Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster Out Now for Xbox Series and PC - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 12 March 2026 / 3,905 Views
Publisher Square Enix and developer Cattle Call have announced Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster is now available for the Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store for $39.99. It has a launch discount price of 20 percent off.
The game first released for the Nintendo Switch 2 in June 2025.
Square Enix also announced the Bravely series has sold over four million units worldwide.
"The Bravely series has now passed 4 million copies sold worldwide!" said Square Enix. "Thank you to everyone who took a Brave step joining the adventures. It means a lot to see so many people choose to Default with us. Bravely Default Flying Fairy HD Remaster is out on Xbox and Steam today."
View the Xbox Series and PC release trailer below:
Read details on the game below:
Bravely Default, the incredible first installment in the Bravely series returns, remastered in high definition.
Relive the tale of the warriors of light on their quest to awaken the crystals. Enjoy strategic battles featuring the unique Brave and Default commands and over 20 different jobs. Plus modern gameplay enhancements and all-new minigames!
The story of light and shadow that never fades is reborn.
Story
Make for the distant land of Luxendarc as a warrior of light.
Without warning, the Great Chasm opened a hole in the world. Tiz is the sole survivor of a village swallowed whole by the chasm. In the depths of his despair, he encounters a young vestal named Agnès. Together they set off on a journey with the goal of closing the chasm and freeing the crystals swallowed by darkness.
They set off, entirely unaware of the significance of that goal.
Battle
Take your time planning your strategies in turn-based battles.
What command to choose, in what style to fight, and just how many actions to take—a variety of tactics are at your disposal in this deep and engaging battle system. Two commands bring a new dimension of enjoyment to battle: brave to expend BP and increase the number of actions taken in a turn, or default to shore up your defenses and accumulate BP for later. Annihilate the enemy with an onslaught of attack moves or recover from a sticky situation with a combination of resurrection and healing moves.
Enhancements
Enjoy your adventure with upgraded features.
Based on the original version, this remaster features high-definition graphics, a redesigned user interface, ability to fast forward event scenes, and other modern conveniences. Networking features from the original version have been retooled for modern networks. Two types of minigames are also newly added.
*Certain graphics from the original version have been altered for this version.
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It's crickets here since it's not on PS. I can't help but think there are some upset players, naturally. I'm shocked XB got it after Switch.
It's crickets here because Xbox fans are not crying about square Enix doing PS exclusive launch like they did with finals fantasy remake. Somehow all sudden there's no crying when it's Xbox first at launch. Hypocrisy on full display
It was a small minority of players that really cared about SE titles on XB. It was justified though, multi plat is great for everyone. Any "negative" news for PS generally gets swept under the rug or isn't talked about in droves. People on chartz drool and feed off of any negative, or perceived negative news about XB. It's how it has been since the inception of the site.
Oh multiplat is great for everyone, so why aren't Xbox fans making noise about this not being released on every platform now? Like I said hypocrisy, that's why I laugh when xb fans cry and play like victims yet they have no problem when ms been doing it all the way back to Xbox 360 days.
I find it funny PS fans were celebrating that Sony will stop putting 1st Party games on PC, and yet they're mad when a game doesn't release on Playstation. Shoe on the other foot.
But seriously I do hope it releases on PS one day.
Who's mad? Guy at top literally said no one was commenting here because no PS fans are crying they don't get this game at launch. I find it funny tho how Xbox fans was cheering for Bethesda and Activision purchase because they thought it was gonna turn all massive former multiplat games exclusive to Xbox then when it didn't work out they all turn around wanting to hold hands and advocate for everything to be multiplat and Sony should too lol
That could have happened if MS were in a more positive position, as in not 3rd (4th vs Steam). The "deals" signed by MS to get the buyout of ABK through was only for CoD on other systems for 10 years, nothing on any other IP, and the first 3 games created by Bethesda under MS were exclusive to Xbox economic systems (or used to promote them at least), Starfield, RedFall and Indie.
If MS has a massive up turn because of the buy outs, or if the deal went through with no concessions, we might have seen a world where MS just remove CoD not only from PS but Steam too, and any of their then owned titles from even being purchased from rival stores and services (ABK already stopped allowing GeForce Now from streaming it's games), they would take the financial hit to create a superficial dominance.
I mean, he did have about 4 comments deleted to my post, so that sounds pretty mad. I don't agree on this. I think most understood that MS would get the purchase deal approved legally by making titles non-exclusive, in addition to making the most revenue which made the most sense...
I mean I can't stop the website posting the same comment multiple times I had to delete it. Still waiting for the imaginary angry PS fan comments tho, where are they? While your at it why didn't you answer my question where are the Xbox fans now calling out evil ms 3rd party exclusivity and making noise about this game not being on every platform like they did with final fantasy remake and persona?
Don't call people slow.
That said i can verify the 4 deleted comments were just the website lagging and causing a re-post of a comment multiple times.
The message got posted 5 times. 4 of them were deleted.
Agree. It's the bias that plagues this site since inception.
