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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 · Perspectives: Third person

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.

STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN is an Action, Adventure and RPG game released in 2023, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 4678 reviews).

80
playing now
83%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (44 ratings)
21
Nexus mods (16k downloads)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (7,140 ratings)
25h
to beat · rushed 14h · completionist 58h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

80 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 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.

Trailer

STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN trailer thumbnail

STRANGER OF PARADISE FINAL FANTASY ORIGIN | Announcement Teaser Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 80 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 7% of 28,109 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 94k–211k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,678 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 23 of 48 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

262252026-09-16 08:00 — 25 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 78 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 89 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 171 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 167 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 149 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 126 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 159 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 198 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 194 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 140 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 155 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 157 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 163 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 238 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 168 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 92 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 156 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 153 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 188 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 157 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 93 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 80 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k63Apr 2023Aug 2026Apr 2023 — avg 1,232 · peak 2,512Jun 2023 — avg 155 · peak 609Aug 2023 — avg 154 · peak 351Oct 2023 — avg 96 · peak 206Dec 2023 — avg 196 · peak 479Feb 2024 — avg 150 · peak 357Apr 2024 — avg 133 · peak 330Jun 2024 — avg 71 · peak 172Aug 2024 — avg 71 · peak 146Oct 2024 — avg 89 · peak 210Dec 2024 — avg 115 · peak 210Feb 2025 — avg 120 · peak 254Apr 2025 — avg 79 · peak 163Jun 2025 — avg 70 · peak 241Aug 2025 — avg 91 · peak 203Oct 2025 — avg 87 · peak 195Dec 2025 — avg 104 · peak 201Feb 2026 — avg 105 · peak 245Apr 2026 — avg 96 · peak 175Jun 2026 — avg 133 · peak 291Aug 2026 — avg 95 · peak 177
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$11.992021-10-012026-10-152021-10-01 — 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 $15.992026-09-10 — best price $11.992026-10-08 — best price $39.992026-10-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

5601942026-05-29 — 221 pageviews2026-06-02 — 316 pageviews2026-06-06 — 410 pageviews2026-06-10 — 392 pageviews2026-06-14 — 388 pageviews2026-06-18 — 560 pageviews2026-06-22 — 460 pageviews2026-06-26 — 382 pageviews2026-06-30 — 319 pageviews2026-07-04 — 347 pageviews2026-07-08 — 323 pageviews2026-07-12 — 343 pageviews2026-07-16 — 320 pageviews2026-07-20 — 344 pageviews2026-07-24 — 271 pageviews2026-07-28 — 251 pageviews2026-08-01 — 352 pageviews2026-08-05 — 282 pageviews2026-08-09 — 291 pageviews2026-08-13 — 284 pageviews2026-08-17 — 283 pageviews2026-08-21 — 219 pageviews2026-08-25 — 213 pageviews2026-08-29 — 196 pageviews2026-09-02 — 211 pageviews2026-09-06 — 291 pageviews2026-09-10 — 230 pageviews2026-09-14 — 267 pageviews2026-09-18 — 242 pageviews2026-09-22 — 283 pageviews2026-09-26 — 241 pageviews2026-09-30 — 225 pageviews2026-10-04 — 240 pageviews2026-10-07 — 223 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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-04-06 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

3DPvPRPGDarkJRPGActionFantasyAdventureAction RPGSouls-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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