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FINAL FANTASY VIII

Square Enix · 2013-12-05

Steam

RPG

Franchise: Final Fantasy · Modes: Single player

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...

164
playing now
88%
positive of 9.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,444
twitch viewers (latest)
76/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

164 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 164 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 9% of 6,192 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 380k–760k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,497 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 20 of 39 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

164592026-08-06 22:00 — 118 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 59 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 84 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 112 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 73 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 110 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 121 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 101 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 124 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 140 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 81 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 96 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 110 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 78 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 113 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 112 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 65 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 90 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 157 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 87 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 87 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 120 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 97 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 99 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 146 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 91 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 76 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 112 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 127 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 164 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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

9114712026-05-29 — 552 pageviews2026-06-01 — 537 pageviews2026-06-04 — 529 pageviews2026-06-07 — 747 pageviews2026-06-10 — 738 pageviews2026-06-13 — 805 pageviews2026-06-16 — 720 pageviews2026-06-19 — 657 pageviews2026-06-22 — 769 pageviews2026-06-25 — 623 pageviews2026-06-28 — 714 pageviews2026-07-01 — 567 pageviews2026-07-04 — 588 pageviews2026-07-07 — 590 pageviews2026-07-10 — 512 pageviews2026-07-13 — 618 pageviews2026-07-16 — 540 pageviews2026-07-19 — 620 pageviews2026-07-22 — 565 pageviews2026-07-25 — 592 pageviews2026-07-28 — 612 pageviews2026-07-31 — 471 pageviews2026-08-03 — 550 pageviews2026-08-06 — 509 pageviews2026-08-09 — 604 pageviews2026-08-12 — 504 pageviews2026-08-15 — 596 pageviews2026-08-18 — 598 pageviews2026-08-21 — 588 pageviews2026-08-24 — 575 pageviews2026-08-26 — 587 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.

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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