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Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage

RGG Studio · SEGA · 2025-01-27

Steam

Action

Franchise: Virtua Fighter · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Jan 28, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The pioneer 3D fighting series continues to evolve as Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage arrives on Steam! Featuring: Crossplay and Rollback Netcode support, a brand new single player mode: "World Stage", and more!

86
playing now
70%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

86 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Virtua Fighter 5 is a fighting video game developed and published by Sega. It is the fifth installment of the Virtua Fighter series. The original version was released in July 2006 on the Sega Lindbergh arcade system board with a number of updates before home ports were released for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2007. The first major update was Virtua Fighter 5 R (2008), followed by Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (2010), with the latter ported to home systems in 2012. A version which also serves both remastered of Final Showdown and final update to the sub-series was released under the respective titles Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown for PlayStation 4 and Japanese arcades in 2021, and Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S in 2025, and Nintendo Switch 2 in 2026.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 86 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 51 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (785 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 47k–105k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,332 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2026-08-13)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
52352320252026Week of 2025-01-27: 523 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 262 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-03: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-10: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-21: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-28: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-05: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-12: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-02: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-09: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-08: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-11-24: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-26: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-16: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-23: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-08: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

268532026-09-15 02:00 — 84 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 127 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 67 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 129 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 130 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 121 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 80 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 83 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 207 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 72 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 63 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 255 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 53 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 72 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 268 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 63 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 65 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 161 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 53 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 99 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 132 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 64 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 65 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 86 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
376112Feb 2025Aug 2026Feb 2025 — avg 376 · peak 980Mar 2025 — avg 203 · peak 438Apr 2025 — avg 181 · peak 424May 2025 — avg 171 · peak 373Jun 2025 — avg 143 · peak 334Jul 2025 — avg 125 · peak 333Aug 2025 — avg 142 · peak 314Sep 2025 — avg 118 · peak 322Oct 2025 — avg 132 · peak 555Nov 2025 — avg 186 · peak 445Dec 2025 — avg 131 · peak 362Jan 2026 — avg 126 · peak 301Feb 2026 — avg 149 · peak 457Mar 2026 — avg 133 · peak 392Apr 2026 — avg 127 · peak 343May 2026 — avg 120 · peak 302Jun 2026 — avg 139 · peak 323Jul 2026 — avg 120 · peak 317Aug 2026 — avg 112 · peak 288
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$9.992025-02-102026-08-132025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-24 — best price $13.992025-05-08 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $13.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-07-31 — best price $13.992025-08-04 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $13.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $11.992026-02-26 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-04-20 — best price $11.992026-05-04 — best price $19.992026-06-04 — best price $11.992026-06-18 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-13 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.3k1142026-06-03 — 185 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,074 pageviews2026-06-11 — 491 pageviews2026-06-15 — 280 pageviews2026-06-19 — 257 pageviews2026-06-23 — 227 pageviews2026-06-27 — 253 pageviews2026-07-01 — 276 pageviews2026-07-05 — 264 pageviews2026-07-09 — 203 pageviews2026-07-13 — 188 pageviews2026-07-17 — 158 pageviews2026-07-21 — 126 pageviews2026-07-25 — 146 pageviews2026-07-29 — 142 pageviews2026-08-02 — 126 pageviews2026-08-06 — 130 pageviews2026-08-10 — 116 pageviews2026-08-14 — 123 pageviews2026-08-18 — 146 pageviews2026-08-22 — 166 pageviews2026-08-26 — 131 pageviews2026-08-30 — 160 pageviews2026-09-03 — 141 pageviews2026-09-07 — 154 pageviews2026-09-11 — 283 pageviews2026-09-15 — 187 pageviews2026-09-19 — 188 pageviews2026-09-23 — 148 pageviews2026-09-27 — 158 pageviews2026-10-01 — 117 pageviews2026-10-05 — 139 pageviews2026-10-09 — 130 pageviews2026-10-12 — 115 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4202026-10-01 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-01 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-01 22:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 40 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

18
achievements tracked
75.4%
earned "Back to the Lab"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API Support4 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Arabic

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2025-01-27, latest 2025-10-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,9580%18
PS5 (PlayStation)8864%18
Xbox Series (Xbox)5423%18
Switch 2 (Nintendo)750%0

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

PvPAnimeRetroActionArcadeClassicFighting3D FighterAtmosphericMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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