News ► Kingdom Hearts is headed to Steam in June 2024

[Oracle Spockanort]

Square Enix has announced that KINGDOM HEARTS is headed to Steam this summer on June 13, 2024. This news come three years after its release on the Epic Games Store.

The games coming to Steam include the following:

• KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX (Link to store page)
• KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (Link to store page)
• KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind DLC (Link to store page)

KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX will feature textural updates to its graphics, and purchasing KINGDOM HEARTS III + ReMind DLC or the INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE bundle will give players the Steam-exclusive Keyblade, “Dead of Night".

Hikaru Utada has also announced that they will be releasing "Simple & Clean (Re-Recording)" as a single on May 22, 2024.

A trailer for the steam announcement was released:

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[Chaser]

I wanna see what the new Keyblade looks like.

Also curious about the graphical updates to 1.5+2.5.

 

[Liodin]

IT'S HAPPENING!

 

[Darkspawn]

Well now I have to buy a Steam Deck!

Also the name Dead of Night for the Keyblade sounds like it may be a nod to Yozora.

 

[Liodin]

Wait, where is Melody of Memory?

 

[Chaser]

Wait, where is Melody of Memory?

Well, you see---

 

[MATGSY]

I wanna see what the new Keyblade looks like.

Also curious about the graphical updates to 1.5+2.5.

Playing KH2 on PS5 on a 55' 4K tv was rather illuminating at how the textures have aged worse than I expected. I'm guessing they're being AI-upscaled.

Well now I have to buy a Steam Deck!

Also the name Dead of Night for the Keyblade sounds like it may be a nod to Yozora.

Between preparing for moving & dental bills, I can't even begin entertaining the notion of a Steam Deck right now. Heck, I probably won't be able to buy these ports otherwise.

 

[Liodin]

Well, you see---

Man, it will be the only way to play online

 

[HakaishinChampa]

Playing KH2 on PS5 on a 55' 4K tv was rather illuminating at how the textures have aged worse than I expected. I'm guessing they're being AI-upscaled.


Between preparing for moving & dental bills, I can't even begin entertaining the notion of a Steam Deck right now. Heck, I probably won't be able to buy these ports otherwise.

I feel you with dental bills, like I got some teeth that need work on and it's over 6000 dollars.

I wonder if the mods from EGS will be easily ported over to the Steam version.

 

[Chaser]

Store isn't active yet but

1.5 + 2.5: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2552430
2.8: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2552440
3: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2552450

 

[Liodin]

Wait.

The games release on the 13th and the SGF is on the 7th.

WTF!?

 

[Sakuraba Neku]

Wait, after all these years Kingdom Hearts still wasn't on steam? Damn, Square...
A really late but good decision. If they want their games to sell more, making them available to more people is the logical thing to do.

 

[Chaser]

Saw in the description that the series has sold 36 million units as of December 2023, which is a million more than the last update in April 2022.

Not sure how well this will actually sell on Steam, but we're definitely hitting over 40 million for the series very soon.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

 

[Chaser]

Since they're cleaning up the graphics, can the PS4 and Xbox versions of the games finally get patched to have visual and frame rate parity? Each time it's been ported, the games have been improved but that's not been retroactively applied.

 

[Oracle Spockanort]

Since they're cleaning up the graphics, can the PS4 and Xbox versions of the games finally get patched to have visual and frame rate parity? Each time it's been ported, the games have been improved but that's not been retroactively applied.

Right? It's pretty frustrating that the existing console ports are the inferior versions.

I want to whine about no current gen ports with all of the bells and whistles, but I also think they will wait to port them to current gen when KH4 is closer to releasing in order to maximize reach.

 

[Darkspawn]

Dengeki revealed the Keyblade early it seems.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1792749462986850337

 

[Squood!]

Dengeki revealed the Keyblade early it seems.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1792749462986850337

Oh

Another Star Cluster recolor...

DEAD OF NIGHT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE AS A STEAM NAME

 

[Keyblade Knight 1st Class]

I also think they will wait to port them to current gen when KH4 is closer to releasing in order to maximize reach.

They'll probably call it The Re:Story So Far collection or something like that

 

[Chaser]

DEAD OF NIGHT DOESN'T EVEN MAKE SENSE AS A STEAM NAME

It's because the links to the Steam pages are becoming active in the dead of night in Japan.