Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII

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Lightning Returns is the concluding chapter of the Final Fantasy XIII saga and series heroine Lightning's final battle. The grand finale of the trilogy brings a world reborn as well as free character customization and stunning action based battles.

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Developer:
Square Enix 1st Production Department
Publisher:
Square Enix
Engine:
Crystal Tools
Release date:
10 December 2015
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Recent Steam reviews:
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All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (2622)

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Description

Lightning Returns is the concluding chapter of the Final Fantasy XIII saga and series heroine Lightning's final battle. The grand finale of the trilogy brings a world reborn as well as free character customization and stunning action based battles.

The world is sinking into a sea of chaos, and in thirteen days, nothing will remain.
Though the planet is doomed, there is still hope for those who call it home.
After centuries in crystal stasis, a hero has awoken—a legendary warrior on a god-given mission to save the souls of mankind. Her name: Lightning.
Blessed with incredible strength and an arsenal of new weapons, she has everything she needs for the coming battle. Everything except time. And now she must make an impossible choice...

Downloadable content included in-game

  • "Divine Wear" schemata
  • "Moogle Lover" schemata
  • "Ultimate Saviour" schemata
  • "FFX-2 Yuna" schemata
  • "FFVII Cloud" schemata
  • "FFX Yuna" schemata
  • "Tomb Raider" schemata
  • "Shining Prince" schemata
  • "Dark Samurai" schemata
  • "Sohei Savior" schemata
  • "Utsusemi" schemata
  • "Art of War" schemata
  • "Flower of Battle" schemata
  • "Shogun" schemata

The "FFVII Aerith" schemata is not included in this pack. Furthermore, there are no plans to make this schemata available in future.

Key Features:


LIGHTNING UNDER YOUR CONTROL
Lightning will be the playable character - with a highly evolved range of techniques for battles and exploring the environment. Customise Lightning with a large range of different outfits and weapons; that affect not only the way she looks, but also her actions and abilities.

ACTION-ORIENTED COMBAT
A new battle system gives a level of direct control over the action unlike any FINAL FANTASY game, while having iconic elements that are known and loved throughout the series too.

DLC CONTENT FROM THE ORIGINAL CONSOLE VERSION
The PC release will also include all the amazing DLC content from the original console version*, including Japanese voice-overs and various costumes, shields and weapons.
*Except for “FFVII Aerith Costume”

A CONSTANTLY MOVING, BEAUTIFUL WORLD
Stunning artistic direction depicts a doomed world filled with choice and diversity. Living, expansive environments featuring a rising and setting sun provide unique experiences for every player.

USE YOUR TIME WELL
A world on a course for total annihilation presents unique challenges; where certain areas, missions, and people will only be available during selected periods. How will you use your remaining time?

A CONNECTED EXPERIENCE
Stay connected to FINAL FANTASY and its characters, with unique features that link the in-game world to the real world.

Notes:
  • This version of the game has had no changes or additions made to the story of the original LIGHTNING RETURNS FINAL FANTASY XIII.
  • Supports Dolby® Digital output compatible sound cards.
  • This version of the game includes some of the downloadable content released for the original.
  • The bonus items originally awarded for having save data from previous games in the series will be awarded in this version regardless of whether there is suitable save data present or not.
  • Includes no functionality linked to Square Enix Members or social networking sites.
  • It is not possible to change the names assigned to chocobos, map markers or schemata.

    Key functionality features of LR:FFXIII
    Supports graphics options intended for high-end PCs:
    - Rendering resolution
    - Scaling of the display area
    - Shadow processing
    - Texture filters
    - Colour correction
    - Depth of field
    - Lighting
    - Glare
    Supports full screen and windowed display modes
    Supports a maximum frame rate of 60fps
    Supports Full HD display with a maximum resolution of 3840x2160

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

OS *:
Windows® XP SP2 or later
Processor:
2GHz Dual Core CPU
Memory:
1500 MB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA® Geforce® 8800GT / ATI Radeon™ HD 4770 VRAM 512MB or later
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
22 GB available space
Sound Card:
Sound card compatible with DirectX® 9.0c

recommended*

OS *:
Windows® Vista/ 7/ 8
Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad (2.66 GHz)/ AMD Phenom™ II X4 (2.8 GHz) processor
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA® Geforce® GTX™ 460/ ATI Radeon™ HD 5770
DirectX:
Version 9.0c
Storage:
22 GB available space
Sound Card:
Sound card compatible with DirectX® 9.0c
*Maximum supported frame rate:
60fps
Requirement 9:
*Graphic Options
Requirement 10:
*A game controller using Xinput is recomended for this game. (If using a DirectInput based controller, please use the driver side key configuration to adjust settings as required )

User reviews

Keegan
Not recommended | 18 Jun 2026
35.5h played

Final Fantasy 13 is a notoriously divisive game, 13-2 fixes most of its glaring issues and aside from the PC port being literally unplayable without fan mods is a fantastic game. 13-3 Lightning Returns takes almost

Helpful: 13
Assenemy
Recommended | 28 May 2026
41.2h played

Closing out one of the weirdest trilogies I can think of with the weirdest entry in it; Lightning Returns switches up the combat system for its most confusing-to-learn and difficult-to-master version yet, moves even

Helpful: 12
Rei
Recommended | 18 May 2026
3.7h played

The world is literally ending in 13 days, so God wakes up Lightning and turns her into the ultimate cosmic savior. Naturally, your first order of business as the savior of humanity is to sprint across the desert to find

Helpful: 19
silver_sneak85
Recommended | 25 May 2026
41.5h played

Solid conclusion to the trilogy. At first the global timer threw me off, but then added a new dimension to the play which was excellent. Great story with a return of previous characters, with so much more story depth

Helpful: 1
whythecynic
Recommended | 30 May 2026
28.7h played

Lightning Returns is a strange game, and an extremely strange Final Fantasy game. With the benefit of hindsight we might call it a Soulslike, even though it released just 2 years after DS1 and one year before DS2. What

Helpful: 5
Strawhat Bender
Recommended | 09 May 2026
2.2h played

Super interesting game. Like, actually. The only way I can truly review it is this: Listen to Yu-Gi-Oh The Falsebound Kingdom OST: Makhad on YouTube, and immediately after listen to Everything She Wants by Wham!, and

Helpful: 2