Moving story and romance
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“A beautiful coming of age story about being true to who you are and learning how to be vulnerable with both yourself and the people who care about you.”
Steam review · 73.6 h played ↗
FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 76%Mostly Positive · 76%Square Enix2019JRPG · RPG · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A beloved, quirky JRPG with a great love story, music and Triple Triad, but the "remaster" only upgrades character models and has crash/launch issues. Skip if you expect a true remaster.
Great for
Fans and newcomers who enjoy story-driven JRPGs, Triple Triad and breaking the junction system, using 3x speed
Main risk
Expecting a real remaster and getting blurry backgrounds, 4:3, low fps and crashes
What changed in the last 30 days
24 recent reviews
Recent reviews are 91% positive, mostly from fans praising the story, junction system and 3x speed. No clear patch or change explains it, so confidence is moderate.
24 recent reviews
What players love
Nostalgic classic that holds up
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Played it when I was in my teens, and it's great to play it again in my 40s”
Steam review · 234.7 h played ↗
Triple Triad card game
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Is Triple Triad completely overpowered and way too fun? Absolutely.”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Deep, breakable junction system
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“FF8 rewards you for understanding its mechanics, and once it clicks, the game becomes this insanely fun mix of planning, card grinding, and big payoffs.”
Steam review · 42.4 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“Nobuo Uematsu is the best, honestly. This Soundtrack is still my favorite of any game i've ever played!”
Steam review · 92.8 h played ↗
3x speed and QoL boosts
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“the addition I love the most is the 'Game Speed Boost x3'. It's SUCH a great way to maximize what you can accomplish, save time, etc.”
Steam review · 6.2 h played ↗
What players complain about
Not a real remaster
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“They changed the models and called it a day. No 60 fps, no high-resolution background textures, no HD videos—nothing.”
Steam review · 3.1 h played ↗
Blurry backgrounds clash with new models
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The characters and objects plastered on top of them render at whatever your monitor's resolution goes up to, so it looks like all the characters and interactable objects are clear and sharp and everything else is blurred out of focus.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Crashes and Steam Deck failures
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It crashes constantly.”
Steam review · 16.1 h played ↗
4:3 only, no widescreen
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Capped to 4:3 resolution. What a baffling choice...”
Steam review · 43.5 h played ↗
Low framerate
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the framerate in battles is fixed so low it is like watching a slideshow”
Steam review · 36 h played ↗
Launcher and startup problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Game will not run from base install.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10
ProcessorAMD A-Seiries 2.2GHz / Intel® Core™ i3 2.2GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ R7 240 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10
ProcessorAMD A8-Series 3.1GHz / Intel® Core™ i5 2.8GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 470 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 960
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows® 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10
ProcessorAMD A-Seiries 2.2GHz / Intel® Core™ i3 2.2GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ R7 240 / NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 730
Storage5 GB available space
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