In this science fantasy RPG, choose between Claude or Rena, play through their perspectives, and unlock various endings. Recruit allies and defeat foes in fast paced real-time battles.
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Availability
We put this game to every storefront we collect. A market that answered not sold has told us something about the game; a market we never asked has not, and the two are never drawn the same.
Discounts
Every price cut of more than 20% we have observed, in each market that quoted one, with this game's chart position on either side of it. These are episodes, not a model: a sale is one event, and one event cannot tell you what the next one will do.
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Each DLC is estimated with the same model as a game, then summed — a modeled figure, not reported DLC sales.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, GOG, Nintendo publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $24.99−50% | 4Kreviews | 93% | — | $1.8M |
| $49.99 | 3.5Kratings | 96% | — | not modelled | |
Updates
Build ids and update times come straight from Steam's PICS — the same source SteamDB reads. Patch history grows as we record new builds.
Engagement
Reviews
Themes across 844 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
I bought this game because I played it on my PS1 back then but disc 2 was broken so I didn't manage to finish this. I really love this game. try it out especially if you like JRPGs.
One of the best PSX RPGs, and easily the best remake of the two. Amount of content and replayability is crazy. VERY good post-game dungeon. Do yourself a favor and play this game.
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14 of 15 markets; the rest we haven't asked for this title, not markets where it is unavailable.
14 on sale1 answered “not sold”0 we did not ask
The 1 “not sold” market is read from the Steam price pass of Sep 1: that day the store answered for this game elsewhere and gave no price there. The 14 priced markets are the same rows as the table above — each the latest price we hold, dated here when it is older than that pass. The 0 marked “not asked” were not put to this store at all — either it has no storefront there or we do not collect it yet, and neither is a statement about the game. A refusal is a refusal on one day; a store can list a title again tomorrow.
Reviews, worldwide (the counter carries no country): 0.78/day in the week to Aug 4 → 1.14/day in the week after.
For scale, across Steam · Top Sellers · Brazil over the last 30 days: the 23 chart moves that followed a price cut of more than 20% went a median of 14 places towards #1, and the 2,515 moves with no price cut behind them went 2 away. One store, one chart, one country — it is the only place we have enough observations to say even that.
Prices outside the United States have been collected since 6 August 2026 and chart positions since 19 July 2026, so a cut older than that has no market to compare and a market that joined later has no history yet. Nothing here is converted between currencies.
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All-time low is the lowest price we've recorded for this game since we started tracking it.
Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese*, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese*languages with full audio support
| $49.99 |
| 45ratings |
| 94% |
| — |
| not modelled |
| $29.99−40% | — | — | — | not modelled |
Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 849 reviews with recorded playtime.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
The best way to revisit this gem from the past with new visuals, more content and quality of life additions.
Great RPG. Nostalgic and one of my favorites growing up. My only gripe, which seems to be a common one, is once you get to nede, the story kind of falls off. Its not bad but it falls victim to convoluted jrpg stories that japanese devs cant quite ever get rid of. Its still fun to play and eventually break with strong builds after your first playthrough. If you end up going for all 99 endings like I did, its quite easy and takes about an hour / 2 hours per run when youre beefed up. But if you dont want to, dont worry youre not missing much in terms of endings. Theyre all relatively short and variations of the same. However I do recommend getting Claude and Rena 1-3.
Brilliant game and brilliant remake. The quality of life features have been perfected here. I wish every rgp remake was like this. Please remake star ocean 3.
Star Ocean: The Second Story is one of my all-time favorite RPGs. I’ve beaten the PS1 version countless times, so I had very high expectations for the remake—and honestly, I’m quite pleased with it, especially given Square Enix’s recent track record. Compared to the original, I still prefer the PS1 version, but both are great games. The updated graphics are gorgeous, and the quality-of-life improvements are a huge welcome for veteran players. That said, the towns and cities feel noticeably smaller in the remake, which bothered me a bit. I also strongly prefer the original soundtrack—the remastered arrangements just don’t hit the same for me. Most of the new voice acting is solid, but Claude’s new voice is a letdown; his deeper tone in the original felt much more fitting, while the remake’s is a little too high-pitched for my taste. My biggest complaint is the enemy HP bloat. Enemies are massive HP sponges now, and even when you have a clear level or equipment advantage, fights drag on way longer than necessary because you’re just mashing the attack button forever. Overall, if you’re a fan of the PS1 classic, you’ll almost certainly enjoy this updated version with all its modern conveniences and extras. That said, at the end of the day, the original still reigns supreme for me.
wer die ps1 version geliebt hatt wird hier nochmehr spaß haben
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重製後背景精緻但人物保持像素 玩起來很有舊時代的感覺 各種IC技能跟戰鬥技能自由點選 老式的JRPG總是會鑽研很多特殊的成長系統 這也是新遊戲所體會不到的 一開始覺得複雜 但學會後就很有意思
A remaster to the 1998 version. Has both English and Japanese voiceovers. If you like the Tales Series but want a Sci-fi twist to it, you will enjoy this game. The story liking is personal preference whether if you like it or not.
Active players
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Players by region
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