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FINAL FANTASY XVI
Developer Square Enix
Final Fantasy XVI is a 2023 action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix. The sixteenth main installment in the Final Fantasy series, it was first released for the PlayStation 5, with a Windows version released in September 2024, and an Xbox Series X/S version released in June 2025. The game features segmented open environments and an action-based combat system involving melee and magic-based… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
448 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 6, 2026 · last updated Oct 7, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
70
Fresh
187 positive · 81 negative
95% range 64–75%
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| Steam reviews | 187 | 81 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
180 newer reactions are still waiting for a label.
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
26,702 of 34,038 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
Summary pending — the reactions are listed below.
Reactions
60 of 448 · most liked firstThis isn’t Final Fantasy, it's DMC with a Final Fantasy veneer. While its heart isn't the epic world, it does have all the chess pieces. Chocobos. Crystals and Magic and The Empire. A moogle. Eikons/Eidolons/Espers/Summons. I can't say that it's not wearing Final Fantasy's costume well, but it's still lacking compared to entries including and before XIV: A Realm Reborn. You can feel the bones of a great world under the surface, but the game never actually lets you live in it. It wants to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Square Enix shares an illustration of Jill Warrick (Final Fantasy XVI) by Kazuya Takahashi used for the 'Gunslinger in the Abyss' set of the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game released back in August 2025:
unlabelledView post →The tragedy of this is that the gameplay is SO GOOD! Twenty-three hours in you will only be playing for five to seven hours of that time. You are buying a movie with a myriad of playable hallways. The twenty-minute episode of exposition interrupted by the occasional playable hallway. Then you get to a boss fight and it is so epic that you will actually be roaring at your screen. Then walk down that hallway, again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Out now on PlayStation Plus: 🔥 Final Fantasy XVI (Game Catalog) 🎸 Gitaroo Man (Classics Catalog) …and more. Full details: play.st/4uAn75t
unlabelledView post →PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium welcome a host of games this June: 🔥 Final Fantasy XVI 🔵 Sonic X Shadow Generations 🛡️ Kingdom Come: Deliverance 📸 Life is Strange: Double Exposure …and more. Full details: play.st/49LOke8
unlabelledView post →To start with some positives, I think this game legitimately has some really fun "hype" moments, and some of the story beats are pretty good in a vacuum. I also think that the combat system is a lot of fun when it works (which is unfortunately not all the time as I'll get into) and the voice acting is quite good. Because of this I might be tempted to give the game a thumbs sideways if that were an option on steam, but given it isn't I really can't find myself recommending the game. The biggest…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PS+ Extra lineup for June: blog.playstation.com/2026/06/10/p... -Final Fantasy XVI -Sonic X Shadow Generations -Kingdom Come: Deliverance -Life is Strange: Double Exposure -Farming Simulator 25 -Blades of Fire -Black Desert PS+ Premium -Gitaroo Man (this game is great btw)
unlabelledView post →Clive Rosfield (Final Fantasy XVI) for the 'Gunslinger in the Abyss' set in the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game. Illustration by Kazuya Takahashi.
unlabelledView post →Final Fantasy XVI Producer Yoshi-P says The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is the most amazing game he's played recently. www.famitsu.com/article/2025...
unlabelledView post →I WILL FOREVER BE A FINAL FANTASY XVI FAN IDC IDC IDC I FUCKING LOVE THAT GAME! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for your time in reading this skeet.
unlabelledView post →Long story short, this game is like a 7 out of 10 at best, and a 6 outta 10 if you're rating it as a Final Fantasy game. The game's not awful or anything, just disappointing, needlessly padded to a criminal degree, and overstays its welcome. I strongly recommend playing the demo first to get a feel for it, but then waiting for a sale ($30 *absolute maximum*, $20 recommended). With the playing the demo though (before/if you buy), there's two things to keep in mind: 1) This game has almost zero…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After >100hrs and 100% achievements, I feel I have a grasp on just about everything FFXVI has to offer, and I don't recommend it. ↓TLDR FOUND BELOW.↓ THE GOOD The last DLC "The Rising Tide" is what I wished the main story was. A simple narrative with a simple message, executed well, that doesn't overstay its welcome. Oddly enough I think the strongest aspect of FFXVI is its User Interface. SE must have thought so too because you can see many of the UI elements introduced in this game in…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A game I love ❤️ #FinalFantasyXVI @square-enix-games.com
unlabelledView post →The combat is serviceable, although only engaging when it involves a low-tier boss like a Minotaur. True boss fights are a complete slog, and normal enemies involve zero brain activity. What eventually killed my enjoyment of this game is the constant dealing with border patrol. Every single time you need to travel somewhere new, you have to deal with some arbitrary obstacle. The bridge is broken. The checkpoint is guarded. The gate is locked. You need your papers and some idiot lost them. I…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game has a horrible problem with pacing. I finished all quests, hunts and crafts in 50h but it felt like 100h, because everything wastes your time. Wanna get quest? Talk to the NPC > cutscene > accept quest > Quest accepted animation that takes 10 sec > cutscene Killing a monster at the end of a quest? > cutscene > fight > 10 sec animation showing fight results > cutscene > deliver quest > cutscene > 10 sec animation to show quest results > cutscene of gratitute No joke, I started…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I really don't understand some of the people who says this game sucks. Yeah it's different from other Final Fantasy game style but story is great, characters are great, I enjoyed every moment of the game. Its a thumbs up from me.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy VII Rebirth has more minigames than any game I've ever played. The card game, Queen's Blood, is as good as Triple Triad if not better. If you played Final Fantasy XVI last year and found yourself wondering where all the charm and humor went... well, it's here
unlabelledView post →All spectacle no substance I have had this game installed for almost 2 years at this point and i just cant bring myself to play it for more then a couple quests in a row , i think my biggest issue is that is really isnt an RPG , there is basically no way to customise your playstyle , all the gear is unlocked at a very specific time its just so boring , why would i do a side quest to get extra Gil when there is literally nothing to buy because i am only allowed to by a sword that is 1% better…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Though I am not a big fan, I have always enjoyed playing the mainline Final Fantasy games. Sadly, Final Fantasy XVI does not seem to correct the downward trend the series has been on since XIII. The biggest problem with this game is how formulaic it is. The structure is always the same: go to the hideaway, do a boring quest, then go to a main story event that is always enemy encounters, followed by a miniboss, more enemies, and finally a boss. Rinse and repeat. The pacing is terrible. There…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Resuming my stream tonight with my current playthrough of Final Fantasy XVI. Super stoked, I am loooving the worldbuilding in this game.
unlabelledView post →Cutscene, cutscene, cutscene, narrow corridor narrow corridor of gameplay. , cutscene, cutscene, cutscene, narrow corridor of gameplay. Rinse and repeat for 8 hours, realise its njot getting better, realise you're outside of refund window, uninstall and sad.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →NEW VIDEO! I tried out Final Fantasy XVI for the first time and holy crap did I fall in love with this game fast! youtu.be/7s2qa8f_Pxo?...
unlabelledView post →I bought FF16 because it was made by the same team as FF14. I LOVE FF14 and would sing its praises to anyone willing to listen. But that praise comes with the acknowledgement that FF14 is an MMO, and the understanding that MMO devs are limited in what they can do when it comes to gameplay and presentation. Despite those limitations, FF14 managed to craft one of the best stories I've ever experienced in gaming. While I wasn't expecting FF16 to reach the storytelling highs of Shadowbringers or…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy 2 year Anniversary to Final Fantasy XVI, my favorite Final Fantasy. I'm so glad I gave this game a second run this year, my love for it has only grown. Legendary experience.
unlabelledView post →Genuinely one of the very best games I have ever played in my Life. The set-pieces in this game are just INSANE. But can't ignore the fact how bad some of the downtime in this game feels like. The Game has one of the highest highs along with the loweest lows i have ever experienced while playing a game. One moment you are fighting with literal GODs in space and next moment you are collecting dust for a random NPC.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looks great, plays like a chore I gave this about 8 hours and I honestly don’t get the hype. Yeah, it’s polished. Yeah, it’s cinematic. But as a game it’s just not engaging. Combat is the biggest problem. It’s not hard — it’s just mindless. You mash buttons non-stop, enemies take forever to die, and you’re never really in danger. I literally killed bosses without taking damage and I wasn't even trying not to get hit. It’s just hitting the same sponge over and over until it falls over. My…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy XVI Is A lot Like A Roller Coaster The highs are ever so incredibly high with flashy action-packed sequences, jaw dropping cut scenes and unforgettable battles that leave an impression on you long after the credits roll. They will keep you on the edge of your seat for their entire duration and offer you thrills of the kind you won't find anywhere else. The story also matches those highs, presented in a complex and well-developed world filled with the political intrigue of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →There is a Cid in every Final Fantasy game, but Cidolfus Telamon stands leagues above them all. Pure aura. He is the real main character of Final Fantasy XVI.
unlabelledView post →Every single $70 game I have bought day one the past 5 years: God of War Ragnarok Star Wars Jedi Survivor Final Fantasy XVI Baldur's Gate 3 Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth Metaphor Refantazio Indiana Jones Death Stranding 2 Only 8 games. I survived. Surely you guys can show restraint too.
unlabelledView post →At one point I was ready to raze Final Fantasy XVI to the ground and bury it under stones. Conceptually, the game feels stuck somewhere between classic entries in the series and modern action RPGs. The combat can be spectacular and demanding, but for most of the time it boils down to switching between Eikons and spamming skills, interspersed with sword slashes while waiting for cooldowns to end. The semi-open maps are empty and offer nothing beyond the occasional prettier landscapes.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →3 years to my favorite Final Fantasy game, so mandatory art repost.🖤 Happy 3 year anniversary Final Fantasy XVI 🖤🔥 [ #art | #fanart | #ffxvi | #cliverosfield ]
unlabelledView post →This game, for all intents and purposes, is good. Great, even. It's absolutely worth playing, and its common criticisms are either overblown or technically correct but avoidable/literally just inconsequential. Here's the longer review. No spoilers. FF16 is a game that spends around 10-15% of its runtime being literally the coolest game ever made. It divvies up the remaining ~90% being either a very good literal movie (seriously, there are some long cutscenes) or a questionable "open-world"…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I finally got around to finishing Final Fantasy XVI and its DLC. I wrote a rambling post about it on Backloggd: backloggd.com/u/ChipCheezu...
unlabelledView post →BOOK LAUNCH IN 10 DAYS! Please share to spread the word. 'Mythos: Final Fantasy XVI' explores numerous myths and religious traditions that inspired the game. This volume focuses on the theme of death and rebirth to help enrich the reader’s experience of FFXVI Available worldwide from 28th Feb.
unlabelledView post →If you like cutscenes you'll love this game. I quite liked the cutscenes. If you hate cutscenes, you'll hate about 40-50% of the game. The combat is great.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →brief and tired thoughts about the video game Final Fantasy XVI which culminate in "goddamn I knew this game was weird about race and downright hostile towards women but I genuinely had no idea how bad it really was" noescapevg.com/part-1-3-a-b...
unlabelledView post →At 368 pages, is LOGOS: The World of FINAL FANTASY XVI the *biggest* game companion lorebook ever made? We don’t know… 🤷 But it’s *definitely* the biggest one we’ve ever published! 😎 👀 Check out the extended preview on our site, and don’t forget to preorder to guarantee your copy! sqex.link/bcd2
unlabelledView post →Final Fantasy XVI is fun when you don't have a manchild who hasn't played a new video game since 2002 screaming in your ear about how much it sucks
unlabelledView post →🎮 Dead Take Time for a palate cleanser before hopefully making a start on Final Fantasy XVI at the weekend. Shocker - I'll also be playing this one on my deck! It's likely gonna scare me but Sam Lake, Neil Newbon & Ben Starr all in one game? Can't say no!
unlabelledView post →To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Final Fantasy IX, Square Enix is sharing the thoughts and feelings of various Square Enix creators about the game. Yoshi P - Final Fantasy XVI Producer Masayoshi Soken - Square Enix Sound Director
unlabelledView post →Happy Three Year anniversary to an amazing game ——— Final Fantasy XVI🤍 ✨shine bright✨ @square-enix-games.com
unlabelledView post →Hands down, before i even go into anything else, this is one of the best games i have ever played. + The story telling of this game is better than most hollywood blockbusters. Thats without it already being over 50 hours long, the amount of effort that went into the plot is just astounding, possibly even unrivaled. + Visually the game is stunning. There are a ton of areas I came across and just had to take in for a bit because they are so grand, or tranquil, or otherworldly, the people who…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →---{ 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 leaves fall instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☑ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☐ Decent ☑ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ You need a Quantum Computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If I could leave an in the middle kind of rating I would, but unfortunately this game mostly feels like a waste of time and leans more towards something you'd probably want to skip instead of play. Now that's not to say there are no positive aspects of this game. It has an incredible soundtrack, good voice acting, and the boss fights certainly deliver in terms of spectacle. Despite all of that, this game falls short in every other regard. The combat grows tedious due to its lack of depth.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy 16 COULD HAVE BEEN one of the best Final Fantasy games ever. The art design, boss fights, and battle sequences are among the best I’ve ever seen, but then it falls dramatically short in every other aspect. I can confidently say that the problem lies in the fact that the game is called Final Fantasy and is published by Square Enix. If it had been a standalone title, it probably would have turned out to be a masterpiece. Let’s start with the positives: incredible boss fights,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just wanted to add a positive vote to this game so adding this review. Tho I got to say it sucked for me to spend the first 3 hours fixing the crashes but after that it was great to play; love the game. No one is gonna read this review so I am just gonna say that I am straight.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New Video: Final Fantasy XVI Is a Furry Video Game youtu.be/lW9cjYiTwac
unlabelledView post →Been getting into video game artbooks. Just ordered one for Final Fantasy XVI.
unlabelledView post →It is very funny whenever people conflate Kingdom Hearts "my friends are my power" as a totally unique thing and not another runoff of Final Fantasy DNA. Every FF game has the power of friendship. Final Fantasy XVI, the game that doesn't earn power of friendship, has a power of friendship moment
unlabelledView post →Final Fantasy XVI is a stunning technical achievement that unfortunately abandons its identity, having been stripped of almost every meaningful RPG element like party management and elemental strategy. The combat, while flashy, feels blank and repetitive due to a serious lack of varied combo moves, eventually devolving into a boring cycle of waiting for cooldowns. While the game attempts a more mature, gritty story with some genuine highlights, these moments are buried under a grueling,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →9th game beat of 2025: Final Fantasy XVI on PC. This is my 2nd time beating this game (first time was on PS5). I'm glad to have enjoyed the epic battles and music again but with way better frame rates and visuals.
unlabelledView post →Mythos: Final Fantasy XVI explores the mythology and religious traditions that helped shape this award-winning game, delving into aspects of Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, ancient Greek, Egyptian, Norse, and more. Volume One is OUT NOW. Available worldwide! Please like and share to spread the word.
unlabelledView post →Game : Final Fantasy XVI Developer : Square Enix Score : 8/10 Always been a fan of FF, but this game feels weird, i mean that in both a good and bad way. It’s clearly an experiment from square enix trying to push FF into a completely new direction. And sure... it has a lot of flaws, but there’s something about this game that makes it special to me. Gameplay : Turning Final Fantasy into a full action game is definitely a bold decision. I respect it, and honestly, i think they did a pretty…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another great FF game. The graphics and environments are beautiful and the music was mostly on point with a couple of solid bangers. I feel like they dropped the ball with the lack of a Chocobo remix though. My favorite part about this one is how the summons were handled, with characters transforming into them and using their powers. The epic boss battles really set the bar for me for future boss battles in RPGs. It's neat being able to mix and match different abilities and seeing what…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →"Awaken, child of fate. Awaken, Ifrit" Final Fantasy XVI is a banger video game🔥 Always wanted to take a crack at drawing Ifrit
unlabelledView post →7.5/10 It's a shame that Final Fantasy XVI had the potential to be so much better. To me, FF16 suffers from three major flaws . First, there's a disconnect between its narrative premise and the way that narrative is actually presented. Second, the pacing is wildly uneven. Third, the story itself often feels surprisingly hollow—its characters rarely receive the depth they deserve, leaving the game's ambitious themes feeling superficial instead of impactful. That's what makes FF16 so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →'Dissidia Duellum Final Fantasy Original Soundtrack' will release March 24, 2026. Main composer: Takafumi Imamura (Final Fantasy XIV, Final Fantasy XVI). Includes music original to the game and arrangements of series music. Album cover art is pending completion.
unlabelledView post →+The story is great, but veeeeery slow paced. +Graphics look great +Most characters are good -It's sadly an RPG stripped of all the RPG elements. -The game sacrifices all the RPG elements that makes FF and instead tries to be a DMC-clone but the combat is way too simplistic and shallow for that. -No party mechanics, level ups feel like they don't matter, gear feels like it doesn't matter. -Shallow or non existant RPG-elements and a simplistic and easy button masher with lots of cool…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So far this is been one big movie. It focuses on less free play to more being forced to watch a movie just in case there is special input queues I need to press for a timed response that literally decides if such a prompt will hurt your character or not. This game forces you to pay attention to it always! After 30 hours of movie watching and only 3 hours of free play I am BORED!! If i wanted a movie I would have went to Prime, not steam!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Eikon designs for Ifrit, Phoenix, and Leviathan from Final Fantasy XVI by artist Kazuya Takahashi. More art from the game: creativeuncut.com/art_final-fa...
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