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FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED
The mega-hit RPG, FINAL FANTASY VIII returns! This Steam® version features new graphical enhancements and a whole host of options to customise your gameplay experience.
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-09-05)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
28 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“i grew up with a father who hated this game, and now i played it for the first time and hes wrong. this game is filled with love and passion, plus, ANGELO. the tutorials are a bit much at first but once you get the hang…”
“This was my first time playing this game and it`s really and awesome game!!! Really awesome to finish! Not only one of my favorite FF but also one of my favorite games! It`s really immersive and has a great story. The…”
“Final Fantasy 8 is a great game. Both FF8 and FF8 Remastered are not perfect, but I would still recommend them. Pros: + Great character design. Kingdom Hearts fans will recognize the main character Squall (Leon) and…”
26 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“i grew up with a father who hated this game, and now i played it for the first time and hes wrong. this game is filled with love and passion, plus, ANGELO. the tutorials are a bit much at first but once you get the hang…”
“This was my first time playing this game and it`s really and awesome game!!! Really awesome to finish! Not only one of my favorite FF but also one of my favorite games! It`s really immersive and has a great story. The…”
“Final Fantasy 8 is a great game. Both FF8 and FF8 Remastered are not perfect, but I would still recommend them. Pros: + Great character design. Kingdom Hearts fans will recognize the main character Squall (Leon) and…”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“FF8 was my first entry into the Final Fantasy franchise, and I am among those who think it is one of the best. Played it over and over again through my early to late teens, and wanted to revisit the game now that I'm…”
“One of my favorite games. Models look better. disk 3 works. (had a bad copyon my psx)”
“Final Fantasy 8 is a great game. Both FF8 and FF8 Remastered are not perfect, but I would still recommend them. Pros: + Great character design. Kingdom Hearts fans will recognize the main character Squall (Leon) and…”
10 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Final Fantasy 8 is a great game. Both FF8 and FF8 Remastered are not perfect, but I would still recommend them. Pros: + Great character design. Kingdom Hearts fans will recognize the main character Squall (Leon) and…”
“(Played with mods to replace blurry textures) Wow. The overarching plot isn't anything special and the characters are as bland as Greek Yogurt aside from Squall and Rinoa but dang, that couple's love story is as…”
“Best FF, Best FF side game, Best FF music, Best FF period change my mind.”
7 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“FF8 was my first entry into the Final Fantasy franchise, and I am among those who think it is one of the best. Played it over and over again through my early to late teens, and wanted to revisit the game now that I'm…”
“Final Fantasy VIII is a genuinely underrated gem that the internet spent years convincing me to skip — don't make that mistake. The story is ambitious and layered in ways that still hold up, Squall's internal monologue…”
“the new features for speed gaming and no random and limit break is awsome to use”
18 of the 104 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“emulated version is better than the remaster. do not buy. find a used ps1 copy instead. many textures have not been updated, and the remaster keeps the original game's 4:3 aspect ratio. character model improvements are…”
“Im struggling to understand what was remastered. The intro movie has so many compression artifacts that it might as well be ripped from the ps1. Usually you'd at least half ass an AI upscale, but no. None of the…”
“I wanted to love it, since I loved the original, but this is just pure laziness! The FFX remaster was an actual remaster. This is not!. They mad the characters look good, then stopped. All the fields are pixilated and…”
17 of the 104 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“emulated version is better than the remaster. do not buy. find a used ps1 copy instead. many textures have not been updated, and the remaster keeps the original game's 4:3 aspect ratio. character model improvements are…”
“Im struggling to understand what was remastered. The intro movie has so many compression artifacts that it might as well be ripped from the ps1. Usually you'd at least half ass an AI upscale, but no. None of the…”
“The game is not a true remaster, just a few quality of life improvements and upscaled character models. And not even all models are improved. Then I did not enjoy the story or the gameplay so a definate leave it the…”
16 of the 104 reviews raise this · 11 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is not a true remaster, just a few quality of life improvements and upscaled character models. And not even all models are improved. Then I did not enjoy the story or the gameplay so a definate leave it the…”
“Absolutely the worst Final Fantasy game I have ever experienced.”
“Honestly the only reason to play this version is that there's a hotkey to put it at 3x speed and it keeps the music at normal speed. Besides that you're much better off playing the original on an emulator with CRT…”
12 of the 104 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Unfortunately I will never be able to actually play Final Fantasy 8 due to crashes. The game crashes every time during the very first cutscene as soon as the gunblade appears on screen. I don't know why it crashes, and…”
“This port crashes constantly, all info on the net about how to fix it fails. A shame such a game was mistreated like this... -- EDIT after being actually able to play it: Still not recommended. The amount of ♥♥♥♥ I had…”
“the port actually sucks LMAO it crashes at key points in the game.”
11 of the 104 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is not a true remaster, just a few quality of life improvements and upscaled character models. And not even all models are improved. Then I did not enjoy the story or the gameplay so a definate leave it the…”
“There are serious problems with this game. Much is made about the premise--being at mercenary school or whatever. That doesn't matter. The first 10 or so hours of this game, up until the end of disc 1, are fantastic. In…”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 75.7% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“PROS: - It's still the same story from 1999 and it's a very good one. - Love the fights, the summons, the farming, the min-maxing, the junction system and oh boy, did i farm this time. - The world building is top notch. Very beautiful and intriguing art style. - Nobuo Uematsu is…”
— a player, Steam review · 93 hrs played“Amazing card game its a shame theres weird stuff like a story and combat to distract from it though”
— a player, Steam review · 56 hrs played“FFVIII has a lot of jank and is very divisive, but this review is about the "remastered" version specifically. It should be a crime to call this remastered while the background textures are completely unchanged. The entire game will be marred by horrifically blurry and ugly…”
— a player, Steam review · 35 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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Latest official news
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FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered - Version 1.0.3 Patch Notes
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FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered - Version 1.0.2 Patch Notes
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Adventure, RPG |
| Player tags | RPG · Adventure · JRPG · Story Rich · Turn-Based · Great Soundtrack · Singleplayer · Classic · Fantasy · Turn-Based Combat · Anime · Romance (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 34 |
| Official site | https://ffviiiremastered.square-enix-games.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 Processor: AMD A-Seiries 2.2GHz / Intel® Core™ i3 2.2GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon™ R7 240 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX Compatible Sound Card Additional Notes: OpenGL 3.3 or higher