FINAL FANTASY VIII
Last updated: 2025-12-30
- Strategic turn-based combat with ATB system
- Innovative junction system enhances customization
- Addictive Triple Triad minigame included
- Poor PC port quality and performance issues
- Confusing and rushed storytelling elements
- Dated graphics and tedious leveling grind
Emotions
Frustration22%Nostalgia15%Disappointment9%Admiration7%Satisfaction7%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 9,264
- Positive
- 8,17388.2%
- Negative
- 1,09111.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 689,495
- Estimated revenue
- $8,267,045
- Game price
- $12
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 193.98%
- Estimated copies lost
- 1,414
- Estimated revenue lost
- $16,954
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 194% Avg playtime 0.7h | 132.7% Avg playtime 0.7h |
| > 2h playtime | 388% Avg playtime 61h | 40785.3% Avg playtime 110.4h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 0.1 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 1.2 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 7.1 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 4,407.3 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
477 total
Organic purchasers40885.5%
Voted up: 87%
Key activations6914.5%
Voted up: 96%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
476 total
First impression0-2h398.18%
Voted up: 49%
Mid game2-10h7114.9%
Voted up: 80%
Late game10-20h439.01%
Voted up: 86%
Endgame20h+32367.7%
Voted up: 95%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
60.0%
Global baseline 88.1%
10 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 9,264 total.