Excellent, improved combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“this might be my favorite "real time combat" gameplay square has done so far.”
Steam review · 118.5 h played ↗
FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%Square Enix2025RPG · Action · Adventure
$49.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 41 min ago
The verdict
A huge, gorgeous, emotional JRPG with excellent combat and music, but padded with mandatory minigames, open-world bloat and a rough PC port. Skip it if you hate filler.
Great for
FF7 fans who love characters and story and will skip or tolerate side content and tweak PC settings
Main risk
Mandatory minigames and bloated open-world filler wear you out before the story ends
What changed in the last 30 days
150 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews mostly cite minigame fatigue and bloat, plus ongoing stutters, crashes and a few bug reports after patches (icon bug, startup fatal errors). Cause isn't clear-cut.
150 recent reviews
What players love
Lovable characters and emotional story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“the penultimate Aerith x Cloud scene reached emotions I didn't even think I was capable of.”
Steam review · 279.4 h played ↗
Huge, beautiful world with lots of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Exploring it felt like being a kid in a giant playground where every path, corner, and hidden trail might lead to something interesting.”
Steam review · 74.2 h played ↗
Phenomenal soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“10/10 soundtrack. Had to get that out of the way first.”
Steam review · 87.1 h played ↗
Big improvement over Remake
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Such a huge improvement on Remake.”
Steam review · 12.1 h played ↗
Queen's Blood and fun minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I didn't think that they would go this hard on a side gamemode, its like a side quest, but actually good.”
Steam review · 92.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bloated, padded pacing and filler
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“There may be a nice 20 hour game hidden somewhere here, it's just buried under 80 hours of repetitive filler content.”
Steam review · 93.2 h played ↗
Too many forced minigames
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“The constant use of "minigames" in the main story pisses me off.”
Steam review · 47 h played ↗
Ubisoft-style repetitive open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“becomes a boring checklist of the same four activities over and over again.”
Steam review · 24.7 h played ↗
Story changes ruin the original's tone
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“It really fucks up the Horror Science Fiction Thriller vibe of the original.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Stutters, crashes and poor PC optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Holy mother of stuttering... Lowered EVERYTHING in the graphics options, still can't manage to avoid the stutters”
Steam review · 5.6 h played ↗
Chadley and slow animations
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“CHADLEY is also a huge problem in this game. He talks constantly - again and again - to the point that it becomes unbearable.”
Steam review · 141.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support155 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 / Intel® Core™ i3-8100
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 6600 (RX 6600 or above required) / Intel® Arc™ A580 / NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 (RTX series required)
Storage155 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® 11 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 5600 or Ryzen™ 7 3700X / Intel® Core™ i7-8700 or Core™ i5-10400
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 6700 XT / NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2070
Storage155 GB available space
OSWindows® 10 64-bit
ProcessorAMD Ryzen™ 5 1400 / Intel® Core™ i3-8100
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsAMD Radeon™ RX 6600 (RX 6600 or above required) / Intel® Arc™ A580 / NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 (RTX series required)
Storage155 GB available space
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