THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION
Worth it · Multiplayer · 2014
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $14.99.
- Length
- 1.4h 13.5h to 100%
- Value
- $10.71/hr
- Reviews
- 91% of 3,140 positive
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Buy now or wait
Discounted in 2 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 25 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
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About the game
After “KOF '98”, often praised by the fans as the best installment in the “KOF” series, and “KOF ’98 UM” 10 years later, “KOF ’98” returns now on the Steam PC gaming platform in an ultimate and final version with THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, Onboard graphics chipset with 256MB video RAM, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The value story
68 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 67 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 3 percent on value. It is pricier than 80 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, TowerFall Ascension ($2.99, scores 83) beats it on value, while it beats Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection ($39.99, scores 49).
More about THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION
This site sampled 411 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 4 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 84 percent of the 500 reviews written there were positive, against 91 percent overall, and those are 19 percent of everything written about it.
HowLongToBeat players log 1.4 hours as a typical playtime, and completionists log 14, 9.6 times as much.
At 1.4 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
29% start to 20% finishA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
**10/10** KOF '98 is still an amazing fighting game. The gameplay is excellent, challenging but fair, and the roster has a great variety of characters that are mostly well-balanced. The simple and beautiful pixel art still looks great, and the music is as charming and lovable as ever. The online mode is probably my favorite part, especially with the great netcode. The online player base is a little small, but that's...
2 more reviews
FUN GAME!! now i know why people love this 98' version and this is probably my favorite KOF games!
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Cite this score
THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION scores 74/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/222420/the-king-of-fighters-98-ultimate-match-final-editionReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 3, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.