FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles

Steam Deck Verified

Square Enix · Turn-Based Strategy · Sep 30, 2025

Yes, worth buying.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $34.99.

89%
Very Positive
7k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 206 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 147 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 80 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 15 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Monetization: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 7k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise42% are divided16% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
It's still an amazing story and the cut scenes after the credits will be a huge "well that wasn't in my Bingo card" reaction.
206 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The newly added voice acting is a welcome addition as it breathes a new life in to this relic, giving the characters much needed personality and tone when they speak to one another.
147 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Story is great, gameplay is great (for those who enjoy tactical role-playing games), QOL features overlaying the original game are great, the new voice acting is very good.
80 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
If I wanted blurry graphics I'd play the original, cmon.
57 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
It only looks okay on Steam Deck.
16 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters206 reviews
Audio147 reviews
Gameplay80 reviews
Graphics57 reviews
Steam Deck16 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty67 reviews
81%
Combat48 reviews
85%
Interface35 reviews
69%
Multiplayer11 reviews
82%
Controls7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance15 reviews
73%
Monetization10 reviews
70%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $34.99 (−30%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $34.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
89%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
50
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.