Gorgeous Ghibli-style art
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Made by Bandai but feel's like playing a Studio Ghibli animation, really a great game, one of a kind.”
Steam review · 7.1 h played ↗
Ni no Kuni™ II: Revenant Kingdom
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%LEVEL5 Inc.2018JRPG · RPG · Adventure
−84%$59.99$9.59
US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A charming, beautiful Ghibli-style action JRPG with addictive kingdom building, but a childish story, repetitive combat and heavy grind. Skip it if you want the first game's monster collecting or a mature plot.
Great for
Fans of cozy, colorful JRPGs who enjoy kingdom building and a light fairy-tale story
Main risk
Expecting the first game's charm and story, then hitting a childish plot, grind and forced skirmishes
What players love
Addictive kingdom building
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the city building part of this game is so unbelievably chill and satisfying”
Steam review · 66.5 h played ↗
Fast, fun real-time combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“the combat feels really fun and satisfying! fast, flashy, and a little addictive in that “just one more fight” kind of way.”
Steam review · 4.3 h played ↗
Wholesome, cozy fairy-tale tone
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I can hardly remember something that gave that much positive emotions. Not thrill or something like that but the inner warmth.”
Steam review · 91.1 h played ↗
Lots of varied content
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“There are so many games within the game you are always doing something different.”
Steam review · 34.7 h played ↗
Joe Hisaishi's soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“this game has one of my favorite OSTs of all time”
Steam review · 31.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Weak, childish, repetitive story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“The story beats are all repetitive and predictable, with every single act playing out in the same way.”
Steam review · 57.8 h played ↗
Shallow, repetitive combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Every fight is just spam until you get your big attack charged up, then release it.”
Steam review · 44.3 h played ↗
Grindy, repetitive fetch-quest content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Grind-grind-grind-grind. You'll be grinding 80% of this game.”
Steam review · translated · 38.1 h played ↗
Lacks the first game's magic
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“using higgledies instead of familiars: taking away a lot of cuteness for no reason”
Steam review · 45.1 h played ↗
Forced kingdom building and skirmishes
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“it was extremely frustrating that skirmishes were required in the final boss”
Steam review · 67.1 h played ↗
Boring DLC and post-game
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“one of the most boring, padded endgames in modern JRPGs”
Steam review · 99.3 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support40 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 / AMD FX-6300
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 260x (VRAM2GB or higher / VRAM2GB以上)
Storage40 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3770 / AMD FX-8350
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 / ATI Radeon R9 series（VRAM3GB or higher / VRAM3GB以上）
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 7 SP1 64bit, Windows 8.1 64bit Windows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4460 / AMD FX-6300
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / AMD Radeon R7 260x (VRAM2GB or higher / VRAM2GB以上)
Storage40 GB available space
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