FINAL FANTASY II
Fair · RPG · 2021
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $7.19. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 20.3h
- Value
- $0.35/hr
- Reviews
- 82% positive
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, AMD Radeon R7 Graphics / Intel HD Graphics 3000, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.
The original FINAL FANTASY II comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the second game in the world-renowned FINAL FANTASY series! Enjoy the timeless story told through charming retro graphics.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $7.19, set in June 2026. Its cuts run 30 percent off as a rule. There have been 20 in the 5 years tracked, about 8 weeks apart.
Value puts it in the top 8 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 65 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. FINAL FANTASY VI ($10.79, scores 87) and FINAL FANTASY III ($10.79, scores 87) both outscore it.
This site sampled 800 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 2 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written August 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 66 percent of the 116 reviews written there were positive, against 82 percent overall, and those are 4 percent of everything written about it.
Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.
The drop-off
82% start to 20% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
97 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 02:48 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
FF2 is notorious for being one of the weakest entries of Final Fantasy, usually due to its leveling system, keywords, or high encounter rate. However, the PR version has balanced the leveling system (you don't need to hit yourself) in a way the felt I never had to particularly grind. The keyword system is still there, but they now highlight the keywords you can use when talking to an npc. And the high encounter rate...
I....uh...don't want to leave a negative review. It has great pixel art redone, and a fantastic soundtrack. And the boost system makes the game 100x more playable...abit. But maaan it is a hot mess still. If you play it with boosts on it becomes a slightly better game tho. I mean i am not forgetting this game did bring new staples to the ballpark. It walked so the many after can run. I won't deny this.
Unless you're trying to play through every Final Fantasy game, or even just every Pixel Remaster, Final Fantasy 2 has nothing to recommend it. The 'gain what you use' progression system is fundamentally flawed, making training your characters difficult to figure out and overly long to execute even when you do know what to do, even with the bonus HP from the Advance and PSP versions. In particular, spells outside...
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Cite this score
FINAL FANTASY II scores 63/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1173780/final-fantasy-iiReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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