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FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
Developer Square Enix
Final Fantasy XIV was a 2010 massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) for Windows, developed and published by Square Enix. It was the original version of the fourteenth entry in the main Final Fantasy series and the second MMORPG in the series after Final Fantasy XI. Set in the fantasy realm of Eorzea, players take control of a customized avatar as they explore the land and are caught up in both an… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
567 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
78
LovedLoved
328 positive · 92 negative
95% range 74–82%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 328 | 92 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 25 | 2 | 99 |
| Mastodon * | 6 | 0 | 10 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
58,273 of 66,950 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
78% recommend · 223 yes, 62 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 285 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (74,352 of 85,910 positive).
Players praise the game's story, community, and variety of content. [1][2][3] Some reviewers complain about the slow start and mandatory Main Scenario Quest. [4][5][6] A few posters mention subscription and account issues as drawbacks. [7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [4]
Final Fantasy XIV is "sunk cost fallacy - the game" and it really feels like the many longtime players telling you "it get's better later" are part of some pyramid scheme they're trying to push on you. I got through the entirety of "A Realm Reborn" and a good chunk of the boring slog beyond that which you have to trudge through to get to Heavensward. I'm sure the story get's better, I'm sure the cutscenes get more …
- [1]
Best MMORPG as of 2026. - 1 character for all jobs. - Best endgame content. - Best story. - Best characters. - Best visuals. - Best crafting jobs. - Friendlist community - No FOMO. - Play at your own pace.
- [2]
After 1,575 hours in this game, I still feel the joy of exploration every time I log in. Even after all these hours, there are still so many things I haven’t tried yet. This might be the only game where I’ve truly made memories. The story is wonderful, and the community is amazing. Even though I play solo, I never really felt alone in it.
- [3]
This is a story-driven MMORPG that often feels more like a traditional Final Fantasy RPG inside a persistent online world. Rebuilt and relaunched in 2013 as A Realm Reborn, it has grown into an enormous game spanning several expansions. The Main Scenario is the backbone of everything, so reaching the current expansion is a massive commitment. Its greatest strength is variety. One character can switch between every …
- [10]
So i played the free version of the game for about 300 hours before i finally got the game! If you want to try this game out get it from square's site first. There is no timelimit and the lvl cap is 70 for any free user so you have alot of time to see if the game is for you before buying it!
Summarised from 34 of the 395 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
FINAL FANTASY XIV Online sits at 78% positive across 420 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
During its debut week in Japan, the Collector's Edition reached #2 in the PC games charts behind Civilization 5 and ahead of StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty. In the UK charts, the game debuted at #10 behind multiple other games including F1 2010 (#1), Halo: Reach (#2), Civilization 5 (#4) and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (#7). By November 2010, the game had sold 603,000 copies worldwide. The game received generally unfavorable reviews at release, garnering a score 49/100 by aggregate site Metacritic. Computer and Video Games said "Eorzea is a beautiful world with huge potential for vast adventures, but it's just a shame that this first voyage into it is such a mis-step". 1UP.com…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 567 · most liked firstcan't stop laughing at "Mangione played a game about assassins called Among Us". hope if i ever snap there are headlines like "she played a game about killing the pope called Final Fantasy XIV Online: Heavensward"
positive · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online: Heavensward (2015)
neutral · AI labelView post →sorry to get cheesy this early in the morning but they literally can never make me hate you, Final Fantasy XIV: Online. i have met some of the best people in my life through this game and reconnected and gotten closer with old friends. peace and love ✌️
positive · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy XIV is "sunk cost fallacy - the game" and it really feels like the many longtime players telling you "it get's better later" are part of some pyramid scheme they're trying to push on you. I got through the entirety of "A Realm Reborn" and a good chunk of the boring slog beyond that which you have to trudge through to get to Heavensward. I'm sure the story get's better, I'm sure the cutscenes get more flashy and the voice acting improves, I've seen the videos talking about the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Look, I played this game for a while. 142 hours. It was... fine. That is not my issue, however, so keep that in mind, while reading. If you want to enjoy this game, please do. What you really ought to be aware of, however, is that when/if the time comes that you decide to uninstall it, Hidden deep in the steamapp files, you will find at least 70 gigs of data leftover. Took me a ridiculous amount of time to find out what exactly was eating a game-sized chunk of my space. I understand that…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game almost makes me forget that I live in a world ruled by cannibalistic PDF demons.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been Playing for a few days wit my friend it was worth the buy . endless quest to get lost in. i am recovering from a stroke to the brain this is helping me recover and keep my mind focus on tasks
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don’t know why I feel the need to post this publicly, but I hope it reaches someone who needs to hear it. (A video game is not a replacement for professional help or for taking care of yourself.) Final Fantasy XIV has profoundly impacted my life. It’s given me a sense of community I never had before — a healthy escape from hardship and a place for personal growth and real-world accomplishment. Through this game, I’ve learned to better appreciate my friends, my family, and the short time I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →why is your subscription process so absolutely ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. you have my money, let me play the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game for ♥♥♥♥ sake.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →**Not Recommended** FINAL FANTASY XIV is a GOOD MMORPG buried underneath a game that desperately does not want you to play it. There are some really cool raids. Great boss encounters. Surprisingly deep crafting and gathering. Beautiful zones. Excellent music. Fun combat. There are dozens of charming systems sitting right there in front of you. And Square Enix guards all of them like nuclear launch codes. Everything is behind the MSQ. Want to unlock a dungeon? MSQ. Want to enter a new region?…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was easier to file my taxes than it was to try and log into this game. Gonna have reoccurring nightmares about Mog Station for the rest of my life
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Came back. Big mistake. Loaded in, stood in Limsa for 5 minutes, realised nothing changed. Still a nightclub full of gremlins in armour and people dressed like they lost a bet. Said I’d check one thing. Didn’t check one thing. Did about 12 and forgot what I logged in for. Music hit brain gone. Just accepted it. Story’s still doing its thing. You think you don’t care anymore… you do. Annoying. Combat’s the same trap. Feels easy until it isn’t and suddenly you’re locked in trying not to look…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The nominees for Evolving Game are… DIABLO IV FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE NO MAN’S SKY SEA OF THIEVES VAMPIRE SURVIVORS WORLD OF WARCRAFT #BAFTAGamesAwards
neutral · AI labelView post →The year is 2010. Final Fantasy XIV Online is practically sunk on arrival, threatening to take Square-Enix with it. Then-President Yoichi Wada introduces the man who will helm the effort to salvage the project.
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online coming to Switch 2 this August
neutral · AI labelView post →Best MMORPG as of 2026. - 1 character for all jobs. - Best endgame content. - Best story. - Best characters. - Best visuals. - Best crafting jobs. - Friendlist community - No FOMO. - Play at your own pace.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing through the Main Story Quest again in 2026 is a 0 out of 10 experience. SquareEnix adjusted the exp from the MSQ to level through old content "faster", except the Main Story Quest chain itself hard gates players into hours upon hours of needless 'go here and talk to 'X' quests and rewards them with gear that is 10 levels lower than their character. It was more enjoyable in the past because you had to do other activities in the game to 'catch up' to the level requirents of the MSQ and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After 1,575 hours in this game, I still feel the joy of exploration every time I log in. Even after all these hours, there are still so many things I haven’t tried yet. This might be the only game where I’ve truly made memories. The story is wonderful, and the community is amazing. Even though I play solo, I never really felt alone in it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you ever decide to take a break from the game, good luck trying to log into your Square Enix account
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game. Genuinely my favorite game. Unfortunately, my husband refuses to play with me. Very sad. 1833 hours played. Alone.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So i played the free version of the game for about 300 hours before i finally got the game! If you want to try this game out get it from square's site first. There is no timelimit and the lvl cap is 70 for any free user so you have alot of time to see if the game is for you before buying it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Excited for the new DLSS 5 technology in my favourite video game Final Fantasy XIV Online
positive · AI labelView post →Pros - fantastic setting with great narratives and cool content Cons - Playing alone teaches you what proper lonliness feels like
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online provides a realistic simulation of life on a natural satellite
positive · AI labelView post →Game good, square enix bad. I hate the account system so much that it killed my interest in getting back into the game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love the game, but what a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible launcher, you will need to have the subscription on so you can even start the download, more than a hundred GB that will consume your playtime, and if your conection faulters for a second, the launcher canot restart on its own, you need to keep track of it so you can start ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ playing the game, so much money comes from this game and the company can't make things better for the ones giving.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FINAL FANTASY XIV for Xbox Series X|S Launches March 21. Important Takeaway: >**FFXIV Coins** >Payment for service fees and optional item purchases will require FFXIV Coins, which can be purchased from the Microsoft Store. Please purchase FFXIV Coins before using the Mog Station or FINAL FANTASY XIV Online Store. >After purchasing FFXIV Coins from the Microsoft Store, log into the Xbox Series X|S version of FINAL FANTASY XIV to have the purchased FFXIV Coins credited to your Square Enix…
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a story-driven MMORPG that often feels more like a traditional Final Fantasy RPG inside a persistent online world. Rebuilt and relaunched in 2013 as A Realm Reborn, it has grown into an enormous game spanning several expansions. The Main Scenario is the backbone of everything, so reaching the current expansion is a massive commitment. Its greatest strength is variety. One character can switch between every combat, crafting and gathering job, while the game offers years of optional…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online content is coming to Monster Hunter Wilds. Yoshi P from Square Enix and Ryozo Tsujimoto from Capcom announced it together at Gamescom.
neutral · AI labelView post →I purchased FINAL FANTASY XIV on Steam years ago, and the Steam registration code was redeemed on my original Square Enix account, which contains my game license and characters. After being away from the game for several years, I recently tried to return. The current login process required an additional Steam–Square Enix account linking step, and my Steam account became associated with a newly created Square Enix account instead of the original account that already held my license. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is good IF YOU READ THE STORY! And I don't mean only the main NPCs, every bit of dialog is either funny or important. Get immersed in the world and roleplay. If you skip all the dialog you WILL hate the game but if you give it a solid patient shot its well worth the play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online: 60 Day Time Card code is $26.99 on Newegg w/ code BFDDYA284 buff.ly/4fCg8lr #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online running on Switch 2
neutral · AI labelView post →If you do "Crafting", demons named "Market Board" will try to convince you to "Buy" the "Full Game". This is easily avoided by spending 90% of your gameplay mining pebbles and chopping branches and making rivets and
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sometimes I turn on my PC to do something and my muscle memory just opens this game up and I forget everything I had to do...
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FINAL FANTASY XIV Online - Complete Edition is $41.99 on US PSN buff.ly/4fJnraL (PC) Square Enix Store buff.ly/3BKfqVf
neutral · AI labelView post →Registration and early game are awful. As recurring player i also cant just join the game as a trial, i have to purchase a sub
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online @biglionpaws.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online: 60 Day Time Card Code is $24.99 on Newegg w/ code SSF2554 buff.ly/tmdcYTj #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →This game defined my life for a long, long time. I honestly haven't played in a while, but assuming it stays unchanged, the story from ARR to Endwalker is a fantastic journey. This is a slow game with cyclical, dance-like combat in terms of rotations. Class identity has faded over the years and the devs seems bent on homogenizing everything at a high level for better or for worse. Still, as long as you don't try to make this game your entire identity like I did, and you touch grass every so…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Y'shtola. Need I say more? Perhaps I should, for those who don't want to scroll through thousands of words of corporate jargon in Square Enix's ToS: Before you spend $13–$15 a month on a game you just discovered five minutes ago, you should absolutely get the Free Trial. It gives you the base game and the first three expansions entirely for free. That's over a thousand hours of content just for the Main Scenario Quest (MSQ), and another thousand if you like doing every single side quest.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online: 60 Day Time Card Code is $24.99 on Newegg w/ code EPGA2 buff.ly/eNOOYaX #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →It's not good anymore. Good enough if you want to check it out and enjoy the content/Story. But as a long term playing mmo, no. The content drops became stale and few and far between (with the shop getting updated more frequently and with better rewards than obtainable ingame), while the obsessive community will deflect any kind of criticism and will harass, dox and witchhunt you due to their parasocial relation with the developer. I might change this review later when this game receives long…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've been off this game for a long time now, mostly because i had lost 14,000 hours of playtime and obviously that would make it hard to get back into a game, especially if it isn't very good in the first place either. i know from what i had last seen of the community, it has become popular to criticise this game, to which i understand this review can be take as bandwagoning. But this really just comes from a place of grief, a game that i sunk a lot of hours into has changed for the worst…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →when someone tells you “trust me bro, this gets good 300 hours in”, i PROMISE you this applies to this game. but you gotta love reading. there's lot of it. but the payoff is worth it. don't listen to the tourists who tell you to skip any part of the MSQ.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just finished the base game of ARR, and honestly, I’ve fallen in love with this world. I’ve been logging in every day, I’ve played MMOs for years, but FFXIV feels like I’m actually meant to be here. I took my time going through the base game and I’ve enjoyed pretty much everything, crafting, dungeons and just enjoying the world. I’ve messed up lots at the start and still do, stood in AOEs more times than I can count, but every time, people were patient and kind. For the last 96 hours, this…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online: 60 Day Time Card Code is $26.99 at Newegg w/ code SDET278 buff.ly/tQb5XJ5 #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →after 12 years 9,000+ hours (windows launcher) 22 jobs and counting 8 crafters 3 gatherers dozens of friendships starting and ending it was always FFXIV 1/10 for finding relationships
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Being the only MMORPG that truly hooked me in, I cannot recommend this game in good faith. I think I got my money's worth and it was definitely fun for most of it but Yoshi P. and his dev team do not know wtf they're doing anymore. I cannot expect anything good out of them nor do I think they have it in them to actually implement changes players want. They promise but never deliver on their word. If they do it's half assed or it's like putting tape on-top of a longstanding issue/s. Do not give…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is an insult to game design. The duty roulette is a chore and I fall asleep doing dungeons, often you wont be able to use your max level character cause content scales you down and removes most of the abilities you have earned. Said content is too easy and completely frictionless. They design this game for people without a pulse. Content is locked behind a 200h story. The fact that the story is that long is simply insulting. Not all of the story is good, mind you. It is an absolute…
negative · 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 paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →FINAL FANTASY XIV Online is a rare MMO that feels like a full-scale Final Fantasy first and an online game second. It opens slowly, but once it finds its rhythm it delivers a polished, story-driven experience with strong presentation, memorable music, and a world that’s easy to sink into for months. The main story is the backbone here, and it’s unusually important for an MMO. Cutscenes, voice acting, and character arcs steadily improve as you progress, and later expansions (if you keep going)…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the best way to describe this game is as a movie. the gameplay itself can best be described as sterile: from the beginning, the developers have eroded any sense of character or fun that you may have been able to get out of the actual core gameplay-- which is running dungeons, and endlessly pressing the same sequence of buttons, over and over. the combat, as with most mmos, has no depth outside of memorization. some might say the depth comes from fight mechanics, wherein you must complete…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online: 60 Day Time Card Code is $26.99 on Newegg w/ code EPERA28 buff.ly/vw5KMwx #ad
neutral · AI labelView post →oh boy, it's time to get on Final Fantasy XIV Online for the PC [afks]
positive · AI labelView post →Incredible! My game still looks like the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV Online! #ModlessMonday | #viera | #gpose
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neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy XIV Online: Endwalker
neutral · AI labelView post →Asahi sas Brutus (FINAL FANTASY XIV Online: STORMBLOOD)
neutral · AI labelView post →Don't buy this game on steam if you're not gonna pay every month for it. Do NOT buy this game until you've gone through most of the free trial content. You're wasting money paying for something that's free. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME UNLESS YOU'RE READY TO PAY THE SUBSCRIPTION FOREVER. Once you purchase the game (actually just renting a month subscription to the game, you're not actually buying anything, once it's over you have nothing) You cannot play anymore. You cannot switch back to a free…
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