11 games available in four releases.
It’s been almost 20 years since Kingdom Hearts first spread its Disney action RPG fairy dust on PlayStation, and while the series has (in many, many episodes) graced a plethora of platforms, it has remained frustratingly elusive on PC – so far. Square has revealed that a large part of the series will hit the Epic Games Store on March 30.
In total, PC players will be able to get their hands on 11 Kingdom Hearts titles, divided into four different packages. The first is Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + ReMIX, where newbies are sure to want to start. This includes Kingdom Hearts Final Mix (a remastering of the first game, with HD visuals, enhanced controls and more), Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories (released for Game Boy Advance in 2004) and Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days, which, although it is technically the fifth game in the series (it was released on the DS in 2009), it is chronologically the next in line.
You will also receive Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix (a remastered from the second game), Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix (first released for PSP in 2010) and Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded – the 2011 Kingdom Hearts Coded remake.
Kingdom Hearts series trailer for the Epic Games Store.
The second package available to PC players on March 30 is Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, with Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance HD (an enhanced version of the 2012 3DS game) and Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep – a fragmentary passage – , a short adventure that takes you directly to the events of Kingdom Hearts 3. Concluding the collection is Kingdom Hearts χ Back Cover, a HD movie set before Birth by Sleep.
These packages are added to two additional offers: Kingdom Hearts 3 + Re Mind – combining the game 2019 and its DLC – plus Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory, a rhythm and action tour of the series’ music that was originally released last year.
Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + ReMIX, if you’re still with me, will cost £ 39.99, while Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, Kingdom Hearts 3 + Re Mind and Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory will cost £ 49.99 each. By the way, if you also have a PS4 or PS5 and are not yet interested in Kingdom Hearts, you may be interested to know that the entire set of games above (except Melody of Memory and Kingdom Hearts 3 DLC) are currently discounted to £ 22 , 49 on PlayStation Store, which is significant savings.
Square has yet to clarify whether Kingdom Hearts is a permanent or timed Epic Games Store exclusive, but we will undoubtedly learn more about the publisher’s plans as March 30 approaches.