Given the anticipation for the long-awaited Steam releases of the Kingdom Hearts video games, it ought to come as no shock to listen to that they’re promoting nicely. In lower than 24 hours, the HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX compilation has rocketed up the platform’s gross sales charts and is presently the top-selling Steam sport, outperforming even Helldivers 2 and Shin Megami Tensei 5: Vengeance, the latter of which solely launched at the moment.

Whereas the collection has been obtainable for PC house owners by way of the Epic Video games Retailer since 2021, Steam customers have clearly wished to see it launch on their platform of selection. I’ve to think about an honest variety of these gross sales are a results of established followers shopping for the video games once more (I ought to know, I’m one in all them). Except for them being playable on Steam Deck, Sq. Enix is discounting the entire collection by 31% till July 11. So, the HD 1.5+2.5 assortment, which consists of 4 video games and two cutscene compilations, goes for $34.49/£27.59. You may even get the entire collection (seven video games in complete) for $68.99/£58.64, which is a frankly superb deal.

Admittedly, the Kingdom Hearts 2.8 assortment and Kingdom Hearts 3 aren’t performing as strongly, and are ranked a lot decrease within the Steam gross sales chart. Additionally they have smaller participant counts in line with SteamDB, peaking at solely 186 gamers (for KH2.8) and 817 gamers (for KH3). By comparability, the HD 1.5+2.5 assortment peaked at 6,809 gamers and, on the time of writing, has 4,336 concurrent gamers.

It is smart for the HD 1.5+2.5 assortment to be the preferred. It’s the most affordable of the three gives, it consists of extra video games, and it’s additionally the advisable start line for brand spanking new followers, masking the primary eight years of Kingdom Hearts content material. As such, KH2.8 and KH3 may begin to choose up in participant rely within the coming weeks or months.

It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how lengthy the HD 1.5+2.5 assortment stays on the prime of the gross sales charts however, regardless, this has hopefully proved to Sq. Enix that there’s an viewers for future Kingdom Hearts video games on Steam. Optimistically, Kingdom Hearts 4 will come to PC the identical day as its console counterpart, which isn’t too far-fetched contemplating Sq. Enix needs extra multiplatform titles sooner or later. Presumably, KH4 is at the very least in growth for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Collection X|S, however there’s been no official affirmation on launch platforms.