TEKKEN 8

TEKKEN 8 is the latest addition to the TEKKEN series, the pinnacle of 3D fighting games. Join the fight with over 32 characters and bear witness to the next installment in this epic saga. Get ready for the biggest and best TEKKEN game ever made!

Developer: Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment
Franchise: —
Release date: Jan 25, 2024
Store page updated: Aug 19, 2026
Price: $39.99 · Steam store ↗

Review Analysis Score

37.7/ 100

Based on 396 reviews from the past 1 year

Steam User Rating

Recent 🙂 Mostly Positive 76% of 526

All time 😐 Mixed 57% of 72,656

“fantastic game at its core”

How it holds up

−50+5

Gameplay

-1.49

Strategy -2.07 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices

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Story & World

+1.03

Characters +1.78 · How memorable the characters and their relationships are

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Content Volume

-1.12

Not enough data — only 10% of reviews mention this.

Variety -2.26 · Fresh content and situations versus repetition

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Visuals & Sound

+3.03

Visuals +3.14 · Graphics, art style, and animation

“every punch is an explosion, visuals are breathtaking” (48)

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Multiplayer

-1.39

Community -2.57 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

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Pricing & Fairness

-3.74

Balance -3.96 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched

“offensive buffs every patch instead of defensive balance” (141)

Delusional devs. Each patch buffs offense and adds new moves, instead of buffing defensive. In all other Tekken Games incl. T8 season 1, i had fun even when losing because i knew what i was doing wrong and could learn from these situations. But now it´s the matter who plays more aggressive... It´s not fun anymore playing this game and that says something when a game, especially Tekken, THE fighting is not fun anymore.

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Tech & Support

-2.77

Developer support -2.89 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players

“devs lied repeatedly and ignored feedback since launch” (24)

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Scores are the average of reviews that mention each category (−5 to +5). Fainter bars were mentioned by fewer reviews; grey means too few to trust. Tap a category ▾ to see what drives it.

Steam review activity

% positive over time

since launch, by month · major update DLC

Jan 2024Sep 2026

Reviews

per day · 525 reviews, peak 36/day

Aug 21Sep 18

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