| Platform | Unlock | In UTC | Status on 18 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam (PC) | 15 Oct, 3 PM PDT | 22:00, 15 Oct | Out — $29.99, Very Positive |
| PS5 / PS4 (Americas) | 15 Oct, 9 PM PDT | 04:00, 16 Oct | Out — $29.99 |
| PS5 / PS4 (UK) | 16 October | Before 02:10, 16 Oct | Out — £24.99 |
| Xbox Series X|S | 15 Oct, 9 PM PDT | 04:00, 16 Oct | Out — $29.99 |
| Switch 2 / Switch | 15 Oct, 9 PM PDT (Americas) | 04:00, 16 Oct | Out — $29.99 |
“What we saw: at 02:10 UTC on 16 October the US PlayStation Store showed “Releases on: 01:51:12” — a countdown ending at 04:00 UTC — while the UK PlayStation Store already sold the game for £24.99 with a 4.68-star average from 75 ratings, and Steam already listed it as released on 15 October.”
— Rayyan Omar, Games editor, Virtwave
Tales of Eternia Remastered is out now on every platform. The release time was 3 PM PDT on 15 October (22:00 UTC) on Steam and 9 PM PDT on Thursday 15 October — 04:00 UTC on Friday 16 October — on consoles, according to Bandai Namco’s launch-update notice. Now that every store has unlocked, the price turns out to be identical across all of them in the US: $29.99 for the Standard Edition and $49.99 for the Deluxe Edition on Steam, PlayStation, Xbox and the Switch and Switch 2 eShops. Critics gave the PS5 version a Metacritic score of 76.
We don’t sell the game itself, but the store credit to buy it is a click away: a $50 Steam gift card covers the $49.99 Deluxe Edition, a $20 Steam card twice over covers the Standard Edition, and a $35 Nintendo eShop card covers the $29.99 Switch or Switch 2 version with change left for the level-up add-ons.
Tales of Eternia Remastered release time
Bandai Namco announced a worldwide date of 16 October 2026 in June, and its Steam announcement that day already pinned the PC unlock to “10/15 15:00 PDT” (midnight CEST, 22:00 UTC). The launch notice it published on 15 October covers the rest: the Nintendo Switch 2, Switch, PS5, PS4 and Xbox Series X|S versions “will be available 10/15 at 9PM PDT”, and “the STEAM version is available now”. That made 04:00 UTC on 16 October the moment North American players could start on console — 5 AM in London and 6 AM in Berlin, although European PlayStation stores did not wait for it (see below).
Microsoft’s US catalogue agrees to the minute: the Xbox listing’s release timestamp is 2026-10-16T04:00:00Z, and its pre-launch availability window closes at 03:59:59 UTC. The Nintendo eShop pages carry the date only (16 October), with no hour attached. There was no pre-order on the Switch eShop listings when we checked, so there was nothing to pre-load there either.
What the stores showed at 02:10 UTC
The PlayStation Store releases games region by region. When we opened the UK PlayStation Store page at 02:10 UTC, the game was already on sale and had collected 75 player ratings; the US page for the same concept still showed a countdown. So if you are in the UK or Europe and you can see an “Add to Cart” button, it is genuinely out for you — the 04:00 UTC time is for the Americas.
Tales of Eternia Remastered reviews after launch
Two days after launch, the reception is warm rather than glowing. On Metacritic the PS5 version sits at 76 (“Generally Favorable”) from 16 critic reviews — 11 positive, 5 mixed, none negative — while the Switch 2 version has only 2 reviews and no score yet, and the user score was still waiting for its first four ratings when we checked. The common thread in the reviews we read there: the 2D real-time combat and the Craymel system hold up, the quality-of-life additions help, and the towns and minigames show their age.
Players are kinder. Steam’s own review counter showed 100 positive and 16 negative reviews across all languages (Very Positive, 86%), or 42 to 10 among English-language reviews; the US PlayStation Store showed 4.75 stars from 194 ratings, and Microsoft’s US catalogue 4.2 from 18. Valve’s player counter put 1,432 people in the Steam version at 02:10 UTC on Sunday 18 October — a modest number, but this is a 25-year-old 2D RPG at $29.99, and most of its audience is on console.
Tales of Eternia Remastered price and editions
| Edition | Steam | PS Store | Xbox | Nintendo eShop | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | $29.99 | $29.99 (UK £24.99) | $29.99 | $29.99 (Switch or Switch 2) | The game; PS4 & PS5 versions together on PlayStation |
| Deluxe Edition | $49.99 | $49.99 (UK £39.99) | $49.99 | $49.99 | Game + Battle BGM Pack + Digital Artbook & Soundtrack + Super Growth Support Item Set |
| Deluxe Upgrade Pack | $24.99 | — | $24.99 | — | The three Deluxe extras for Standard owners |
| Lv. Up +5 / Lv. Up +10 | $1.99 / $2.99 each | — | $1.99 / $2.99 each | — | Raises every party member’s level by 5 or 10 |
The Deluxe Edition is $20 more than the Standard Edition on every store, while buying the Upgrade Pack later costs $24.99 on Steam and Xbox — so if you think you will want the extras, the Deluxe Edition saves $5 over upgrading. The Digital Soundtrack holds all 109 in-game BGM tracks, and the Artbook & Soundtrack is a separate application from the game, not something you open in-game. The UK PlayStation Store gap is £15 (£24.99 vs £39.99).
Is the Deluxe Edition worth it?
Only if you want the music and art. The Battle BGM Pack and the Artbook & Soundtrack are fan extras, and the Super Growth Support Item Set is a bundle of growth items — handy for a speedy replay, but the remaster’s Boost settings already let you tune experience gain for free. For a first playthrough the $29.99 Standard Edition is the one to buy; the separately sold Lv. Up items are the kind of shortcut the remaster’s own Boost option makes redundant.
Rayyan covers console and PC gaming wallets for Virtwave, with deep specialism in PlayStation Network, Xbox, Razer Gold and Steam. He has been writing about digital gaming commerce since 2020.
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Download size and the v2.0.0 day-one update
Bandai Namco released update v2.0.0 alongside the game on every platform and asks players to install it before starting. It adds a “Font Style” option (Japanese text only), makes Titles carry over into second and later playthroughs, and fixes some text bugs. Its size depends on the platform, and on Switch 2, Xbox and Steam the figure Bandai gives includes the whole game:
| Platform | Game (store figure) | v2.0.0 update | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Switch 2 | 7.0 GB | Approx. 7 GB | Bandai’s figure includes the game |
| Nintendo Switch | 5.4 GB | Approx. 300 MB | |
| PlayStation 5 | Not listed | Approx. 500 MB | |
| PlayStation 4 | Not listed | Approx. 1.3 GB | |
| Xbox Series X|S | 8.2 GB | Approx. 8 GB | Bandai’s figure includes the game |
| Steam | 8 GB (requirement) | Approx. 7 GB | Bandai’s figure includes the game |
All of these are small by 2026 standards, but if you are on a slow line our game download time calculator will tell you how long 7–8 GB takes, and the Switch 2 storage calculator shows how it fits next to what you already have installed.
PC requirements
| Minimum (1080p/60 fps, Low) | Recommended (1080p/60 fps, High) | |
|---|---|---|
| OS | Windows 11, 64-bit | Windows 11, 64-bit |
| CPU | Intel Core i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100 | Intel Core i3-8100 / AMD Ryzen 3 3100 |
| RAM | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| GPU | GeForce GTX 650 Ti (1 GB) / Radeon HD 7770 (2 GB) / Intel Arc A310 (4 GB) | Same |
| DirectX / storage | DirectX 12, 8 GB | DirectX 12, 8 GB |
The minimum and recommended specs are identical; the only difference is the graphics preset Bandai expects at 1080p/60. One catch hides in the recommended notes: the DirectX 12 API needs Windows 10 (version 1809 or later) and a GPU with 4 GB of VRAM, which sits awkwardly next to the 1 GB GTX 650 Ti listed above. If your card has less than 4 GB, expect to need the Low preset. Steam lists full controller support, Steam Cloud and Family Sharing.
What the remaster changes
Tales of Eternia is one of the earliest Tales games; Bandai Namco notes it was first released in North America in 2001 as Tales of Destiny II. This is its first remaster, developed by TOSE, the studio behind Tales of Graces f Remastered. According to Bandai Namco’s announcement, it adds:
- A Graphics Mode and an SFX Mode that switch between the remastered and original visuals and sound effects.
- A Boost feature that adjusts experience gained and how often you run into enemies, plus the option to turn encounters off.
- Toggleable destination icons and a high-speed mode during auto-battle.
- Battle Retry and Quick Recovery.
- Extreme difficulty from the start, and a new Unknown difficulty unlocked after you finish the game.
Steam lists full audio in English, Japanese and Korean, and interface text in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian and Simplified and Traditional Chinese as well. The Xbox listing advertises 4K and 60 fps+ on Series X|S; there is no Xbox One version.
Which version should you buy?
| # | Version | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steam Standard | $29.99 | PC and Steam Deck players; it was out first, and Steam Cloud keeps your save |
| 2 | Switch 2 Standard | $29.99 | Handheld play on Switch 2 — never the Switch version on a Switch 2 |
| 3 | PS5/PS4 Standard | $29.99 (UK £24.99) | PlayStation owners; one purchase covers PS4 and PS5 |
| 4 | Steam Deluxe | $49.99 | Fans who want the soundtrack and artbook; $5 cheaper than upgrading later |
| 5 | Switch (original) | $29.99 | Only if you are still on an original Switch — no upgrade path later |
Sources & how we checked this
We first read every price, date, size and feature ourselves between 02:00 and 02:30 UTC on 16 October 2026, then rechecked prices, scores and player counts at about 02:10 UTC on 18 October 2026, after every platform had unlocked. Stores were set to the United States unless we say otherwise. Nintendo figures come from the US store pages’ data; Xbox data from Microsoft’s US display catalogue; Steam prices, requirements, review counts and player counts from Steam’s own store and Web APIs. Anything not public is marked as such, not estimated.
- Bandai Namco: Regarding the Release of Update Data — the 9 PM PDT console time, Steam availability, v2.0.0 contents and sizes.
- Bandai Namco’s Steam announcements — the 3 PM PDT Steam unlock (10 June post) and the 109-track Digital Soundtrack.
- Metacritic — the PS5 Metascore of 76 from 16 critics and the Switch 2 review count.
- PlayStation Store (US) — $29.99 / $49.99 and the 4.75-star rating from 194 ratings.
- Xbox Store: Deluxe Edition — $49.99, with the Deluxe Upgrade Pack at $24.99.
- Bandai Namco’s announcement (9 June 2026) — the worldwide date, platforms and remaster features.
- Tales of Eternia Remastered on Steam — $29.99 / $49.99, Deluxe contents, requirements, languages.
- Nintendo Switch 2 version and Switch version on the US Nintendo Store — prices, sizes, the no-upgrade and no-shared-save notes.
- PlayStation Store (UK) — £24.99 / £39.99 and edition contents.
- Xbox Store — Series X|S features and the 04:00 UTC release timestamp.
How we work is set out in our editorial policy. Paying with store credit? See how to redeem a Nintendo eShop card or our Steam gift card guide. The next RPG launch we are tracking is Final Fantasy Resonance on 22 October, followed by The Wolf Among Us Remastered on 29 October and Metaphor: ReFantazio on Switch 2 on 12 November.
