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THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION

SNK CORPORATION · 2014-12-16

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

Action

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

Releases: Jun 21, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Dec 16, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 24, 2011 (Arcade)

After “KOF '98”, often praised by the fans as the best installment in the “KOF” series, and “KOF ’98 UM” 10 years later, “KOF ’98” returns now on the Steam PC gaming platform in an ultimate and final version with THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION

THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION is an Action game released in 2014, priced at $3.74, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 3129 reviews).

75
playing now
91%
positive of 3.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
4.58★
PlayStation Store rating (785 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$3.74
steam price (US)

75 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

The King of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match is a 2008 fighting game developed and published by SNK Playmore. It is a remake of The King of Fighters '98, the fifth main game in The King of Fighters series. It was released for the Taito Type X arcade system.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 75 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 164 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~21/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 78k–188k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,129 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.75 at GameBillet (2026-09-10) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 22 of 84 observed days · $13.24 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11711720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

121292026-09-15 14:00 — 95 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 53 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 43 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 121 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 59 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 77 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 90 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 46 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 73 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 62 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 42 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 48 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 62 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 55 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 68 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 47 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 52 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 42 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 42 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 83 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 46 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 44 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 75 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11715Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 117 · peak 607Apr 2015 — avg 24 · peak 81Aug 2015 — avg 18 · peak 45Dec 2015 — avg 32 · peak 70Apr 2016 — avg 21 · peak 49Aug 2016 — avg 19 · peak 46Dec 2016 — avg 18 · peak 47Apr 2017 — avg 18 · peak 49Aug 2017 — avg 15 · peak 37Dec 2017 — avg 19 · peak 50Apr 2018 — avg 17 · peak 37Aug 2018 — avg 19 · peak 44Dec 2018 — avg 20 · peak 45Apr 2019 — avg 17 · peak 44Aug 2019 — avg 16 · peak 37Dec 2019 — avg 24 · peak 52Apr 2020 — avg 26 · peak 51Aug 2020 — avg 25 · peak 53Dec 2020 — avg 26 · peak 64Apr 2021 — avg 23 · peak 54Aug 2021 — avg 23 · peak 66Dec 2021 — avg 84 · peak 292Apr 2022 — avg 35 · peak 67Aug 2022 — avg 35 · peak 69Dec 2022 — avg 36 · peak 75Apr 2023 — avg 45 · peak 91Aug 2023 — avg 45 · peak 95Dec 2023 — avg 37 · peak 84Apr 2024 — avg 39 · peak 79Aug 2024 — avg 43 · peak 118Dec 2024 — avg 49 · peak 97Apr 2025 — avg 41 · peak 92Aug 2025 — avg 44 · peak 100Dec 2025 — avg 48 · peak 93Apr 2026 — avg 58 · peak 112Aug 2026 — avg 51 · peak 112
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.022015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $14.992016-06-23 — best price $2.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992019-01-21 — best price $3.752019-04-08 — best price $12.742019-07-09 — best price $14.992019-09-28 — best price $13.942020-01-14 — best price $12.882020-02-17 — best price $3.242020-05-12 — best price $11.692020-07-07 — best price $13.492020-08-28 — best price $12.882020-10-13 — best price $14.992020-12-02 — best price $13.492021-02-01 — best price $14.992021-04-12 — best price $14.992021-05-26 — best price $12.882021-07-15 — best price $7.492021-09-28 — best price $12.882021-12-22 — best price $7.492022-03-23 — best price $11.012022-05-27 — best price $3.742022-08-05 — best price $7.492022-11-23 — best price $4.492023-02-04 — best price $14.992023-04-18 — best price $14.992023-07-10 — best price $5.622023-10-09 — best price $4.492024-04-17 — best price $14.992024-11-20 — best price $14.992025-07-04 — best price $9.892026-03-27 — best price $2.292026-08-31 — best price $14.992026-09-25 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5202026-05-31 — 3 pageviews2026-06-04 — 1 pageviews2026-06-09 — 1 pageviews2026-06-13 — 0 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 2 pageviews2026-06-25 — 1 pageviews2026-06-29 — 2 pageviews2026-07-03 — 5 pageviews2026-07-07 — 3 pageviews2026-07-11 — 3 pageviews2026-07-15 — 27 pageviews2026-07-19 — 40 pageviews2026-07-23 — 29 pageviews2026-07-27 — 25 pageviews2026-07-31 — 20 pageviews2026-08-04 — 17 pageviews2026-08-08 — 27 pageviews2026-08-12 — 25 pageviews2026-08-16 — 31 pageviews2026-08-20 — 39 pageviews2026-08-24 — 44 pageviews2026-08-28 — 29 pageviews2026-09-01 — 39 pageviews2026-09-05 — 34 pageviews2026-09-09 — 52 pageviews2026-09-13 — 39 pageviews2026-09-17 — 34 pageviews2026-09-21 — 33 pageviews2026-09-25 — 34 pageviews2026-09-29 — 36 pageviews2026-10-03 — 34 pageviews2026-10-07 — 29 pageviews2026-10-10 — 24 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
29%
earned "Perfect Match"
5.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsGamepad RecommendedPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play Together1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-12-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,0688%12
PS4 (PlayStation)1,16220%12

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

2DAnimeRetro1990'sActionArcadeClassicFighting2D FighterController

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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