FINAL FANTASY VII similar games & best alternatives

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FINAL FANTASY VII

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2013

Should you play it?

The RPG classic FINAL FANTASY VII returns to PC, now with brand new online features!

What works

  • Engaging and deep story
  • Memorable characters
  • Innovative materia system
  • Long playtime with side quests and minigames
  • Iconic soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Dated graphics
  • Frequent random encounters
  • Awkward controls on pc
  • Some grinding required
  • Requires square enix account to play

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Verho - Curse of Faces

  • WitchSpring R

  • Tales of Zestiria

  • Dimensionals

  • SaGa Frontier Remastered

  • KINGDOM HEARTS -HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX-

More leadership-focused

Games that feels like FINAL FANTASY VII but with more leadership over others

  • Phantom Brave PC

  • Romancing SaGa 3™

  • GRANDIA II HD Remaster

  • Digimon Story Time Stranger

  • Chrono Ark

  • FINAL FANTASY VIII

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster

  • FINAL FANTASY VIII - REMASTERED

  • FINAL FANTASY XII THE ZODIAC AGE

  • FINAL FANTASY IX

  • SaGa SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS™

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

FINAL FANTASY VII: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Relaxation. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Leadership.

Last update: 03/08/2026