Final Fantasy is a timeless gaming franchise spawning dozens of releases over the past three decades. An absurd number of spinoffs, film adaptations and sequels have followed after the first Final Fantasy game hit the shelves in 1987. Despite being a vast series, Final Fantasy manages to produce a unique touch in each of its gameplay iterations, which sees the franchise add to its already enormous fan following. With another Final Fantasy entry right around the corner in the form of Final Fantasy VII Remake, here’s a complete list of Final Fantasy games that have been released to date (without the bundle releases):
THE CORE SERIES
- Final Fantasy I (1987)
- Final Fantasy II (1988)
- Final Fantasy III (1990)
- Final Fantasy IV (1991)
- Final Fantasy V (1992)
- Final Fantasy VI (1994)
- Final Fantasy VII (1997)
- Final Fantasy VIII (1999)
- Final Fantasy IX (2000)
- Final Fantasy X (2001)
- Final Fantasy XI: Online (2002)
- Final Fantasy XII (2006)
- Final Fantasy XIII (2009)
- Final Fantasy IV: Online (2010)
- Final Fantasy XV (2016)
CORE SERIES SIDE ENTRIES
- Final Fantasy X 2 (2003, sequel to Final Fantasy X)
- Before Crisis : Final Fantasy VII (2004, prequel to Final Fantasy VII)
- Final Fantasy VII Snowboarding (2005, sequel to Final Fantasy VII)
- Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII (2006, sequel to Final Fantasy VII)
- Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings (2007, sequel to Final Fantasy XII)
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII (2007, prequel to Final Fantasy VII)
- Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (2008, sequel to Final Fantasy IV)
- Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn (2013, re-release of Final Fantasy XIV)
- Final Fantasy Grandmasters (2015, Final Fantasy XI spin off)
- Justice Monsters Five (2016, inspired from a Final Fantasy XV minigame)
- A King’s Tale: Final Fantasy XV (2017, prequel to Final Fantasy XV)
- Final Fantasy XV: A New Empire (2017, Final Fantasy XV side entry)
- King’s Knight: Wrath of the Dark Dragon (2017, referenced in Final Fantasy XV)
- Monster of the Deep: Final Fantasy XV (2017)
- Final Fantasy XV: Pocket Edition (2018)
SUBSERIES: FINAL FANTASY TACTICS
- Final Fantasy Tactics (1997)
- Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (2003)
- Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift (2007)
- Final Fantasy Tactics S (2013)
SUBSERIES: FABULA NOVA CRYSTALLIS FINAL FANTASY
- Final Fantasy Type-0 (2011)
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 (2011, also a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII)
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013, also a sequel to Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2)
- Final Fantasy Awakening (2016)
SPINOFFS
- Final Fantasy Adventure (1991)
- Final Fantasy Mystic Quest (1993)
- Chocobo Series (1997-)
- Final Fantasy: Unlimited with U (2002)
- Final Fantasy: Unlimited on PC – Meikyū ~ Kuroki Yume no Kioku ~ (2003)
- Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series (2003-)
- Crystal Defenders series (2008-)
- Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light (2009)
- Final Fantasy Dimensions (2010)
- Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade (2012)
- Theatrhythm Final Fantasy (2012)
- Final Fantasy Artniks (2012)
- Final Fantasy All the Bravest (2013)
- Pictlogica Final Fantasy (2013)
- Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (2014)
- Final Fantasy: World Wide Words (2014)
- Final Fantasy Record Keeper (2014)
- Final Fantasy Artniks Dive (2014)
- Heavenstrike Rivals (2014)
- Final Fantasy Explorers (2014)
- Final Fantasy Portal App (2015)
- Final Fantasy Dimensions II (2015)
- Mobius Final Fantasy (2015)
- Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius (2016)
- World of Final Fantasy (2016)
