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FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS cover art

FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS

Square Enix · 2015-05-11

Steam

RPG

Franchise: Final Fantasy · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Feb 18, 2008 (Legacy Mobile Device), Jun 01, 2009 (Wii), Apr 19, 2011 (PlayStation Portable)

Take part in the epic sequel that unfolds nearly two decades after the events of FINAL FANTASY IV. Now enhanced for Windows PC.

FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS is an RPG released in 2015, priced at $15.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 688 reviews) and an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

11
playing now
62%
positive of 688 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (258 downloads)
30h
to beat · rushed 20h · completionist 50h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years is an episodic role-playing video game co-developed by Matrix Software and Square Enix, as the sequel to the 1991 title Final Fantasy IV. Set 17 years after Final Fantasy IV, The After Years follows the original cast and their descendants in episodic tales as a new villain appears, setting into action a mysterious chain of events that threatens the fate of the Blue Planet. Largely utilizing assets, locations, and mechanics from its predecessor, the title incorporates higher quality character graphics and several new gameplay systems.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 33 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 20% of 13,962 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 17k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 688 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.23 at Humble Store (2025-09-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 18 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3042026-09-15 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 10:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 16 players2026-09-21 01:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 15 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 18 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 12 players2026-10-06 20:00 — 17 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 10 players2026-10-09 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 22 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1208May 2015Aug 2026May 2015 — avg 120 · peak 268Sep 2015 — avg 22 · peak 43Jan 2016 — avg 31 · peak 72May 2016 — avg 19 · peak 41Sep 2016 — avg 12 · peak 28Jan 2017 — avg 19 · peak 44May 2017 — avg 12 · peak 26Sep 2017 — avg 13 · peak 28Jan 2018 — avg 17 · peak 35May 2018 — avg 15 · peak 30Sep 2018 — avg 11 · peak 29Jan 2019 — avg 12 · peak 27May 2019 — avg 12 · peak 26Sep 2019 — avg 11 · peak 27Jan 2020 — avg 11 · peak 28May 2020 — avg 18 · peak 37Sep 2020 — avg 12 · peak 26Jan 2021 — avg 16 · peak 35May 2021 — avg 13 · peak 27Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 34Jan 2022 — avg 14 · peak 30May 2022 — avg 11 · peak 26Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 25Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 26May 2023 — avg 12 · peak 27Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 27May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 24Sep 2024 — avg 12 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 12 · peak 27May 2025 — avg 10 · peak 23Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 25Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 28May 2026 — avg 14 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 33
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.232015-04-232026-08-112015-04-23 — best price $14.392015-06-16 — best price $7.992016-01-04 — best price $15.992016-05-09 — best price $15.992016-08-19 — best price $15.992016-12-01 — best price $15.992017-07-05 — best price $15.992018-03-01 — best price $7.992018-06-19 — best price $15.992018-07-31 — best price $15.992019-01-04 — best price $15.992019-04-29 — best price $7.992019-07-16 — best price $15.992019-12-19 — best price $7.992020-01-14 — best price $7.992020-04-01 — best price $14.392020-07-14 — best price $15.992020-10-01 — best price $15.992021-03-18 — best price $7.992022-07-12 — best price $8.002022-12-15 — best price $7.992023-03-27 — best price $15.992023-06-29 — best price $7.992023-10-03 — best price $15.992024-01-22 — best price $7.192024-05-02 — best price $7.992024-07-26 — best price $8.002024-11-27 — best price $7.992025-01-27 — best price $7.992025-03-27 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $15.992025-12-19 — best price $8.002026-03-12 — best price $6.392026-05-05 — best price $15.992026-07-30 — best price $15.992026-08-11 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

271792026-05-30 — 110 pageviews2026-06-03 — 101 pageviews2026-06-07 — 174 pageviews2026-06-11 — 195 pageviews2026-06-15 — 154 pageviews2026-06-19 — 197 pageviews2026-06-23 — 152 pageviews2026-06-27 — 154 pageviews2026-07-01 — 140 pageviews2026-07-05 — 165 pageviews2026-07-09 — 157 pageviews2026-07-13 — 118 pageviews2026-07-17 — 137 pageviews2026-07-21 — 143 pageviews2026-07-25 — 132 pageviews2026-07-29 — 121 pageviews2026-08-02 — 119 pageviews2026-08-06 — 95 pageviews2026-08-10 — 146 pageviews2026-08-14 — 127 pageviews2026-08-18 — 129 pageviews2026-08-22 — 107 pageviews2026-08-26 — 107 pageviews2026-08-30 — 126 pageviews2026-09-03 — 102 pageviews2026-09-07 — 143 pageviews2026-09-11 — 79 pageviews2026-09-15 — 119 pageviews2026-09-19 — 179 pageviews2026-09-23 — 114 pageviews2026-09-27 — 119 pageviews2026-10-01 — 95 pageviews2026-10-05 — 124 pageviews2026-10-08 — 92 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
68.9%
earned "The Very First Step"
9.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,68911%50

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DRPGJRPGAnimeMagicRemakeSequelFantasyAdventureStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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