Series

Final Fantasy

106 games · 1987–2027

The whole series

Timeline 59

Games: 59
Span: 1987–2023; 37 years
Average score: 73; IGDB, released games
Highest rated: 95; Final Fantasy III
Latest release: 2023; Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis

Releases by year

Released

1980s
3 games · best: Final Fantasy 73
1987
Series debut
December 18, 1987
Final Fantasy
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
73IGDB
Final Fantasy, also known as FFI in re-releases, is the first role-playing game title in Square's flagship Final Fantasy series. The game puts players in control of four characters known as the Warriors of Light, and begins by asking the player to select the classes and names of each. The Warriors of Light can traverse the maps of dungeons and towns, which are connected by a world map, and will run into random…
- Wii U
- 3DS
- Wii
- NES
- Family Computer
Remade in 2000, 2021
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1988
1988
December 17, 1988
Final Fantasy II
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
55IGDB
Final Fantasy II is the second installment in the Final Fantasy series, developed and published by Squaresoft. It was directed by Hironobu Sakaguchi, with Yoshitaka Amano designing the characters and Nobuo Uematsu composing the…
- Wii U
- 3DS
- Wii
- Family Computer
Remade in 2001, 2021
1989
1989
December 15, 1989
The Final Fantasy Legend
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
72IGDB
The long-running FINAL FANTASY series hits the Game Boy with FINAL FANTASY LEGEND. Create your party by choosing four warriors from eight different character classes including humans, mutants, and monsters. Humans specialize in…
- Game Boy
1990s
12 games · best: Final Fantasy III 95
1990
1990
April 27, 1990
Final Fantasy III
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
70IGDB
Final Fantasy III is the third FF game for the Famicom. The turn-based battle engine has been improved: if the enemy is defeated, the next character will automatically switch to another enemy, and not hit the air, like in the…
- Wii U
- 3DS
- Wii
- Family Computer
Remade in 2006, 2021
1991
1991
June 28, 1991
Final Fantasy Adventure
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
80IGDB
In the Empire of Glaive, a gladiator-slave is forced to fight evil monsters controlled by the Dark Lord. But when his best friend is mortally wounded, he learns of a secret pendant which will give him great power. As the hero…
- Switch
- Game Boy
Remade in 2016
July 19, 1991
Final Fantasy IV
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
82IGDB
FINAL FANTASY IV is the fourth main installment in the FINAL FANTASY series, developed and published by Squaresoft. It was released in July 1991 for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in Japan, and released as FINAL FANTASY…
- Wii U
- Wii
- New Nintendo 3DS
- Super Famicom
Remade in 2007, 2021
1992
1992
October 5, 1992
Final Fantasy: Mystic Quest
Square Osaka Development Department · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
73IGDB
Focus Tower is the center of the world and balances the forces of the world. However 4 monsters have taken the 4 elemental crystals (Earth, Water, Fire, Wind) for their own use, and also taken the 4 keys that for doors inside of…
- Wii U
- Wii
- SNES
- Super Famicom
December 6, 1992
Final Fantasy V
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
80IGDB
Final Fantasy V is a fantasy role-playing video game developed and published by Square in 1992 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game first appeared only in Japan on Nintendo's Super Famicom (known internationally as the…
- Wii
- Super Famicom
Remade in 2021
1994
Highest rated
April 2, 1994
Final Fantasy III
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
95IGDB
Final Fantasy VI is the sixth main installment in the Final Fantasy series, developed and published by Square. It was the final title in the series to feature two-dimensional graphics, and the first story that did not revolve around crystals. The game gives players up to fourteen playable characters, the largest cast in the series, and features the Active Time Battle pseudo-turn based menu command system. A party…
- Wii U
- Wii
- SNES
- New Nintendo 3DS
- Super Famicom
Remade in 2022
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2 years without a new game
1997
1997
January 31, 1997
Final Fantasy VII
Square Product Development Division 1 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
91IGDB
Final Fantasy VII (note: this is the original Japan-exclusive version) is a role-playing game set in a post-modern, steampunk world where technology and fantasy elements coexist. Players control Cloud Strife, an ex-soldier who…
- PS1
June 20, 1997
Final Fantasy Tactics
Square Product Development Division 4 · Role-playing (RPG) · Turn-based strategy (TBS)
86IGDB
Lead epic battles in a new FINAL FANTASY world. Betrayal and darker dealings await in Squaresoft's game of war. Fight hundreds of battles across dangerous 3D terrain as an ancient blood feud awakens a deadlier foe.
- PS3
- PSP
- PS1
December 22, 1997
Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
70IGDB
This is the first game in the Chocobo's Dungeon series. You take on the character of Chocobo and adventure through a randomly created dungeon.
- PS3
- PSP
- PS1
1998
1998
December 23, 1998
Chocobo's Dungeon 2
Square · Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy
61IGDB
FINAL FANTASY's Chocobo stars in an all-new adventure! In search of treasure, Chocobo and Mog find more than they expect. Joined by other FINAL FANTASY characters, Chocobo must defeat foes and unveil a friend's secrets while…
- PS3
- PSP
- PS1
1999
1999
February 11, 1999
Final Fantasy VIII
Square Product Development Division 1 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
86IGDB
Final Fantasy VIII is the eighth main installment in the Final Fantasy series. The gameplay makes a departure from many series standards. While it still uses the Active Time Battle system, it deviates from the series' traditional…
- PS3
- PSP
- PS1
Remade in 2019
March 18, 1999
Chocobo Racing
Square Product Development Division 1 · Racing
60IGDB
The Chocobo has appeared in every Final Fantasy game since Final Fantasy IV as a large yellow bird that you can ride to other destinations or use during fights. With Chocobo Racing, you can race a Chocobo along with a range of…
- PS3
- PSP
- PS1
2000s
19 games · best: Final Fantasy X 91
2000
2000
July 7, 2000
Final Fantasy IX
Square USA · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
86IGDB
Final Fantasy IX is the ninth main installment in the FF series. The title is a return to the series's roots, with gameplay features and references to the past games featuring throughout, as well as a medieval fantasy setting and…
- PS3
- PSP
- PS1
Remade in 2016
2001
2001
July 19, 2001
Final Fantasy X
Square Product Development Division 1 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
91IGDB
Final Fantasy X is the tenth main installment in the FF series and the first title released on sixth-generation consoles. It was also the first game to feature fully three-dimensional areas rather than including pre-rendered…
- PS2
2002
2002
May 16, 2002
Final Fantasy XI Online
Square Product Development Division 3 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
71IGDB
Final Fantasy XI Online is the franchise's first MMORPG as well as the eleventh installment in the main series. FFXI was the world's first cross-console MMORPG, available for Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 and Steam. Since its…
- PC
- Xbox 360
- PS2
Remade in TBA
May 16, 2002
Tetra Master
Square Enix · Card & Board Game
Offline
Tetra Master was an online collectible card game available through the PlayOnline service on PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. The game was based on the card minigame from Final Fantasy IX. It featured 250 cards from Final…
- PC
- PS2
December 13, 2002
Chocobo Land: A Game of Dice
Square Product Development Division 5 · Simulator · Strategy
Dice de Chocobo is a video game originally released in 1999 for the PlayStation in the Chocobo Collection. It was later planned to be remade for the WonderSwan Color, but was cancelled, and it was finally remade for the Game Boy…
- PS3
- Wii U
- PSP
- GBA
- +1
2003
2003
March 13, 2003
Final Fantasy X-2
Square Product Development Division 1 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
70IGDB
Final Fantasy X-2 is the direct sequel to Final Fantasy X, developed and published by Square Enix. It was the first direct sequel game in the Final Fantasy series and the first to feature an all-female playable cast. It also…
- PS2
August 8, 2003
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles
The Game Designers Studio · Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator
76IGDB
Join a crystal caravan! A deadly miasma has swallowed the land, and it's up to you to hold it at bay! Many dangers lie along your journey, but you need not face them alone. Enlist your friends in a crystal caravan and make your…
- GameCube
2004
2004
February 9, 2004
Final Fantasy X-2: Last Mission
Square Enix Product Development Division 1 · Role-playing (RPG)
64IGDB
Final Fantasy X-2: Last Mission is a playable sequel to Final Fantasy X-2, originally released exclusively in Japan as a bonus for Final Fantasy X-2: International + Last Mission for the PlayStation 2 on February 9, 2004. It is…
- PS2
September 24, 2004
Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII
Square Enix Product Development Division 1 · Role-playing (RPG)
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Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII is a Japanese action role-playing game developed and published by Square Enix in 2004. It is the prequel to Final Fantasy VII, taking place during the six years prior to it. Before Crisis was the…
- Legacy Mobile Device
December 22, 2004
Itadaki Street Special
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The game is similar to Monopoly in that players roll one die to advance around a board, purchase an unowned property they land on and earn money when opponents land on the player's property. The game differs from Monopoly in that…
- PS2
2006
2006
March 16, 2006
Final Fantasy XII
Square Enix Product Development Division 4 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
87IGDB
The game takes place in the fictional land of Ivalice, where the empires of Archadia and Rozarria are waging an endless war. Dalmasca, a small kingdom, is caught between the warring nations. When Dalmasca is annexed by Archadia…
- PS2
August 18, 2006
Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode: Final Fantasy VII
Ideaworks3D
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Dirge of Cerberus Lost Episode: Final Fantasy VII is a fully-voiced mobile phone game and is a midquel to the original Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII third-person shooter game for the PlayStation 2. It featured only a…
- Legacy Mobile Device
2007
2007
April 26, 2007
Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings
Think & Feel · Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy
74IGDB
One year after the events of FINAL FANTASY XII, the young protagonist Vaan travels the skies of Ivalice with his trusted navigator Penelo at his side. Their treasure hunting adventures take them to the sky continent of LemurÃs…
- DS
September 13, 2007
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
Square Enix Product Development Division 1 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
85IGDB
In CRISIS CORE, players can experience the D.M.W (Digital Mind Wave) system, which enhances the real-time battle system, allowing players to unleash special attacks or call upon various FINAL FANTASY summons. Players can also…
- PSP
Remade in 2022
2008
2008
February 18, 2008
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Square Enix · Role-playing (RPG)
61IGDB
FINAL FANTASY IV: THE AFTER YEARS is a direct sequel to FINAL FANTASY IV. It is a Japanese-style role-playing game released in episodic format. The game uses mechanics, assets and graphics from various releases of FINAL FANTASY…
- Wii
- PSP
- Legacy Mobile Device
Remade in 2013
December 18, 2008
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Square Enix Product Development Division 1 · Fighting · Role-playing (RPG)
80IGDB
Dissidia Final Fantasy is a 3D-arena fighting game with RPG elements featuring 20 characters, heroes and villains, from the first 10 final fantasy games summed by the god of discord and the goddess of harmony to fight over the…
- PSP
2009
2009
January 29, 2009
Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles - Echoes of Time
Square Enix Product Development Division 2 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
67IGDB
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time is an installment in the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series. It is the first Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles game that allows players to play together online and it allows…
- Wii
- DS
October 29, 2009
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Matrix Software · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
75IGDB
With FINAL FANTASY: The 4 Heroes of Light, the FINAL FANTASY series is rendered anew as an epic storybook adventure by the creators of the FINAL FANTASY III and FINAL FANTASY IV Nintendo DS remakes. Players will enter a beautiful…
- DS
December 17, 2009
Final Fantasy XIII
Square Enix Product Development Division 1 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
77IGDB
Final Fantasy XIII is a single-player Japanese role-playing game and the thirteenth main entry in the Final Fantasy series. Combat uses a real-time variant of the series' Active Time Battle system, in which the player directs one…
- PC
- PS3
- Xbox 360
2010s
20 games · best: Final Fantasy XIV Online 83
2010
2010
September 30, 2010
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Square Enix Product Development Division 3 · Role-playing (RPG)
43IGDBOffline
Starting development in 2005 under the codename "Rapture", FINAL FANTASY XIV ONLINE was announced in 2009 for Windows and the PlayStation 3. It ran on Square Enix's Crystal Tools middleware engine, which was adjusted to suit the…
- PC
- PS3
2011
2011
October 27, 2011
Final Fantasy Type-0
Square Enix 1st Production Department · Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
69IGDB
Final Fantasy Type-0 is set within Orience, a land divided between four nations or "Crystal States". Each nation has crystals of power based on the Four Symbols, which are in turn their national emblems. The Dominion of Rubrum…
- PSP
December 15, 2011
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Square Enix 1st Production Department · Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Role-playing (RPG)
73IGDB
Final Fantasy XIII‑2 is a story-driven JRPG that blends fast-paced, party-based combat with time-travel exploration. Lead a dynamic duo across branching timelines and varied environments, recruit and customize powerful allies…
- PC
- Xbox One
- PS3
- Xbox 360
2012
2012
February 16, 2012
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
indieszero Co., Ltd. · Music · Role-playing (RPG)
81IGDB
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy features a hybrid of music rhythm gameplay with RPG elements. Adorably re-designed heroes from the catalogue of FINAL FANTASY titles will set out on an adventure to combat memorable villains with the…
- iOS
- 3DS
August 31, 2012
Final Fantasy Dimensions
Matrix Software · Role-playing (RPG)
Final Fantasy Dimensions is a Final Fantasy game for mobile phones. Final Fantasy Dimensions features 2D graphics and a job ability system, and returns to classic Final Fantasy plot elements focusing on a conflict between light…
- iOS
- Android
2013
2013
January 17, 2013
Final Fantasy: All the Bravest
BitGroove · Strategy
40IGDBDelisted
FINAL FANTASY ALL THE BRAVEST is a touch-action RPG in which you continuously battle enemies to advance through the game's many stages.
- iOS
- Android
August 27, 2013
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Square Enix Product Development Division 3 · Role-playing (RPG)
83IGDB
Take part in an epic and ever-changing Final Fantasy as you adventure and explore with friends from around the world. Final Fantasy XIV Online is the 2013 relaunch of the massively multiplayer online role-playing game that takes…
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch 2
- +3
2013
Pictlogica: Final Fantasy
Square Enix Business Division 4 · Puzzle · Role-playing (RPG)
Delisted
Pictlogica Final Fantasy was a free-to-play action puzzle game developed by Jupiter for iOS and Android. An Nintendo 3DS version, Pictlogica Final Fantasy ≒ (Nearly Equal), was announced and released in Japan on July 12, 2017
- iOS
- Android
November 21, 2013
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII
Square Enix 1st Production Department · Role-playing (RPG)
70IGDB
As Lightning, it is your mission to save souls so they may be brought to a new world. However, with only thirteen days remaining, not everyone can be saved. Armed with all-new weapons, player customization and battle abilities…
- PC
- PS3
- Xbox 360
2014
2014
May 14, 2014
Final Fantasy Agito
Square Enix Business Division 2 · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
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Final Fantasy Agito was a free-to-play video game for iOS and Android platforms in Japan and is a follow-up to Final Fantasy Type-0. The game was a legitimate entry in the Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy series, and Hajime…
- iOS
- Android
September 16, 2014
Final Fantasy: World Wide Words
GREE, Inc. · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
Offline
Final Fantasy World Wide Words was a free-to-play typing role-playing mobile game for Android and iOS developed by Square Enix. The game featured characters and monsters from various installments of Final Fantasy. Final Fantasy…
- iOS
- Android
September 24, 2014
Final Fantasy: Record Keeper
Square Enix Business Division 4 · Role-playing (RPG)
80IGDB
Relive some of the Final Fantasy series' most memorable battles with 16-bit(-ish) sprites and mix-and-match party gameplay.
- PC
- iOS
- Android
December 18, 2014
Final Fantasy: Explorers
Racjin · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
69IGDB
Final Fantasy Explorers features both cooperative play with friends and solo play, utilizing a refined party system which allows Explorers to master over 20 new and familiar jobs—including series classics like Dragoon, Dark…
- 3DS
2015
2015
June 4, 2015
Mobius Final Fantasy
Square Enix Business Division 1 · Role-playing (RPG) · Turn-based strategy (TBS)
63IGDBOffline
MOBIUS FINAL FANTASY, made by the team behind the official Final Fantasy series, is a groundbreaking RPG specially crafted for mobile devices. The player controls Wol, a man who wakes with amnesia in the world of Palamecia, and…
- PC
- iOS
- Android
October 1, 2015
Final Fantasy Grandmasters
CROOZ · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
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Final Fantasy Grandmasters was a free-to-play online multiplayer spin-off of Final Fantasy XI for mobile with the closed beta test launching on June 8, 2015. It was Japan exclusive and had over 1 million downloads until Square…
- iOS
- Android
October 22, 2015
Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius
A-Lim · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
79IGDBOffline
Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius a brand-new FINAL FANTASY experience, will launch for free (with in-app purchases) on iOS and Android devices this summer. The hit title has already drawn in more than six million players in Japan and…
- iOS
- Android
2016
2016
November 29, 2016
Final Fantasy XV
Square Enix Business Division 2 · Role-playing (RPG) · Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
79IGDB
Play as Noctis, the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Lucis, as you seek to reclaim your homeland from the imperial army. With your closest friends along for the ride, you’ll travel through the breath-taking world of Eos…
- PC
- Switch
- PS4
- Xbox One
- +1
Remade in 2018
December 14, 2016
Final Fantasy Awakening
Perfect World Entertainment · Simulator
Final Fantasy Awakening is a free-to-play online multi-player video game based on Final Fantasy Type-0, developed in place of the discontinued Final Fantasy Agito. From the start, the game has been developed to be a three party…
- iOS
- Android
2017
2017
March 31, 2017
Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire
MachineZone · Role-playing (RPG) · Strategy
34IGDB
Be the hero of your own Final Fantasy XV adventure in the brand new mobile strategy game Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire! Build your own kingdom, discover powerful magic, and dominate the realm alongside all of your friends! Final…
- iOS
- Android
July 15, 2017
Bahamut Disco
iNiSJ · Music · Arcade
Bahamut Disco is a musical interactive installation full of lights and color. The titular dragon Bahamut will at times make an appearance. The experience often crosses over with the sprites from Space Invaders. It is installed…
- Arcade
4 years without a new game
2020s
3 games · best: Final Fantasy XVI 87
2022
2022
March 18, 2022
Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
Team NINJA · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
73IGDB
Jack and his allies, Ash and Jed, burn with resolve to defeat Chaos as they throw open the gates to the Chaos Shrine. Yet doubts remain—are they truly the Warriors of Light the prophecy foretold? Step into a world of dark fantasy…
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- PS4
- +1
2023
2023
June 22, 2023
Final Fantasy XVI
Square Enix Creative Business Unit III · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
87IGDB
A single-player action RPG set in a high-fantasy world where warring nations and powerful summoned Eikons shape political intrigue and personal vengeance. Players control Clive, a former shield bearer whose life is upended by…
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
Latest release
September 7, 2023
Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis
Applibot, Inc · Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure
53IGDB
Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis is a mobile game covering the whole FFVII timeline by splitting each story into short chapters focused on important moments using animated cutscenes, some with conversation options, followed by a battle. Relive the most memorable moments from FFVII and experience the journey of a young hero Sephiroth. Experience both classic and new stories within the FFVII universe presented in a…
- PC
- iOS
- Android
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Never released
2 games
Cancelled
Cancelled
Final Fantasy VII
Never released
Final Fantasy VII
Square · Role-playing (RPG)
Cancelled
Imagine a world where Square's greatest RPG saga remained loyal to Nintendo. Final Fantasy VII was originally planned for Nintendo's 64-bit console, the N64, but that version never saw the light of day.
- Nintendo 64
- 64DD
Final Fantasy VII
Never released
Final Fantasy VII
Square · Role-playing (RPG)
Cancelled
Final Fantasy VII 2D for Super Famicom was never officially released, but it existed as a concept during the early development phase of the original game. Development began in 1994, with the intention of being a traditional 2D…
- Super Famicom

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