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STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN

Square Enix · 2023-04-06

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ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Final Fantasy · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 18, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Mar 18, 2022 (Xbox One), Mar 18, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 18, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Developed in cooperation between Square Enix and Team NINJA (Koei Tecmo Games), STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN is a hard-core action RPG that takes the FINAL FANTASY series in a new direction. Experience the boldest and most merciless battles in FINAL FANTASY history.

102
playing now
83%
positive of 4.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 58h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

102 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin is a 2022 action role-playing game developed by Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja and published by Square Enix. A celebration of the Final Fantasy series' 35th anniversary, Stranger of Paradise takes concepts from the original Final Fantasy on the NES and follows a set of characters brought into a fantasy world to face the malevolent Chaos. The game was released in March 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 102 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 462 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 93k–209k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,645 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.99 at Humble Store (2025-09-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 22 of 46 observed days · $28.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
72972920232026Week of 2023-04-01: 729 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 306 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

141522026-08-11 19:00 — 121 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 89 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 141 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 83 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 73 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 112 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 134 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 83 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 116 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 70 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 70 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 94 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 92 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 52 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 98 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 101 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 92 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 122 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 128 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 64 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 75 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 92 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 60 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 108 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 92 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 68 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 74 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 85 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 102 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$11.992021-10-012026-08-272021-10-01 — best price $59.992022-07-28 — best price $59.992023-01-05 — best price $59.992023-05-03 — best price $31.992023-07-20 — best price $27.992023-09-13 — best price $27.992023-10-04 — best price $39.992024-01-04 — best price $39.992024-02-05 — best price $23.992024-03-14 — best price $23.992024-04-05 — best price $39.992024-05-08 — best price $39.992024-06-27 — best price $19.992024-07-26 — best price $20.002024-09-19 — best price $19.992024-11-01 — best price $19.992024-12-04 — best price $39.992024-12-30 — best price $39.992025-01-27 — best price $19.992025-02-13 — best price $39.992025-03-27 — best price $39.992025-05-07 — best price $39.992025-07-10 — best price $15.992025-07-31 — best price $39.992025-10-03 — best price $39.992025-11-18 — best price $15.992025-12-06 — best price $39.992025-12-31 — best price $39.992026-01-22 — best price $15.992026-02-16 — best price $16.002026-03-23 — best price $16.002026-04-27 — best price $16.002026-05-14 — best price $39.992026-07-09 — best price $39.992026-08-04 — best price $15.992026-08-27 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5602132026-05-29 — 221 pageviews2026-06-01 — 275 pageviews2026-06-04 — 236 pageviews2026-06-07 — 348 pageviews2026-06-10 — 392 pageviews2026-06-13 — 403 pageviews2026-06-16 — 477 pageviews2026-06-19 — 529 pageviews2026-06-22 — 460 pageviews2026-06-25 — 395 pageviews2026-06-28 — 359 pageviews2026-07-01 — 319 pageviews2026-07-04 — 347 pageviews2026-07-07 — 315 pageviews2026-07-10 — 280 pageviews2026-07-13 — 291 pageviews2026-07-16 — 320 pageviews2026-07-19 — 408 pageviews2026-07-22 — 302 pageviews2026-07-25 — 275 pageviews2026-07-28 — 251 pageviews2026-07-31 — 356 pageviews2026-08-03 — 295 pageviews2026-08-06 — 318 pageviews2026-08-09 — 291 pageviews2026-08-12 — 281 pageviews2026-08-15 — 369 pageviews2026-08-18 — 249 pageviews2026-08-21 — 219 pageviews2026-08-24 — 284 pageviews2026-08-26 — 233 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
96.2%
earned "Manifestation of the Soul"
31%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCamera Comfort#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty2 DLC

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)23,6927%83
PS4 (PlayStation)9,36911%83
Steam (Steam)6,2296%83
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)4,4493%83

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DPvPRPGDarkJRPGActionFantasyAdventureAction RPGSouls-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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