FINAL FANTASY® XIII

FINAL FANTASY® XIII

Steam Deck Playable

Square Enix · JRPG · Oct 9, 2014

Worth it for the right player.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $6.39.

75%
Mostly Positive
20k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 198 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 64 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 53 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 67 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 27 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 6 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 20k player reviews · updated 4 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
33% of themes are praise42% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
+- the game doesn't have a classic level system, instead characters that aren't in your active party still gain skill points
198 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
- obviously the pre-rendered cutscenes are alright, but in actual cutscenes/gameplay, you'll notice pretty quickly the low-res models and textures (especially arms/hands and hair)
64 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
+ Superb, memorable soundtrack
53 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
On the Steam Deck the game runs great.
14 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 love4 themes
Story and characters198 reviews
Graphics64 reviews
Audio53 reviews
Steam Deck14 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat141 reviews
72%
Gameplay72 reviews
68%
Difficulty19 reviews
58%
Controls18 reviews
50%
Interface9 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes67 reviews
60%
Performance27 reviews
74%
Bugs6 reviews
83%

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 $6.39 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

5 points recordedtoday · $6.39

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
75%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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