Summary
- Square Enix is optimizing Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth for the Steam Deck.
- During the Game Awards 2024, it was announced that Rebirth would be released for PC on January 23, 2025.
Fans hope to be able to play Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on the Steam Deck when it finally comes out for PC, you're in luck, as Square Enix is currently optimizing the game for Valve's handheld system. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth was one of the biggest releases of 2024 and received widespread praise when it arrived on the PS5 in February. Finally, on December 12, it was nominated for multiple awards at the 2024 Game Awards, winning the award for Best Score and Music thanks to the stirring soundtrack by Masashi Hamauzu and Mitsuto Suzuki.
This wasn't the only big result of The Game Awards 2024, as it was confirmed during the show Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth launches on January 23rd for PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, with a special 30% discount on pre-orders through February 3rd. Not too long after this announcement, publisher Square Enix revealed the file size and system requirements Final Fantasy 7 RebirthThe upcoming PC port notes that players will need to clear 155GB of storage space.
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Some PC gamers will want to play it Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on their portable Steam Deck, and Square Enix is now optimizing it to run on the hardware. Square Enix confirmed this at the same time as revealing the hardware requirements for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth on PC (as reported by Eurogamer) and promises to release more information on the game's Steam Deck verification status at a later date.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth PC port release date
The Steam Deck was released in early 2022 as a competitor to the Nintendo Switch, allowing Steam users to take their PC libraries with them on the go. Some players have even figured out how to run emulators on the Steam Deck, giving curious gamers access to retro titles for systems like the first PlayStation, a platform made famous by the release of the original Final Fantasy 7 already in 1997.
The second part of Final Fantasy 7The ongoing Game of Thrones remake series will soon be coming to PC, where it will offer a host of updated features and specifications such as updated lighting, improved texture quality options, and AI-based graphical upscaling. Unfortunately, there's still no word on whether Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth or its predecessor will ever be available on Xbox consoles, making Microsoft's gaming hardware the only mainline platform Final Fantasy 7 Remake The series will no longer be playable from January 2025.