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AEW: Fight Forever
Developer YUKE'S
AEW Fight Forever is a 2023 professional wrestling sports video game developed by Yuke's and published by THQ Nordic. It is the debut title on home consoles and personal computers based on the American professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). Plans of a game for the promotion were reported as early as October 2019 and officially announced in November 2020, with the game being the first wrestling… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
417 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 6, 2026 · last updated Nov 6, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
51
Mixed
91 positive · 86 negative
95% range 44–59%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 8 | 3 | 228 |
| Steam reviews | 91 | 86 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
814 of 1,410 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
52% recommend · 94 yes, 86 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 180 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (1,019 of 1,772 positive).
Some players praise the arcade-style gameplay and nostalgic feel of classic wrestling games. [1][2][3] Many reviewers criticize the clunky controls, outdated graphics, and lack of content. [4][5][6] Several players recommend buying the game only at a steep discount. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
AEW: Fight Forever was meant to be a fresh alternative to WWE 2K, but it feels more like an unfinished beta. The game tries to evoke nostalgia with an old-school style, but instead, it drags us back to an era of clunky, buggy wrestling games with odd animations. Cons: Graphics: Retro charm? Sure, but this isn't a retro game. Characters look like they're from a game over a decade old. Animations: Stiff, unnatural …
- [6]
I bought this for £4 on sale and still felt ripped off. Negatives: - Shallow gameplay, mostly button-mashing with occasional grapples for actual wrestling moves. - Clunky, confusing controls make running the ropes frustrating, hitting finishers and signatures difficult, and reversing AI moves nearly impossible 80% of the time. - Lacks a significant portion of AEW’s roster, and even the extortionately overpriced DLC …
- [1]
This game glows radiantly with the vibes of old school wrestling games. Back to the early days of THQ and YUKE'S. It emphasize more to the simplistic gameplay rather than fancy graphics, cool entrances or complex moves to pull. None of that. Still... This is fun to play and so much more easier to comprehend than other wrestling games. Perfect for beginners. With famous wrestlers on their roster and much more brutal …
- [8]
Only buy this when it's on sale, like I did. I paid $20 for everything, and that should be your limit too. There's never been enough content here for a full-price recommendation, despite the actual gameplay itself being incredibly fun. That being said, any game with the Deadlock boyz in it for no extra charge has the right things going for it.
- [2]
Honest opinion from a person that has logged many hours into both AEW and 2K. While I admit the game has it's faults and isn't exactly perfect. It still gives you that arcade feel that games like WWE Day Of Reckoning or Wrestle Kingdom gave you. Most people try to tell you it's like WWF No Mercy. It plays more like Wrestle Kingdom I & II or DOR 1 & 2 than No Mercy. If you're wanting a simulation style game this …
Summarised from 34 of the 329 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
52% of the 180 Steam reviewers we collected recommend AEW: Fight Forever. The complaint that keeps coming up: clunky controls and outdated graphics. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
AEW Fight Forever received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. On OpenCritic, another review aggregator website, the game received a "weak" rating with only 37 percent of critics recommending the game. Polygon's Hector Diaz lauded the arcade style of gameplay, favorably comparing it to classic wrestling titles such as the AKI developed WWF No Mercy and WCW/nWo Revenge, and early games in the WWE SmackDown! series. Nintendo Life's Chris Scullion stated the gameplay "will feel right at home to No Mercy fans" due to similar mechanics and "a lot of it does feel like where we'd be if AKI's series had continued to evolve and not stopped in…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 417 · most liked firstAt my first Twins game in over 15 years and it’s thanks to AEW and $2 beers.
neutral · AI labelView post →AEW Stars joined the Jaguars on the sidelines for tonight's game against the Chiefs to help KICK OFF Homecoming Week! Watch the 2.5 Hour #AEWDynamite Title Tuesday Special LIVE at 8/7c on TBS + HBO Max! #AEWCollision Homecoming is Saturday on TNT + HBO Max!
neutral · AI labelView post →PROGRAMMING NOTE: Not only are the Oscars tonight, but so are a U.S. World Baseball Classic game, and a major AEW wrestling event, so be prepared for for a lot of no context “WHOA” and “OH MY GOD!”
neutral · AI labelView post →Next WWE 2K game to feature a “negotiate a pay cut” mini game in career mode. If you refuse a pay decrease your game data gets transferred to AEW Fight Forever.
neutral · AI labelView post →Game recognize game…✈️ Got to make a commission for Top Flight’s Darius Martin a while back!! #aew 🤼♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →The reason AEW is on TBS Saturday is because there were multiple NBA game 7 scenarios that would have caused them to pre-empt if they stayed on TNT. They chose TBS to avoid the risk
neutral · AI labelView post →TOMORROW! Don’t miss Saturday Night #AEWCollision just days away from #AEWFyterFest with 2 AEW International Championship 4-Way Qualifer matches! Tomorrow IMMEDIATELY following the NBA Playoffs Game 6 on TNT + MAX!
neutral · AI labelView post →It may sound like hyperbole but if AEW didn’t exist, I don’t know that I would still be here. The pandemic smothered my board game design career/hobby & the events in the world since then have only added to my depression & anxiety. AEW is one of the few bright spots in this increasingly dark world.
positive · AI labelView post →I have a theory that the grifters are becoming increasingly more outright mad at AEW because AEW isn't even playing their game anymore. For the most part AEW has ignored them all this year and did the most AEW style shows possible. Even TK doesn't engage with them anymore.
neutral · AI labelView post →I would also accept “hire Iron Galaxy to make a new fighting game with crazy over-the-top takes on the AEW roster” as an answer here.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Game on!" EXCLUSIVE: After being attacked by AEW World Champion Kenny Omega at the conclusion of #AEWRedemption, Will Ospreay knows exactly what he's up against in his home country at #AEWAllIn London!
neutral · AI labelView post →AEW is really trying to up its youtube game. They have free matches going up constantly. RJ and Renee have their youtube shows. They started a AEW Top 10 moments of the week recap thing the last few weeks. Plus 8 minutes highlights for most the TV Shows
neutral · AI labelView post →AEW just never miss on PPV. Banger show again. MJF is the best in the game. #AEWDynasty #AEW 🤼
neutral · AI labelView post →AEW Fight Forever may have been an undercooked game, but it allows you to play as John Silver, strike a pose and shout "I'm freakin' jakked baby!" and honestly, any game that lets you do that is worth playing.
neutral · AI labelView post →And yeah, y’all are right in that I really should get around to checking out the AEW game.
neutral · AI labelView post →TOMORROW Saturday Night #AEWCollision The Gates of Agony will be in action, when AEW Collision airs Nationwide Immediately after Game 6 of the NBA playoffs on TNT + Max, TOMORROW NIGHT!
neutral · AI labelView post →RUSH posted the World Cup game being streamed on the AEW Collision set screen ahead of tonight’s taping. What a way to watch!
neutral · AI labelView post →Joe Tess calling a game on Turner networks means he might have to do an AEW ad read which will be funny as hell.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thunder Rosa & Halogram at the Chicago Cubs game for Mexican Heritage night!!! #AEW does great PR when it comes to recognizing every Cultural Events.....🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
neutral · AI labelView post →Mina at the jags game #Aew
neutral · AI labelView post →A simulation style AEW game would blow the WWE2K series into the ether, just saying. #WrestleSky
neutral · AI labelView post →Thunder Rosa singing the national anthem at the Padres game yesterday 🔥 #AEW
neutral · AI labelView post →AEW has licensed the “Soviet March” from the 1996 game Command & Conquer: Red Alert for Ilja Dragunov’s theme. Expect the theme to be added to AEW's YouTube channel in the coming days. ➡️ www.youtube.com/@AEWMusic
neutral · AI labelView post →AEW will have Brawl in the Ballpark after the Angels vs Twins game on July 10.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have Suda51 will make the WWE x AEW x NJPW game.
neutral · AI labelView post →So the first AEW game was meant to be like a THQ game, so now I’m guessing the second one will be like WWF WarZone?
neutral · AI labelView post →Please try my wrestling card game I've been working on for a year and provide feedback #AEW
neutral · AI labelView post →Best in the game right now, and it doesn't feel close #AEW
neutral · AI labelView post →Its been this way for a bit but like AEW by far has the best video team in the game at the moment
neutral · AI labelView post →Kenny needs to be using those Capcom connections to get an AEW fighting game made.
neutral · AI labelView post →They really did. Every single one of them went out there and killed it. Crimson masks, waterfalls, table spots, barbed wire chaos, TWO broken guitars, smiley faced trash cans, pliers… They were hardcore AF and absolutely smashed it. The women in AEW are at the top of the game and they were amazing
positive · AI labelView post →"why you trying out that AEW game as the climax to your pro wrestling meta?" me: "idk seems like a based promotion"
neutral · AI labelView post →Using Nonpoint’s “Bullet with a Name” for the MJF/Hangman promo was pretty badass. Letting me relive my 2000s video game soundtrack lifestyle. #AEW
neutral · AI labelView post →Kenny Omega returning to Dynamite with that "I just mocapped for my favorite video game and life is good" energy. Got to love it. #aew
neutral · AI labelView post →All AEW fans agree that dunk is a good basket, game over
neutral · AI labelView post →CMLL & AEW showing out at Arena Mexico on a random Tuesday night is the game I love.
neutral · AI labelView post →Evil Uno is right, they should totally make a wacky races type AEW game. Also, get Dark Order on Forbidden Door.
neutral · AI labelView post →Fuck Harrison butker. Lol. Best MNF game of the year so far. #Aew #Jaguars
neutral · AI labelView post →The best looking Wrestling belt in the game being spotlighted by Omaha... #AEW
neutral · AI labelView post →My first game of the year. I'll still be doing some scoops on the post AEW show!
neutral · AI labelView post →AEWs meme game has increased over the last few weeks. #AEW 🤼
neutral · AI labelView post →I just paid the 100 dollars to list it. But first I have to get every bit of AEW Ip out of the game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thumb tack Reeboks! Beat the Bucks at their own game! #AEW
neutral · AI labelView post →Hangman, the wrestler, is not very good at Hangman, the game. #AEW #Wrestlesky 🤼
neutral · AI labelView post →Everyone thinks the 'AEW Redemption' PPV will have something to do with Hangman, because..."cowboy video game stuff". - But, what if it's more about Eddie "redeeming deez nuts?" #AEW 🤼
neutral · AI labelView post →I first played this game back in early 2024 during a free play weekend on X-Box, and after several hours I wasn't impressed. I think the only reason I decided to give it another shot is because the game is complete (i.e., dead), and I know I won't be price-gouged by these absolute scam artists at THQ and their ridiculous attempt at a live service system. THQ legitimately wants $25 for their Season 2 pass which is: Toni Storm (Who signed with AEW over a year before FF dropped) (only her…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This AEW idle game isn't great, but at least it's also very weird. 🤼♀
neutral · AI labelView post →Tell me that AEW isn't on fire. This is packed after a baseball game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tony learned from Tna's mistakes. Tna did standalone events at minor league parks with the ring on homeplate. Aew partnered with MLB/Twins for a post-game event on the Concourse. #Aew
neutral · AI labelView post →Not releasing a "Like a Dragon"-like AEW game is promotional malpractice
neutral · AI labelView post →Monè is the fucking EMPRESS of this game and nobody will convince me otherwise! #AEW #RevPro 🤼
neutral · AI labelView post →Whoever has been sneaking clips of Lucha Underground into the commercial breaks when Tony Khan is watching the jags game, please know you're doing the Lord's work #aew
neutral · AI labelView post →If AEW had a video game, Mick Foley would be a killer addition right now.
neutral · AI labelView post →Begging AEW to get another video game but make it good this time
negative · AI labelView post →Every time I think I'm gonna chill my language on here, AEW does something like have a violinist play Assassins Creed music before a video package of my favorite AC game comes out with full voice acting for Will mf'ing Ospreay at #AEWALLOUT that was so goddamn cool omg
neutral · AI labelView post →Former AEW TNT Champion Adam Cole recently did some voice acting for the game "Curiosity," which now available for purchase on Steam. Cole is very much missed from weekly AEW TV.
neutral · AI labelView post →I need AEW to release a Frank Mortos: Ace Attorney game. #aewcollision #wrestlesky 🤼♂️
neutral · AI labelView post →The game started out as Road to AEW a year ago. I never thought I'd actually succeed in getting this far when I started. But over a year of work, I'm very happy with it. I replaced much of the AEW content to made up stuff. But RJ City is the heart and soul of my vision. So he's still there.
neutral · AI labelView post →Coach Juice needs to be an unlockable outfit in the new AEW game. #AEWALLOUT
neutral · AI labelView post →#aew expanding to tabletop games..
neutral · AI labelView post →
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