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THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 5h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 17% of players who started
Started playing 44% of owners
Steam reviews 89% positive of 10,612
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 7h it's 1 in 16 (6%).
- Fully opens up by hour 5.
- 17% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Let's see what you've got...” (Clear STORY): only 17% of starters get there.
- Only 44% of owners have even the first achievement — the rest barely played.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 10,682 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 298 reviews: 10.7h for positive, 5.3h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (43.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Let's see what you've got... Clear STORY. Most players quit here 17% −83
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (46)
story milestone ending side
- Show me what humans are made of Perform 10 Target Actions (Arcade) 100%
- Strength! Hit 100 times using Special Moves (Arcade, Versus) 84%
- Time will soon turn to ashes... Get an S at the victory screen 76%
- Hey, hey, hey! Be challenged by "Billy" and win in ARCADE 68%
- Go easy on me! Play your first [ranked match / player match] 60%
- You can't win against me! Be challenged by "Ash" and win in ARCADE 45%
- Hmph... this is only natural. Get 10 straight wins (Arcade, Versus) 44%
- Yeah! Win your first [ranked match / player match] 41%
- You're not so bad! Complete the tutorial 30%
- How was it? Clear ARCADE MODE without continuing 25%
- This was just a greeting! Win 5 [ranked matches / player matches] 25%
- Yahoooo! Hit 100 times using Super Special Moves (Arcade, Versus) 21%
- After all, you're just trash. Get an SS at the victory screen 21%
- I will execute my mission! Defeat 3 characters in Survival mode 19%
- It's about time to start! Register an icon, team and message in Customize 19%
- Great Be challenged by "Saiki" and win in ARCADE 18%
- Let's see what you've got... Clear STORY. 17%
- Yay! Perfect! Perform 10 Perfect Victories (Arcade, Versus) 16%
- Come back later! Perform 50 Drive Cancels (Arcade, Versus) 16%
- Spinning! Hit 100 times using EX Special Moves (Arcade, Versus) 14%
- What's wrong? Perform 300 Target Actions (Arcade) 13%
- Good! Play 50 [ranked matches / player matches] 13%
- Let's play warrior! Create 10 rooms 12%
- This is... my victory! Clear ARCADE MODE on VERY HARD 11%
- Doesn't it feel good? Win 25 [ranked matches / player matches] 11%
- Play time is over! Perform 50 Super Special Moves Finishes (Arcade, Versus) 11%
- Mission Complete! Perform 50 Super Cancels (Arcade, Versus) 9.6%
- Hehe... hot, wasn't it? Play 100 [ranked matches / player matches] 8.7%
- Isn't this fun, eh? Win 50 [ranked matches / player matches] 8.0%
- Looks like I was just on time. Clear Time Attack mode for the first time 8.0%
- Okay! Get 2 consecutive wins in a ranked match 7.6%
- Piece of cake! Perform 50 HD Cancels (Arcade, Versus) 7.1%
- Here I come, buddy! Create 10 characters in Customize 6.2%
- Excellent! Win 100 [ranked matches / player matches] 5.9%
- That should do it! Complete all trials for 1 character in Trial mode 5.7%
- I shall not waver! Play 300 [ranked matches / player matches] 5.3%
- And the final blow...! Get 50 NEO MAX Super Special Moves Finishes (Arcade, Versus) 5.0%
- Yeeeeaaah! Hit 100 times using EX Super Special Moves (Arcade, Versus) 5.0%
- Hey! Hit 100 times using NEO MAX Super Special Moves (Arcade, Versus) 4.8%
- Do you understand now? Complete STORY. 4.3%
- Number 1! Get 5 consecutive wins in a ranked match 4.1%
- I'm enough for this job! Defeat 35 characters in Survival mode 3.7%
- Heheh. Not bad. Perform 50 MAX Cancels (Arcade, Versus) 3.2%
- Yes! I'm the best! Clear 200 trials in Trial mode 3.2%
- Yeah! I did it! Get 10 consecutive wins in a ranked match 2.7%
- You can't compare to me. Clear Time Attack mode with 30 characters 2.1%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.