A Kingdom Hearts fan waited three years to buy the RPG series on the Epic Games Store, only to give in just five days before the games were released on Steam.
Square Enix’s Disney-themed RPG series first came to PC in 2021 and was only available on the Epic Games Store until now. Some fans, like the one in the story, didn’t want to buy the games until they were available on Steam. Last week, on May 16, this fan finally gave up and bought all the games on the Epic Games Store.
The fan said, “I give up. I can’t take it anymore. I’m buying Kingdom Hearts on EGS. You owe me when they confirm it for Steam in like three days.”
I give up. I can’t take it anymore. I’m buying Kingdom Hearts on EGS. You owe me when they confirm it for Steam in like three days.
— Derek (@Dynamite_Derek) May 16, 2024
Kingdom Hearts is Coming to Steam
I’ve been thinking a lot lately… Should I replay the Kingdom Hearts series or not? Square Enix made this decision easy by announcing that the series will be released on Steam on June 13th.
To celebrate and bring back memories for long-time fans like me, they released a trailer with a new recording of Hikaru Utada’s “Simple and Clean.”
The Kingdom Hearts Steam pages are live!
Wishlist now and get ready for launch on June 13th.
1.5+2.5: https://t.co/Qc7gMW1S2j
2.8: https://t.co/EVdN3M5vaE
3: https://t.co/vhwP9WNiTH pic.twitter.com/oZCbt3Vf2R
— KINGDOM HEARTS (@KINGDOMHEARTS) May 21, 2024
The trailer is smart, showing clips of the Kingdom Hearts games in order, reminding old fans and new players how to play them.
On Steam, there will be three main 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. There’s also a bundle called Kingdom Hearts Integrum Masterpiece, which includes all three collections for one price.
If you buy Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind DLC, you get a special keyblade called “Dead of Night” in Steam Logo blue and grey. Each collection includes several games from different platforms and consoles. You can see which games are in each collection on their Steam pages.
Kingdom Hearts coming to Steam isn’t surprising. The games have been on the Epic Games Store for a few years, so Steam is the next step.
Square Enix plans to release more games on more platforms. For over 20 years, Kingdom Hearts has mostly been on PlayStation, with some games on Nintendo DS. In 2020, Kingdom Hearts came to Xbox, and in 2022, Nintendo released cloud versions of the games.
These games are coming to Steam just a week before Summer Game Fest, where there might be news about Kingdom Hearts IV. Getting new players into the series before announcing more about the next game is a smart move.
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It’s funny that the Steam trailer shows the games in order, but the collections aren’t bundled that way. To play in the order shown, you need to watch the movie Back Cover in Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8, then play Birth By Sleep in Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5, and then go back to Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 to play Birth by Sleep – A Fragmentary Passage. It’s a bit complicated!
Hikaru Utada’s new version of “Simple and Clean” brought me to tears. As a teenager, I loved Japanese pop and rock music more than Disney.
Hearing this new version of a beloved song made me feel both young and old but in a good way. Playing these games again, I hope to relive the emotions and memories that led me to my job today and remember the joy and comfort these games brought me.