FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED
Turn-based fantasy RPG with party building and card battles
Square Enix · Released Sep 3, 2019
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 76% of 5,644
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 90% of 40 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 145
- peak 24h 205
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- 4 years ago
- Feb 2, 2022
What is FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED?
A single-player, turn-based fantasy RPG set during a war between Galbadia and other nations. You lead mercenary Squall, his SeeD comrades, and resistance fighter Rinoa through story-driven battles against Galbadia and the sorceress Edea. Remaster options can boost the party, triple game speed, or disable random encounters.
For you if...
- +you enjoy story-heavy, turn-based JRPGs with romance
- +you like experimenting with party builds and min-maxing
- +you appreciate optional pacing and combat assists
Not for you if...
- −you dislike older JRPG pacing and long dialogue sequences
- −you prefer straightforward progression over complex character systems
What players say
76% of 5,644 reviews are positive · 90% of 40 in the last 30 days
Players repeatedly praise the Triple Triad card game and soundtrack. Many say the updated character models clash with untouched, blurry backgrounds, making the remaster feel limited. Recent players also report frequent crashes, lost progress, and launcher or settings problems.
Screenshots and trailer
FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor
- AMD A-Seiries 2.2GHz / Intel® Core™ i3 2.2GHz
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon™ R7 240 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- OpenGL 3.3 or higher
Recommended
- OS
- Windows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10
- Processor
- AMD A8-Series 3.1GHz / Intel® Core™ i5 2.8GHz
- Graphics
- AMD Radeon™ RX 470 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- OpenGL 3.3 or higher
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 34
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Multiplayer and co-op
Languages
Text only: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese.
Tags
- RPG
- Adventure
- JRPG
- Story Rich
- Great Soundtrack
- Turn-Based
- Singleplayer
- Classic
- Turn-Based Combat
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Anime
- Remake
- Sci-fi
- Card Game
- Open World
Recent updates
- Feb 2, 2022 · FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered - Version 1.0.3 Patch Notes
- Oct 5, 2021 · FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered - Version 1.0.2 Patch Notes
- Nov 15, 2019 · Patch update
2 DLC available.
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