I am enjoying this very much!!! Where’s Vanessa?!

I find this game to be very fast paced and flashy. The retro style is awesome as well! I find the interface to be easier on the eyes compared to other AFK games and I enjoy watching my favorite characters play together as a team. The coordination rocks in this game. I am hoping to unlock all my favorites (I need Vanessa to complete that! 😮) Out of the other KOF mobile games, I personally find this to be a keeper because I don’t feel overwhelmed with all the options and offers and modes in the game. I don’t feel overwhelmed playing this. Fast paced and great for short bursts as well. I hope this game can last a long time because it is strong in the AFK nature and in its style. Great work for Netmarble on this one! Ora oraaa!!!

Great game BUT

Nice to see a KOF pixel style RPG! Overall it's not bad, but there are still a few things that the production team should focus on: 1. There are just too many micro-paid ads, please focus on the user experience, the traces of P2W are too obvious now. 2、The equipment bar on the main game screen takes up too much space, please leave more space for the battle screen. 3, some content is really far-fetched, like planting flowers and other worthless, rather than designing a ring tournament to earn money to dress up the home, does not need any content is to increase the power of the battle. 4, since it is a KOF game, still hope that there will be manual combat opportunities, can be made into a PVP part, control pixel characters fighting must be very interesting. I hope this game can become a representative work of KOF mobile game, thanks to the production team!

Click on Buttons: The Game

Do you enjoy clicking on buttons when a little red dot tells you to? Then you’re gonna LOVE this “game”. I hesitate to even call it a game because you really don’t have any license or control over what’s happening outside of forming a team, which itself is pretty arbitrary since progression is gated behind the usual gacha time-wasting mechanics. Can’t get past a level? Just wait until you accrue enough of one of the fifty different resources to make some numbers go up or, as the developer would prefer, use that credit card to speed up the process! It’s artificial dopamine triggering masquerading as a game. If that sounds fun to you, have at her. You can click on buttons all day everyday and some whale with more money than common sense will get there one hundred times faster than you.

It’s kinda bland

So I was super excited for this when I first heard about it, then I forgot it was even a thing because of how long it took to come out. So finally getting into it, everything was basically handed to you on a silver platter and that’s fine, plus the no ads for a week was really great, but other than that, not a lot to really look forward to. With a game that plays itself and all you have to do is CONSTANTLY tap the objective button, that’s not fun. “Beat 3 enemies (auto progresses) beat lvl 130 (auto progresses) summon characters (doesn’t auto progress even after summoning 100 times in a row not too long ago) It’s really just so annoying having to tap that and see that nothing is gonna change for that.

Solid foundation but too many systems and time gates

This game had great potential to be a great AFK title but it throws way too many systems at be players. The game is overwhelming for no reason. You’d think this game had excited for at least 3 years with so many systems arbitrarily thrown in. Also it requires you to be logged into the game way too often to get rewards. You have to constantly be clicking on objectives to get stage rewards instead of it automatically compiling. The stages also are very repetitive; I haven’t hit a wall yet despite being on stage 3000. It’s ok to let players stall a little bit…

Freezing Sometimes(not a bot).

I have no clue what causes it but occasionally my game would freeze requiring me to restart the app (playing on iPhone 15 pro max). Other than that I love this little pocket game. F2P FRIENDLY (Very Rare Nowadays!), unless chasing top placement on leaderboard! Also is people not realizing what a AFK game means? play for a few, take a break or sleep or live life, then return back and check back up on things. At the end of the day it’s a pocket game at the end of the day.

Bring Geese and take my money!

I’ve been a day 1 player. So far, this game doesn’t disappoint. Even tho a gacha game, they do a bring good job balancing and staying true to characters. You can be fully involved in the game w/o $$$, but support the devs pick up a $.99 or a boost because this is a quality game. I don’t have really any cons to this game. As normal, if you want to be high on the leaderboards, it’s gonna cost you. But if you want to just enjoy the game you can do that with little to no money.

Pretty Decent Game

Overall this is a pretty generic AFK game. It’s nothing too special gameplay wise, but as a KOF fan I really enjoy all the character artwork included. If I had one request, I would ask that more photo cards with different characters be added. It seems like it’s only the same few (already popular) characters that had photo cards, which doesn’t leave much variety for those of us who prefer less popular characters.

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GamerBraves Sat Oct 18 2025

Netmarble has launched The King of Fighters AFK, a new idle RPG based on SNK's long-running fighting game franchise. The game is now...

Inven Global Thu Sep 18 2025

You can currently pre-reghister to play The King of Fighters AFK on mobile for iOS and Android, as the game arrives this September.

Bleeding Cool News Thu Sep 18 2025

Netmarble launched "The King of Fighters AFK," a mobile idle RPG featuring 114 collectible fighters from SNK's classic fighting franchise,...

Koreaportal Thu Sep 18 2025

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Mobidictum Thu Sep 18 2025

Smartphone game in SNK's The King of Fighters franchise launches for iOS, Android.

Anime News Network Thu Sep 18 2025

Classic Fighters Return in New AFK RPG Featuring Retro-Style Pixel Graphics, Strategic Gameplay, and Exciting Launch Events.

채널 넷마블 Thu Sep 18 2025

Netmarble has released The King Of Fighters AFK into Early Access on iOS and Android, but it's only available in two countries.

Bleeding Cool News Wed Dec 18 2024

Global pre-registration is now live for Netmarble's next character collectible AFK RPG, available on Google Play, App Store and the official...

Netmarble Mon Nov 18 2024

KOF AFK is going to be a team-building mobile RPG featuring characters from across the franchise and from different entries like Kyo from King of Fighters '98...

EventHubs Mon Nov 18 2024