Kingdom Hearts celebrated its twentieth anniversary on March 28th. The first title in the series, originally published on PlayStation 2, was the trigger for one of the most successful Japanese Action RPG sagas of all time. Sora and company were part of the teenage years of millions of people, fans who grew up in what was once a dream come true: to visit the Disney worlds in an original, charismatic, fun story. If you plan to play Kingdom Hearts (or replay the series) in its entirety, in this article we tell you what is the most appropriate order to play the saga.
Nevertheless, there are so many installments available and so many opinions about the order to play them that we are going to try to give you a hand to choose what suits you best, from the original PlayStation 2 game to the very same Kingdom Hearts III DLC, ReMind. Although there are those who prefer the chronological order of events, since the most widely accepted option is the order of release, we will base our parameters on that order. Before we begin, we list all the games of the saga in chronological order of release and then we will explain everything in more detail. All Kingdom Hearts games, sorted by release date:
What is the order to play Kingdom Hearts?
- Kingdom Hearts I
- Kingdom Hearts: Re: Chain of Memories
- Kingdom Hearts II
- Kingdom Hearts: Re:coded
- Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
- Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
- Kingdom Hearts 0.2 Birth by Sleep -A fragmentary passage-
- Kingdom Hearts: χ Back Cover
- Kingdom Hearts 3
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1. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX; without headaches
As we want to make things easy for you, we will recommend you the easiest way to have on your shelf (almost) everything on a single disc. Write down this name: Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 ReMIX. What's included? Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix: Kingdom Hearts Final MIX + Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories + Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days. As for the second one, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 Remix: Kingdom Hearts II Final MIX + Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final MIX + Kingdom Hearts Re: Coded. We insist that everything is included in a single disc.
2. Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue
Unfortunately, that compilation is not the whole saga, because to have the absolutely complete series you need to add to your shelf Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue. It includes Kingdom Hearts Dream Drop Distance, the playable episode KINGDOM HEARTS 0.2 Birth by Sleep - A Fragmentary Passage and the video KINGDOM HEARTS χ [chi] Back Cover. If you haven't backed out, let's move on to the guide. Another option, with the two compilations in one, is The Story So Far.
3. Kingdom Hearts III and ReMind
The final stroke. The third episode of the Kingdom Hearts saga is the last one, (so far) both in order of publication and in chronological order. This is the installment that we have to play to understand the denouement; but it is highly recommended to have completed all previous installments before entering this third numbered chapter. Finally, ReMind, which is the DLC that closes some of the arcs and pending questions left by Kingdom Hearts 3 in its main story.
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