The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition

Windows port including all three DLC characters called The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition, was released on Steam in September 2013. This port is based on the Climax release for arcades. Steam Edition has…

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Arcade Fighting Action

The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition is an arcade developed by SNK, released 13 September 2013 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 18 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition is

The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition is an arcade game developed by SNK and released in 2013. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Taito Type X.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The game takes place five years after the events of The King of Fighters XI and is the last game of the third story arc that started in The King of Fighters 2003. The fighter Ash Crimson has absorbed the powers from two of the descendants of the clans who sealed the Orochi away 1,800 years ago, Chizuru Kagura and Iori Yagami, while Kyo Kusanagi is to be his last victim. As his former comrade, Elisabeth Blanctorche, prepares to stop him, fighters receive an invitation to another King of Fighters tournament hosted by a person labelled as "R". The tournament is sponsored by a woman Rose who is being controlled by "Those From The Past", the organization behind the two prior tournaments that has…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 46 achievements to unlock.

Where it sits in the The King of Fighters series

The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition is the 43rd of 71 entries we hold in the The King of Fighters series. It arrived 8 months after The King of Fighters XIII: Gold Edition. The next entry was The King of Fighters-A 2012 in 2014. Its critic score of 71 is almost exactly the series average of 70. The highest-rated entry is Capcom vs. SNK: Millennium Fight 2000 at 90.

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How it was received

The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition holds a critic score of 71 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored about average for its year.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium4 2.0 GHz and up, 1 GB RAM and GeForce 9500 GT ,VRAM: 256MB and up. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition launched on 13 September 2013, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends and FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends, FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition gameplay screenshot

Dlc

The King of Fighters XIII: Global Match

16 November 2023

Quick answers

The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition — frequently asked questions

When did The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition come out?

The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition was released on 13 September 2013 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition?

At minimum, The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition needs Intel Pentium4 2.0 GHz and up, 1 GB RAM, GeForce 9500 GT ,VRAM: 256MB and up graphics, 5 GB available space of storage.

Does The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition have multiplayer?

Yes. The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online.

How many GB is The King of Fighters XIII Steam Edition?

The PC version needs about 5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("5 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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