Moving story and unforgettable characters
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“Not only does it hold up - it puts modern game narratives to shame.”
Steam review · 40.6 h played ↗
FINAL FANTASY IX
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%Square Enix2016JRPG · Turn-Based Combat · RPG
$20.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A beloved, charming storybook JRPG with an excellent cast, story and music, but the Steam port is rough and combat is slow. Skip it if you dislike slow ATB battles or can't use mods.
Great for
Fans of character-driven, story-first classic JRPGs who don't mind installing the Moguri/Memoria mod
Main risk
Slow combat and a mobile-derived port with bugs, so vanilla can disappoint
What players love
Moguri/Memoria mods transform the port
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“But with the moguri mod and the mod manager, I was able to play this game in 120fps enjoy 1440p cutscenes and so on.”
Steam review · 9 h played ↗
Wonderful soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The music is pure ear candy.”
Steam review · 31.7 h played ↗
Great return to classic fantasy FF roots
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“A great sendoff to traditional FF.”
Steam review · 56.1 h played ↗
Charming fairytale art and pre-rendered worlds
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“The pre-rendered style still looks great.”
Steam review · 44.5 h played ↗
Optional boosters and cheats ease the grind
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 positive reviews
“The game also offers a generous selection of boosters for players who would rather skip most of the game’s boring combat”
Steam review · 68.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Lazy mobile port with ugly UI and visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“I CAN'T SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING DURING BATTLES. The UI uses 40% of the screen !!!!”
Steam review · 35.3 h played ↗
Broken controller and input support
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“If you have an Xbox 360 controller there is, for unknown reasons, a 50/50 chance the game will be unplayable for you.”
Steam review · 1.4 h played ↗
Slow, tedious combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The Active Time Battle system is a broken mess.”
Steam review · 94.4 h played ↗
Crashes and freezes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Regularly crashes. No matter how much you love the original, don't pay money for a game that can't even reliably run”
Steam review · 144.9 h played ↗
Tedious minigames, steal rate and grindy collectibles
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The most stupid and unfair minigame I've seen in FF.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Save loss and broken cloud saves
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“Steam doesn't copy save game files to cloud automatically, lost 20 hours of gameplay.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable7 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista /7/8/8.1/10
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2GHz or higher
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS or ATI Radeon HD4650 or higher
Storage7 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7/8/8.1/10 (32bit / 64bit)
ProcessorCore i5 2520 2.5GHz or better
Memory4 GB RAM
Storage20 GB available space
OSWindows Vista /7/8/8.1/10
ProcessorIntel Core 2 Duo 2GHz or higher
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS or ATI Radeon HD4650 or higher
Storage7 GB available space
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