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Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA cover art

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

Nihon Falcom · NIS America, Inc. · 2018-04-16

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ActionRPG

Franchise: Ys · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 29, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Apr 16, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 01, 2021 (Google Stadia), Sep 12, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jul 21, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Nov 15, 2022 (PlayStation 5)

Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island.

52
playing now
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (73 ratings)
73h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

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

Adol Christin is on a passenger liner called the Lombardia that is sailing from Xandria to the continent of Eresia. He and Dogi were recruited as a crew for the ship in exchange for their boarding. The ship's captain, Captain Barbaros, tells Adol the story of the cursed Isle of Seiren, where ships have vanished while passing by its perimeters. However, Adol's voyage was interrupted by an enormous sea monster attacking the ship. He and the other passengers were flung overboard as it dragged the ship to the bottom of the sea. Adol later awoke on the coast of the Isle of Seiren's beach. An islan(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

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All-time low: $11.99 at Fanatical (2023-03-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 15 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

104272026-08-06 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 44 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 64 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 37 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 78 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 104 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 49 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 65 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 91 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 52 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 47 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 73 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 46 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 64 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 60 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 39 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 40 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 78 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 34 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 40 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 70 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 32 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 69 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 34 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 71 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 47 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 52 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$12.002017-09-052026-07-092017-09-05 — best price $59.992018-08-06 — best price $53.992018-11-14 — best price $47.992019-01-01 — best price $59.992019-03-07 — best price $59.992019-05-08 — best price $44.992019-07-10 — best price $59.992019-09-16 — best price $59.992019-11-28 — best price $35.992020-01-20 — best price $35.992020-03-20 — best price $35.992020-05-11 — best price $29.992020-07-16 — best price $29.992020-09-24 — best price $23.992020-12-31 — best price $39.992021-02-24 — best price $23.992021-04-29 — best price $23.992021-07-06 — best price $23.992021-11-26 — best price $23.992022-01-27 — best price $23.992022-04-28 — best price $23.992022-07-25 — best price $59.992022-11-01 — best price $17.992023-01-06 — best price $39.992023-05-06 — best price $39.992023-08-21 — best price $39.992023-11-29 — best price $39.992024-03-14 — best price $13.992024-07-04 — best price $39.992024-11-21 — best price $13.992025-01-20 — best price $19.992025-04-24 — best price $19.992025-08-01 — best price $39.992025-11-14 — best price $39.992025-12-22 — best price $19.992026-07-09 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TV25 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Census log

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

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