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It is a time of war. Galbadia, a Global Superpower, has declared war on Dollet, a country whose training academy is home to two personalities: the hot-headed Seifer and the 'lone wolf', Squall Leonhart. Both are equally at conflict with each other as their country is with Galbadia; to others, Squall appears lacking in team spirit, while...

FINAL FANTASY VIII is a jrpg, rpg and classic game developed and published by Square Enix.
Released on December 05th 2013 is available only on Windows in 5 languages: English, French, Italian, German and Spanish - Spain.

It has received 9,072 reviews of which 8,005 were positive and 1,067 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.6 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 12.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.99€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified FINAL FANTASY VIII into these genres:

JRPG RPG Classic Singleplayer Great Soundtrack Turn-Based Story Rich Fantasy Card Game Sci-fi Adventure Open World Retro Nostalgia Romance Atmospheric 1990's Action Epic Controller

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System requirements

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Windows

OS *: Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7/8 (32/64-bit)
Processor: 1Core CPU 2GHz or faster
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: DirectX 9.0c compatible card
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 4 GB available space
Sound Card: Integrated sound chip or more

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March 2025

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☑ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☑ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of ☐ Minor bugs ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☐ 8 ☐ 9 ☑ 10

Feb. 2025

I've played this game since 1999, and I finally bought it on steam. I think this is one of the best games ever made, and I'll die on that hill. The junction system makes the game incredibly fun for returning players, and creates a very unique system for first timers. The story (although admittedly convoluted near the end) is deep and rich and the characters are fantastic. Squall's development is natural and relatable, and him and Rinoa's relationship is a great romance. The world is huge (especially for it's time) and the replay value is immense. 10/10 stars.

Jan. 2025

Great game as always but I hope the person who thought "Let's put a kill 10000 enemies achievement" on a videogame that literally wants you to avoid combat was fired.

Dec. 2024

Every complaint I've ever heard about this game has stemmed from one of two things. First, it's that "it's not Final Fantasy VII" from Cloud fanboys with no taste, and second that "Drawing magic is stupid." To the people who say the first, I say you're right, and thank goodness for that. To the second, I say that you're playing the game wrong. The only times you need to use Draw are to grab the handful of GFs from bosses, or if you run across a particularly rare magic from a Draw Point in the world. Outside of that, you should be using a combination of the Card ability and GF refinement to get your magic. I find that the most critical people of the game genuinely don't understand its mechanics because the game doesn't hold your hand or give you pretty colored rocks to play with like they do in VII, and it expects that you experiment and encourages you to break its systems. The game has a competent story (yes, even including the time compression,) relatable characters, and one of the best designs for mechanics and systems across the whole franchise that encourages freedom and doesn't pigeonhole you into useless stats and narrow builds like so many mediocre JRPGs. Ben Starr said it best: "Final Fantasy VIII is and always has been an S-tier Final Fantasy game."

Aug. 2024

Top 3 games of my life. I honestly don't understand all the hatred it got. If 8 years old me without knowing english can figure the junction system out then so can you! The story and the characters are amazing and I'm willing to die on this hill. Not giving this game a chance from you and a remake from the devs would be a HUGE mistake!

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Frequently Asked Questions

FINAL FANTASY VIII is currently priced at 12.99€ on Steam.

FINAL FANTASY VIII is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.99€ on Steam.

FINAL FANTASY VIII received 8,005 positive votes out of a total of 9,072 achieving a rating of 8.58.

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FINAL FANTASY VIII was developed and published by Square Enix.

FINAL FANTASY VIII is playable and fully supported on Windows.

FINAL FANTASY VIII is not playable on MacOS.

FINAL FANTASY VIII is not playable on Linux.

FINAL FANTASY VIII is a single-player game.

FINAL FANTASY VIII does not currently offer any DLC.

FINAL FANTASY VIII does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

FINAL FANTASY VIII supports Remote Play on Phone and Remote Play on Tablet. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

FINAL FANTASY VIII is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for FINAL FANTASY VIII.

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