Now that Kingdom Hearts IV has a definitive release date of “late 2027” with no planned delays (according to director and series creator Tetsuya Nomura), fans are flocking to previous titles in preparation for Sora and his party’s new adventure. Several Kingdom Hearts games on Steam have reached new all-time concurrent player count highs, no doubt thanks to Square Enix’s franchise sale.
While Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- has yet to beat its all-time concurrent peak of 11,152 players from two years ago (when it first released on Steam), the last 24 hours currently clocked in an impressive 10,220 concurrent players (source: SteamDB). Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (DLC), on the other hand, saw new all-time peaks. Though these titles do not cover the entirety of the series (several hard-to-pronounce mobile titles are required to understand the whole story), they help players get acquainted with Sora’s story.
According to player data logged on HowLongToBeat, finishing Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- can take anywhere from 113 to 304 hours. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue takes 29 hours to finish, while Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (DLC) collectively takes 45 hours (splitting the 37.5 hours of the main campaign and the 7.5 hours of the DLC). In total, finishing all three collections will take you at least 187 hours.
All three Kingdom Hearts collections – Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (DLC) – are currently on sale for 70% off (both individually and together as part of the Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece) until August 21 on Steam.
Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (DLC) are available for Windows (Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store), PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch.
Kingdom Hearts IV is set to release in late 2027 for Windows (Steam, Epic Games Store, Microsoft Store), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.
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