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THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION
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
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I strongly believe this is one of the greatest fighting games of all time ever. From a time when there were truly passionate and talented people behind it. The result of a genuine creativity freedom. I can feel the passion on everything, from the character designs, the VAs, the…”
— a player, Steam review · 97 hrs played“Things I've learned from this series: Complicated inputs for supers Combo chaining I suck at the online Emulating the original got me into fighting games, this one and 2002 UM are both great ways to introduce your friends into the series and genre”
— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played“Still considered one of the best entries in the franchise with its roster and game balance. It's a shame that this game is hard to make inputs unlike the future titles or maybe that's just my skill issue.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 11:56 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Fixes in our March 2022 update
Hi everyone, We've issued a small update for KOF98UMFE with the following fixes: Fixed intermittent problem joining or being joined by Player 9 in the lobby If two players compete to invite a third at
KOF '98 UMFE MAJOR UPDATE
Just gotta tape the sides down... Trim the bow, and... There! Finished! Your early Christmas present is here! The major update for KOF '98 UMFE is ready to be downloaded! A warm thank you to everyone
THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION COMMUNITY BETA TEST 2 END
Hello everyone! First, let us start by thanking the thousands of players who came out to participate in the 2 beta tests we had over the past couple months! Over 4,000 unique users logged on to slug s
KOF '98 UM FE COMMUNITY BETA TEST #2
THE KOF '98 UM FE COMMUNITY BETA TEST #2 IS COMING! Some astute readers picked up on our hints last time but we’re proud to announce that it’s official! Get ready because in addition to Rollback Netco
THE KING OF FIGHTERS '98 ULTIMATE MATCH FINAL EDITION COMMUNITY BETA TEST END
Hey KOF fans! SNK and Code Mystics would like to take a moment to thank the community for coming in and helping out with the netcode beta test. Over 230K matches were played over the course of one wee
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Fighting · Arcade · 2D Fighter · Action · Classic · Multiplayer · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Competitive · Retro · Anime · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Leaderboards |
| Languages | English, Japanese * , Portuguese - Brazil * |
| Achievements | 12 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: Intel Pentium 4 1.8GHz dual core Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Onboard graphics chipset with 256MB video RAM DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space Sound Card: DirectSound