CHRONO TRIGGER®

I have revisited games I played in my childhood before only to be disappointed to find out age has not been kind and not even nostalgia could save it for me. Chrono Trigger is different.
I played this for months as a kid on SNES and I believe it has the power to transcend time (pardon the pun). I do believe modern gamers, especially JRPG fans, will be able to still enjoy this classic.
I had no issue with any bugs/crashes like others mentioned.

It's Chrono Trigger. It's a legend for a reason. Perfect pacing, perfect tone, perfect game.

In 8 hours the game has crashed about 5 times. Did not really lose any progress, but had a close call. If you are going to get this remember to save A LOT.

A classic JRPG from the 90's involving time travel, fun characters and a surprisingly poignant story. The late, great Akira Toriyama's iconic art style is lovingly adapted into a pixel style with detailed environments. Combat is simplistic but satisfying and you can toggle between active or wait modes to suit your play style. The game also features a large amount of different endings depending on which conditions you meet.

There are great works of art, and then there's the Sistine Chapel.

There are great games, and then there's Chrono Trigger.

Sorry, but this POS isn't worth the $4 I paid. After almost 6 hours of gameplay, it crashed and I can't load up a saved game. Worthless.

Pretty wonderful. Brilliant storyline, amazing soundtrack. Unlike most JRPGs, this one does not have random encounters, although this has fixed respawning encounters that are unavoidable which are a massive nuisance in the areas through which you have to go many times.

I do have one major complain, that optional chapter Lost Sanctum was some of the most miserable gaming experiences I've ever had, and ironically it was like like 3-5 times longer than all the other chapters in the game. Seriously, most of the game is super well-paced and does not have any annoying sections, but this whole chapter is just torture, where you have to go back and forth, back and forth 30 or so times from one end of the map to another, then travel through time to the other time era and travel to the end of that map again and you do it again and again and again. That one chapter may be the worst implementation of backtracking and fetch quests I've ever seen in my entire life. And if neverending travel from one end to the other was not enough they put 3 forced enemy encounters within the path which you have to fight every single time you go through... And in some of them they even dared to couple enemies that are fully resistant to elemental damage with the ones who are invulnarable to physical damage which drags those encounters even further. As terrible as that chapter was it still had some good ideas in it, but overall I would not want to play it ever again, and thankfully at least it was side-content and not put in the main story. Luckily, after that, I got back to the rest of the game and it was so awesome that I almost forgot about the dismal times I just had a few hours ago.

Also, it should be mentioned that I experienced some technical issues that were not present on the PS1 version on which I had beaten half of the game or so. Steam version sometimes freezes, it never crashed but the game froze maybe 5-7 times in my whole playtime, luckily by minimizing and resuming it would always get fixed, so I never lost any progress. Another issue is that sometimes the chests do not show what item I just picked up. The information tab is just blank. But these issues are not gamebreaking, even if annoying.

Anyway, when it is good, it is a superb game. The main ending made me feel strong emotions and it ended on a very high note. I do believe that this game deserves its legendary status in the JRPG community, even though I have played very few games of this genre.


8/10

Great game, not stable, and will not get updates. Save point during the masmune quest deleted after it BSOD my whole pc and had to start over. Get it on switch

There is a bug that causes jitter when moving the characters in a diagonal direction.

I've played this since Super Nintendo. I also owned this on PS1 which had the cutscenes. Its an extraordinary game, but this port is awful. I mean, Super Nintendo ran this game better. This makes me afraid to buy anymore retro classics ported to the PC, some seems better to emulate (legally). I'm disappointed because I wanted this game on PC as well.

bad port. i've read it used to crash a lot, that has not happened to me durring my 1st playthrough yet. the cut scenes from the ps1 version are a fun touch. this is any dragonball fan's swan song of jrpgs. **edit this port still crashes. only buy this if it is on sale. play the ds version or the original rom avoid this port

It's a good game, but when you play it, the game crashes a lot, and it's a very bad experience, so you have to be very careful when you buy it, i think the company aren't going to fix it.

Sucks that I had to refund after <1 hour due to several random crashes to desktop. I really wanted to play this. Guess I will have to go another route.

This is a subpar port of one of the best paced games in JRPG history. It's still a fantastic game, and well worth playing if this is your only option. It's not bad on the level of some completely broken ports, but it happens to be a port of the mobile game, which is the worst version of one of the greatest games ever created.

This game often goes on sale for sub 7$, and at that price is absolutely value worthy.

cult classic. must play if you like 2D art style with turn based combat

I've had mostly good experiences playing the game so far, aside from the occasional inexplicable crashes.
Cand definitely recommend this if you want to enjoy rejected content from FF7 too, I plan on getting Chrono Cross soon just to see where the story continues from this.

can't recommend this game enough but this steam version is probably my least favorite. I prefer the DS and original SNES versions much better than this. Interface is janky and settings are not easy to toggle.

One of the best games I've ever played. Truly game changing for its time and has aged like fine wine. This Game is a must play for any JRPG fan, or even just any RPG fan in general. I highly Recommend this game.

A true masterpiece. This game was peak RPG and peak SNES when it launched, and to this day it provides a gaming experience which will stick with you forever. I was lucky enough to experience this game as a teen in the 1990's, but I think it has a timeless aspect which allows it to appeal to all generations. Though the game can be beaten in about 25 hours, it rewards repeat playthroughs via its many endings and was the pioneer of the New Game Plus system which has since become a staple of many great games.

TLDR just do yourself a favor and get this game, on sale or otherwise, and enjoy a timeless RPG experience for the ages!

10/10 masterpiece.

Absolutely classic and exemplar of JRPG. The fact that builds are still being discussed today is a testimony of its excellence.

This game is a masterpiece. This was my first time playing the game, and it still holds up after 30 years.

I don't particularly enjoy rpgs and turn-based combat, and yet, this game was worth playing. The turn-base is active by default, which makes it behave like runtime combat instead, and there is no grinding needed. Simply playing the game will lead to the right levels needed for the respective chapter. The story is fantastic, and the gameplay design details complement very well the time travel mechanic.

Having praised the game, I will have to leave a negative review, as the port is subpar.
I had minor bugs, such as weird screen shakes, and the amount of gold and cost of items not showing up on the shop.
This would be fine, although inconvenient, but I also had a few crashes while playing the game. This is expected in games, but I lost my save files twice during crashes. The game has steam cloud, and even the cloud save files were gone.
Turns out this issue happens frequently enough that there is an archive of save files in the community posts. This was the only reason I was able to finish the game, instead of quitting and trying to refund it.

The game is great and worth playing, just not this version.

This is the most balanced JRPG i've ever played, in the sense that there's no bullshit difficulty spikes but the game isn't too easy either. The story won't really blow your mind too much, but the gameplay is just goddamn perfect. The pacing is great and it keeps you hooked.

If you want a more mind blowing story with more 'oh shit' moments, play final fantasy 6 instead. If you want a flawless gameplay experience this is your boi.

The sound controls need to be fixed, because they can't be adjusted in the opening menu, and they can't be lowered enough without outright muting the audio.

While the game itself is kind of incredible... I found the port to be buggy?

I mean, it plays flawlessly when it's actually running, but I've only put a few hours into it and already I've found a few consistent normal gameplay actions that will crash the game guaranteed. Which isn't surprising, if this is indeed a PC port of the mobile game port of the DS remake... I note that all 3 of the previous links in the chain *also* had a lot of complaints about crashes.

I lost about half an hour of progress, but it's really soured me on playing further, especially when I was able to reproduce the crash repeatedly. That tells me it's likely to happen again in the future.

So while the game itself is incredible, I don't know that I can actually recommend you play it this way. A SNES emulator might legitimately be the best option, with a physical DS coming close second I think.

Fantastic upgrade to the SNES version. 10/10

really fun. If you haven't completed the special missions. You should look it up on your second play through.

Absolute classic! The Steam port is very good, but still has stuttering / frame drop issues regularly. Wish they would fix it.

One of the best rpgs i've ever played. Though sometimes a difficult bitch. Still love it though.

Even now, this holds up as one of the best JRPGs of all time!

Pretty much just a PC engine - which seems to work quite reliably - slapped on top of one of the console versions. Original graphics. Though for old SNES players, this does include a few really cool anime cutscenes that I think were from the PS version.

Good length; even as an experienced player, I'm over 20 hours without reaching my first ending. Difficulty is challenging but fair. Classic active battle menu combat. Over the game you'll get to swap between a variety of characters, each unique both in combat style, and in backstory (which matters in this game!).

After a lot of fixes and patches, this has become a really good way to experience one of the best JRPG's ever created. I wouldn't call it the definitive edition, but it is the cheapest option (It goes on sale for $2.50 fairly often!) should you not want to pirate the game. Cannot recommend the game enough.

I was a tad worried replaying this thinking what if the magic is gone with age but nah, this was just as fun. The port itself isnt the best but you got options if its something that bothers you.

True to its name, this one is a timeless classic.

This was my first time finishing Chrono Trigger and i gotta say....get this game! Its amazing! Fantastic characters, backstory, music, and it handles time travel so well. There wasn't much i disliked about this game. Totally recommend if you have never experienced CT!

Story is interesting, characters are fun, and the game play is great. It took some time getting used to the battle mechanics, because I've never played any games with a battle system like this one. Not complaining because it was different. The character designs are cool too. It's like playing a good anime. Overall great game.

Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Dragon Ball's creators met here, and I can't further read... .




P.S.: This wouldn't be the best version, and it may be preferable to experience it at other places... .

Not my first time playing Chrono Trigger. Still such a fantastic game after all these years. The story and world-building, the arts, the soundtracks, and the gameplay mechanics are all top-tier even compared to modern games nowadays. The combined tech systems are rare even for games these days, and the dialogues change depending on characters that you have on your party. I was fully immersed playing it.

The downside is the Lost Sanctum side quest, which I'm also pretty sure was not a part of the original, and it’s the most tedious side quest. I dropped it halfway through because I was sure it wasn’t worth it.

PS. I played this on Steam Deck and it works out of the box without any issues.

ive played this game now for 30 years since it was new on super nintendo and now on pc and it has been a beloved and comfortable old friend. if youve never played please take the time.

This game was played completely on the steam deck with no issues or bugs.

I highly recommend this game. It is very easy to forget this is a game from 1995. The pixel art and music are such a joy, though it was sometimes hard to tell that the enemy you were fighting was a dinosaur. While I enjoyed the story it wasn't what I was expecting out of a JRPG, it felt much less the focus. I was surprised with just how many different eras of time you visit. The combat was also different and unlike many games I have played before, it didn't feel as if my stats mattered so much, the bosses felt more like a puzzle with a certain rhythm of attacks and heals.

Highly enjoyable game and it's easy to see why it's so highly talked about.

This port has improved over time. I would say at launch it was pretty awful and had very little quality issues along with crashes. Now It's functional for the most part. It occasionally crashes from time to time which is still annoying, but it's whatever. If it bothers you that this version crashes I would just emulate it rather than pick this up.

I'm giving you an honest assessment. Love Chrono Trigger, but this port is pretty good for the most part.

Top contender for my favorite game of all time. It's considered a classic absolutely for a reason and I can't recommend it enough if you like JRPGs. For that reason alone I'm giving it a recommend here, but...if you can, I would skip this version and get the original or slightly updated DS version in emulation. This Steam version is an absolutely buggy, poorly-done mess. Basically they just took the already questionable mobile port and lazily slapped it onto PC without really bothering to try to fix anything. It's almost offensive the ways they messed up the graphics (literally bugged sections in a lot of places, muddy filter that just makes the pixel art look smudged rather than actually improved, messed up timing in cutscenes, and more) and the reworked menus and UI elements unnecessarily mess up elements that would have translated to PC just fine (the original character status screen) while barely cleaning up anything from the mobile port. This feels like just a cash grab version.

Great game. Did not buy it sooner because of all the negative comments of the game running badly on PC, but it runs fine. Just make sure to save often. They don't make games like this anymore.

Outstanding JRPG nothing much else to say other than it's a return of an Super Nintendo Entertainment Classic on that system, do remember finishing it on the Nintendo DS version which probably had more features in, it's a shame they didn't do it in this version with the features from the DS game just before the Chrono Cross game for the PlayStation.

It's an hugely recommended game, probably want a 2D-HD remake or HD-2D remake one day, whichever way round however you say it, must buy if you played it back from the middle of the 90's.

Might start replaying this game again soon, little extra note to add is that, it's Chrono Trigger's 30th anniversary next month of March 2025 since the Japanese release, just to warn some folks & fans out there who like Chrono Trigger. Probably one of Square Enix's legendary video games since back on the Super Nintendo & a 2D-HD/HD-2D would be no exception.

imagine if all the original soundtrack from Chrono Trigger as the video game itself had an orchestra arrangement it's more of a HD-2D/2D-HD remake you'll see sprites move more frequently even the monsters or enemies which you need to defeat in order to progress like in the new recent Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D/2D-HD remake back in 2024 even if Square Enix did it around between February to April during this period for the new HD-2D/2D-HD remake of Chrono Trigger depending if they announce or even do it.

What is there to say about this game that hasn't been said already.
its one of my favorite RPGs. The Soundtrack is amazing, the amount of love and passion
that was put into this game. for a game that was made back in the mid 90s its still an incredible
gem, highly suggest getting this game. its always in my top 10 videogames of mine.
one of the first games to introduce new game plus.

Chrono Trigger is a fantastic game that still holds up. Everyone over the age of 15 or so already knows this, so I will instead go into specifics about this port. The game crashes every now and then during transition screens, which is annoying, but the autosave feature that activates at almost every screen transition renders this a mild annoyance at worst. You won't lose more than a minute or two of progress in the vast majority of cases, the worst I ever encountered was a crash during one of the endings that led me to have to refight the last phase of the final boss to get that ending to properly register in the game.

This port includes all the DS content minus I think one anime cutscene, and unfortunately the DS content is just not very good. The Dimensional vortex unlocked after completing the game for the first time is alright, but the Lost Sanctum, accessible from a green portal, should be avoided at all costs unless you feel like wasting your time with tedious side quests that only serve to pad the time and completely overlevel you for any other content. The anime cutscenes are nice, but were introduced with the PS1 version of the game.

It's a fine port of a classic that everyone who likes RPG should play one day. Probably the most important reference of turn-based RPG/JRPG with a dream team of producers, including the art director Akira Toriyama (DBZ, etc). Can be a little buggy making the game crash from time to time, but with the new auto-save function, it's not a big deal.

A classic JRPG and probably one of the best Super Nintendo games ever. The fun still holds up today.

Don't let the short amount of time fool you. I have this game on multiple systems. I haven't beaten it yet, despite that.
This is one of my favorite games. It's delightfully retro, and the story is one of my favorite.

As others have stated, the port job on this is poor and needs to be fixed. How so many people can play it and not notice or have issues is surprising. Love the nostalgia, hate the current state of this classic game.

Amazing =3 I only crashed 3 times. Not nearly as bad as every time with Fallout 76 xD

Game is great. port to steam is playable, there are workarounds online.

- Liked most of the story except some of the early parts
- Didn't like some of the side quests needed to farm items to prepare for the Boss. Especially Lost Sanctum part to unlock Nu's shop.