Ys Origin

Platforms

• Microsoft Windows

Genres

• action role-playing game

Play modes

• single-player video game

Steam version platforms

• Windows^*

  Supported

  Yes^*

• Linux^*

  Supported

  No^*

• macOS^*

  Supported

  No^*

Store genres

• Action^*
• Adventure^*
• RPG^*

Game features

• Single-player^*
• Steam Achievements^*
• Steam Trading Cards^*
• Partial Controller Support^*
• Steam Cloud^*
• Steam Leaderboards^*
• Family Sharing^*

Interface languages

• English^*
• French^*
• Italian^*
• German^*
• Spanish - Spain^*

Community tags · historical

• RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  240^*

• JRPG^*

  Votes · historical

  237^*

• Great Soundtrack^*

  Votes · historical

  236^*

• Action^*

  Votes · historical

  224^*

• Action RPG^*

  Votes · historical

  195^*

• Adventure^*

  Votes · historical

  162^*

• Anime^*

  Votes · historical

  141^*

• Difficult^*

  Votes · historical

  109^*

• Hack and Slash^*

  Votes · historical

  86^*

• Dungeon Crawler^*

  Votes · historical

  84^*

• Fantasy^*

  Votes · historical

  77^*

• Singleplayer^*

  Votes · historical

  74^*

• Female Protagonist^*

  Votes · historical

  54^*

• Story Rich^*

  Votes · historical

  19^*

• Classic^*

  Votes · historical

  16^*

• Remake^*

  Votes · historical

  13^*

• 3D Vision^*

  Votes · historical

  11^*

• 2D^*

  Votes · historical

  5^*

System requirements

• Windows · Minimum^*

  Operating system

  XP^*

  Processor alternatives

  Pentium III / 1 GHz^*

  Memory

  1 GB RAM^*

  Graphics alternatives

  64 MB VRAM, 3D accelerator compatible w/ DirectX 9.0c DirectX®: 9.0c^*

  Storage

  2 GB HD space Sound: Compatible with DirectX 9.0c^*

• Windows · Recommended^*

  Processor alternatives

  Pentium4 / 1.3 GHz or higher^*

  Graphics alternatives

  64 MB VRAM, 3D accelerator compatible w/ DirectX 9.0c^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

• Windows · Recommended memory · 2026-06-27^*

  Memory

  1 GB^*

Compatibility and community reports

• Steam Deck · 2026-06-27^*

  Compatibility category

  Unsupported^*

• Controller support · 2026-06-27^*

  Controller support

  Partial^*

• Linux · Community reports · 2026-06-27^*

  Community Linux compatibility tier

  Platinum^*

  Reports

  47^*

  Community confidence

  strong^*

Developers

• Nihon Falcom^*

Publishers

• XSEED Games^*

• 2006-12-21

  Date precision

  Exact date

• 2018-04-11

  Date precision

  Exact date

Store release history

• Steam^*

  Release date

  May 31, 2012^*

Detailed specifications