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

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.

40
playing now
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (15 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (73 ratings)
39
Nexus mods (32k downloads)
4.79★
PlayStation Store rating (10,768 ratings)
73h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

40 players in-game as of 2026-10-16 13:00 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

Healthy
  • · 40 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 311 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~39/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.

Health tier since 2026-10-10

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

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 12 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
21921920182026Week of 2018-04-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

75182026-09-17 15:00 — 41 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 39 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 62 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 24 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 34 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 39 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 46 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 25 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 19 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 26 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 38 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 36 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 18 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 20 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 28 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 24 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 44 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 45 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-16 13:00 — 40 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2180May 2017Aug 2026May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2017 — avg 1 · peak 12Nov 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 130 · peak 358Aug 2018 — avg 48 · peak 110Nov 2018 — avg 45 · peak 137Feb 2019 — avg 37 · peak 95May 2019 — avg 44 · peak 114Aug 2019 — avg 95 · peak 395Nov 2019 — avg 27 · peak 111Feb 2020 — avg 122 · peak 324May 2020 — avg 136 · peak 308Aug 2020 — avg 71 · peak 145Nov 2020 — avg 93 · peak 261Feb 2021 — avg 116 · peak 245May 2021 — avg 123 · peak 267Aug 2021 — avg 89 · peak 194Nov 2021 — avg 71 · peak 188Feb 2022 — avg 92 · peak 236May 2022 — avg 105 · peak 234Aug 2022 — avg 58 · peak 117Nov 2022 — avg 145 · peak 402Feb 2023 — avg 62 · peak 132May 2023 — avg 87 · peak 205Aug 2023 — avg 62 · peak 137Nov 2023 — avg 101 · peak 262Feb 2024 — avg 80 · peak 179May 2024 — avg 87 · peak 231Aug 2024 — avg 92 · peak 225Nov 2024 — avg 158 · peak 364Feb 2025 — avg 82 · peak 206May 2025 — avg 66 · peak 150Aug 2025 — avg 66 · peak 145Nov 2025 — avg 80 · peak 183Feb 2026 — avg 50 · peak 104May 2026 — avg 85 · peak 203Aug 2026 — avg 53 · peak 108
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
89.7%
earned "A New Adventure"
29.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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

Player tags

RPGCuteJRPGAnimeActionFantasyViolentAdventureAction RPGOpen World

Census log

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

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