{"id":38281,"date":"2026-07-08T19:03:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=38281"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:03:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:03:03","slug":"final-fantasy-7-gacha-game-shutting-down-under-3-years-post-steam-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/?p=38281","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy 7 Gacha Game Shutting Down Under 3 Years Post Steam Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/final-fantasy-7-gacha-game-shutting-down-under-3-years-post-steam-release.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Fewer than three years following its debut on Steam, Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis is set to close down. Square Enix has announced that sales of the Red Crystal in-game currency have ended, and the game will go offline on October 6. Despite attempts to deliver a high-quality gaming experience since its 2023 launch, Square Enix pointed to unspecified difficulties in sustaining the service.<\/p>\n<p>The game garnered a mixed reception on Steam and saw a reduction in player numbers, which may have influenced this decision. While the Android and iOS versions performed better in user ratings, their player data remains undisclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis sought to retell the comprehensive narrative of Final Fantasy 7, weaving in elements from the original game, the film Advent Children, and spin-offs like Before Crisis, Crisis Core, and Dirge of Cerberus. Nonetheless, its gacha mechanics and monetization practices faced criticism, evident in numerous Steam reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Square Enix will continue in-game events until the shutdown and has issued a final roadmap for the game&#8217;s conclusion. After the servers are turned off, all account details will be removed to safeguard users&#8217; private data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/final-fantasy-7-gacha-game-shutting-down-under-3-years-post-steam-release.jpg\"><\/div>\n<p>Fewer than three years following its debut on Steam, Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis is set to close down. Square Enix has announced that sales of the Red Crystal in-game currency have ended, and the game will go offline on October 6. Despite attempts to deliver a high-quality gaming experience since its 2023 launch, Square Enix pointed to unspecified difficulties in sustaining the service.<\/p>\n<p>The game garnered a mixed reception on Steam and saw a reduction in player numbers, which may have influenced this decision. While the Android and iOS versions performed better in user ratings, their player data remains undisclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis sought to retell the comprehensive narrative of Final Fantasy 7, weaving in elements from the original game, the film Advent Children, and spin-offs like Before Crisis, Crisis Core, and Dirge of Cerberus. Nonetheless, its gacha mechanics and monetization practices faced criticism, evident in numerous Steam reviews.<\/p>\n<p>Square Enix will continue in-game events until the shutdown and has issued a final roadmap for the game&#8217;s conclusion. After the servers are turned off, all account details will be removed to safeguard users&#8217; private data.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38282,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaitgames.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}