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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 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“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 count fetched 2026-07-24 00:48 UTC · history 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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"FINAL FANTASY VIII Original Soundtrack" Now on Sale!
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FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered - Version 1.0.3 Patch Notes
Fixed an issue where playing in Japanese was not possible after updating the operating system to Windows 11.
FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered - Version 1.0.2 Patch Notes
Fixed a bug where the framerate drops after you have updated Windows 10 to Windows 10 Version 2004 or later.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
| 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