The cost of buying and playing video games has both gone up dramatically over the past decade. Thanks to the Fortnite model of live-service games, which popularized the trend of Battle Passes and pricey store cosmetic bundles, you have to pay even more money to unlock content in the game you’ve already bought. This model has been slinking its way into sports games over the past few years, but 2K has been the developer to really push it over the goalline.
Even after fans complained about the pricing model in recent NBA 2K titles, fans are starting to realize that WWE is following the same path. We recently learned more about how the premium content in WWE 2K26 is going to work, and players begun to piece together just how much it’s going to cost to unlock everything the game has to offer.
We’ll break everything down for you, from the price of the game itself to the tier skips on the Ringside Pass, in the guide below.
Prices Of Everything In WWE 2K26
For starters, let’s talk about how much it’s going to cost you just to boot up WWE 2K26 on your system. The Standard Edition of the game goes for $70 across all platforms, which is the lowest amount you can pay for WWE 2K26.
However, there are three higher-priced editions you can buy that all come with varying levels of in-game rewards, which are as follows:
- King of Kings Edition ($100)
- Attitude Era Edition ($130)
- Monday Night War Edition ($150)
Naturally, it’s up to each individual player to decide which edition is right for them based on their circumstances and how valuable they see the rewards that come with each of the editions. However, at the ground level, you’re starting off paying $70 for WWE 2K26 in one way or another.
Following your purchase of the game itself, your next set of purchases will likely come from the new Ringside Pass. The Ringside Pass is new in 2K26, but it simply replaces the old Season Pass from previous games. What’s different about the Ringside Pass is that it includes all new DLC content that used to be sold separately from the Season Pass, so the developers have simply bundled all the post-launch content into one package.
Of course, those packages are going to be split up into different seasons. Every time a new season is released, you’ll have to purchase the new Ringside Pass, which comes with a set of fresh rewards, cosmetics, etc.
Fortunately, the Ringside Pass does feature a free track that costs nothing, and you’re able to earn rewards on this track simply by playing WWE 2K26. The free track offers 60 rewards, which is 50% less than the premium track, which offers 120 total rewards.
The premium track will likely cost around $10 per Ringside Pass, and we’re currently expecting six total Ringside Passes to be released throughout the life cycle of 2K26. This means if you want access to all of the content in every season, you’ll have to spend another $60 total.
Finally, the last purchase you could theoretically make in 2K26 is tier skips. Tier skips are available on every Ringside Pass and allow you to spend real money to unlock all of the rewards on the pass instantly. NBA 2K has an identical system in place for players who don’t want to grind through the seasonal passes for all of the rewards.
We don’t know exactly how much each tier skip will cost, but if we assume that they’re priced the same in WWE as they are in NBA 2K, it will cost around $80 to unlock every reward on a Ringside Pass instantly using tier skips. So, if we multiply $80 by six, which is how many Ringside Passes are currently planned, then we come to a total of $480 if you buy every tier skip possible.
It’s unclear if there will be any kind of additional premium content in WWE 2K26 after the game has been released that could add to the total amount needed to unlock everything possible. However, this is all we know of at the time of writing.
If we add everything up, from the base price to the Ringside Passes to the tier skips, it comes out to $610. This is the minimum amount, though, as adding in the prices of the more expensive editions makes the total slightly higher. If you purchase the top-end edition, Monday Night Raw at $150, then you’re spending $690 total to unlock absolutely everything available in WWE 2K26.
Obviously, that’s an absurd number to think about, and one that 99.99% of players won’t spend on the game. However, just the fact that the number exists is staggering, especially for a sports game that will be essentially defunct in a year’s time.
