Five Final Fantasy games, two Mana titles, and four SaGa entries walk into a sale. The punchline? You can grab all of them for under $15 each.
GOG's Square Enix Publisher Sale is live now and runs through June 6, putting up to 70% off 11 classic JRPG games from the Squaresoft era. Every title is sold DRM-free, meaning no launcher required, no account check-ins, just a download you own outright.
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The Final Fantasy lineup
Five entries from the mainline series are included, spanning a wide range of the franchise's history. The original Final Fantasy VII is down to $4.79 (was $12), and GOG's version is worth flagging specifically: it's the closest PC port to the original PS1 experience, without the launcher-dependent version you'd find elsewhere. If you've been playing through the remake trilogy and want to see where Cloud's story actually started, this is the one to grab before Final Fantasy VII Rebirth pulls you back into the modern take.
Final Fantasy VIII Remastered drops to $8 from $20. FF8 has always been the underdog of the PS1 era, with its junction system and Squall's brooding energy dividing fans, but it's one of the most ambitious JRPGs Square ever made. The remaster adds upscaled character models while keeping the original pre-rendered backgrounds intact.
Rounding out the Final Fantasy side of the sale:
- Final Fantasy III 3D Remake , $8 (was $16)
- Final Fantasy IV 3D Remake , $8 (was $16)
- Final Fantasy IX , $6.29 (was $21)
The 3D remakes of III and IV originally launched on Nintendo DS and PSP, and both hold up as solid entry points for players who find the original NES and SNES versions too bare-bones.
Two Mana games make their GOG debut
Here's the thing: both Mana titles in this sale are appearing on GOG for the first time, which makes this more than just a routine discount.
Legend of Mana Remaster is $12 (was $30). The original 1999 PlayStation release became a cult classic on the strength of its pixel art and a soundtrack composed by Yoko Shimomura, the same composer behind Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy XV. The remaster adds enhanced visuals and quality-of-life improvements without touching what made the original special.
Trials of Mana is $15 (was $50). This is a full HD remake of Seiken Densetsu 3, a Super Famicom game that never left Japan until this remake arrived in 2020. If you missed it then, $15 is a fair ask for a game that was effectively inaccessible to Western players for over two decades.
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The SaGa series is the wildcard here
Four SaGa games round out the sale, and they're worth attention from anyone who finds standard JRPG structure too predictable.
SaGa Frontier Remastered is $12.50 (was $25). The 1998 PS1 original was known for letting players choose from eight different protagonists, each with a largely non-linear story, at a time when most JRPGs were strictly scripted affairs. The remaster adds retouched visuals and a previously cut eighth scenario that never made the original release.
The full SaGa lineup in the sale:
SaGa Scarlet Grace: Ambitions is the most recent entry in the sale and arguably the most mechanically distinct, featuring a battle system built entirely around turn-order manipulation rather than traditional ATB or menu-based combat.
What makes the GOG version worth it
The DRM-free angle is the real differentiator. Steam and the Epic Games Store both require active accounts and periodic authentication. GOG's model means these games stay in your library regardless of platform changes, publisher decisions, or account status. For games this old, that matters more than it might seem.
The sale runs through June 6. If you're building out a backlog of classic JRPG games or filling gaps from the Squaresoft era, this is one of the better opportunities to do it cheaply and cleanly. For deeper coverage of the modern side of the franchise, the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth guides are a solid resource while you work through the classics.
