Best-in-class sprite art and animation
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“the game looks fantastic. Incredibly detailed sprites fill the screen, and graphics-wise, no pixel games in recent years come close.”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%SNK CORPORATION2013Fighting · Arcade · Action
The verdict
A gorgeous, deep, brutally technical 2D fighter with some of the best sprite art ever made. Skip it if you want online play or an easy entry point.
Great for
Fighting game fans who love pixel art, deep combo execution, trials and local play with friends
Main risk
Online is dead and laggy, and the steep execution barrier or launch problems may stop you playing
What players love
Deep, rewarding combo system
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“A game with beautiful smooth sprite animation and extremely challenging gameplay mechanic that will test your skills as a fighting game player on so many different levels.”
Steam review · 432.2 h played ↗
Great soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“one of the best soundtracks I’ve ever heard in a fighting game”
Steam review · 7.4 h played ↗
Plenty of modes, story and trials
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“-Story Mode, Colour Editor, Challenge Modes.”
Steam review · 629 h played ↗
Varied roster with DLC characters included
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“-The 3 DLC Characters come bundled free in the Steam Edition.”
Steam review · 629 h played ↗
Great for local play with friends
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 positive reviews
“This is the game to get if you have a group to play with in person.”
Steam review · 23.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Poor netcode and dead online
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the online is laggy to the point of being unplayable”
Steam review · 17.9 h played ↗
Paid Global Match re-release, no free rollback
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“SNK would rather delist this game and re-release it with rollback netcode instead of just updating, very scummy move”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Bad controls config and input problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“You can't remap the buttons of p1 with the same buttons already pre-asigned to p2 unlesss you have a second controller plugged in.”
Steam review · 9.8 h played ↗
Won't launch or run properly on modern PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“If you have a hard drive over 1tb, the game will get stuck in a loading screen limbo.”
Steam review · 2.7 h played ↗
Very steep learning curve, weak tutorial
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“this game has a difficulty curve like a brick wall. The timing is extremely finicky and the combos are quite long.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Small roster and disliked character designs
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“- Very small roster.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows XP
ProcessorIntel Pentium4 2.0 GHz and up
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 9500 GT ,VRAM: 256MB and up
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows7
ProcessorIntel Core i5 2300 and up
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTS 250 ,VRAM: 512MB and up
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows XP
ProcessorIntel Pentium4 2.0 GHz and up
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce 9500 GT ,VRAM: 256MB and up
Storage5 GB available space
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