| Route | Price now | Includes Re Mind? | Catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I~III] — PS5, Xbox Series X|S / PC (Play Anywhere), Switch 2 | $74.99 | Yes | None — out now, one edition, no launch discount |
| KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I~III] — Steam | $74.99 | Yes | The same 2024 PC ports that were sold as INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE |
| Any one of the three collections on its own | $39.99 | Only with III + Re Mind | Three separately = $119.97, so the bundle saves $44.98 |
| Upgrade for owners of the old digital versions | 50% off | Yes | Switch (Cloud), PS4 or Xbox One digital owners only |
| KINGDOM HEARTS All-In-One Package — PS4 | $74.99 | No | Same price as the new bundle, older builds, no Re Mind |
The Kingdom Hearts Collection release date was Thursday 8 October 2026, and it is out now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2 and PC, with pre-order players in since 04:00 UTC on 6 October. It costs $74.99 on every storefront, and that now includes Steam, where the bundle formerly sold as INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE has been renamed KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I~III]. Critics like it: Metacritic shows 88 on Switch 2 and 80 on PS5.
When we first wrote this guide on 22 September, the interesting part was the price gap: the same three collections were $29.99 on Steam and $74.99 everywhere else. That gap is gone. When we reopened every listing on 10 October, all five stores charged $74.99 for the bundle and $39.99 for each collection. The PS4 All-In-One Package had gone back up to $74.99 too. What is left to decide is the platform, whether you qualify for Square Enix’s 50% upgrade offer, and how much storage you need to clear. If you are paying with store credit, a $50 Nintendo eShop card plus a smaller top-up covers the Switch 2 version, a $100 Xbox gift card covers it on Xbox and PC with change left over, and on Steam a $50 Steam wallet code with a $20 code leaves you about $5 short of the bundle and comfortably covers any single collection.
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Kingdom Hearts Collection release date: out since 8 October
The storefronts still disagree about the date, for the same reason they did before launch. Nintendo’s page carries 8 October. The Xbox catalogue lists an original release date of 6 October at 04:00 UTC for the bundle, while its three individual collections are dated 8 October. The PlayStation Store’s page data also stamps the bundle 2026-10-06T04:00Z. These describe one launch from two ends: 6 October is when pre-order early access opened, and 8 October is when everyone else could buy and play.
How the 48-hour early access played out
The PlayStation and Xbox listings used the same wording: pre-order by 11:59 PM on 7 October 2026 and get 48 hours of early access. In practice, that meant anyone who pre-ordered on the 6th or 7th could start straight away. Nintendo never mentioned early access on its page and advertised pre-load instead. Early access is over now. Buying today gets you the game immediately on every platform. The only pre-order perk that never expired is the platform Keyblade, which still comes with any purchase.
Kingdom Hearts Collection reviews
| Where | Score | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| Metacritic — Nintendo Switch 2 | 88 (Generally Favorable) | 20 critic reviews, 100% positive |
| Metacritic — PlayStation 5 | 80 | 11 critic reviews |
| PlayStation Store (US) | 4.87 / 5 | 262 player ratings |
| Xbox / Microsoft Store (US) | 4.7 / 5 | 50 player ratings |
“This is an incredible time to jump in.”
— Nintendo World Report, 95/100, Switch 2 review, 5 October 2026 — the highest score on Metacritic
Two patterns stand out in the scores. First, the Switch 2 version is the one critics rate most highly, by eight points, and it got nearly twice as many reviews. Handheld Kingdom Hearts that runs natively, not through the old Cloud streaming versions, is the new thing here, and reviewers treated it that way. Second, nobody is reviewing these as new games. The reviews judge the package: whether it is the right way to catch up before Kingdom Hearts IV. All 20 Switch 2 reviews on Metacritic said yes. Metacritic had no user score yet when we checked, because fewer than four users had rated it.
What’s included in Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III]
- KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX- — six titles, from the original game through Birth by Sleep.
- KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue — Dream Drop Distance HD, the χ Back Cover movie, and 0.2 Birth by Sleep – A fragmentary passage –.
- KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC) — the finale of the Xehanort saga plus its story expansion.
- A platform-exclusive Keyblade, which differs on every storefront (see below).
- Nothing else. There is no Deluxe, no Ultimate, no season pass and no soundtrack tier — the $74.99 SKU is the whole product.
The bundle does not include the rest of the series. Melody of Memory and the mobile entries are left out, and Kingdom Hearts IV is a separate future purchase; Metacritic lists it as TBA 2027. “I~III” means the first three numbered games plus the side stories that sit between them.
The six titles inside HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX
- KINGDOM HEARTS FINAL MIX
- KINGDOM HEARTS Re:Chain of Memories
- KINGDOM HEARTS II FINAL MIX
- KINGDOM HEARTS 358/2 Days — HD cutscene compilation, not a playable game
- KINGDOM HEARTS Birth by Sleep FINAL MIX
- KINGDOM HEARTS Re:coded — HD cutscene compilation, not a playable game
Two of those six are films, not games, a detail most “ten games for $74.99” write-ups skip. 358/2 Days and Re:coded are HD cutscene compilations that you watch rather than play. Counted honestly, the Collection holds seven playable games and three pieces of watchable story.
Kingdom Hearts Collection price after launch
| What you buy | Where | Price 10 Oct | Was 22 Sep |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collection upgrade for owners of the old digital versions | Switch 2, PS5, Xbox (per Square Enix) | 50% off | Announced for Nintendo Cloud owners only |
| One collection (any of the three) | Every storefront, Steam included | $39.99 | Steam: $49.99–$59.99 list, $14.99–$17.99 on sale |
| KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I~III] | PS5 / Xbox Series X|S + PC / Switch 2 | $74.99 | $74.99 (pre-order) |
| KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I~III] (was INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE) | Steam | $74.99 | $29.99 (−70% from $99.99, ended 1 Oct) |
| All-In-One Package (no Re Mind) | PlayStation Store, PS4 | $74.99 | $39.99 (−60%, ended 24 Sep) |
| The three collections separately | Every storefront | $119.97 | Steam list: $169.97 |
Is Kingdom Hearts Collection on Steam? Yes — sort of
On 22 September the same box on the same page read “KINGDOM HEARTS INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE”, at $29.99 down from $99.99. By 10 October Steam’s package API returned the name “KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I～III]”, and each of the three apps it contains still showed a release date of 13 June 2024. So on Steam the Collection is a renamed bundle of the existing 2024 PC ports, now priced to match the consoles, rather than a new release. It still comes with Steam’s own Keyblade, “Dead of Night”. Square Enix’s collection site now links Steam alongside the console stores, and the Epic Games Store for the two older collections. Before launch it listed PC only through the Microsoft Store.
So if you have been waiting on PC: the deadline we flagged did matter. The $29.99 price ended on 1 October as advertised. The list price did not go back to $99.99, though; it dropped to $74.99, so the bundle now costs $25 less than its pre-sale list price. On PC you can also buy through the Microsoft Store, where Xbox Play Anywhere gives you the console version with the same purchase. That is the better deal if anyone in the house has an Xbox Series X|S.
The 50% upgrade for PS4, Xbox One and Cloud owners
This is the change most likely to save you money. In September the only upgrade offer we could confirm was Nintendo’s, for owners of the Kingdom Hearts Cloud versions. Square Enix’s collection page now says digital owners on Nintendo Switch (Cloud), PlayStation 4 or Xbox One get 50% off the new version of whatever they own. Owning HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, HD 2.8 or III + Re Mind individually discounts that collection. Owning INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE discounts the whole Collection. The page also says the offer covers digital pre-orders and digital purchases after launch, so it did not end at release. Physical copies do not qualify. Square Enix states the discount as a percentage only, so check the price your store shows before you pay. We could not test the offer because it depends on the purchase history of the account doing the buying.
Kingdom Hearts Collection FAQs
Is Kingdom Hearts Collection out now?
Is Kingdom Hearts Collection on Steam?
How much is Kingdom Hearts Collection?
Can I upgrade Kingdom Hearts from PS4 to PS5?
What’s included in Kingdom Hearts Collection [I~III]?
How big is Kingdom Hearts Collection on Switch 2?
Is Kingdom Hearts Collection on the original Switch?
Final download size: 127.7 GB on Switch 2
Final sizes after launch (pre-release estimate in brackets) Nintendo Switch 2 — from Nintendo's product pages 53.8 GB HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX ............ (54.2) 27.6 GB HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue (26.9) 46.4 GB III + Re Mind (DLC) ......... (45.2) -------- 127.7 GB total ≈ 50% of a 256 GB Switch 2 Xbox Series X|S — max download per package, Xbox catalogue 77.1 GB HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX 36.6 GB HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue 59.6 GB III + Re Mind (DLC) -------- 173.3 GB total
Before launch we could only add up Nintendo’s estimates, which came to 126.3 GB. Now that the games are out, Nintendo’s pages carry final sizes, and the total grew slightly to 127.7 GB. Nintendo reports sizes in binary gigabytes, so we added the raw byte counts and converted the same way. Either way, one purchase uses about half of a new Switch 2’s internal storage. If you have no microSD Express card yet, buy one with the game. Our <a href="/tools/switch-2-storage-calculator">Switch 2 storage calculator</a> shows what else will fit.
Xbox is bigger: the three Series X|S packages total 173.3 GB according to the maximum download sizes in Microsoft’s catalogue. The Microsoft Store PC packages list 53.8 GB and 28.0 GB for the first two collections. For III + Re Mind the PC package lists 127.3 GB, far above the 75 GB on Steam’s spec sheet. That figure is a listed maximum and probably includes every language pack, so treat it as an upper bound rather than what will actually download. Sony still does not publish sizes on its store pages.
PC requirements
| HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX | HD 2.8 | III + Re Mind | |
|---|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit (1909+) | Windows 10 64-bit (1909+) | Windows 10 64-bit (1909+) |
| Processor | Core i3-3210 / A8-7600 | Core i5-3330 / Ryzen 3 1200 | Core i5-3330 / Ryzen 3 1200 |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM | 8 GB RAM |
| Graphics | GTX 750 / RX 460 | GTX 760 2 GB / R7 260X 2 GB | GTX 760 2 GB / R7 260X 2 GB |
| DirectX | Version 11 | Version 12 | Version 11 |
| Storage | 60 GB | 35 GB | 75 GB |
The four platform-exclusive Keyblades
| Platform | Exclusive Keyblade |
|---|---|
| Nintendo Switch 2 | “Long Night” |
| PlayStation | “Midnight Blue” |
| Xbox | “Phantom Green” |
| Steam | “Dead of Night” |
Don’t pick a platform because of these. In September the PlayStation Store was still selling a ‘Midnight Blue’ Keyblade add-on for the PS4 version of KINGDOM HEARTS III at $2.99, so at least one of the four “exclusives” is a cosmetic that had a small price tag for years. Treat them as flavour.
Which platform should you buy it on?
Nintendo Switch 2 ($74.99)
The best-reviewed version (Metascore 88 from 20 critics) and the genuinely new offer: native Switch 2 builds instead of cloud streaming. Owners of the old Cloud versions get 50% off. The storage bill is the catch.
- Highest critic score of any platform
- Native builds, not Cloud streaming
- 50% off for Cloud-version owners
- 127.7 GB — about half the internal storage
- Not compatible with the original Switch
Xbox Series X|S / PC ($74.99)
Xbox Play Anywhere means the console and Microsoft Store PC versions come together, with 4K and 60 fps+ stated on the listing. Now that Steam no longer undercuts it, this is the best PC route for anyone who also owns an Xbox.
- Console + PC in one purchase
- 4K / 60 fps+ on the listing
- 50% upgrade for Xbox One digital owners
- 173.3 GB on Series X|S
- No Xbox One version
Steam ($74.99)
The same content, the same price, and two years of patches on the 2024 ports. It is no longer a $45 bargain, and it reaches no console. The Steam Keyblade differs from the others, but that is not a reason to choose it.
- Same price as consoles
- Mature, patched PC ports
- Each collection $39.99 alone
- The 2024 ports under a new name, not a 2026 build
- The $29.99 deal is gone
- 170 GB disk space across the three
PlayStation 5 ($74.99)
Native PS5 builds, a strong 4.87/5 player rating, and a 50% upgrade path for digital PS4 owners. Critics scored it lower than the Switch 2 version (80 vs 88), and Sony publishes no download size.
- 50% upgrade from digital PS4 versions
- 4.87/5 from 262 player ratings
- Metascore 80, below Switch 2
- No published download size
Before you buy
- Check your library first: if you own any of the old digital versions on Switch (Cloud), PS4 or Xbox One, your store should show 50% off before you pay full price.
- Do not buy the PS4 All-In-One Package for a PS5 — it is the same $74.99 and leaves out Re Mind.
- On Switch 2, clear about 128 GB or add a microSD Express card in the same order.
- On PC with an Xbox in the house, buy on the Microsoft Store for Play Anywhere; otherwise Steam is the same price.
- Try the free KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind demo first. Square Enix says save data from its first section carries over to the full game.
- Top up the right wallet in advance so payment does not stall at checkout.
Sources & how we checked this
This post was first published on 22 September 2026 and refreshed after launch on 10 October 2026. On that date we re-read every price, date, size and offer below from the publisher or the storefront, with each store set to the United States. We confirmed Steam prices against Steam’s own store and package APIs, Xbox prices and download sizes against Microsoft’s product catalogue, and PlayStation prices and ratings from the store page data. Where a store publishes nothing, such as a PS5 download size, we say so instead of estimating.
- KINGDOM HEARTS Collection [I~III] official site — contents, storefront links (now including Steam and Epic), the 50% digital-owner discount for Switch (Cloud), PS4 and Xbox One, the demo save carry-over and all four Keyblades.
- Collection on Nintendo.com — $74.99 and the 8 October date; final sizes on the three individual listings: HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX, HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue and III + Re Mind ($39.99 each).
- Collection on the PlayStation Store — $74.99, the 6 October 04:00 UTC release stamp and the 4.87/262 rating; PS4 All-In-One Package — now $74.99.
- Collection on Xbox — $74.99, Play Anywhere, 4.7/50 rating; sizes from the catalogue entries of its three components.
- KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind on Steam — the renamed $74.99 bundle, $39.99 per collection, the 13 June 2024 release date, PC specs and “Dead of Night”.
- Metacritic — 88 (Switch 2, 20 critics) and 80 (PS5, 11 critics), and the Nintendo World Report quote.
How we work is set out in our editorial policy. If you are paying with store credit, our guides to redeeming a Nintendo eShop card and redeeming an Xbox gift card cover the common failure cases, and Steam sale dates for 2026 tells you when the next discount window opens. Other launches we are tracking: Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, Planet Zoo 2 on 13 October and Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse on 15 October.
