One of the best Apple Arcade Exclusives is Exclusive No More

Important takeaways

  • Fantasian Neo Dimension is now available on PC and consoles, priced at $49.99.
  • Originally launched in 2021, Fantasian still holds a reputation as one of the best Apple Arcade games ever released.
  • The Neo Dimension version of the JRPG comes with updated graphics, voice acting, and an easier, “normal” difficulty mode.



Fantastic Neo Dimension is now available on PC and consoles. With this release, one of the best Apple Arcade exclusives has finally expanded its reach to other platforms.

Fantastic is an RPG developed by Mistwalker, a studio in Hawaii established by Hironobu Sakaguchi, the famous creator of Final Fantasy series. It was originally released as an Apple Arcade exclusive in two parts, debuting in April and August 2021.

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Every feature confirmed for Fantasian Neo Dimension so far

Fantasian: Neo Dimension, the upcoming JRPG from Mistwalker, includes a handful of new features that were not present in the original Fantasian.

More than three years later, the critically acclaimed JRPG is now finally available on non-Apple platforms, having hit PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X/S and PC on December 5th. This new version of the game is called Fantastic Neo Dimension and comes with some extra bells and whistles, including extensive English and Japanese voiceovers, as well as 4K visuals (aside from the Switch port). A new, “Normal” difficulty is also part of the package, which promises to make the JRPG significantly more accessible than the Apple Arcade original, which developed a reputation as a fairly demanding game that constantly requires the player to pay attention or perish.


Where to buy Fantasian Neo Dimension

Three and a half years since the first release, Fantastic is still widely regarded as one of the best Apple Arcade games ever released. Its high level of acclaim is reflected in its “strong” rating on OpenCritic, based on an average rating of 82 and a reviewer recommendation rate of 86%. Its PC and console debut should therefore be of great interest to JRPG fans who haven't been able to experience it during its long period of Apple Arcade exclusivity. While the original game was published by Mistwalker, Square Enix handles the distribution Neo Dimension.


A typical playthrough of Fantastic Neo Dimension will likely take over 60 hours, although completionists can easily spend more than 80 hours in the game. The JRPG's new ports are priced at $49.99, which makes for decent value in terms of their price-to-content ratio.

In addition to nice dioramas and an extremely diverse gallery of bosses, Fantastic Neo Dimension is also noted for being the last major game project by Nobuo Uematsu, the legendary composer best known for his contributions to Final Fantasy franchise. Although the 65-year-old keyboardist and symphonist is not retiring, he recently expressed a desire to focus more on creating music outside of video game soundtracks, which are typically time-consuming to compose.

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