Buy it if you like
- Story: 176 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 135 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Gameplay: 119 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 64 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Difficulty: 26 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 20k player reviews · updated
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
50% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews50% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
176 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
the real strengths of FFXIII are clearly its visuals and music. the soundtrack is literally top notch. not a single bad track and genuienly heavenly tunes blessing my ears. i was already captured by the title music. even the story seems genuienly amazing, and im excited to see what more it has to offer and how it will continue, hoping for the world building to not go down in vain.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
135 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Its Paradigm combat is easily the highlight, the environments still look great for its era, and there is a lot of game for the money.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
56 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
again luckily for me, i didnt have any kind of problems in regards of the port. didnt use any mods, ran on quite high graphics, never had any crashes or really bad lags, so the whole "can run only with mods" is just BS by people that are mad that their game is locked on 60 fps, which really isnt a big deal.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
45 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Voice acting was good overall, though nothing was especially memorable to me.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Specifically, character design-wise, Lightning is hands-down one of my favorites, she just oozes cool.
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
14 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
I played this game on a steam deck, and it was quite nice, it ran great on the deck, beware of your battery life tho.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Story176 reviews
Combat135 reviews
Graphics56 reviews
Audio45 reviews
Characters24 reviews
Steam Deck14 reviews
Divided opinion
No themes split opinion in this sample.
Players complain
Gameplay69% still recommend
Crashes59% still recommend
Difficulty81% still recommend
Performance68% still recommend
Interface56% still recommend
Controls25% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Single-player
Controller
- Partial Controller Support
Store features
- Adjustable Difficulty
- Family Sharing
- Playable without Timed Input
- Remote Play on Phone
- Remote Play on Tablet
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
- Steam Trading Cards
Platforms
- Windows
Valve device support
Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable
Should I buy it now?
Based on Steam price history.
Prices have been lower
$15.99
The lowest we've tracked is $6.39.
9 points recordedtoday · $15.99
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