Engaging story and lovable characters
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“this game has some of the best gameplay loop, writing, characters and music within the franchise.”
Steam review · 129.1 h played ↗
FINAL FANTASY® XIII
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mostly Positive · 75%Mostly Positive · 75%Square Enix2014JRPG · RPG · Adventure
$15.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A gorgeous, story-driven JRPG with stylish Paradigm combat and great music, but very linear and the PC port needs fan fixes to avoid crashes. Skip if you hate corridors or tinkering.
Great for
Patient JRPG fans who love story, music and visuals and don't mind installing community fixes
Main risk
The port crashes or won't launch on modern PCs, and the long linear, auto-battle-heavy start can bore you.
What players love
Fun, strategic Paradigm combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“This has the best combat system of all Final Fantasies”
Steam review · 221.9 h played ↗
Stunning visuals and cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“One of the most visually appealing games I have ever played. Square ate.”
Steam review · 54.2 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The music in this game is simply incredible.”
Steam review · 206.9 h played ↗
Linearity is a focused strength
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The linear vibe of this title feels refreshing”
Steam review · 3 h played ↗
Opens up and gets better later
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Amazing game once it actually opens up in the later chapters.”
Steam review · 61.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Port crashes and needs fan fixes
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“This port is completely unplayable. Crashes every 20 minutes.”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Boring, auto-battle combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“brainlessly spam auto-ability with some random jobs on the team and bruteforce most encounters”
Steam review · 37.9 h played ↗
Linear corridor design
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Every single map is just one long corridor.”
Steam review · 33.7 h played ↗
Slow start and padded length
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“It really is 20 hours of tutorial”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Confusing, poorly told story
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“in the first hour the game will throw so many terms towards you, and you'll have no idea what many things even mean.”
Steam review · 92.8 h played ↗
Difficulty spike and grinding at chapter 11
Mentioned in ~1 in 25 negative reviews
“Chapter 11 isn't "the open world" chapter, its really just "the level grinding" chapter.”
Steam review · 51.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable60 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® XP SP2 or later
Processor2GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® Geforce® 8 Series/ ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series VRAM 256MB or later
Storage60 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows® Vista/ 7/ 8
ProcessorIntel® Core™ 2 Quad (2.66 GHz)/ AMD Phenom™ II X4 (2.8 GHz) processor
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® Geforce® GTX™ 460/ ATI Radeon™ HD 5870
Storage60 GB available space
OSWindows® XP SP2 or later
Processor2GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory1 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA® Geforce® 8 Series/ ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 series VRAM 256MB or later
Storage60 GB available space
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