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WWF in Your House	1996
WWF Raw	2002
WWE 2K15	2015
WWE 2K16	2016
WWE 2K17	2017
WWE 2K18	2017
WWE 2K19	2018
WWE 2K20	2019
WWE 2K Battlegrounds	2020
WWE 2K22	2022
WWE 2K23	2023
WWE 2K24	2024

Key points

Includes an in-game benchmark.

Servers for multiplayer were shut down on May 31, 2019.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
(unavailable)
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)
Steam (unavailable)

All versions require Steam DRM.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass
Accelerator
Cena (Nuff) Pack
Enduring Icons Pack
Kurt Angle Pack
MyPlayer Kick Start
New Moves Pack
NXT Generation Pack

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\WWE2K18\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/664430/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\664430\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/664430/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics Settings menu

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Controlled by Texture Quality setting.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS		Menus and cutscenes are locked at 30 FPS.
120+ FPS		60 FPS lock during gameplay.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Improve frame rate on mid-end graphics cards

Enabling simplified lighting^{[citation needed]}

Go to %USERPROFILE%\Documents\WWE2K18\
Open config.ini.
Change simple_lighting = off to simple_lighting = on and audience_tessellation = on to audience_tessellation = off.
Save the changes.

Notes

This will heavily degrate in-game lighting quality.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration		No mouse support.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Entrance music, Menu music, SFX, Voice, Cinematics
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Arabic
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		Servers disabled on May 31, 2019.^[1]

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	8, 8.1, 10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-3550 AMD FX-8150	Intel Core i7-3770 AMD FX-8350
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 670 AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 AMD Radeon R9 290X
Sound (audio device)	DirectX 9.0c compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/664430/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (664430) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ WWE 2K18 Server Sunset Notification - last accessed on 2019-07-01

[Proton_path_note-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/664430/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (664430) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/664430/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (664430) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] WWE 2K18 Server Sunset Notification - last accessed on 2019-07-01

[Note 1]

[1]

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Developers

	Yuke's
	Visual Concepts
Publishers
	2K Sports
Release dates
Windows	October 17, 2017
Reception
Metacritic	64
OpenCritic	66
IGDB	68
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Cinematic camera
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Sports
Sports	Wrestling
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary
Series	WWE/WWF