players2026-08-20 11:00 — 25 players2026-08-21 03:00 — 20 players2026-08-21 18:00 — 16 players2026-08-22 10:00 — 25 players2026-08-23 02:00 — 18 players2026-08-23 18:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 09:00 — 24 players2026-08-25 01:00 — 16 players2026-08-25 17:00 — 21 players2026-08-26 09:00 — 29 players2026-08-27 02:00 — 24 players2026-08-27 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-28 10:00 — 80 players2026-08-29 02:00 — 69 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 94 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 70 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.292018-04-042026-08-302018-04-04 — best price $9.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-12-07 — best price $9.992020-04-30 — best price $4.992020-06-18 — best price $8.992020-07-20 — best price $8.992020-08-27 — best price $8.992020-09-18 — best price $7.342020-10-20 — best price $8.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-01-12 — best price $9.992021-02-20 — best price $9.992021-03-29 — best price $9.992021-04-26 — best price $8.992021-05-21 — best price $9.992021-06-15 — best price $1.992021-08-20 — best price $8.992021-11-21 — best price $9.992022-01-20 — best price $7.342022-04-11 — best price $4.992022-07-08 — best price $8.992022-11-24 — best price $4.992023-02-16 — best price $9.992023-05-31 — best price $8.992023-09-06 — best price $7.342024-05-17 — best price $5.992024-10-16 — best price $5.992025-02-13 — best price $5.992025-07-08 — best price $9.992025-10-31 — best price $9.992026-04-09 — best price $1.492026-07-17 — best price $8.442026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
5.8%
earned "This is only the beginning."
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)2,21946%18
Steam (Steam)63629%18

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

Player tags

2DAnimeActionArcadeClassicFighting2D FighterMultiplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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