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FINAL FANTASY® XIII cover art

FINAL FANTASY® XIII

Square Enix · 2014-10-09

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RPG

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

Releases: Dec 17, 2009 (PlayStation 3), Oct 09, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 09, 2010 (Xbox 360)

Final Fantasy XIII is a fantasy RPG in which a band of brave humans struggle against fate in the utopian sky city of Cocoon and the primeval world of Pulse. Follow stylish heroine Lightning's fast paced battles and high adventure in a mysterious new world.

FINAL FANTASY® XIII is an RPG game released in 2014, priced at $15.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Mostly Positive (75% of 19954 reviews).

199
playing now
75%
positive of 20k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,217
twitch viewers (latest)
2217.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
81/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (419 ratings)
57
Nexus mods (904k downloads)
56h
to beat · rushed 34h · completionist 78h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

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

Final Fantasy XIII is a 2009 role-playing video game developed and published by Square Enix for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles and later for Windows. Released in Japan in December 2009 and internationally in March 2010, it is the thirteenth title in the mainline Final Fantasy series. The game includes fast-paced combat, a new system for the series for determining which abilities are developed for the characters called "Crystarium", and a customizable "Paradigm" system to control which abilities are used by the characters. Final Fantasy XIII includes elements from the previous games in the series, such as summoned monsters, chocobos, and airships.

Trailer

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 199 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,037 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~130/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 502k–1.2M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,069 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.79 at GameStop PC (2016-02-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 25 of 46 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15015020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 43 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5031662026-09-15 12:00 — 274 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 288 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 220 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 278 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 503 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 313 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 233 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 273 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 312 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 324 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 319 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 243 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 188 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 295 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 349 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 228 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 298 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 270 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 203 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 348 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 422 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 254 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 199 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.7k148Oct 2014Aug 2026Oct 2014 — avg 2,724 · peak 8,320Feb 2015 — avg 1,286 · peak 3,480Jun 2015 — avg 707 · peak 1,965Oct 2015 — avg 291 · peak 541Feb 2016 — avg 422 · peak 786Jun 2016 — avg 410 · peak 1,352Oct 2016 — avg 278 · peak 514Feb 2017 — avg 453 · peak 1,161Jun 2017 — avg 249 · peak 659Oct 2017 — avg 181 · peak 338Feb 2018 — avg 288 · peak 568Jun 2018 — avg 189 · peak 443Oct 2018 — avg 152 · peak 288Feb 2019 — avg 251 · peak 841Jun 2019 — avg 236 · peak 437Oct 2019 — avg 167 · peak 317Feb 2020 — avg 234 · peak 587Jun 2020 — avg 287 · peak 485Oct 2020 — avg 259 · peak 493Feb 2021 — avg 273 · peak 443Jun 2021 — avg 251 · peak 436Oct 2021 — avg 274 · peak 472Feb 2022 — avg 218 · peak 378Jun 2022 — avg 279 · peak 499Oct 2022 — avg 231 · peak 456Feb 2023 — avg 234 · peak 420Jun 2023 — avg 215 · peak 377Oct 2023 — avg 186 · peak 329Feb 2024 — avg 310 · peak 641Jun 2024 — avg 214 · peak 383Oct 2024 — avg 257 · peak 531Feb 2025 — avg 339 · peak 553Jun 2025 — avg 305 · peak 575Oct 2025 — avg 253 · peak 442Feb 2026 — avg 337 · peak 612Jun 2026 — avg 406 · peak 762Aug 2026 — avg 326 · peak 533
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
11112026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 4 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 7 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-28: 3 new positive2026-09-28: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 2 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 8 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 2 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new positive2026-10-03: 6 new negative2026-10-05: 4 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 2 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 11 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.99$4.802015-01-012026-08-112015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-01-27 — best price $15.992015-03-01 — best price $15.992015-04-09 — best price $9.832015-05-11 — best price $15.992015-06-17 — best price $15.712015-08-04 — best price $8.692016-01-04 — best price $15.992016-04-28 — best price $7.992016-08-19 — best price $15.992017-02-13 — best price $7.992017-08-14 — best price $15.992018-03-01 — best price $7.992018-07-08 — best price $15.992018-12-20 — best price $7.992019-05-06 — best price $15.992019-09-24 — best price $7.992020-01-10 — best price $7.992020-02-14 — best price $12.992020-05-06 — best price $15.992020-10-01 — best price $15.992021-04-01 — best price $15.992021-07-27 — best price $15.992022-03-22 — best price $7.992022-06-30 — best price $7.992022-10-07 — best price $15.992023-03-23 — best price $7.992023-07-20 — best price $8.002023-12-15 — best price $6.402024-03-14 — best price $6.392024-05-16 — best price $15.992024-10-01 — best price $15.992025-01-02 — best price $15.992025-03-24 — best price $15.992025-06-27 — best price $6.402025-10-03 — best price $15.992025-12-19 — best price $6.402026-03-17 — best price $6.392026-05-07 — best price $15.992026-08-11 — best price $15.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k4882026-05-29 — 568 pageviews2026-06-02 — 588 pageviews2026-06-06 — 1,125 pageviews2026-06-10 — 870 pageviews2026-06-14 — 996 pageviews2026-06-18 — 765 pageviews2026-06-22 — 942 pageviews2026-06-26 — 659 pageviews2026-06-30 — 706 pageviews2026-07-04 — 790 pageviews2026-07-08 — 658 pageviews2026-07-12 — 731 pageviews2026-07-16 — 653 pageviews2026-07-20 — 648 pageviews2026-07-24 — 616 pageviews2026-07-28 — 945 pageviews2026-08-01 — 581 pageviews2026-08-05 — 701 pageviews2026-08-09 — 633 pageviews2026-08-13 — 625 pageviews2026-08-17 — 638 pageviews2026-08-21 — 679 pageviews2026-08-25 — 675 pageviews2026-08-29 — 591 pageviews2026-09-02 — 581 pageviews2026-09-06 — 706 pageviews2026-09-10 — 624 pageviews2026-09-14 — 735 pageviews2026-09-18 — 612 pageviews2026-09-22 — 610 pageviews2026-09-26 — 577 pageviews2026-09-30 — 488 pageviews2026-10-04 — 565 pageviews2026-10-07 — 524 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

9602026-09-30 21:34 — 68 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-03 10:34 — 64 viewers2026-10-03 16:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 17:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-05 02:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-05 12:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 56 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-08 12:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 54 viewers2026-10-12 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 16:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-13 04:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-13 10:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-13 22:34 — 50 viewers2026-10-14 04:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 11:34 — 6 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
90%
earned "Instrument of Fate"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSurround SoundPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone3 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGActionLinearSci-fiFantasyAdventureCinematicStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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