Final Fantasy 16: Demo lets you experience the action-packed combat system up close

fans of final fantasy 16 can be happy: as of today there is one free demo version of Square Enix’ upcoming RPG blockbuster. With that you can not only immerse yourself in the first two hours of the initially PS5-exclusive title.

Once the game comes out in all its glory on June 22nd, you can even transfer your progress if you wish. But that’s not all, because the developers have even more fresh food for Final Fantasy 16 (from €79.98 at preorder) ready in the course of the demo.

Final Fantasy 16: With the demo you can try out the action-packed gameplay for yourself

Square Enix announced the release of the demo version as part of the Final Fantasy 16 pre-launch celebration for today June 12 at (via PlayStationBlog). It was also revealed that we prolog of the long-awaited title that is about two hours needed to complete. Once you’ve played it through, you don’t have to do it again when the game is released, you can start right after.

If you have successfully completed the prologue in the FF16 demo, you will also switch to a special one fight demo free that you “das Action combat system of Clive with additional iconic abilities”. Due to the fact that you play a younger version of Clive, the main character of Final Fantasy 16, in the prologue, Square Enix wants to give you the chance to use some abilities that are only available later in the game be unlocked to try it out.

Interestingly, the developers add that while the combat system demonstration takes place in a rather gloomy castle, it is by no means intended to be representative of the game as a whole. On the contrary: people promise that there is a lot of light and that there will also be brighter areas. In which “action-heavy segment” of the demo, which is also around two hours game time, we infiltrate that sinister castle with the help of Torgal and Cidolfus Telamon, encountering “various enemies” and even “epic bosses”.

If you are one of those who are looking forward to the release of what is now the sixteenth part of the main series, we have another one for you elsewhere all important information about the release, the editions and the story of Final Fantasy 16 summarized.