# THE KING OF FIGHTERS '97 — user reviews > 735 indexed App Store user reviews of THE KING OF FIGHTERS '97 by SNK CORPORATION, rated 3.50/5 from 1,003 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-king-of-fighters-97/id727466621/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-king-of-fighters-97/id727466621.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 511 · 4★ 89 · 3★ 78 · 2★ 54 · 1★ 271 ## What do users think of THE KING OF FIGHTERS '97? Overall sentiment: negative **Pros** - 🚀 Awesome game - 🚀 Brings back memories - 🚀 Great port - 🚀 Classic game - 🚀 Quality arcade fighting action **Cons** - 🐛 Controls are bad - 🐛 Buttons are messed up - 🐛 Unplayable - 🐛 Laggy - 🐛 Buttons are too big - 🐛 Buttons are not customizable - 🐛 Joystick is not responsive - 🐛 Difficulty is too high **Commonly reported bugs** - Buttons are not working - Buttons are overlapping - Game crashes on newer iOS devices - No sound - Controls are not working **Most requested features** - Add training mode - Add Orochi as a playable character - Improve difficulty settings - Update for iOS 11/14/15 compatibility - Add online multiplayer ## Newest reviews (15 of 735) ### 2/5 — Controle ruim *2026-03-26, version 1.3.1* Muito ruim jogar com esses controles ### 4/5 — Brings back memories *2026-01-26, version 1.3.1* The game is overall fairly decent, the character selection is full of nostalgia, the difficulty seems to be a problem for newer players.. you had to be there to understand it (not trying to sound like an oldhead) + One flaw that nobody seems to point out is that for some odd reason you never get to fight Kim’s team, Yashiro’s team or Art of Fighting team. Why is that?? Overall, fairly good game. ### 3/5 — Unlocked orchi *2025-11-25, version 1.3.1* The game is awesome but the main thing is orchi is not available in this game. ### 3/5 — Sem som *2025-04-19, version 1.3.1* Baixei o jogo hoje, porém está sem som. E no aplicativo não tem alternativa para ajustar. ### 3/5 — Kof 97 *2024-10-12, version 1.3.1* Eu amo esse jogo, mais a única coisa é que os botões são muito pequenos, então fica impossível de jogar! ### 2/5 — Laggy *2024-08-18, version 1.3.1* I like this game but it is very laggy and some times it won’t load… so it pretty bad ### 3/5 — Pregunta *2024-06-16, version 1.3.1* Como Sacar a orochi ? 🫠 ### 4/5 — Muy buen juego 🫡 *2024-06-07, version 1.3.1* Muy buen juego lo recomiendo jugar en los iPhone de alta gama no en los X Xs o 11 porque no les correrá bien ### 2/5 — Falha *2024-05-13, version 1.3.1* O jogo é bonzinho mais faltou modo de treinamento ### 1/5 — Update and cross check *2024-02-11, version 1.3.1* Please update practice mode to learn a combo every fighter, and the difficulty make more complex n easy to people select the difficulty hard or normal like that ### 4/5 — Umm *2024-02-02, version 1.3.1* I can't hear the sound unless I use headphones they should fix that problem, other than that good game! ### 1/5 — Muy mal con la actualización *2024-01-23, version 1.3.1* Ya estaba acostumbrado a jugar con botones grandes sobre la pantalla. Ahora redujeron el tamaño de los botones y son muy pequeños y no puedo jugar bien. Ya modifiqué el tamaño en el menú de configuración pero siguen muy pequeños. Imposible de jugar ### 1/5 — Don’t waste your money on this! Neo Geo ACA version is better! *2023-12-15, version 1.3.1* Don’t waste your money on this! Neo Geo ACA (Arcade Archives) version is better! This game hasn’t been updated in ages, no Bluetooth support and all the buttons has been shifted to the left side. In addition, the home button has been cut off and hasn’t been fixed due to many iOS firmware updates. Don’t waste your money on this! ### 3/5 — Ya actualícenlo *2023-12-08, version 1.3.1* Se traba mucho como si el juego fuera de muchos recursos cuando hoy en dia el juego lo corre hasta una calculadora , esta mal optimizada sinceramente si le hace falta que lo corrijan ### 2/5 — Problemas en la dificultad del juego *2023-11-06, version 1.3.1* El unico problema que le veo es su dificultad, antes de iniciar los combates te da la opción de elegir la dificultad (1-9), elegí el nivel 1, y como en el 3er combate la cpu realizaba combos que me quitaban la mitad de la barra, repetían mucho un movimiento de distancia y hasta hubo una ocasión en la que no lo pude golpear y la cpu me hizo un gesto burlón jajaja, la dificultad no es la que seleccionas o al menos después del primer combate, es imposible que en el nivel uno la cpu haga tales acciones, me parece una basura que la dificultad cambie drasticamente de un combate a otro y mas cuando ya se habia seleccionado un novel de dificultad antes de iniciar los combates, es una lastima ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Ali *2026-07-12, version 1.3.1* I downloaded this game for orochi but unfortunately orochi character not available in this game I recommend no one download this game ### 1/5 — 超爛 *2026-05-15, version 1.3.1* 設計超級爛，簡易鈕也超爛，別浪費錢 ### 1/5 — É um emulador *2026-04-18, version 1.3.1* Jogar 20 reais no lixo poxa apple ai não da ### 1/5 — Rubbish *2026-03-02, version 1.3.1* 簡易出招，優化系統做得非常差，明明十幾年前的KOF12手機版，做得非常優秀，就不明白為什麼這個遊戲可以做得這麼差。 ### 1/5 — The design is absurd. *2025-09-07, version 1.3.1* Playing this game on a screen is simply a joke. Do not buy it. ### 1/5 — Pésimo *2025-08-07, version 1.3.1* Horrible, los controles gigantes, no tiene sonido, no gasten su dinero ### 1/5 — Chalets *2025-01-22, version 1.3.1* Deberían adaptarlo para poder conectar un mando móvil ya que los controles son una basura ### 1/5 — Horrible *2024-12-26, version 1.3.1* No se puede jugar no deja acomodar los controles y no quieren reembolsar dinero ### 1/5 — Add orochi *2024-11-14, version 1.3.1* What time to add orochi? ### 1/5 — Controles *2024-09-01, version 1.3.1* No sirven los controles No me deja acomodarlos Porfavor arreglen eso o un rembolso por lo qué pague ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — KOF 97 *2026-04-01, version 1.3.1* Great game works good on the iPhone 15 pro max ### 5/5 — . *2026-02-20, version 1.3.1* Poderiam colocar modo treinamento ### 5/5 — 讚 *2025-02-16, version 1.3.1* 還滿好操作的 ### 5/5 — 没有角色 *2025-01-23, version 1.3.1* 里面怎么没有没有大蛇角色 ### 5/5 — Good but add 2 more suggestions *2023-11-28, version 1.3.1* Can you add training? B I do know KOF 98 mobile has it but KOF 97 mobile doesn’t. And can you add Orochi as a playable character just like in the original arcade mode? Still a awesome game ever made. ### 5/5 — Snk vs capcom Chaos please *2023-02-13, version 1.3.1* Please, Snk vs capcom chaos with bosses for AppStore!!!!! ### 5/5 — YA ARREGLARON LO BOTONES ENCIMADOS *2023-02-05, version 1.3.1* Ya se pueden acomodar los botones 🙊 ### 5/5 — Problema de calidad *2022-10-06, version 1.3.1* Botones pequeños no se puede jugar ### 5/5 — Add training *2022-09-28, version 1.3.1* Please add training ### 5/5 — Al fin arreglaron el problema <3 *2022-08-31, version 1.3.1* Ya se puede jugar en iPhones con todo pantallaaaa, ahora si se merecen 5 estrellas <33 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-15.*