{"id":71096,"date":"2026-08-18T10:30:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=71096"},"modified":"2026-08-18T10:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T01:30:37","slug":"kingdom-hearts-games-see-steam-player-counts-surge-following-kingdom-hearts-4-release-date-announcement-and-70-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/kingdom-hearts-games-see-steam-player-counts-surge-following-kingdom-hearts-4-release-date-announcement-and-70-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingdom Hearts games see\u00a0Steam player counts\u00a0surge\u00a0following Kingdom Hearts 4 release date announcement\u00a0and 70% sale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now that\u00a0<strong>Kingdom Hearts IV<\/strong>\u00a0has a definitive release date of \u201clate 2027\u201d with no planned delays\u00a0(according to director and series creator Tetsuya Nomura), fans are flocking to\u00a0previous\u00a0titles in preparation for Sora and\u00a0his\u00a0party\u2019s\u00a0new adventure. Several\u00a0Kingdom Hearts\u00a0games on Steam have\u00a0reached new all-time concurrent player count\u00a0highs, no doubt thanks to Square Enix\u2019s\u00a0franchise sale.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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: <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2552430\/charts\/#max\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamDB<\/a>). 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\u2019s story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260817-460462-001-1080x608-1.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-71098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260817-460462-001-1080x608-1.webp 1080w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260817-460462-001-1080x608-1-380x214.webp 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/20260817-460462-001-1080x608-1-768x432.webp 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to player data logged on HowLongToBeat, finishing Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- can take anywhere from <a href=\"https:\/\/howlongtobeat.com\/game\/42802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">113 to 304 hours<\/a>. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue takes <a href=\"https:\/\/howlongtobeat.com\/game\/37863\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">29 hours<\/a> to finish, while Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (DLC) collectively takes 45 hours (splitting the <a href=\"https:\/\/howlongtobeat.com\/game\/13157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">37.5 hours<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All three Kingdom Hearts collections &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2552430\/KINGDOM_HEARTS_HD_1525_ReMIX\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kingdom Hearts -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2552440\/KINGDOM_HEARTS_HD_28_Final_Chapter_Prologue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2552450\/KINGDOM_HEARTS_III__Re_Mind_DLC\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind (DLC)<\/a> &#8211; are currently on sale for 70% off (both individually and together as part of the Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece) until August 21 on Steam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/tetsuya-nomuras-writing-process-for-kingdom-hearts-might-explain-both-its-cohesion-and-convolution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tetsuya Nomura\u2019s writing process for Kingdom Hearts might explain both its cohesion and convolution\u202f<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All three Kingdom Hearts collections will be on sale for 70% off until August 21 on Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":71097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":false,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":7}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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