Published on June 14th, 2024 | by Adrian Gunning
SQUARE ENIX DEBUTS KINGDOM HEARTS SERIES ON STEAM
Today, SQUARE ENIX’s beloved KINGDOM HEARTS series has launched on Steam, bringing the iconic RPG series to a whole new world of players. All three collections released today—KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX, KINGDOM HEARTS 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind DLC— can be played both on PC and on-the-go on Steam Deck devices, and available at a special discounted price for a limited time*.
Watch the announcement trailer, featuring the re-recorded single “Simple and Clean” from Hikaru Utada, here.
“For the daunting challenge of re-recording one of my most loved songs I enlisted the help of my friend and collaborator A. G. Cook. The new versions of “Simple and Clean”/“Hikari” are still the songs I wrote 22 years ago, but they come from a different place, a different viewpoint. They’re reflective, wiser, and kinder. There are no such thing as wins or losses in life, just what we take away from our experiences. I’m in awe of all the lives that KINGDOM HEARTS has touched and enriched, and looking forward to more to come.” – Hikaru Utada, singer-songwriter
Certain playable titles included in KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX and KINGDOM HEARTS 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue will feature textural updates to their graphics. Users who purchase KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC) will also receive the new platform exclusive Keyblade, “Dead of Night.”
A full list of KINGDOM HEARTS titles available for purchase on Steam is as follows:
- KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX
- KINGDOM HEARTS FINAL MIX
- KINGDOM HEARTS Re:Chain of Memories
- KINGDOM HEARTS II FINAL MIX
- KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days (HD cutscene compilation)
- KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep FINAL MIX
- KINGDOM HEARTS Re:coded (HD cutscene compilation)
- KINGDOM HEARTS 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
- KINGDOM HEARTS Dream Drop Distance HD
- KINGDOM HEARTS χ Back Cover (movie)
- KINGDOM HEARTS 0.2 Birth by Sleep – A fragmentary passage –
- KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC)
- KINGDOM HEARTS INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE (includes all of the above compilations)
The beloved KINGDOM HEARTS franchise was first released in 2002 by SQUARE ENIX, and led by legendary game director Tetsuya Nomura, thus launching the longstanding collaboration between SQUARE ENIX and Disney. Since then, over 36 million copies have shipped worldwide. Steam users, who have eagerly awaited the arrival of the series on the platform will now be able to join Sora, Donald Duck, Goofy, and many other Disney characters on adventures through the “Dark Seeker Saga,” spanning from the original KINGDOM HEARTS to the critically acclaimed KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC).