FINAL FANTASY III

FINAL FANTASY III

Steam Deck Verified

Square Enix · RPG · Jul 28, 2021

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $10.79.

93%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 164 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 68 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 2 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
67% of themes are praise33% are divided0% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
In Final Fantasy III, the player controls a party of four characters.
164 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
I really enjoyed the pacing and progression of this one compared to FFII.
68 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The soundtrack of Final Fantasy III is still a feast for your ears, it’s really amazing how much they managed to do with the tools they had back in the day.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It also offers more secret and hidden areas, which are generally well indicated with cracked wall graphics or similar indicators.
40 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
-Modern, optional, comfort features, like quick saving at any point, and a menu to increase exp and gil multipliers from 0.5x to 4x and the option to disable random encounters
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
Played on my Steam Deck.
6 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 love6 themes
Story and characters164 reviews
Gameplay68 reviews
Audio56 reviews
Graphics40 reviews
Interface12 reviews
Steam Deck6 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat43 reviews
93%
Difficulty40 reviews
93%
Bugs8 reviews
100%
Players complain% still recommend

No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.

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. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $10.79 (−40%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $10.79

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
93%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
31
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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