Octopath Traveler 0

IGN

Michael Higham·Dec 19, 2025

Critic90/100

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Octopath Traveler 0 asks you to stick with a 100-hour journey, and it rewards you with an experience only lengthy RPGs can pull off.

GameSpot

Steve Watts·Dec 3, 2025

Critic80/100

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A stellar combat system and multitude of strategic wrinkles are the glue that holds this well-told, if disjointed, episodic story together.

GamesRadar+

Alan Wen·Dec 3, 2025

Critic80/100

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Although retreading a familiar nostalgic path, Octopath Traveler 0 improves its JRPG formula.

Push Square

Liam Croft·Dec 3, 2025

Critic70/100

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Octopath Traveler 0 is a perfectly solid instalment in the Square Enix franchise, though its overwhelming familiarity will make large parts of it feel like a retread. Its town-building mechanic and expanded party system are smart expansions, and the move towards a single, centralised story is a benefit. However, Octopath Traveler 0 will still feel largely the same in an experience below that of its predecessors.

Nintendo Life

Mitch Vogel·Dec 3, 2025

Critic90/100

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In many ways, Octopath Traveler 0 feels like a 'victory lap' for the beloved series, remixing various elements that you're familiar with from the past games while introducing some interesting new ones to spice things up a bit. Importantly, this prequel does not feel like a proper Octopath Traveler 3, but that doesn't mean that it isn't still an incredibly good time and a much better JRPG than most genre peers.Even if it's a retread in some ways, though, an absolutely monstrous amount of content, interesting new gameplay elements, gorgeous visuals, and compelling storytelling all come together to make Octopath Traveler 0 a must-buy.