Final Fantasy Resonance release date: Oct. 22, 2026, at $49.99 on Switch 2, Switch, PS5, Xbox and PC

Square Enix’s first HD-2D Final Fantasy is days away. Here’s when Final Fantasy Resonance comes out, what each edition costs and what’s in the demo.

When does Final Fantasy Resonance come out?

On Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026, on Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PS5, Xbox Series X and S and PC through Steam. Every version launches the same day. Pre-orders opened on June 9, 2026, and the game is rated E10+ by the ESRB.

Price and editions

The standard edition costs $49.99 on every platform. The Digital Deluxe Edition costs $59.99 and adds the Magitek & Grimoire Deluxe Pack, with a key that turns your chocobo into magitek armor, an Archwitch’s Grimoire that unlocks a character’s Fel Meteor Limit Burst, a Mastery Ring and a stack of items. On the Nintendo eShop, an upgrade from standard to Deluxe costs $14.99.

The Collector’s Edition costs $209.99 on the Square Enix Store, for PS5, Switch 2 or Switch. It comes with the physical standard game, a Digital Deluxe upgrade code and a goods box with an acrylic block set, a pixel art book, a 120-track soundtrack CD and an exclusive Final Fantasy Trading Card Game promo card. The box alone weighs 5.11 pounds.

Physical copies are listed only for PS5, Switch 2 and Switch in Square Enix’s official store links, so on Xbox and PC the game is digital.

Pre-order bonus and early purchase bonus

Pre-orders get the Magitek Airship & Squire Starter Pack: a Magitek Airship Passkey that changes your airship’s look, a Knight’s Greatsword, a Chestplate of Preparation that raises EXP from battles, a Magicite Shard, three Tents and three Mist Potions. Buying by Nov. 6, 2026, at 8:59 a.m. PT also adds the Squire Kickstart Pack, with a Blessed Cuirass that raises the gil you earn and a Mist Ether. Both are claimed from the postbox in front of the inn in the Town of Mitra.

The free demo

The demo came out on Sept. 3, 2026. It covers the story from the opening through the end of Chapter 1, with some level restrictions, and you can explore the whole first chapter as it appears in the full game. Saved data carries over when you buy it, and the Nintendo eShop has separate demos for Switch 2 and Switch.

What is Final Fantasy Resonance about?

The story starts in Grandshelt, the Kingdom of Knights. Rain, the young commander of its airship squadron, and Lasswell, Rain’s childhood friend and deputy, are sent to investigate the Earth Shrine, where a protective barrier has weakened. Inside, an armored warrior named Veritas of the Dark, one of the Sworn Six of Paladia, overpowers them and shatters the Earth Crystal, then attacks Grandshelt itself. Rain and Lasswell set out to protect the remaining Crystals, joined by Fina, a girl with no memory beyond a name who appeared from the Earth Crystal.

Battles are turn-based. You exploit weaknesses to stagger enemies, earn extra turns and unleash Resonance attacks, and Visions, echoes of classic Final Fantasy characters, fight beside your party with their own skills. Side content includes the wandering swordmaster Gilgamesh, a Colosseum, the Chamber of Arms and a fight with Ultima Weapon.

Who makes it, and who’s in the cast?

Square Enix develops the game with Lancarse, and it’s the first Final Fantasy in the HD-2D style, mixing pixel-art characters with 3D worlds and dynamic camera angles. In English, Clifford Chapin voices Rain, Alejandro Saab voices Lasswell and Lizzie Freeman voices Fina; the Japanese cast includes Nobuhiko Okamoto, Yusuke Kobayashi and Akane Fujita in the same roles. On PC, Steam lists Windows 11, 8 GB of memory, a GeForce GTX 1650 and 15 GB of storage as the minimum.

For the rest of launch week, see our new games this week roundup, and for what’s next on Nintendo’s console, our upcoming Switch 2 games list.

This page is updated as soon as Square Enix announces a launch time, patch or change to the editions of Final Fantasy Resonance.