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Tales of Symphonia
FIRST TIME ON STEAM – Based on the PlayStation®3 port of the original GameCube game, this RPG classic is finally available for PC.
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
26 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Good story and somewhat enjoyable combat that is hindered by the inability to move and combo skills more freely. It doesnt help that sidequests are atrocious and content can be easily missed. Party characters are mostly…”
19 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“I played Tales of Symphonia on the Gamecube back in the day but never got to finish it due to a corrupted memory card, ahh the good ole days. This is a great JRPG and my 2nd favorite Tales game. There's a few tedious…”
“I love this game. This is one of the lost jewels of the early aughts. The gameplay is fun, but it is an early-aughts JRPG, which means that grinding is part of the assignment. You can cope with that, or you can accept…”
5 of the 75 reviews raise this.
5 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“I really enjoyed this game from the beginning of their time at school until they embarked on their journey of world regeneration. There were many amazing and surprising things along the way. An interesting part of the…”
“starts a bit slow, but heavily picks up after the first main story arc of sorts, and it only gets more and more peak until the credits rolls. not my fav or least fav in the series, but a really really good game, and a…”
4 of the 75 reviews raise this.
“Great game; true 40 hrs and more, even if you know everything about the game. Change characters even the main one- unlike some games by Square.”
10 of the 75 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“woooow a game where you have to gamble to get items that you can't get anywhere else AND YOU CAN'T SAVE AND LOAD AT THE PLACE WHERE THE GAMBLING HAPPENS GREAAAAAT. edit: okay once you win big its not that bad, but still…”
6 of the 75 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“woooow a game where you have to gamble to get items that you can't get anywhere else AND YOU CAN'T SAVE AND LOAD AT THE PLACE WHERE THE GAMBLING HAPPENS GREAAAAAT. edit: okay once you win big its not that bad, but still…”
“Good story and somewhat enjoyable combat that is hindered by the inability to move and combo skills more freely. It doesnt help that sidequests are atrocious and content can be easily missed. Party characters are mostly…”
“Insanely disappointed. Heard for decades how great this game is and it does not live up to being even "okay." 6 hours of a very dull story, and the combat being VERY basic, I was struggling to stay awake. I searched…”
5 of the 75 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I played Tales of Symphonia on the Gamecube back in the day but never got to finish it due to a corrupted memory card, ahh the good ole days. This is a great JRPG and my 2nd favorite Tales game. There's a few tedious…”
“I love this game. This is one of the lost jewels of the early aughts. The gameplay is fun, but it is an early-aughts JRPG, which means that grinding is part of the assignment. You can cope with that, or you can accept…”
“This is to this day my favourite game on the Nintendo Gamecube. An absolute classic though this version has it's issues, I would still recommend it for most people. Main issue is the 30fps cap, it was 60fps on the…”
5 of the 75 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Insanely disappointed. Heard for decades how great this game is and it does not live up to being even "okay." 6 hours of a very dull story, and the combat being VERY basic, I was struggling to stay awake. I searched…”
4 of the 75 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“A good classic rpg, controls aren't that great. still a fun game”
Counted across 75 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 85.4% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“[h3]This post continues my mini-series on Tales games from a localization standpoint.[/h3] As for the game itself — I’m enjoying it far more than I expected. There’s a certain warmth to it, that particular late-90s / early-2000s JRPG earnestness that feels increasingly rare.…”
— a player, Steam review · 92 hrs played“Thank you so much for the nostalgia. I felt like a teenager again. And while I played this version of it, it was the last game I was able to play through while my dad was still with us. Although the memories of that time weren't pleasant, this game made getting through it…”
— a player, Steam review · 69 hrs played“buddy, i put over 1200 hours on this on the gamecube when i was a kid, and i'm going to be putting on more here. its good”
— a player, Steam review · 133 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
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Tales of Symphonia HD update and various fixes - Sept. 27th, 2016
Hello Tales of Symphonia fans! A new update is live and features a handful of key fixes. Please see the full list below and thank you again for your support of Tales of Symphonia! - Increased resoluti
Tales of Symphonia HD update and various fixes - Sept. 27th, 2016
Hello Tales of Symphonia fans! A new update is live and features a handful of key fixes. Please see the full list below and thank you again for your support of Tales of Symphonia! - Increased resoluti
Tales of Symphonia Patch Notes - April 27th, 2016
Hello Tales of Symphonia players! A new update is live featuring a handful of fixes. See below for the full list. And thank you again for your support of Tales of Symphonia! Cheers, -Bandai Namco Comm
Tales of Symphonia Patch Notes - April 27th, 2016
Hello Tales of Symphonia players! A new update is live featuring a handful of fixes. See below for the full list. And thank you again for your support of Tales of Symphonia! Cheers, -Bandai Namco Comm
Tales of Symphonia - Patch Notes
Tales of Symphonia - Patch Notes (February 29th, 2016) We have a new update for Tales of Symphonia releasing today! (Available Now) See below for fixes and thank you to everyone for your support! Save
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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 | RPG |
| Player tags | JRPG · RPG · Anime · Story Rich · Fantasy · Action RPG · Adventure · Great Soundtrack · Classic · Singleplayer · Action · Local Co-Op (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 39 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows Vista 32/64 Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz / AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+, 2.6GHz Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 8800GT / ATI Radeon HD 4830 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 7 GB available space Additional Notes: Gamepad support