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FINAL FANTASY XVI

Square Enix · 2024-09-17

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Franchise: Final Fantasy · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jun 22, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Sep 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 08, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S)

An epic dark fantasy where fates are decided by mighty Eikons and the Dominants who wield them. This is the tale of Clive Rosfield, a tragic warrior who swears revenge on the Dark Eikon Ifrit, a mysterious entity that leaves naught but calamity in its wake.

FINAL FANTASY XVI is an Action RPG released in 2024, priced at $49.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (78% of 33,607 reviews).

691
playing now
78%
positive of 34k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
212
twitch viewers (latest)
5.4
viewers/channel (concentration)
92/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
83/100
IGDB user rating (207 ratings)
469
Nexus mods (923k downloads)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (54,522 ratings)
87/100
opencritic · mighty · 92% recommend · from 211 critics
50h
to beat · rushed 30h · completionist 93h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$49.99
steam price (US)

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

Final Fantasy XVI is a 2023 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix. The sixteenth main installment in the Final Fantasy series, it was first released for the PlayStation 5, with a Windows version released in September 2024, and an Xbox Series X/S version released in June 2025. The game features segmented open environments and an action-based combat system involving melee and magic-based attacks. There are recurring series features including Chocobos for area travel, and summoned monsters called Eikons, which are both fought as bosses and used through channelling their power in combat.

Trailer

FINAL FANTASY XVI trailer thumbnail

Final Fantasy XVI - State of Play June 2022 Dominance Trailer | PS5 Games

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 691 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,069 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~134/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,695 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 683k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 34,148 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $17.49 at Humble Store (2025-09-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 27 of 52 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.8k2.8k20242026Week of 2024-09-17: 2,834 positiveWeek of 2024-09-17: 861 negativeWeek of 2024-09-24: 1,134 positiveWeek of 2024-09-24: 365 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 805 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 215 negativeWeek of 2024-10-08: 512 positiveWeek of 2024-10-08: 143 negativeWeek of 2024-10-15: 372 positiveWeek of 2024-10-15: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-10-22: 250 positiveWeek of 2024-10-22: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-10-29: 217 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-11-05: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-11-05: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-12: 191 positiveWeek of 2024-11-12: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-11-19: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-11-19: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-26: 1,084 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 90 negativeWeek of 2024-12-03: 356 positiveWeek of 2024-12-03: 88 negativeWeek of 2024-12-10: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-12-10: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-12-17: 352 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 96 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 518 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 140 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 480 positiveWeek of 2024-12-31: 151 negativeWeek of 2025-01-07: 356 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 111 negativeWeek of 2025-01-14: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-01-14: 79 negativeWeek of 2025-01-21: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 52 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-01-28: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-02-04: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 66 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 152 positiveWeek of 2025-02-11: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-02-18: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-02-25: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-03-04: 111 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-03-11: 135 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 204 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 44 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 119 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 228 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 169 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 104 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 122 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 118 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 131 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 75 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 84 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 136 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 153 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 66 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 135 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 124 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 95 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 103 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 108 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.7k4972026-09-14 20:00 — 825 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 535 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 587 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 722 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 1,006 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 815 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 961 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 816 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 761 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 1,404 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 1,118 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 645 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 958 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 780 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 932 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 1,676 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 828 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 674 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 1,002 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 942 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 1,049 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 950 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 858 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 691 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
15k797Sep 2024Aug 2026Sep 2024 — avg 14,626 · peak 27,313Oct 2024 — avg 4,923 · peak 12,792Nov 2024 — avg 2,067 · peak 4,390Dec 2024 — avg 3,456 · peak 7,214Jan 2025 — avg 3,147 · peak 7,032Feb 2025 — avg 1,731 · peak 3,691Mar 2025 — avg 1,487 · peak 3,594Apr 2025 — avg 1,093 · peak 2,205May 2025 — avg 1,164 · peak 2,235Jun 2025 — avg 966 · peak 2,055Jul 2025 — avg 1,326 · peak 2,676Aug 2025 — avg 864 · peak 1,591Sep 2025 — avg 797 · peak 1,816Oct 2025 — avg 898 · peak 2,007Nov 2025 — avg 1,254 · peak 3,309Dec 2025 — avg 1,496 · peak 2,558Jan 2026 — avg 1,380 · peak 2,619Feb 2026 — avg 1,055 · peak 2,131Mar 2026 — avg 1,048 · peak 2,180Apr 2026 — avg 876 · peak 1,836May 2026 — avg 1,137 · peak 2,369Jun 2026 — avg 1,366 · peak 3,086Jul 2026 — avg 1,258 · peak 2,877Aug 2026 — avg 996 · peak 1,923
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
87872026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 87 new positive2026-09-21: 15 new negative2026-09-22: 14 new positive2026-09-22: 7 new negative2026-09-23: 13 new positive2026-09-23: 4 new negative2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-24: 6 new negative2026-09-25: 13 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 17 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 9 new positive2026-09-27: 9 new negative2026-09-28: 14 new positive2026-09-28: 7 new negative2026-09-29: 29 new positive2026-09-29: 7 new negative2026-09-30: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 9 new negative2026-10-01: 9 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 18 new positive2026-10-02: 7 new negative2026-10-04: 17 new positive2026-10-04: 4 new negative2026-10-05: 16 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 18 new positive2026-10-06: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 15 new positive2026-10-07: 8 new negative2026-10-08: 12 new positive2026-10-08: 11 new negative2026-10-09: 6 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 15 new positive2026-10-10: 5 new negative2026-10-11: 15 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-12: 8 new positive2026-10-12: 6 new negative2026-10-13: 16 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 10 new positive2026-10-14: 4 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$49.99$17.492024-08-192026-08-112024-08-19 — best price $49.992024-12-04 — best price $49.992024-12-20 — best price $37.492025-01-03 — best price $49.992025-01-30 — best price $37.492025-02-13 — best price $49.992025-03-24 — best price $49.992025-04-28 — best price $32.492025-05-12 — best price $49.992025-07-10 — best price $32.492025-07-19 — best price $34.992025-08-01 — best price $49.992025-09-25 — best price $29.992025-10-03 — best price $49.992025-11-17 — best price $49.992025-11-20 — best price $24.992025-12-04 — best price $49.992025-12-17 — best price $24.992025-12-31 — best price $49.992026-01-08 — best price $49.992026-02-03 — best price $24.992026-02-10 — best price $49.992026-02-23 — best price $49.992026-03-18 — best price $24.992026-03-31 — best price $49.992026-04-27 — best price $20.002026-05-05 — best price $49.992026-05-14 — best price $49.992026-06-11 — best price $19.992026-07-11 — best price $49.992026-07-30 — best price $49.992026-08-11 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.7k8692026-05-30 — 1,092 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1,126 pageviews2026-06-07 — 1,929 pageviews2026-06-11 — 2,250 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,634 pageviews2026-06-19 — 2,316 pageviews2026-06-23 — 2,057 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,805 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,549 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,929 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,414 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,513 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1,383 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1,267 pageviews2026-07-25 — 1,580 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1,428 pageviews2026-08-02 — 1,386 pageviews2026-08-06 — 1,126 pageviews2026-08-10 — 1,317 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1,144 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1,221 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1,272 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,185 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1,290 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1,369 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1,354 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1,275 pageviews2026-09-15 — 1,115 pageviews2026-09-19 — 1,376 pageviews2026-09-23 — 1,217 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1,167 pageviews2026-10-01 — 892 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1,028 pageviews2026-10-08 — 869 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

75472026-09-30 18:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-01 03:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 470 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 105 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-02 15:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 211 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 71 viewers2026-10-04 03:34 — 58 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 440 viewers2026-10-04 21:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 117 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-06 00:34 — 72 viewers2026-10-06 09:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 56 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 407 viewers2026-10-07 21:34 — 76 viewers2026-10-08 06:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-09 00:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 57 viewers2026-10-10 03:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-10 12:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-10 21:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-11 06:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-12 00:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-12 18:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 128 viewers2026-10-13 12:34 — 150 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 45 viewers2026-10-14 06:34 — 152 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 168 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 212 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
87.1%
earned "Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeift"
22.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support5 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese…

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2024-09-17, latest 2025-01-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)72,7946%69
Steam (Steam)12,7876%69
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)3,8226%69

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

3DRPGJRPGMagicActionFantasyCinematicEmotionalAction RPGStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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