Final Fantasy 7 is set for a big moment in 2027 with the release of Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, but one part of its history will be laid to rest before then. Over the years, FF7 has turned from a single game in a larger franchise to a multimedia enterprise of its own, spawning everything from spin-off games to the Advent Children feature film.
Some of those spin-off games will be with us forever, like Crisis Core: FF7 or even the divisive Dirge of Cerberus. When it comes to the live-service landscape, though, things are less permanent, and things are winding to a close for the mobile game Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis.
In July this year, Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis announced the planned end of service on October 6, 2026, at 11 PM PDT. While it's far from the first Square Enix mobile title to shut down, it had an unexpectedly short lifespan, lasting hardly more than three years since its September 2023 launch. Its tenure on PC was even shorter, as it was originally ported in December 2023.
FF7 Ever Crisis offered its own take on remaking Final Fantasy 7, reimagining both...
