Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen

Echoes of the Fallen is the first DLC of Final Fantasy XVI, which unlocks a whole new story, battles, weapons, accessories, level cap and more. For players who have completed the required quests, this new…

83 8 December 2023

Role-playing (RPG) Action Fantasy

Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit III, released 8 December 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 4 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen is

Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit III and released in 2023. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Crystal Tools.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As the sun sets over the land of Valisthea, strange, dark crystals begin to circulate on the black market. Could they be the sinister fruit of a long-slumbering Mothercrystal—one the world never knew existed? Setting out in search of answers, Clive and company encounter a group of suspicious traders. Their trail leads them to a long-abandoned Fallen tower known as the Sagespire and the terrible secrets that await within...

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen is the 324th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Digital Deluxe Edition in 2024. Its critic score of 83 is 6 points above the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.

See all 349 Final Fantasy games in release order →

How it was received

Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 76% of the 3,814 rated role-playing (rpg) games in our database, which average 73. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen launched on 8 December 2023, within three weeks of Ready or Not, The Finals, Against the Storm and The Exit 8. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Ready or Not, The Finals, Against the Storm, The Exit 8.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Final Fantasy XVI: Echoes of the Fallen yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

Know one? Send it in and we will test it →