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THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2013

Should you play it?

[[i]i]“THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII”[/i], SNK PLAYMORE’s flagship 2D versus fighting title returns in an ultimate version on Steam!!

What works

  • Beautiful and detailed 2d pixel art and animations
  • Deep and rewarding combat mechanics with high skill ceiling
  • Large and varied character roster with customization options
  • Engaging story mode with multiple routes
  • Improved netcode over console versions

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep learning curve and execution difficulty
  • Small and declining online playerbase
  • Lack of lobby system, replay browsing, and spectator modes
  • Some balance issues with certain characters
  • No rollback netcode in this edition

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • GUILTY GEAR -STRIVE-

  • Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code

  • UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH II Sys:Celes

  • Guilty Gear X2 #Reload

  • GUILTY GEAR XX ACCENT CORE PLUS R

  • GUILTY GEAR Xrd -SIGN-

Less intimate

Games that feels like THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION but with less focus on close relationships

  • BlazBlue Centralfiction

  • FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves

  • 東方憑依華　～ Antinomy of Common Flowers.

  • UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late[cl-r]

  • BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend

  • GUILTY GEAR Xrd REV 2

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION but with less leadership over others

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

  • THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV STEAM EDITION

  • FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves

  • THE LAST BLADE 2

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIII STEAM EDITION: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Fellowship, Domination. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Cooperation.

Last update: 03/08/2026