90
After 26 years, Fatal Fury is finally back—and City of the Wolves hits! It makes a bold return with deep story content, solid offline/online modes, and ambitious mechanics. While I'm not a fan of how SNK implemented the Smart Style control scheme, and the online experience has some issues, this is undoubtedly SNK’s strongest modern fighter yet!
80
While it misses the mark in its single-player offerings and the online experience is still not up to competitors' standards, City of the Wolves is one of the most mechanically deep and fun fighting games to come out in recent years.
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SNK has found a way to showcase its decades-long legacy in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves. With artistic direction full of personality and sublime, deep gameplay, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is on par with the greats.
8
Fatal Fury is back to compete with the rest of the genre with a fairly complete launch package: fun, a wide and excellent soundtrack, and mechanics that range from the simplest to the most difficult, but not impossible to master, proving itself to be a modern fighting game. While it falters in some areas, such as certain graphical details and a somewhat outdated practice mode, these don't interfere with the heart of the product: the versus mode, whether online or in person.
6
Decent fighting game, but there is better options out there. The characters look a bit weird and the playerbase is very small.
0
They use GenAI. Don't support this anti-art slop. Using AI when they have fantastic artists on staff is criminal.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Released On:
Apr 24, 2025
Metascore
Generally Favorable
80
User score
Mixed or Average
6.4
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84% Positive
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Aug 9, 2025
90
After 26 years, Fatal Fury is finally back—and City of the Wolves hits! It makes a bold return with deep story content, solid offline/online modes, and ambitious mechanics. While I'm not a fan of how SNK implemented the Smart Style control scheme, and the online experience has some issues, this is undoubtedly SNK’s strongest modern fighter yet!
May 1, 2025
85
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves manages to live up to the expectations that were generated since its announcement. The gameplay is technical and dynamic, with a good balance between offensive and defensive resources, without creating unfair situations and rewarding those who can read their opponents better. The main game mode can be a bit slow, but that doesn't take away from the brilliance of the return of SNK's wolves.
User score
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56% Positive
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
20% Mixed
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20 Ratings
20 Ratings
Jan 15, 2026
10
A friend of mine bought me this game a bit back. I haven't gotten to play it yet, but from what I hear it is good. The 10 out of 10 is to counter the Degenerates who are upset at the Season 2 Trailer. I refuse to join the Band Wagon of hating a game just because a trailer had AI in it. The Game uses AI. And furthermore I refuse to be told that AI is The Great Satan by people who live in their parents basements getting paid to draw Furry Diaper Porn for a living.
Jun 5, 2025
10
Solid fighter that ties up a lot of loose ends for Fatal Fury. Has a great RPG mode with unique stories, all of which are separate from the arcade. Color Edit is also fun. If you like SNK and Fatal Fury this is for you. If you are not into the SNK world this game may be confusing. The match making is cross play and have only had a couple of issues. The menus are confusing.
May 11, 2025
82
This fighting game offers deep, satisfying combat with a fresh REV system adding strategic depth, and a diverse roster of distinct characters, although its mode selection feels limited and its story mode somewhat uninspired; nevertheless, it shines online with smooth netcode and impresses visually with a unique cel-shaded art style and strong animations.
Apr 22, 2025
80
After two and a half decades, Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves is a welcome return to SNK's ranks. Accessible enough for beginners, yet hard to master for fans, there's an even playing field for all. The narrative may be lost on some, but with enough characters to master it's a blast for the fighting game community.
Apr 20, 2025
80
The fighting game community is currently plagued by a problem: the game mechanics are being softened to appeal to casual players. But neither pros nor casuals want that. The latter would be more than happy with more solo game modes. Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves doesn't offer these in a satisfactory form, but that aside, it feels like an alternative at this point. It is a challenging option that will delight hardcore fans in particular with its high learning curve and in-depth game mechanics. Despite audiovisual restraint and uninspired solo content, the pugilist impresses with great playability and tactical variety. A bold game that deliberately goes against current trends in the genre.
Apr 24, 2025
75
Although City of the Wolves falls short of delivering the impactful finale one might expect from its story, it wins hearts with the quality of its combat engine and the way it embraces its own legacy. If only there weren’t that ridiculous Ronaldo and Ganacci nonsense.
Apr 21, 2025
60
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves struggles not only to understand what it wants to be, but which audience it wants to be for. While the game can be a sweat-inducing treat at its highest level of play, casual gamers might not get a lot out of it and the bevy of distracting guest characters and stage song composers in the game make it hard to see the title for its own merits.
Apr 27, 2025
10
Before I start my review, it's fair to mention that this is SNK's best modern title to date. SNK struggled to find their footing in 3D With King of Fighters XIV, only to wow us with Samurai Shodown (2019), and to get us Excited with King of Fighters XV. All three of these games unfortunately had a fatal flaw. King of Fighters XIV had graphics fit for a Playstation 2, Samurai Shodown (2019) took two years to come to PC with no rollback netcode until when the game was dead, and King of Fighters XV, Despite having rollback netcode and decent content, the matchmaking notoriously was broken for almost a year and a half, and only fixed with the Cross-Play Update. Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves does not suffer the same pitfalls as it's predecessors in this aspect.
Apr 30, 2025
7
Meh. SNK is far from the powerhouse it used to be, it's outclassed by Capcom in every respect, which was far from being the case 20 years ago. The new Fatal Fury manages to look worse than Garou from 20 years ago, and while the gameplay brings minor improvements, the novelty wears off fast. Add to that the mindboggling decision of including Ronaldo, which looks and plays like he's from a different movie altogether (because he is), and you get another 7/10 forgettable fighting game. The only reason you can play this is that there are not a lot of options in this niche. But it's nothing to write home about.
Apr 26, 2025
7
The game is good overall for fighting game fans but it has almost 0 casual appeal. The game is very over priced for the barebones launch we see here. Its just play ranked all day. Although the gameplay is pretty good and well balanced. Another positive is that all the future DLC is going to be free( which is a first in the fighting game genre). Overall I think this game is good to get on a sale but if you don't want to grind this game then there is little appeal to you. Its a good fighting game but pales in comparison to street fighter 6
Jun 25, 2025
2
There are few characters and two unnecessary guest **** difficulty settings are not remembered, so it's a pain to have to choose them every time. The default CPU is too strong. The final boss isn't a new character, so it's boring.
May 6, 2025
1
There are few characters and two characters I don't want.
RPG mode is boring.
The system is complicated and not very exhilarating.
SummaryLegends never die... After more than 20 years, FATAL FURY / GAROU is coming back! Finally, the long awaited sequel has been green-lit.
Rated Tfor Teen
Platforms:
- PlayStation 5
- Xbox Series X
- PC
- PlayStation 4
Initial Release Date:Apr 24, 2025
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