Better than 2K15 and later entries
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“This game makes 2k15 look like an unfinished beta.”
Steam review · 10.5 h played ↗
WWE 2K16
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 64%Mixed · 64%Visual Concepts, Yuke's Co., LTD2016Sports · Fighting · Simulation
The verdict
A slow, timing-based wrestling sim with a huge roster, deep creation tools and a great Stone Cold showcase. Skip it if you want online play or hate reversal-heavy combat.
Great for
Wrestling fans who want a big roster, creation tools and offline or local play
Main risk
Servers are shut down, so online and community content are gone; saves may corrupt.
What players love
Huge roster with legends
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the insane roster size - 120 wrestlers. You can have dream matchups”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Deep creation suite
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Create modes. Holy isht, create modes.”
Steam review · 125.6 h played ↗
Stone Cold Austin Showcase
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the MVP of this game is the Showcase mode.”
Steam review · 20.4 h played ↗
Limited reversals add strategy
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“I love the new limited reversal system, it makes the game fun and challenging”
Steam review · 17.4 h played ↗
Fun offline and local play
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 positive reviews
“If you want to play this with your friends and have couple controllers laying around buy it if it's on sale. Tons of fun.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗
What players complain about
Servers shut down, online content gone
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“About 80% of the character customization is worthless now, as there's NO OTHER WAY TO USE IT except via 2k's servers.”
Steam review · 6.3 h played ↗
Clunky, reversal-dominated controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“When you're out of reversals, you're basically helpless to defend against the opponent.”
Steam review · 48 h played ↗
Crashes and launch failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Game no longer launches, only crashes.”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Save files get corrupted
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Saves constantly get corrupt!!! You will lose all of your progress and created characters.”
Steam review · 26 h played ↗
Poor performance and long loading
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“Loading screen simulator. Everything you do in this game (beyond when you are actually in the match) has a loading screen.”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Repetitive, weak career mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“It's just run to the ring while someone's having a match, now I'm in a rivalry with them”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support44 GB
Minimum
OS64-bit: Windows® Vista SP2
ProcessorIntel i3-2105 / Phenom II X2 550
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD 5870
Storage44 GB available space
Recommended
OS64-bit: Windows® 7 / Windows® 8
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3550 / AMD FX 8150
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 660 / Radeon HD 7850
Storage44 GB available space
OS64-bit: Windows® Vista SP2
ProcessorIntel i3-2105 / Phenom II X2 550
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 460 / Radeon HD 5870
Storage44 GB available space
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