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FranchiseYsSeriesYs

Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana

Critic score15 critics
First release
Jul 21, 2016
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure · Action, Fantasy

Ys returns with a brand new adventure for the first time in 8 years! Adol awakens shipwrecked and stranded on a cursed island. There, he and the other shipwrecked passengers he rescues form a village to challenge fearsome beasts and mysterious ruins on the isolated island.

Also known as Ys 8, Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA, ys8.exe

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Storyline
Adol Christin is on a passenger liner called the Lombardia that is sailing from Xandria to the continent of Eresia. He and Dogi were recruited as a crew for the ship in exchange for their boarding. The ship's captain, Captain Barbaros, tells Adol the story of the cursed Isle of Seiren, where ships have vanished while passing by its perimeters. However, Adol's voyage was interrupted by an enormous sea monster attacking the ship. He and the other passengers were flung overboard as it dragged the ship to the bottom of the sea. Adol later awoke on the coast of the Isle of Seiren's beach. An island with ancient, untamed wilderness, populated by creatures seen nowhere else in the world. He later discovers other people who also washed ashore the island, so to aid their search for other survivors, and to better defend themselves from the primordial beasts that roam the island, Adol and his fellow castaways establish a settlement for themselves called Castaway Village. It was not long before Adol found himself experiencing cryptic dreams about a mysterious young woman with flowing blue hair, whose world Adol had never encountered before.Read more

Adol Christin is on a passenger liner called the Lombardia that is sailing from Xandria to the continent of Eresia. He and Dogi were recruited as a crew for the ship in exchange for their boarding. The ship's captain, Captain Barbaros, tells Adol the story of the cursed Isle of Seiren, where ships have vanished while passing by its perimeters. However, Adol's voyage was interrupted by an enormous sea monster attacking the ship. He and the other passengers were flung overboard as it dragged the ship to the bottom of the sea. Adol later awoke on the coast of the Isle of Seiren's beach. An island with ancient, untamed wilderness, populated by creatures seen nowhere else in the world. He later discovers other people who also washed ashore the island, so to aid their search for other survivors, and to better defend themselves from the primordial beasts that roam the island, Adol and his fellow castaways establish a settlement for themselves called Castaway Village. It was not long before Adol found himself experiencing cryptic dreams about a mysterious young woman with flowing blue hair, whose world Adol had never encountered before.

Release dates
PlayStation Vita
Jul 21, 2016
PlayStation 4
May 25, 2017
PlayStation Vita
Sep 12, 2017
All 13 release dates
PlayStation 4
Sep 12, 2017
PlayStation Vita
Sep 15, 2017
PlayStation 4
Sep 15, 2017
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 16, 2018
Nintendo Switch
Jun 26, 2018
Nintendo Switch
Jun 28, 2018
Nintendo Switch
Jun 29, 2018
Google Stadia
Apr 01, 2021
PlayStation 5
Nov 15, 2022
PlayStation 5
Jul 31, 2025
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main + Extras
73h
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
anime, jrpg, sword & sorcery, side quests, tokyo game show 2014
… All 8, male protagonist, cloud saves, previously on - stadia pro

At a Glance

Critic Score
85
Main + Extras (IGDB)
73h

Overview

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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 6,208 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Local co-opSteam · 16 Oct
  • Shared or split screenSteam · 16 Oct
  • Co-op campaignIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Steam Remote Play TogetherSteam · 16 Oct

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