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Final Fantasy XVI

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Final Fantasy XVI
Final Fantasy XVI cover
Developers
Square Enix Creative Studio III
Square Enix
PlatinumGames
Publishers
Square Enix
Release dates
Windows September 17, 2024
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, RPG
Art styles Realistic
Themes Fantasy, Medieval
Series Final Fantasy
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Final Fantasy XVI TBA

Final Fantasy XVI is a singleplayer action and RPG game primary developed by Square Enix Creative Studio III and published by Square Enix. It is the sixteenth main installment in the Final Fantasy series.

Originally released on PlayStation 5 on June 22, 2023, it was ported to PC and released on September 17, 2024.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
Epic Games Launcher
Complete Edition also available.
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
Humble Store
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
Steam
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Complete Edition also available.
Windows
All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Demo

A demo is available on Steam and Epic Games Store.

Monetization

Type Notes
DLC Story DLC is available.
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions None

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Echoes of the Fallen
Windows
The Rising Tide
Windows

Essential improvements

Final Fantasy XVI Fix

Fix that adds ultrawide/narrower support, uncaps frame rate in cutscenes, lets you adjust gameplay FOV and much more.
  • General
    • Adjust gameplay FOV, camera distance and camera horizontal position.
    • JXL screenshot quality option and fixes hitching while taking screenshots.
    • Allow the use of motion blur + frame generation.
    • Disable depth of field.
    • Enable background audio.
    • Lock cursor to game window.
  • Performance
    • Disable 30 FPS cap in cutscenes/photo mode or set your own frame rate limit.
    • Allow frame generation in cutscenes.
    • Disable graphics debugger checks.
  • Ultrawide/Narrower
    • Remove pillarboxing/letterboxing.
    • Fixed HUD scaling with configurable HUD size.
    • Fixed FOV scaling at <16:9.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2515020/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2515020/pfx/[Note 1]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Epic Games Launcher
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Use FFXVIFix for <16:9.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Use FFXVIFix to fix HUD scaling and pillarboxing.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Use FFXVIFix.
Windowed
Use FFXVIFix for more resolutions, resizable window, and cursor lock.
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Adjust in graphics driver settings (up to 16x)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
TSCMAA, DLAA, FSR3 Native AA
High-fidelity upscaling
DLSS 3.5, FSR 1.0, FSR 3.1, XeSS 1.3
Also supports DLSS 3 Frame Generation and AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation.
Use FFXVIFix to allow frame generation in cutscenes and enable motion blur support.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Use FFXVIFix to remove 30 FPS cap in cutscenes and photo mode.
Adjustable frame rate limit with a maximum of 240 FPS.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
No HDR specific brightness slider.
Uses Windows HDR Calibration values.
Ray tracing (RT)

Disable depth of field

Use FFXVIFix

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Camera only. Mouse Sensitivity (Horizontal) and Mouse Sensitivity (Vertical) in the Camera Settings.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Camera only. Invert Mouse (Horizontal) and Invert Mouse (Vertical) in the Camera Settings.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
The game offers six pre-defined presets: Type A, Type B, Type C, Type D, Type E and Type F. The seventh preset, Custom, offer full mapping capability.
Controller sensitivity
Camera only. Camera Sensitivity (Horizontal) and Camera Sensitivity (Vertical) in the Camera Settings.
Controller Y-axis inversion
Camera only. Invert Horizontal and Invert Vertical in the Camera Settings.
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration
PlayStation controllers
DualShock 4, DualSense, DualSense Edge
Also supports built-in speaker for sound effects, and has a separate volume control for it.
PlayStation button prompts
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
Adaptive Triggers under the Controller Setting menu.
DualSense haptic feedback support
Wired only
Connection modes Wired
Generic/other controllers
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Game will use the first connected controller if more than 1 are connected.
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Master, Music, Voice-over, Effects, and volume of Controller that has a speaker
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Use FFXVIFix to disable.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Arabic
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Latin American Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 12 [1]
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Currently, a compatible AVX2 CPU like Intel Haswell or Ryzen 1000 is required to start

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Physics Havok
Cutscenes Bink Video

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10, 11
Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 5 1600
Intel Core i5-8400
System memory (RAM) 16 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 170 GB
Video card (GPU) AMD Radeon RX 5700
Intel Arc A580
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 1070
8 GB of VRAM
DirectX 12 compatible
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Ancient paradise on 2024-08-20