THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII GLOBAL MATCH

• Wario64 @wario64.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

  The King of Fighters XIII Global Match releases on Steam on Feb 20th store.steampowered.com/app/3050220/... "This enhanced version comes with rollback netcode for exhilarating online play, as well as brand-new online lobbies that allow you to join/spectate matches w/ multiple players at once"

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• Steam user Steam user …9445Steam reviews · Feb 21, 2025 · 1 h played

  Dear SNK Team, I am reaching out to report several issues regarding the rollback netcode in The King of Fighters XIII Global Match on Steam. Many players, including myself, have been experiencing significant problems that affect online gameplay quality. Below are some key concerns: 1️⃣ Ping/MS inconsistency – The ping displayed in the lobby does not match the actual in-game latency. Once the match starts, the MS value doubles, making connections feel worse than expected. 2️⃣ Rollback…

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• Steam user Steam user …8776Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025 · 1 h played

  DO NOT BUY THIS PORT UNTIL IT'S FIXED! Although offline seems to be working ok, online it's completely unplayable even under the best conditions (literally playing my neighbour). It seems that the game portrays rollback as frame drops or something like that. The game is a visual choppy mess. This is with 28ms connection wired. When I increase fixed delay, it gets better although still visually choppy. This is not normal rollback behavior. I own the PS4 port and it works completely fine and is…

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• Steam user Steam user …8675Steam reviews · Sep 29, 2025 · 1 h played

  Saudi billionaire oil baron cartel princes who own SNK please just shell out $300K to Code Mystics and get this fixed for good. there's no way you can't afford it. pick your most juvenile looking Richard Mille watch in the pile, one that most looks like it came straight out of a cereal box, and sell it for at least, your millions of loyal fans in the LATAM market. this is one of the most iconic looking fighting games ever made next to Third Strike, a crown jewel of your library that will cement…

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• Steam user Steam user …7136Steam reviews · Apr 8, 2025

  I tried the game after hearing about the patch fixing some issues. I still cannot recommend the game and probably won't unless they fix + make it better than the older version + they make it free for Steam Edition owners. Here are the issues I encountered in less than 30 minutes • The game has 2f delay compared to Steam Edition, noticed immediately after booting training mode. Booted up Steam Edition at the same time and yes the delay is slightly noticeable. • Unable to use 2 buttons to go…

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• Steam user Steam user …1345Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025 · 1 h played

  Ok i'm genuinely confused : what's the point of this new version ? Online still suck, there is no new options in training mode like seing the hitboxes or frames or whatever, no new characters, no balance to the existing ones, no graphical update, no new musics : what was the point then ? I'm way too confused to even be upset.

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• Steam user Steam user …2188Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025

  This should have been a free patch for the original version. This makes no sense and it's just absurd practice. Valve should step in. It makes no sense to charge money for this. It's not a remaster, it doesn't have new content.. it's literally just a paid patch.

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• Wario64 @wario64.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 8, 2024

  THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII GLOBAL MATCH is $9.99 on US PSN buff.ly/41jmm5W US eShop buff.ly/3VnYOsD

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• Steam user Steam user …5191Steam reviews · Feb 22, 2025 · 1 h played

  This game is in an absolutely atrocious state right now. It is literally just KOF 13 with rollback. That wouldn't be such a bad thing except the game's rollback is atrocious and absolutely unplayable even under the best conditions, which is very surprising because from what I've seen the Console version works just fine. They released this game on the same day as the start of the CoTW beta which makes me think they were so ashamed of this product they wanted to bury it. The most confusing part…

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• Steam user Steam user …0201Steam reviews · Apr 9, 2025 · 127 h played

  I love this game, it's my favorite game ever. DON'T BUY IT...at least, not right now. For my thoughts on the actual gameplay of KOF13 itself, see my Steam Edition review. May 29th Patch: Wow. They managed to break the game even more. July 20th: Months since they reverted the patch that completely broke the game, and there's only been complete silence from SNK on the matter if they'll ever fix the game's issues. They're never going to fix this game. **** SNK. The rollback netcode has been…

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• Steam user Steam user …4181Steam reviews · Mar 1, 2025 · 2 h played

  DON'T BUY UNTIL FIXED. As a huge fan of KoFXIII I am INCREDIBLY sad that this game came out in the state it's in. The most abrasive issue is the terrible optimization. KoFXIII Steam Edition has ZERO frame drops, ZERO problems while running. The game runs a stable 60 fps no matter what. Global Match. For some inexplicable reason. Runs worse. On the exact same hardware. Frame dipping during most effects. It is noticeably choppier even while playing regularly or in training mode. Regardless of…

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• Steam user Steam user …2354Steam reviews · Feb 23, 2025 · 2 h played

  The ONE thing it's supposed to do, it doesn't. Online is an unplayable mess. I honestly felt ripped off so I refunded. If they fix online (doubtful) I'll buy it again. Really no excuse for releasing it in this state when the game's only selling point is busted.

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• Steam user Steam user …6243Steam reviews · Feb 16, 2026 · 1 h played

  shameless cashgrab, this should have been a free update

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• Steam user Steam user …8172Steam reviews · Feb 24, 2025 · 1 h played

  A port that is so heartbreakingly lazy that they didn't even properly update the description. Don't buy this.

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• Steam user Steam user …5447Steam reviews · Feb 23, 2025

  1. cost 4x-5x more cpu usage than before (cpu使用率是之前的4-5倍） 2. not well implemented rollback netcode（很差劲的回滚代码） 3. no fixed 60 FPS （没有锁60帧） 4. no fixed width height ratio，fullscreen make character stretched (丢失了固定宽高比，全屏模式人物被拉伸） 5. no optimization of keyboard keybindings （没有对键盘默认键位做优化） 6. forced static background in online mode (网战强制使用静态背景） 7. no optimization of command list (角色出招表没有优化）

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• Steam user Steam user …6333Steam reviews · Mar 3, 2025 · 1 h played

  The online is completely broken. This is not an exaggeration. The purpose of this game was for rollback netcode. How did this happen? Steam should pull this off the store.

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• Steam user Steam user …6364Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025 · 1 h played

  Terrible port overall. -Variable input delay in OFFLINE MODES unless you use RivaTuner to lock the game's framerate to 60. -Extremely high CPU usage in OFFLINE MODES (I have a 5800X3D and this game is using 55% of my CPU when idle at the main menu) -Old input shortcuts for sending lobby invites do not work, you have to open the steam overlay manually. -Saiki and Billy are locked????? -Netcode feels terrible overall, tested this with both sub-30 ping matches in my state and 100+ ping matches,…

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• Steam user Steam user …7838Steam reviews · May 4, 2025 · 58 h played

  Charging extra money for a borderline dysfunctional version of rollback, a lobby system that doesn't make any sense and doesn't work, and all on the WRONG version of the game is wild. Thanks, SNK

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• Steam user Steam user …1096Steam reviews · Feb 23, 2025

  Imagine having all your previous catalogue being brought to modern day standards via Code Mystics with varying degrees of success, only to have XIII, considered by many to be the creme de la creme of SNK's fighting game catalogue, to be handled by an absolute nobody of a company and released in absolute shambles. Even if Rollback does eventually work, there is no effort to the port to make the game more accessible, training mode has had no QoL added to it, navigating menus is clunky at best.…

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• Steam user Steam user …3232Steam reviews · Feb 24, 2025 · 1 h played

  I love you SNK, but this seriously needs fixing. And yet I doubt it will. KOFXIII is a fantastic game for all sorts of reasons, and is absolutely worth playing. It needed the rollback treatment. This ain't it. So to start off, KOFXIII patch notes are poorly documented outside of the old SRK Wiki (and forums), which in of itself doesn't list everything in one comprehensive list, or is well organized. They're probably buried somewhere else on the internet, too. But the reason that KOFXIII Steam…

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• Steam user Steam user …1999Steam reviews · Mar 21, 2025 · 25 h played

  it took these mfers a whole month of garbage netcode to finally tell us.... that it's going to take up to another whole month to release an update that only plans to make stages static. wtf snk

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• Steam user Steam user …1501Steam reviews · Dec 13, 2025 · 6 h played

  i bought this game last night for online play. Since, it was said the online netcode and functionality was fixed. I open online mode and it immediately tanks game fps to unplayable. Back out of online modes and play local modes. Congrats, entering online mode successfully breaks all local modes too. The game must be restarted to restore local functions. I have 4 hrs of troubleshooting. So, I can't refund game. do not buy! SNK, is a piece of crap company owned by a piece of crap. A wannabe…

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• Steam user Steam user …7504Steam reviews · Mar 5, 2025 · 1 h played

  This is no upgrade, straight trash. This rollback netcode is so bad I can't even play my neighbour, the original delay one somehow is better, and the cpu usage is through the roof. Don't waste your money, and if you did, refund it, I am refunding this right now. They did not announce any planned updates or fixes, KOF XIII is gonna be forever stuck in offline play

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• Steam user Steam user …9260Steam reviews · Feb 27, 2025 · 7 h played

  If SNK doesn't patch this I will never forgive them. Why are they so allergic to working video games

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• Steam user Steam user …3288Steam reviews · Aug 3, 2025 · 115 h played

  Dont buy this game -The promised Rollback Netcode is not working well. -The game randomly slows down and speeds up again. That happens online and offline, in menus, in replays everywhere. +Excellent combat tho. This is still my favourite fighting game of all time ===================================================== I would love to recommend this game but only after SNK fixes it. I could have waited longer if that meant that the game works as expected. *edit: It needs to be said that the…

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• Steam user Steam user …1123Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025 · 3 h played

  The King Of Scammers They took the worst online netcode known to man... Made it worse, and sold it for 29,99$....

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• Steam user Steam user …6073Steam reviews · Mar 2, 2025

  SNK has no ability and is crazy about money. They are the worst company that ruined my memories. I will never look at the King of series again.

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• Steam user Steam user …3689Steam reviews · May 22, 2025 · 2 h played

  People need to revisit this port. It's improved since launch. They fixed the rollback and it actually uses the final Climax update -- but don't quote me on that last one. + The standard KOF XIII experience with amazing sprites, custom colors, great music and a fighting style that hits hard. + Rollback good enough to connect to a wireless connection across the world with no hitch + Saiki and Billy automatically available for online play - You still have to unlock Saiki and Billy for offline play…

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• Steam user Steam user …2668Steam reviews · Apr 14, 2025 · 1 h played

  This isn't even the proper version of the game lmao, it's missing balance updates that were in the steam edition. what a complete waste of time and money

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• Steam user Steam user …4908Steam reviews · Apr 10, 2025 · 95 h played

  This is easily the best video game that exists currently. For about a month after this version came out, there were crashes and netcode issues, but all of that appears to be fixed as of 3 days before this review. Now, the game can be played with seamless rollback netcode, comfortably against people up to 200ms or so ping away from you (even over an ocean). KoF XIII is the best video game for me because I like fighting games which put an emphasis on player-to-player interaction. Yes, having…

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• Steam user Steam user …2283Steam reviews · Mar 2, 2025

  I bought the upgrade version. The negative reviews are pretty much on point. Refunded.

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• Steam user Steam user …1266Steam reviews · Feb 26, 2025 · 2 h played

  until a patch comes out or update or something comes out for this dogwater port avoid this at all cost...too many things wrong that i cant even begin to talk about...but other reviewers summed it up nicely

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• Steam user Steam user …8167Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025

  I hardly ever leave a negative review, unfortunately this version with the addition of rollback netcode has nothing more

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• CEO Fighting Game Championships @ceogaming.orgBluesky · Dec 22, 2024

  The King of Fighters XIII Global Match is on sale starting February 20th, 2025. Wishlist on Steam now to ensure you're ready when the time comes to hop online thanks to rollback netcode!

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• Steam user Steam user …2364Steam reviews · Mar 4, 2025

  Not able to play in Steamdeck. Game crashes as soon it starts.

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• Steam user Steam user …7622Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025

  One of the first things I do when I get a new game is to check the assets' quality (if possible) and graphics settings. This seems to be the original Steam port mildly updated with the Global Match version's features and some touched-up assets for the "Global Match" branding (speaking of which, the opening's encoding is even worse in this release somehow), rather than a clean new port. Either that, or a stitched together new version. This means it's still DirectX 9, with no clear scaling…

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• Steam user Steam user …5588Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025

  I mean if you already have the old version then might as well upgrade it to the current one, it's only $7. This seems to be the unpatched day 1 version of Global Match interestingly. I remember when it released on the other platforms the rollback had issues too but they were addressed with a patch. Now why didn't SNK just release the patched version from the get go I don't know but maybe they're working on a day-one patch specifically for PC. Either way, I doubt the rollback is gonna stay…

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• Steam user Steam user …1775Steam reviews · Feb 25, 2025

  Netplay is wack. Port is wack. SNK is wack.

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• Steam user Steam user …8207Steam reviews · Mar 26, 2025

  I buy this for giving you negative reviews

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• Steam user Steam user …9593Steam reviews · Feb 22, 2025 · 5 h played

  Do not buy this game in its current state. This release has nothing new. The advertised rollback netcode does not function properly and is not any better than the old delay netcode. Lobbies are unstable and CPU use is high.

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• Fighting Game Anniversaries @fganniversaries.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 19, 2024

  It has been announced that The King of Fighters XIII Global Match is being released on PC via Steam on February 20, 2025. www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/press/202... The Steam page for the game is currently up as well: store.steampowered.com/app/3050220/...

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• Steam user Steam user …0595Steam reviews · May 29, 2025 · 12 h played

  Not only do the rooms crash after a while (About 5 or 6 matches), they changed up special move animations. ♥♥♥♥ this version of the game, and think about what you've done SNK.

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• Steam user Steam user …5166Steam reviews · Apr 25, 2025 · 4 h played

  Since the game received netcode improvements, I decided to buy it and I pleasantly report the game is working great, online experience was excellent and I was able to do HD combos without dropping them. Recommended. Thank you SNK!

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• Fighting Game Anniversaries @fganniversaries.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 20, 2024

  On this day a year ago, the 22nd combo video for The King of Fighters XIII: Global Match was released, focusing on Takuma Sakazaki. The combo video can be watched below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKEW...

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• Steam user Steam user …3626Steam reviews · May 25, 2025 · 6 h played

  The peak of the pixels, king of kofs, xiii is a treasure. Were mistakes made on release of this edition? Yes, but they've been fixed. KOFXIII continues to receive updates. Highly recommended!

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• Steam user Steam user …3920Steam reviews · Feb 26, 2025

  I waited years upon years for one of my favorite fighting games to finally get rollback and on top of having to drop 7 bucks for it. It's a sloppily thrown together lazy ass port that barely functions. Get your ♥♥♥♥ together SNK

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• Steam user Steam user …9352Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025 · 1 h played

  SNK killed King of Fighters on purpose. Play Anime Fighters instead.

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• Steam user Steam user …4064Steam reviews · Apr 2, 2026 · 41 h played

  Synchronizing...

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• Steam user Steam user …9623Steam reviews · May 2, 2025 · 12 h played

  After too much time and many updates, this is now the definitive kof xiii port. Have fun.

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• Steam user Steam user …4317Steam reviews · Feb 20, 2025 · 1 h played

  Game has much higher CPU usage then the steam version plus it does not save my resolution settings in full screen mode

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• CEO Fighting Game Championships @ceogaming.orgBluesky · Dec 21, 2024

  Rollback netcode comes to #KOFXIII with The King of Fighters XIII Global Match, available February 20th, 2025! Wishlist on Steam now!

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• Steam user Steam user …3514Steam reviews · Apr 7, 2025 · 5 h played

  I think it should have been a free update. The netcode and game performance seems stable in my experience- I am playing after the April 7, 2025 update. Am I good at it? no. But the game runs fine I think, can't say anything about the supposed 2 frame input delay online though.

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• Steam user Steam user …1550Steam reviews · Feb 24, 2025 · 1 h played

  litterally unplayable at it current state

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• Steam user Steam user …8162Steam reviews · Feb 23, 2025

  The developers gave us the stanky leg...

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• Fighting Game Anniversaries @fganniversaries.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

  On this day a year ago, the 28th combo video for The King of Fighters XIII: Global Match was released, focusing on King. The combo video can be watched below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB4T...

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• Fighting Game Anniversaries @fganniversaries.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 24, 2024

  On this day a year ago, the 25th combo video for The King of Fighters XIII: Global Match was released, focusing on Leona Heidern. The combo video can be watched below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mmI...

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• Fighting Game Anniversaries @fganniversaries.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 17, 2025

  2 years ago today, The King of Fighters XIII: Global Match was originally released on PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch worldwide. It was developed by Safari Games and published by SNK.

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• Steam user Steam user …9073Steam reviews · Aug 9, 2025 · 4 h played

  LAAAAGGGGGGGGGG

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• Steam user Steam user …7221Steam reviews · Jul 17, 2025 · 4 h played

  My favourite KOF title that SNK treats it like utter garbage by charging again for functioning netcode after more than a decade and delisting the version that most people had. The online is good now (even has useful UI features like showing active rooms before even needing to search them). However, the bad launch did its damage and people aren't going back to change their reviews : so more people won't be buying it . No one hates KOF more than SNK and the way they treat this franchise as a…

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• Steam user Steam user …6485Steam reviews · Feb 22, 2025 · 1 h played

  Can't recommend in current state. The online experience is still really bad, unplayable.

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