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FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED

Android, iOS • 2019

Should you play it?

The mega-hit RPG, FINAL FANTASY VIII returns! This Steam® version features new graphical enhancements and a whole host of options to customise your gameplay experience.

What works

  • Deep and emotional story
  • Unique and strategic junction system
  • Engaging triple triad card game
  • Iconic soundtrack and improved visuals
  • Quality-of-life improvements in remaster

Things to keep in mind

  • Complex and sometimes tedious mechanics
  • Dated backgrounds and partial remastering
  • Story pacing and plot can be confusing
  • Grinding can be time-consuming
  • Limited character development for some party members

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • FINAL FANTASY VIII

  • Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth1

  • Tales of Berseria™

  • FINAL FANTASY IX

  • Mary Skelter: Nightmares

  • GRANDIA II HD Remaster

Less intimate

Games that feels like FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED but with less focus on close relationships

  • FINAL FANTASY VII

  • BRAVELY DEFAULT FLYING FAIRY HD Remaster

  • DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition

  • The Alliance Alive HD Remastered

  • Langrisser I & II

  • FANTASIAN Neo Dimension

Less leadership-focused

Games that feels like FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED but with less leadership over others

  • Dragon Conqueror

  • Mirror

  • WitchSpring R

  • Fallen Priestess: My Sister's Demonic Bloodline

  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

  • Baldr Sky

More social

Games that feels like FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED but with more teamwork and cooperation

  • Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian

  • Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment

  • Tales of Symphonia

  • Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky DX

  • Fate/Samurai Remnant

  • .hack//G.U. Last Recode

More fellowship-oriented

Games that feels like FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED but with a stronger sense of community

  • Persona 4 Golden

  • Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk DX

  • Persona 3 Reload

  • Atelier Ryza 3: Alchemist of the End & the Secret Key

  • Agarest: Generations of War Zero

  • The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE

  • NEO: The World Ends with You

  • FINAL FANTASY VII

  • STAR OCEAN THE SECOND STORY R

  • SaGa Emerald Beyond

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Swipe to compare nearby games with FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED. These titles are not in What to play next.

FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Leadership, Story.

Last update: 22/08/2026