
SNK’s fighters have rarely managed to sell the millions that Street Fighter and Tekken have put up, so those numbers probably won’t come as a surprise to those who’ve been following the FGC for years.
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However, it’s still nice that KOF15 can enjoy a little of the limelight as the current king on PC (unless you want to keep count in Brawlhalla’s insane 24,489 players from the past day). King of Fighters 15’s 24-hour peak of 6,049 players surpasses all of the titles above, with Tekken 7 coming closest at the time of writing at 5,630 players, which isn’t too surprising for a brand new fighter on the scene.

However, most of these are several years old, so just looking at the current climate of KOF15 yields some more deserved achievements. KOF15’s current peak numbers are well below Dragon Ball FighterZ and Guilty Gear Strive’s highs of 44,234 and 30,939 concurrent Steam users, respectively, while also trailing behind Street Fighter 5, Tekken 7, Mortal Kombat 11, and even Soul Calibur 6. However, when placed right next to the other great fighting games of the last generation, it seems that they still play the backup fiddle for Capcom, Bandai Namco, NetherRealm Studios and Arc System Works in terms of breadth/mass appeal.

This will hopefully be seen as a pretty big win for SNK with so much growth on just one platform if PlayStation and Xbox show anything similar to this jump. That easily puts the new King of Fighters off to the best start SNK has seen on PC to date, considering the last record for top players appears to have been held by King of Fighters 14 with just 1,173 concurrent users.

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With the release of The King of Fighters 15 earlier this week, Steam numbers are off to a strong start for SNK’s latest title, but how does it compare to the rest of the series and other big fighting games out there?Īccording to Steam Charts user counts, KOF15 hit a launch peak of 8,205 active players at once on release night, with the peak of the previous day being 6,049 players.
