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FINAL FANTASY VIII

Square Enix · 2013-12-05

Steam

RPG

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

Releases: Dec 05, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It is a time of war. Galbadia, a Global Superpower, has declared war on Dollet, a country whose training academy is home to two personalities: the hot-headed Seifer and the 'lone wolf', Squall Leonhart. Both are equally at conflict with each other as their country is with Galbadia; to others, Squall appears lacking in team spirit, while...

FINAL FANTASY VIII is an RPG released in 2013, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (88% of 9508 reviews).

81
playing now
88%
positive of 9.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,444
twitch viewers (latest)
1222.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
76/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
20
Nexus mods (45k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

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

Final Fantasy VIII is a 1999 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation console. It is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. Set on an unnamed fantasy world with science fiction elements, the game follows a group of young mercenaries, led by Squall Leonhart, as they are drawn into a conflict sparked by a sorceress named Edea Kramer who seized control of a powerful military state. During the quest to defeat the sorceress and the forces manipulating her, Squall struggles with his role as leader and develops a romance with one of his comrades, Rinoa Heartilly.

Trailer

FINAL FANTASY VIII trailer thumbnail

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 81 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 235 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 13,925 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 380k–761k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,508 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.59 at GameStop PC (2016-02-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 18 of 34 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10710720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

141492026-09-15 12:00 — 84 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 103 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 60 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 94 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 141 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 93 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 49 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 86 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 89 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 89 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 102 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 83 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 60 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 90 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 115 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 71 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 83 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 102 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 68 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 99 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 126 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 73 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 81 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.3k80Dec 2013Aug 2026Dec 2013 — avg 2,330 · peak 4,457Apr 2014 — avg 543 · peak 1,136Aug 2014 — avg 420 · peak 806Dec 2014 — avg 339 · peak 703Apr 2015 — avg 341 · peak 619Aug 2015 — avg 361 · peak 612Dec 2015 — avg 341 · peak 858Apr 2016 — avg 429 · peak 752Aug 2016 — avg 286 · peak 468Dec 2016 — avg 365 · peak 822Apr 2017 — avg 253 · peak 414Aug 2017 — avg 307 · peak 506Dec 2017 — avg 312 · peak 710Apr 2018 — avg 332 · peak 593Aug 2018 — avg 310 · peak 533Dec 2018 — avg 329 · peak 615Apr 2019 — avg 308 · peak 518Aug 2019 — avg 267 · peak 457Dec 2019 — avg 141 · peak 268Apr 2020 — avg 295 · peak 497Aug 2020 — avg 113 · peak 195Dec 2020 — avg 118 · peak 215Apr 2021 — avg 179 · peak 375Aug 2021 — avg 114 · peak 186Dec 2021 — avg 102 · peak 187Apr 2022 — avg 94 · peak 165Aug 2022 — avg 102 · peak 178Dec 2022 — avg 100 · peak 170Apr 2023 — avg 101 · peak 185Aug 2023 — avg 82 · peak 135Dec 2023 — avg 96 · peak 177Apr 2024 — avg 99 · peak 186Aug 2024 — avg 99 · peak 169Dec 2024 — avg 85 · peak 152Apr 2025 — avg 92 · peak 162Aug 2025 — avg 103 · peak 186Dec 2025 — avg 92 · peak 166Apr 2026 — avg 101 · peak 178Aug 2026 — avg 100 · peak 171
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.53$3.602015-01-012026-08-112015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-02-05 — best price $5.992015-04-01 — best price $10.952015-05-12 — best price $10.162015-08-07 — best price $3.672016-02-29 — best price $11.992016-06-24 — best price $12.032017-01-02 — best price $11.992018-01-09 — best price $9.992018-07-17 — best price $9.592019-01-09 — best price $9.992019-01-24 — best price $9.992019-02-08 — best price $9.992019-02-24 — best price $11.992019-03-12 — best price $9.992019-03-28 — best price $9.992019-04-12 — best price $9.992019-04-27 — best price $9.992019-05-12 — best price $9.992019-12-13 — best price $12.052020-02-13 — best price $13.922020-07-09 — best price $5.992021-01-07 — best price $5.992021-07-09 — best price $11.992022-03-02 — best price $13.012022-07-07 — best price $11.992023-03-16 — best price $5.992023-09-13 — best price $5.992024-03-14 — best price $4.792024-08-10 — best price $11.992025-01-27 — best price $4.792025-07-10 — best price $4.792025-12-18 — best price $4.792026-04-27 — best price $4.802026-08-11 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9113972026-05-29 — 552 pageviews2026-06-02 — 547 pageviews2026-06-06 — 911 pageviews2026-06-10 — 738 pageviews2026-06-14 — 708 pageviews2026-06-18 — 610 pageviews2026-06-22 — 769 pageviews2026-06-26 — 670 pageviews2026-06-30 — 618 pageviews2026-07-04 — 588 pageviews2026-07-08 — 548 pageviews2026-07-12 — 577 pageviews2026-07-16 — 540 pageviews2026-07-20 — 501 pageviews2026-07-24 — 547 pageviews2026-07-28 — 612 pageviews2026-08-01 — 486 pageviews2026-08-05 — 618 pageviews2026-08-09 — 604 pageviews2026-08-13 — 541 pageviews2026-08-17 — 599 pageviews2026-08-21 — 588 pageviews2026-08-25 — 586 pageviews2026-08-29 — 526 pageviews2026-09-02 — 510 pageviews2026-09-06 — 599 pageviews2026-09-10 — 630 pageviews2026-09-14 — 621 pageviews2026-09-18 — 528 pageviews2026-09-22 — 571 pageviews2026-09-26 — 551 pageviews2026-09-30 — 507 pageviews2026-10-04 — 516 pageviews2026-10-08 — 397 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
79.9%
earned "Quezacotl "
15.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)15,3616%45

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

RPGJRPGRetroSci-fiClassicFantasyRomanceAdventureCard GameNostalgia

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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