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Game profile
Kingdom Hearts III
Sora travels alongside Donald and Goofy through colorful Disney and Pixar worlds to prepare for the final battle against Organization XIII. Spectacular real time combat featuring Disney park inspired attractions delivers unique action moments.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is JRPG / Action, set in a fantasy world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays light and upbeat. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. It rewards long uninterrupted stretches more than quick check-ins.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. The narrative carries the whole thing, and the mechanics serve it. It is a single player experience from start to finish. It runs on 3 platforms. It sits in the mid price bracket.
What stands out
- Disney and Pixar worlds
- Spectacular attraction battles
- Emotional saga finale
This fits you if
- you want to live through a story, not just play a system
- you are after a proper adrenaline rush
- you can sit down for a proper long stretch without interruptions
- the writing matters more to you than the mechanics
- you play alone and want a complete experience without other people
- you want something light that leaves you in a good mood
Look elsewhere if
- you skip cutscenes and want to get to the gameplay
- you only ever get short bursts of play time
- you specifically want an open world to roam
- you want to play it side by side with someone
What it costs you in time
About 37 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 6 weeks, or 19 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 90 out of 100, which puts it above 85 percent of the 1206 games here and at rank 150 overall. That is a strong score, comfortably above what most releases manage.
For comparison, JRPG averages 86 points across the database, so this one sits 4 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 251 collected ratings.
Released in 2019, so it has 7 years behind it. Usually cheap by now and the rough edges are long fixed.
The facts
- Release year
- 2019
- Genres
- JRPG, Action
- Playtime
- approx. 37 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- Carries the whole game
- Play with
- Solo
- Setting
- Fantasy
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Mid price
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation, Xbox
- Critic rating
- 90 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingdom Hearts III | 2019 | approx. 37 hrs. | 90 | Mid price |
| Granblue Fantasy: Relink | 2024 | approx. 30 hrs. | 83 | Full price |
| Tales of Arise | 2021 | approx. 45 hrs. | 87 | Mid price |
| Pokémon-Legenden: Z-A | 2025 | approx. 30 hrs. | 80 | Full price |
If you liked this, try these
- Granblue Fantasy: Relink Shared: JRPG, Action, Fantasy
- Tales of Arise Shared: JRPG, Action, Fantasy
- Pokémon-Legenden: Z-A Shared: JRPG, Action, Fantasy
- Final Fantasy VII Remake Intergrade Shared: JRPG, Action, Fantasy, rated higher
- Final Fantasy XVI Shared: JRPG, Action, Fantasy, rated higher
- Kingdom Hearts II Shared: JRPG, Action, Fantasy