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OCTOPATH TRAVELER II cover art

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II

Square Enix · 2023-02-24

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RPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 24, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 05, 2024 (Xbox One), Feb 24, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Oct 01, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2), Feb 24, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 05, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S)

This game is a brand-new entry in the OCTOPATH TRAVELER series, the first installment of which was initially released in 2018 and sold over 3 million copies worldwide.

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II is a $23.99 RPG released in 2023, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 17,073 reviews).

1,218
playing now
93%
positive of 18k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
36
twitch viewers (latest)
18.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
89/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
82/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
102
Nexus mods (395k downloads)
4.73★
PlayStation Store rating (4,865 ratings)
85/100
opencritic · mighty · 93% recommend · from 124 critics
110h
to beat · rushed 90h · completionist 135h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$23.99
steam price (US)

1,218 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Octopath Traveler II is a 2023 role-playing video game developed by Square Enix and Acquire and published by Square Enix. It is a sequel to Octopath Traveler (2018), and the third entry in the series after the prequel mobile game Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent (2020), though it features a new cast of characters and setting separate from prior games. It was released worldwide in February 2023, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Windows; it is the first Octopath game released on PlayStation platforms. Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S versions were released in June 2024. The Nintendo Switch 2 version was released in July 2026 in Japan, alongside the Switch 2 version of the first game, with worldwide release of both games scheduled for October of the same year.

Trailer

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II trailer thumbnail

OCTOPATH TRAVELER II - Launch Trailer - Nintendo Switch

≈405,193 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,218 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,200 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~150/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 356k–800k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,784 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$59.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $23.99 at Microsoft Store (2025-07-16) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 27 of 55 observed days · $36.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20232026Week of 2023-02-01: 934 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2,180 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 947 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 391 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 257 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 670 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.9k4272026-09-14 21:00 — 494 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 613 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 1,202 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 519 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 1,086 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 1,392 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 670 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 784 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 1,199 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 1,020 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 765 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 1,056 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 1,213 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 493 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 1,616 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 1,770 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 473 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 1,217 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 1,815 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 514 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 1,412 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 1,636 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 514 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1,218 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5.7k418Mar 2023Aug 2026Mar 2023 — avg 5,669 · peak 15,248May 2023 — avg 930 · peak 2,149Jul 2023 — avg 2,469 · peak 5,550Sep 2023 — avg 747 · peak 1,856Nov 2023 — avg 450 · peak 926Jan 2024 — avg 1,036 · peak 2,497Mar 2024 — avg 431 · peak 873May 2024 — avg 1,080 · peak 3,083Jul 2024 — avg 803 · peak 1,705Sep 2024 — avg 468 · peak 1,313Nov 2024 — avg 433 · peak 962Jan 2025 — avg 817 · peak 1,948Mar 2025 — avg 636 · peak 1,875May 2025 — avg 640 · peak 1,451Jul 2025 — avg 693 · peak 2,257Sep 2025 — avg 715 · peak 1,791Nov 2025 — avg 779 · peak 2,162Jan 2026 — avg 929 · peak 2,123Mar 2026 — avg 556 · peak 1,318May 2026 — avg 519 · peak 1,079Jul 2026 — avg 992 · peak 2,287Aug 2026 — avg 1,547 · peak 3,625
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
48482026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 48 new positive2026-09-21: 7 new negative2026-09-22: 2 new positive2026-09-22: 3 new negative2026-09-23: 8 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 6 new positive2026-09-24: 2 new negative2026-09-25: 13 new positive2026-09-26: 10 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new negative2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-28: 11 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 8 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 5 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 17 new positive2026-10-01: 4 new negative2026-10-02: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 9 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 11 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 14 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 11 new positive2026-10-08: 5 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 5 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 9 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 9 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 10 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 13 new positive2026-10-14: 10 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$23.992022-09-092026-10-142022-09-09 — best price $59.992023-07-19 — best price $59.992023-09-13 — best price $44.992023-10-04 — best price $59.992024-01-06 — best price $59.992024-02-05 — best price $59.992024-05-15 — best price $59.992024-07-11 — best price $35.992024-07-26 — best price $35.992024-09-19 — best price $35.992024-10-07 — best price $59.992024-12-03 — best price $59.992024-12-16 — best price $29.992025-01-15 — best price $29.992025-02-06 — best price $30.002025-03-14 — best price $29.992025-03-28 — best price $59.992025-05-06 — best price $59.992025-06-24 — best price $59.992025-07-12 — best price $59.992025-08-01 — best price $59.992025-09-25 — best price $24.002025-10-06 — best price $59.992025-11-21 — best price $24.002025-12-11 — best price $59.992026-01-05 — best price $59.992026-01-22 — best price $23.992026-02-16 — best price $24.002026-03-18 — best price $23.992026-04-01 — best price $59.992026-05-01 — best price $23.992026-05-18 — best price $59.992026-06-26 — best price $24.002026-07-29 — best price $23.992026-09-02 — best price $59.992026-09-27 — best price $23.992026-10-14 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5061262026-05-28 — 227 pageviews2026-06-01 — 207 pageviews2026-06-05 — 261 pageviews2026-06-09 — 393 pageviews2026-06-13 — 266 pageviews2026-06-17 — 339 pageviews2026-06-21 — 346 pageviews2026-06-25 — 265 pageviews2026-06-29 — 252 pageviews2026-07-03 — 238 pageviews2026-07-07 — 260 pageviews2026-07-11 — 216 pageviews2026-07-15 — 309 pageviews2026-07-19 — 237 pageviews2026-07-23 — 177 pageviews2026-07-27 — 238 pageviews2026-07-31 — 272 pageviews2026-08-04 — 197 pageviews2026-08-08 — 254 pageviews2026-08-12 — 208 pageviews2026-08-16 — 175 pageviews2026-08-20 — 169 pageviews2026-08-24 — 171 pageviews2026-08-28 — 126 pageviews2026-09-01 — 176 pageviews2026-09-05 — 191 pageviews2026-09-09 — 219 pageviews2026-09-13 — 230 pageviews2026-09-17 — 215 pageviews2026-09-21 — 249 pageviews2026-09-25 — 181 pageviews2026-09-29 — 174 pageviews2026-10-03 — 176 pageviews2026-10-06 — 183 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

20402026-09-30 21:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 92 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 168 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 73 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 34 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 144 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 160 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 134 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 36 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
91%
earned "First Break"
24.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only Option#category_playable_at_your_own_pacePlayable without Timed Input

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8,2339%33
PS5 (PlayStation)7,11929%33
Xbox One (Xbox)6,4496%33
PS4 (PlayStation)1,62042%33
Switch (Nintendo)1,3400%0
Switch 2 (Nintendo)30%0

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

RPG2.5DCuteJRPGAnimeCasualFantasyStrategyOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

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

Recent updates

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