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GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES
Developer SNK CORPORATION, Code Mystics
Garou: Mark of the Wolves is a 1999 fighting game developed and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms. It was ported as Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves to the Dreamcast. It is the sixth main installment in the Fatal Fury series. Though released a year after Real Bout Fatal Fury 2: The Newcomers (1998), the game is canonically a sequel to Real Bout Fatal Fury (1995), taking place a decade after… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
286 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 2, 2026 · last updated Nov 3, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
97
LovedLoved
155 positive · 5 negative
95% range 93–99%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 155 | 5 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 17 | 13 | 85 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
610 of 629 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
97% recommend · 163 yes, 5 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 168 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (1,009 of 1,060 positive).
Players widely praise Garou: Mark of the Wolves as one of SNK's finest fighting games, often comparing it to Street Fighter 3: Third Strike. [1][2][3] Many reviewers highlight the game's fluid gameplay, memorable characters, and soundtrack as standout features. [4][5][6] Some players note the port has issues like sluggish feel or dead online, but still recommend it for single-player content. [7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [1]
The "3rd Strike" of SNK fighting games is still gold to play after all these years. 100% recommend as it's a blast to play with a friend.
- [9]
"why would I play such a niche fighting game on a platform where it doesn't even have a playerbase" Because the gameplay is good enough that you wanna play Story Mode, that's why. The writing too, surprisingly. Brush up on the backstory online. Challenge the CPU. Get good enough to AAA rank your way to seeing character endings. A worthwhile journey in itself even if you never play against another human.
- [2]
Another banger from SNK. One of the companies' finest fighting games - possibly even their magnum opus.
- [7]
The game is damn near perfect. My only complaints are that the AI is kind of annoying and the online is deader than Geese Howard. Overall amazing game, 9/10.
- [3]
This game is often compared to Street Fighter 3: Third Strike. It deserves to be, you should buy it and play it. It's very very good. Also, you can sharpen up for the new one... check it out its supposed to be out in Early 2025!
Summarised from 34 of the 277 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 10, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
97% of the 168 Steam reviewers we collected recommend GAROU: MARK OF THE WOLVES. The complaint that keeps coming up: annoying AI and dead online multiplayer. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Critical response to Garou: Mark of the Wolves was positive. GameSpot referred to it as both one of SNK's last great Neo-Geo games, as well as one of the last great games for the Sega Dreamcast ever. Meristation said the game innovated the fighting engine of Fatal Fury, with both T.O.P and Just Defense standing out as good features in the review. Destructoid referred to Garou as "one of the greatest games of all-time", and called it "essentially a flawless fighting game", praising its sprite animations, musical score, detailed stages, fighting mechanics, and likable cast. However, they criticized the PS4 and Xbox One releases for being straight arcade ports that had no online mode or other…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 286 · most liked firstMan... Y'all remember Garou: Mark of the Wolves? They should have made a sequel to that game, huh? 😋😜 It probably surprises no one that I love B. Jenet. She's basically just Fatal Fury Tron Bonne. 🥰
positive · AI labelView post →Fighting game characters . B.jenet (Garou), Blue Mary (fatal fury), Vanessa (kof), orochi iori (kof), ash crimson (from a concept art from kof XV)
neutral · AI labelView post →Garou: Mark Of The Wolves has unused gag icons for the character select screen hidden in the game files. Characters have an alteration of their default icon as well as a really cursed looking icon. I put this together so you can see and compare them.
neutral · AI labelView post →My werewolf OC for Wolftober. He’s my Garou from the tabletop game werewolf the apocalypse. He’s a fianna tribe with a full moon auspice. His name is Skjall razorwind 💕 updated version of his look
neutral · AI labelView post →Which 4 Fighting Games mattered the most to YOU growing up? 1. Street Fighter 2 2. Garou: Mark of The Wolves 3. Soul Calibur 4. Mortal Kombat
neutral · AI labelView post →Proving I'm a Garou fan by playing SF6 instead of Garou
positive · AI labelView post →The "3rd Strike" of SNK fighting games is still gold to play after all these years. 100% recommend as it's a blast to play with a friend.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Garou: Mark of the Wolves was ported to Dreamcast on this day in 2001! Interestingly, this game was called "Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves" for it's western release This is odd, as Garou is generally called Garou even in countries where the series is called Fatal Fury - this is the sole exception
neutral · AI labelView post →It's weird because a lot of the people I run into hyping up COTW specifically are too young to have been there for Garou MOTW. So they're not even nostalgic for the game as much as I guess the feeling of playing it on fightcade for the first time lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Video game magazine layout and design peaked in the 90s… Here’s Real Bout Fatal Fury (Garou Densetsu) by SNK in a random Japanese magazine. #NeoGeo #SNK #Design #Japan #90s #RetroGaming ☀️🌴
neutral · AI labelView post →Martial Masters is a Taiwanese Footsie-centric 2D Fighting-Game by IGS, with a roster of characters based on popular Hong-Kong Martial Arts film tropes, and stunning animation that rivals even Garou and 3rd Strike! The game has ukemi rolls -ala VSAV, blowback attacks, and a 3v3 format, akin to KOF!
neutral · AI labelView post →Like they clearly went nuts with Garou, not only to time everything to a KO, but ALSO to time it differently for a game winning KO. I'm not even a huge Garou fan but I think it definitely has the best FEEL for round winning supers. Like I can HEAR the Busta Wolf one in my head without watching it.
positive · AI labelView post →I dont generally wish poorly on game releases these days because frankly I dont think thats a good way to be as a person, but frankly if there was a game I could wish a poor launch it was this one (new Garou)
negative · AI labelView post →I'm very happy to be bringing back one of Game Goons' longest running series. The Goon lobby returns tomorrow night, featuring GAROU DENSETSU🧐 CITY OF THE WOLVES! Come by and hang out, get in the ring and enjoy night 1 of the COTW Beta weekend! 📺 www.twitch.tv/gamegoons #FATALFURY #COTW
neutral · AI labelView post →Woah woah woah wait what a VIDEO GAME CHARACTER? Owned by the SHIN NIHON KIKAKU CORPORATION? Originally from their revered GAROU DENSETSU FRANCHISE? I'm legit shocked! SHOCKED!
neutral · AI labelView post →Street Smart was the dawn of SNK fighting games and many aspects of it were carried across to their 1st more traditional fighting game in 1991, Fatal Fury / Garou Densetsu, which is not a surprise as both games share the same game planner The games are not directly linked in lore at all however
neutral · AI labelView post →Since the new Fatal Fury is heavily compromised; reminder that the previous game; Garou: Mark of the Wolves still rules and is only £2 on steam currently
positive · AI labelView post →American exceptionalism is refusing to call the new game “Fatal Fury” and still using “Garou” but not using “Garou Densetsu” or “Garou” for short for the other Fatal Fury games send skeet
neutral · AI labelView post →A little while back I heard yelling noises in my head. Where were they from? I pondered this for some time. Then I remembered. It was Rock Howard using Neo Deadly Rave. Weeks earlier I had spent the better part of half an hour trying to get the timing right on just that one move and I do not appear to have psychologically recovered from this.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GAROU 2 IS REAL LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO LADS PLEASE BUY THIS SO SNK CAN KNOW THAT GAROU IS GOOD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔔 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔 We’re delighted to announce Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History, our latest collaboration with SNK, launching this May. Every game in the series is covered in depth. Full details here: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks #booksky #fatalfury #snk
neutral · AI labelView post →Solid fighter from the days when men were men, German aristocrats sought to save a fallen world, and pro-wrestling was to be taken seriously as a martial art.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On this day 5 years ago, rollback netcode integration for the Steam, GOG, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita ports of Garou: Mark of the Wolves by Code Mystics was announced and implemented into the respective versions of the game. The announcement can be seen below. twitter.com/KRISPYKAISER...
neutral · AI labelView post →🔔 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔 We’re delighted to announce Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History, our latest collaboration with SNK, launching this May. Every game in the series is covered in depth. Full details here: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks #booksky #fatalfury
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm just stating the obvious here, but Garou: Mark of the Wolves? That's one heck of a video game, wow
positive · AI labelView post →#RandomGameSaturday Post a random game in your collection, here on Saturday. Garou Densetsu (Fatal Fury), SNK, Neo Geo AES, 1991 Not so random choice as today marks the 35th anniversary of the Neo Geo, and this week we got a long-awaited sequel to this legendary series.
neutral · AI labelView post →this game helped me beat cancer
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"why would I play such a niche fighting game on a platform where it doesn't even have a playerbase" Because the gameplay is good enough that you wanna play Story Mode, that's why. The writing too, surprisingly. Brush up on the backstory online. Challenge the CPU. Get good enough to AAA rank your way to seeing character endings. A worthwhile journey in itself even if you never play against another human.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Garou in Crinos form painted like a Maned Wolf. For one of my fellow players in a Werewolf: The Apocalypse game. (I promise I have cleaned up the base since taking this picture)
neutral · AI labelView post →Updating some sims while I'm in a shitty mood. I've kept a few premades in my game. Lou Howell is one of them, but he's called Lou P. Garou in my game because THE JOKE WAS RIGHT THERE. Before (wtf was I thinking) and After. :3
neutral · AI labelView post →Many people who were into fighting games back then have retired and don't play them anymore and there's an entirely new generation of fighting game players who were born after Garou came out and have never been alive for a new Fatal Fury game. These characters need to be reintroduced to people.
neutral · AI labelView post →Last night in our Werewolf game, the Garou walked into a den of Hunters and I went full preacher mode & literally instilled the fear of GOD in my players. Watching their panic truly fills me with joy I can't explain.
neutral · AI labelView post →🔔 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔 Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History, our latest collaboration with SNK. Every game in the series is covered in depth 💪 Available 20th May, get a stock alert here: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks #gaming #booksky #fatalfury #snk
neutral · AI labelView post →𝕋𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕊ℕ𝕂 𝕘𝕒𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕨𝕒𝕤 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖, 𝕓𝕒𝕔𝕜 𝕚𝕟 𝕗𝕦𝕝𝕝 ℍ𝔻 𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕠𝕝𝕦𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟! Garou: Mark of the wolves (simply called Garou Motw by Neo Geo fanboys such as myself) was a legendary game, that literally was way ahead of its time. From graphics to gameplay, I still remember when the cabinet suddenly appeared on the local arcade back when I still lived in a particular city, kids would flock on the cabinet from all around the country; it made…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →CoTW is the epitome of this kind of problem. Suddenly millions of dubious blood dollars come in and tell you the game you thought was deader than dead is back with a full on sequel; people who love Garou are compromised and REALLY just want that sequel and now it’s alive but in the worst way
negative · AI labelView post →//One of my fave parts of a Mage game I ran was them helping some Garou NPCs go after Pentex. Garou talked about getting revenge on "Ronnie" They eventually fought a Nephandi Ronald McDonald with a 4 armed Evil Grimace body guard at McDonald's themed Pentex HQ. Twas great.
neutral · AI labelView post →9 years ago today, it was announced that Garou: Mark of the Wolves was receiving a PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita port as part of Fatal Fury's 25th anniversary celebration. The announcement can be read below: blog.playstation.com/2016/07/16/g...
neutral · AI labelView post →Can I just say The monkeys paw of "I want a new Garou game" is crazy
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm gonna #promosky I like Fighting Games Guilty Gear Garou Street Fighter 3 Persona 4 Arena MvC2 Persona 3 Portable Golden Sun Ace Attorney Resident Evil (2002) Fire Emblem Mario Galaxy Virtua Fighter Linux Enthusiast Aspiring GameDev Enjoys analyzing game design I main Rock
neutral · AI labelView post →🔔 NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT 🔔 Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History, our latest collaboration with SNK. Every game in the series is covered in depth 💪 Available 20th May, get a stock alert here: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks #gaming #booksky #fatalfury #snk
neutral · AI labelView post →This game has singlehandedly kickstarted my desire to get into fighting games. I even bought a fight stick!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good if you are casual, bad if you are a Fatal Fury hardcore fan. If you are here, then you are a connoisseur of fighting games, so I don't need to tell you why MoW is one of the best fighting games of late 90's and early 00's. If you are casual, and don't want to play anothers, then yes, this is a good option to have MoW. The port is fine, easy to use and the game goes well. You can have a good taste this game in their story modes and you have the practice mode, a primitive one, but a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if you see this, post 4 fighting game mains SF Hugo | GG Potemkin Garou Tizoc | GBFVR Grimnir
neutral · AI labelView post →Won the Garou MotW local without dropping a game 😤
positive · AI labelView post →Hello Bluesky, I'm here to bring fighting games to your platform. My name is Taj Garou, fighting game enthusiast from Gold Coast, Australia. I love fighters, especially ones from SNK. Look forward to me sharing FGC content from my region. Give me a follow and enjoy the fighting game goodness. Cheers
neutral · AI labelView post →Play this to catch up to the lore of Fatal Fury before the sequel comes out next year. Trust me this is one of the best fighting games you will ever play, it even has rollback
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New TurboGrafx CD Game Endings www.vgmuseum.com/end/td Garou Densetsu Special Martial Champion Xak I-II Thanks to Cavery210, Mars, Niz.
neutral · AI labelView post →Another banger from SNK. One of the companies' finest fighting games - possibly even their magnum opus.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →not that Garou is bad either but it's kind of lame that people seized on that game and its sequel, which changed a lot of what the series had going on for appeals to the current Street Fighter game(s) imo
neutral · AI labelView post →i should take this time to mention that pasting 9 lines of lua code will enable hitboxes for fightcade training mode in any fatal fury game wiki.supercombo.gg/w/Garou:_Mar...
neutral · AI labelView post →If gods ever punched each other, it would probably sound and look like this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Post a random game in your collection, here on Saturday. (This week was the 25th anniversary of the release of the MVS version) #Garou #MotW #Dreamcast
neutral · AI labelView post →underrated as ♥♥♥♥
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fatal Fury/Garou Densetsu: The Ultimate History A 460+ page deep dive into one of the most influential fighting game series ever created. Out now: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/... #bitmapbooks #booksky #fatalfury #snk
neutral · AI labelView post →Sesh no.2 of our Werewolf: The Apocalypse game is live on the YouTubes! Tonight, our 4 Garou are free from The Sept of The Green and begin their Rite of Passage. What will become of them and what has been tasked? Tune in to find out! youtu.be/-SUyTpfzfOw
neutral · AI labelView post →The 2D Fighter That Slapped Me Into Loving SNK Flashback: 25 years ago, birthday incoming, and I already knew my dad had caved. The Dreamcast was mine. The holy grail of consoles at the time. And tucked in with the gift wrap and dad-level excitement was a game the store guy swore by—Garou: Mark of the Wolves. First glance? Meh. I wanted 3D explosions, polygons flying everywhere, not this pixel-perfect 2D throwback. But then I played a few matches. And like a bad habit, I couldn’t quit.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fighting game for two players had been around since 1976, the pioneer was Sega Corporation's Heavyweight Champ (1976), a black-and-white 8-bit arcade. And then, many other exciting ones starting to flourish ever since then, from lots of different gaming devs. But among all of the arcades best hits, it is fighting games from SNK that I liked the most, because most of their games suits my taste and I consider their games as close to perfection. Because nobody's / nothing's perfect. X3 I love…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"The day must end, follow it's example." My first ever Garou Mark of the Wolves cosplay has to be the evil Freeman. I really want him back in Fatal Fury City of the Wolves game. #Cosplay #FatalFury #Freeman #SNK #Redhead
neutral · AI labelView post →that really was the mark of the wolves......
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New Game Boy Endings www.vgmuseum.com/end/gb Fish Dude Nettou Garou Densetsu 2 Aratanaru Tatakai Racing Damashii Samurai Shodown Total Carnage (All the variations) Thanks to Cavery210.
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