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THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION

SNK CORPORATION · 2017-06-15

Steam

Action

Franchise: The King of Fighters · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 15, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV finally hits STEAM! KOF XIV is back with its classic 2D gameplay and "3-on-3 TEAM BATTLE" game system but evolved to 3D! 58 charismatic fighters are about to clash in this new chapter of KOF!

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION is an Action game released in 2017, priced at $8.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 4248 reviews).

4
playing now
82%
positive of 4.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$8.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

The King of Fighters XIV is a 2016 fighting game developed by KOF Studio and published by SNK. It is the fourteenth main installment in The King of Fighters series. It is the first game in the series to be rendered entirely in 3D, although gameplay is restricted to a 2D plane. The game was released worldwide for the PlayStation 4 in August 2016 and ported to Windows and Japanese arcade cabinets in June 2017.

Trailer

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Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 81 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 106k–255k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,248 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.58 at IndieGala Store (2026-08-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 5 of 9 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14014020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2642026-09-15 14:00 — 21 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 20 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 26 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 17 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 16 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 12 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 23 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 15 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 23 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 15 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 15 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 15 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1911May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 10Aug 2017 — avg 131 · peak 298Nov 2017 — avg 108 · peak 293Feb 2018 — avg 94 · peak 241May 2018 — avg 97 · peak 234Aug 2018 — avg 99 · peak 329Nov 2018 — avg 69 · peak 178Feb 2019 — avg 87 · peak 171May 2019 — avg 75 · peak 201Aug 2019 — avg 65 · peak 147Nov 2019 — avg 72 · peak 165Feb 2020 — avg 105 · peak 510May 2020 — avg 83 · peak 182Aug 2020 — avg 66 · peak 148Nov 2020 — avg 165 · peak 745Feb 2021 — avg 88 · peak 188May 2021 — avg 87 · peak 195Aug 2021 — avg 79 · peak 168Nov 2021 — avg 73 · peak 208Feb 2022 — avg 75 · peak 179May 2022 — avg 21 · peak 51Aug 2022 — avg 18 · peak 47Nov 2022 — avg 21 · peak 82Feb 2023 — avg 38 · peak 145May 2023 — avg 16 · peak 49Aug 2023 — avg 38 · peak 105Nov 2023 — avg 16 · peak 44Feb 2024 — avg 13 · peak 37May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 28Aug 2024 — avg 12 · peak 39Nov 2024 — avg 14 · peak 69Feb 2025 — avg 23 · peak 77May 2025 — avg 17 · peak 42Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 43Nov 2025 — avg 17 · peak 38Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 24Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 59
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$8.702017-05-192026-08-272017-05-19 — best price $47.992018-08-08 — best price $59.992019-08-01 — best price $29.992020-01-02 — best price $59.992020-05-28 — best price $59.992020-06-19 — best price $53.992020-07-23 — best price $53.992020-08-27 — best price $53.992020-09-19 — best price $59.992020-10-17 — best price $53.992020-11-19 — best price $44.092021-01-01 — best price $44.092021-02-02 — best price $53.992021-03-18 — best price $53.992021-04-15 — best price $59.992021-05-11 — best price $59.992021-06-02 — best price $53.992021-08-02 — best price $29.992021-11-16 — best price $59.992022-01-05 — best price $59.992022-04-10 — best price $59.992022-06-16 — best price $53.992022-08-26 — best price $53.992022-11-16 — best price $53.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-02-28 — best price $44.092023-04-18 — best price $44.092023-06-02 — best price $14.992023-08-07 — best price $14.992023-12-18 — best price $14.992025-03-05 — best price $59.992025-09-05 — best price $59.992026-08-27 — best price $8.70
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

95382026-05-31 — 83 pageviews2026-06-04 — 88 pageviews2026-06-08 — 83 pageviews2026-06-12 — 38 pageviews2026-06-16 — 59 pageviews2026-06-20 — 61 pageviews2026-06-24 — 68 pageviews2026-06-28 — 76 pageviews2026-07-02 — 80 pageviews2026-07-06 — 57 pageviews2026-07-10 — 76 pageviews2026-07-14 — 62 pageviews2026-07-18 — 75 pageviews2026-07-22 — 52 pageviews2026-07-26 — 60 pageviews2026-07-30 — 73 pageviews2026-08-03 — 68 pageviews2026-08-07 — 46 pageviews2026-08-11 — 50 pageviews2026-08-15 — 60 pageviews2026-08-19 — 65 pageviews2026-08-23 — 84 pageviews2026-08-27 — 58 pageviews2026-08-31 — 68 pageviews2026-09-04 — 56 pageviews2026-09-08 — 47 pageviews2026-09-12 — 81 pageviews2026-09-16 — 73 pageviews2026-09-20 — 87 pageviews2026-09-24 — 69 pageviews2026-09-28 — 69 pageviews2026-10-02 — 48 pageviews2026-10-06 — 51 pageviews2026-10-09 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
71.8%
earned "Student"
3.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-06-15, latest 2018-04-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,1541%48

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

3D2.5DAnimeActionArcadeFighting2D Fighter3D FighterStory RichBeat 'em up

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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