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Phantom Brave PC

Phantom Brave PC

In the world of Ivoire lives Marona, an orphan with the ability to speak with phantoms. Though shunned by society, she believes in helping others. With her phantom companion Ash, Marona aims to purchase the mysterious Phantom Isle.

Released Jul 25, 2016 Developer Nippon Ichi Software, Inc., PH3 GmbH Publisher NIS America, Inc. Platforms Windows RPGJRPGStrategy RPGAnimePixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-10-23)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-27 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

85.0%positive698 reviews
Recommended · 455 found this helpful

“Phantom Brave is Nippon Ichi's most unique and innovative SRPG, and my personal favourite of theirs. It's also pobably their most serious in terms of story, even though there are still many comedic moments in that more dramatic overall framework. However, what makes the game…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 236 found this helpful

“Phantom Brave was ahead of its time. In the PS2 era, it seemed like every RPG (or maybe all genres, actually) needed to go BIGGER. More dramatic, more epic, more serious. Nippon Ichi carved a niche for itself with Disgaea, a silly RPG that tried to be as un-serious as possible.…”

— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played
Recommended · 108 found this helpful

“If you're familiar with Nippon Ichi's other Strategy RPGs, most popularly Disgaea, then you should already have some idea of what to expect here. The game does feature several fundamental differences, however, the major ones being that the game isn't grid based and instead lets…”

— a player, Steam review · 103 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

219all-time peak
0 50 100 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 No data collected for this period 53 avg · Aug 2016

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.

29achievements
4.2%median completion
1.4%rarest: Ultimate Master!
77.8% of players 29.1% of players 22.1% of players 20.2% of players 15.8% of players 14.0% of players 10.5% of players 9.1% of players 8.6% of players 8.1% of players 6.0% of players 4.9% of players 4.6% of players 4.4% of players 4.2% of players 4.2% of players 3.9% of players 3.9% of players 3.6% of players 3.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.8% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.0% of players 1.6% of players 1.6% of players 1.4% of players 77.8% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
77.8%Welcome to Ivoire! — Got control of Phantom Isle
29.1%Item Collector — Take 10 items home to Phantom Isle
22.1%Dungeon Survivor — Completed a Random Dungeon
Rarest badges of honor
1.4%Ultimate Master! — Unlocked all achievements!
1.6%Cleared EX-12 — Hidden achievement
1.6%Cleared EX-11 — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-10-23 11:42 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK14.99 GBP
Australia22.99 AUD
Canada21.99 CAD
Japan2,178 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US UK EU≈$22

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-25 08-11 08-29 09-16 10-03 10-23

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Mar 30, 2025
Phantom Brave PC Version 1.23 Release Notes

Hi everyone, this minor patch adds a hidden compatibility setting called "forceDisplayLists" which will restore the OpenGL behaviour of version 1.21 and earlier. In version 1.22, we eliminated the use

Dec 12, 2024
Phantom Brave PC Version 1.22 Release Notes

Hi everyone, today we are releasing a patch which fixes some remaining issues with Phantom Brave on some configurations. Here is a full list of the changes: Improved CPU performance when playing many

Nov 12, 2024
Phantom Brave PC Version 1.21 Release Notes

Hi everyone, today we are releasing a quick patch which fixes some issues encountered in the wild after the release of our previous major improvement patch for Phantom Brave. Here is a full list of th

Nov 07, 2024
Major Phantom Brave PC Overhaul Update!

Hi everyone, today we are releasing a major update for Phantom Brave PC, with several new features and fixes to long-standing bugs. Large parts of this update -- outside PC-specific fixes -- are a res

Sep 05, 2019
Phantom Brave PC is FREE TO PLAY All Weekend!

Join the optimistic Marona in her journey to help people for free all weekend! Or pick up Phantom Brave PC forever for 60% off! Free to play period ends Sunday, September 8 at 1pm.

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.

GenresRPG
Player tagsRPG · JRPG · Strategy RPG · Anime · Pixel Graphics · Tactical RPG · Turn-Based · Singleplayer · Female Protagonist · Turn-Based Tactics · Great Soundtrack · Strategy (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , Japanese * *
Achievements29
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7/8/10 Processor: Intel Core2 Quad Q9300 2.5 GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Radeon HD 5450