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FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS

Wait62%

Mixed · 688 player reviews · Medium confidence

It depends on what you're after.

Steam Deck Playable

Square Enix · RPG · May 11, 2015

Player review score
62%
Mixed
Price
$7.99−50%
Lowest ever
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
Not fetched yet

Steam has not reported this game’s achievement count.

Languages
7
Full audio0 of 7
Subtitles7 of 7

Should I buy FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS?

Buy it if you like
  • Combat: 34 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Characters: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Story: 156 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Gameplay: 103 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Graphics: 39 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 688 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
17% of themes are praise8% are divided75% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
34 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Bands are new and fun too and add a new, interesting aspect to combat.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
If I'm not mistaken, there is no other FF game with so many playable characters!

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Combat34 reviews
Characters25 reviews
Divided opinion
Bugs
50% still recommend
Players complain
Story
58% still recommend
Gameplay
51% still recommend
Graphics
59% still recommend
Crashes
44% still recommend
Performance
52% still recommend
Audio
59% still recommend
Difficulty
56% still recommend
Interface
42% still recommend
Controls
50% 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

  • Custom Volume Controls
  • Family Sharing
  • Keyboard Only Option
  • Playable without Timed Input
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded
$7.99$15.99−50%

That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

7 points recordedtoday · $7.99

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