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FINAL FANTASY IX

Square Enix · 2016-04-14

Steam

RPG

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

Releases: Apr 14, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Selling over five million copies since its release in 2000, FINAL FANTASY IX proudly returns on Steam! Now you can relive the adventures of Zidane and his crew on PC !

FINAL FANTASY IX is a 2016 RPG game priced at $20.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and an Overwhelmingly Positive review sentiment (95% of 14,348 reviews).

256
playing now
95%
positive of 14k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (8 ratings)
90
Nexus mods (203k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$20.99
steam price (US)

256 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Final Fantasy IX is a 2000 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. It is the ninth game in the main Final Fantasy series. The plot focuses on a war between nations in a medieval fantasy world called Gaia. Players follow a thief named Zidane Tribal who kidnaps princess Garnet Til Alexandros XVII as part of a ploy by the neighboring nation of Lindblum. He joins Garnet and a growing cast of characters on a quest to take down her mother, Queen Brahne of Alexandria, who started the war, while uncovering the various reasons behind it.

Trailer

FINAL FANTASY IX trailer thumbnail

FINAL FANTASY IX - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 256 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,106 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~138/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 14,017 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 361k–867k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,453 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.29 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $20.99 · on sale 31 of 55 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
35235220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5691942026-09-15 12:00 — 238 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 363 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 230 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 326 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 569 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 356 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 267 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 381 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 358 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 386 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 400 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 355 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 194 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 344 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 480 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 232 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 318 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 368 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 242 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 346 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 504 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 289 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 207 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 256 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.5k117Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 3,530 · peak 8,193Aug 2016 — avg 269 · peak 484Dec 2016 — avg 352 · peak 1,331Apr 2017 — avg 215 · peak 416Aug 2017 — avg 264 · peak 505Dec 2017 — avg 246 · peak 665Apr 2018 — avg 216 · peak 451Aug 2018 — avg 174 · peak 360Dec 2018 — avg 207 · peak 447Apr 2019 — avg 175 · peak 331Aug 2019 — avg 171 · peak 315Dec 2019 — avg 152 · peak 385Apr 2020 — avg 406 · peak 709Aug 2020 — avg 223 · peak 420Dec 2020 — avg 199 · peak 454Apr 2021 — avg 296 · peak 597Aug 2021 — avg 264 · peak 417Dec 2021 — avg 223 · peak 469Apr 2022 — avg 237 · peak 408Aug 2022 — avg 203 · peak 365Dec 2022 — avg 197 · peak 376Apr 2023 — avg 247 · peak 446Aug 2023 — avg 195 · peak 328Dec 2023 — avg 237 · peak 518Apr 2024 — avg 295 · peak 526Aug 2024 — avg 331 · peak 677Dec 2024 — avg 273 · peak 531Apr 2025 — avg 371 · peak 684Aug 2025 — avg 503 · peak 968Dec 2025 — avg 362 · peak 681Apr 2026 — avg 324 · peak 633Aug 2026 — avg 411 · peak 703
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
10102026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 2 new positive2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 1 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new positive2026-09-26: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-30: 5 new positive2026-10-01: 5 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 5 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 5 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-13: 10 new positive2026-10-14: 3 new positive2026-10-15: 7 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$100.00$6.292016-03-312026-09-212016-03-31 — best price $100.002016-08-25 — best price $17.992017-02-13 — best price $10.492017-12-22 — best price $20.992018-05-11 — best price $20.992018-07-31 — best price $20.992019-06-06 — best price $16.792019-09-17 — best price $14.692020-01-10 — best price $12.592020-03-31 — best price $20.992020-07-14 — best price $15.742020-10-01 — best price $20.992021-03-16 — best price $10.492021-05-13 — best price $20.992021-09-30 — best price $10.492022-03-22 — best price $10.492022-05-13 — best price $20.992022-09-14 — best price $10.492023-01-06 — best price $20.992023-04-28 — best price $10.492023-07-26 — best price $20.992023-12-14 — best price $8.392024-02-13 — best price $20.992024-04-25 — best price $8.392024-07-18 — best price $20.992024-10-02 — best price $20.992024-12-20 — best price $8.402025-03-18 — best price $8.392025-05-12 — best price $20.992025-08-01 — best price $20.992025-11-20 — best price $8.392026-01-06 — best price $20.992026-02-23 — best price $20.992026-04-23 — best price $6.292026-06-08 — best price $20.992026-09-19 — best price $6.292026-09-21 — best price $6.29
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8774542026-05-29 — 495 pageviews2026-06-02 — 565 pageviews2026-06-06 — 877 pageviews2026-06-10 — 747 pageviews2026-06-14 — 733 pageviews2026-06-18 — 684 pageviews2026-06-22 — 819 pageviews2026-06-26 — 736 pageviews2026-06-30 — 624 pageviews2026-07-04 — 702 pageviews2026-07-08 — 782 pageviews2026-07-12 — 603 pageviews2026-07-16 — 622 pageviews2026-07-20 — 577 pageviews2026-07-24 — 626 pageviews2026-07-28 — 650 pageviews2026-08-01 — 547 pageviews2026-08-05 — 596 pageviews2026-08-09 — 583 pageviews2026-08-13 — 606 pageviews2026-08-17 — 537 pageviews2026-08-21 — 502 pageviews2026-08-25 — 592 pageviews2026-08-29 — 494 pageviews2026-09-02 — 528 pageviews2026-09-06 — 610 pageviews2026-09-10 — 536 pageviews2026-09-14 — 596 pageviews2026-09-18 — 515 pageviews2026-09-22 — 563 pageviews2026-09-26 — 486 pageviews2026-09-30 — 513 pageviews2026-10-04 — 552 pageviews2026-10-07 — 454 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
69.9%
earned "Getting Emotional"
16.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortPlayable without Timed InputPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing3 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2025-01-23, latest 2026-03-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)21,10315%52
Steam (Steam)16,6235%85
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)8,3983%51
Switch (Nintendo)9710%0
Switch (Nintendo)110%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGJRPGFunnyClassicFantasyAdventureOpen WorldStory RichTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

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