FINAL FANTASY XIV Online

FINAL FANTASY XIV Online

Fair · Multiplayer · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 0 of 8 sales

Fair at $19.99. Buy it if you want it.

Reviews▼
87% of 86,068
Critics
83 players 4 higher
Genre rank
Top 9% Multiplayer

Holding it back: Monetization, Reviews

Watch this gameOne alert when a sale makes it a BANGER.

Price and sales

Sales
6 on record
Typical cut
40% off
Steam low
$9.99 June 2016
Sale every
154d last August 2025
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $9.99 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
17,618 now
Recent reviews
86% 30 days
Cheaper than
10% of its genre
Better reviewed
91% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

6 discounts in the 11 years on record, a median of 40 percent off across all of them, roughly 22 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 63 weeks ago.

Against its own genre its score lands in the top 9 percent. It is pricier than 90 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 91 percent. Among the games closest to it, RIFT (free, scores 37) and Dungeons & Dragons Online® (free, scores 28) both come in lower.

More about FINAL FANTASY XIV Online

4 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written January 2026 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 26 percent of the 2,486 reviews written there were positive, against 87 percent overall, and those are 3 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (boost, cosmetic); the score docks it lightly for that.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 438 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Reach3.5M+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
Holding it back
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
MonetizationBoost, Cosmetic, Free-to-grind, Infinite spend, Unlock
Loot boxes / pay-to-win drag the score down
For context
Refunds4 of 800 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score
In-app purchasesBoost, Cosmetic, Free-to-grind, Infinite spend, UnlockPCGamingWiki

About the game

Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 or higher, AMD Radeon RX 480 or higher, 140 GB of storage. Windows only.

No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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FINAL FANTASY XIV Online scores 64/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/39210/final-fantasy-xiv-online
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Oct 31, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+4
Critics83
Players87
Metacritic critics · 86,068 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperSquare Enix
PublisherSquare Enix
GenreMultiplayer
Released2014
Players3.5Mowners, SteamSpy estimate