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THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV cover art

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

SNK CORPORATION · 2024-12-12

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Action

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

Releases: Feb 17, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Feb 16, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 17, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Feb 17, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

SHATTER ALL EXPECTATIONS! Transcend beyond your limits with KOF XV!

373
playing now
84%
positive of 9.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
twitch viewers (latest)
82/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

373 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

The King of Fighters XV is a 2022 fighting game developed and published by SNK in Japan and Koch Media internationally for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. It is the fifteenth main installment in The King of Fighters series. It uses the same fighting system from The King of Fighters XIV (2016) involving teams composed of three members who oppose other teams, but with more accessible changes, such as more useful Climax moves or parries.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 373 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 376 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~47/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,742 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 183k–412k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,161 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
Steam$14.99-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Epic Game Store (2026-07-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 12 of 30 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.5k1.5k20222026Week of 2022-02-01: 1,505 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 237 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 765 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 22 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5081382026-08-07 00:00 — 269 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 233 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 387 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 316 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 362 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 438 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 299 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 366 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 405 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 260 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 251 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 338 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 279 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 279 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 358 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 279 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 245 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 475 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 244 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 203 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 508 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 164 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 314 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 411 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 138 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 236 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 449 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 252 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 373 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$0.002021-12-102026-08-302021-12-10 — best price $59.992022-04-21 — best price $59.992022-08-04 — best price $38.992022-11-29 — best price $59.992022-12-22 — best price $29.992023-02-16 — best price $59.992023-06-29 — best price $14.992023-08-17 — best price $59.992023-12-21 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $59.992024-08-28 — best price $11.992025-01-21 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-05-08 — best price $29.992025-07-05 — best price $29.992025-07-22 — best price $29.992025-07-30 — best price $29.992025-09-05 — best price $29.992025-10-31 — best price $29.992025-12-17 — best price $29.992026-03-23 — best price $29.992026-04-25 — best price $12.002026-05-10 — best price $26.882026-06-25 — best price $9.992026-07-16 — best price $7.492026-07-24 — best price $10.192026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2791202026-05-30 — 157 pageviews2026-06-02 — 141 pageviews2026-06-05 — 192 pageviews2026-06-08 — 193 pageviews2026-06-11 — 164 pageviews2026-06-14 — 141 pageviews2026-06-17 — 141 pageviews2026-06-20 — 136 pageviews2026-06-23 — 266 pageviews2026-06-26 — 133 pageviews2026-06-29 — 279 pageviews2026-07-02 — 189 pageviews2026-07-05 — 173 pageviews2026-07-08 — 121 pageviews2026-07-11 — 154 pageviews2026-07-14 — 176 pageviews2026-07-17 — 178 pageviews2026-07-20 — 134 pageviews2026-07-23 — 141 pageviews2026-07-26 — 146 pageviews2026-07-29 — 181 pageviews2026-08-01 — 129 pageviews2026-08-04 — 148 pageviews2026-08-07 — 148 pageviews2026-08-10 — 154 pageviews2026-08-13 — 120 pageviews2026-08-16 — 175 pageviews2026-08-19 — 154 pageviews2026-08-22 — 155 pageviews2026-08-25 — 152 pageviews2026-08-27 — 158 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

11812026-08-28 08:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 10:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 12:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 13 viewers2026-08-28 16:35 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 18:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-29 00:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-29 22:34 — 103 viewers2026-08-30 00:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 04:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 06:34 — 24 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 10:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 3 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
73.8%
earned "Daily Grind"
11.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud16 DLC

13 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)13,6064%49
PS4 (PlayStation)7,3997%49
Steam (Steam)5,8032%49
Xbox Series (Xbox)4,4432%49
Windows (Xbox)4628%49

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

Player tags

3DPvP2.5DAnimeActionArcadeFighting2D FighterCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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