FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles
Square Enix · 2025-09-30
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Franchise: Final Fantasy · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric
Releases: Sep 30, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Sep 30, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 30, 2025 (Nintendo Switch 2), Sep 30, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Sep 30, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 30, 2025 (PlayStation 5)
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, beautifully enhanced graphics, and countless gameplay improvements, the genre-defining tactical RPG makes its long-awaited return.
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles is an RPG, Strategy title priced at $49.99 and released in 2025, with a Very Positive sentiment across 6696 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20
Final Fantasy Tactics is a 1997 tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation. It was released in Japan in June 1997 and in North America in January 1998 by Sony Computer Entertainment. It is the first game of the Tactics sub-series within the Final Fantasy franchise, and the first entry set in the fictional world later known as Ivalice. The story follows Ramza Beoulve, a highborn cadet placed in the middle of a military conflict known as The Lion War, where two opposing noble factions are coveting the throne of the kingdom.
Trailer
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles | Story Trailer
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Health check
- · 266 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~33/week).
- · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
- · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,792 reviews).
- · Top 6% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.
Review-multiple estimate from 6,885 total reviews — how this is computed.
All-time low: $29.99 at GreenManGaming (2026-09-18)via IsThereAnyDeal
12-month high $49.99 · on sale 15 of 28 observed days (census price snapshots)
Review momentum
Price history
Attention
Completion
- · 94.5% of players earned In Pursuit of the Truth
- · 27.6% of players earned Mystical Beings
- · 2.4% of players earned The Brave, the Forgotten
Global achievement rates from Steam.
Details
6 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-09-30 (Steam store data)
Console footprint
| Platform | Players tracked | Completion | Trophies/achievements |
|---|---|---|---|
| PS5 (PlayStation) | 5,391 | 29% | 50 |
| Steam (Steam) | 4,752 | 6% | 50 |
| Xbox Series (Xbox) | 977 | 25% | 50 |
| Switch (Nintendo) | 964 | 0% | 0 |
| PS4 (PlayStation) | 439 | 49% | 50 |
Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.
Where its players are
- English77% · 5.0k reviews
- Portuguese (BR)6% · 390 reviews
- Japanese5% · 355 reviews
- Chinese (Simplified)3% · 186 reviews
- French3% · 182 reviews
Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.
Census log
- 2025-09-30First review activity on record (week of 2025-09-30).
- 2025-09-30Biggest review week on record: 1,792 reviews (week of 2025-09-30).
Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.
Recent updates
- 2026-07-23Update Announcement (v1.5.2)
- 2026-07-17Notice Regarding Mouse Control Issues
- 2026-07-13Update Announcement (v1.5.1)
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