Final Fantasy 7 Ever-Crisis Steam Page Is Now Live, But Not For Everyone

Square Enix has confirmed that Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis is now available for Steam, with a yet unannounced release date. After confirming a PC version earlier this year, the store page for Ever Crisis is finally live. Unfortunately however, Ever Crisis is not available for everyone as users from Southeast Asia have reported that they are unable to access the store page in their regions. 

Plenty of SE triple A games on SEA region but not a gacha game? Really?

I’m annoyed because part of the world is blocked from this content that’s supposed to be canon to FF7R. pic.twitter.com/pthOtSAnKW

— 🐍🐥Kizu 🐥🐍 (@chairwoman_H) November 20, 2023

Final Fantasy 7 Ever Crisis is a remake of the original Final Fantasy 7 story without the liberties taken in the 2020 remake. The game also includes entirely brand-new events not present in either the original Final Fantasy 7 or its remake, of note is a chapter that delves into the backstory of FF7’s primary antagonist, Sephiroth. Ever Crisis launched in September for Android and iOS and is a free-to-play role-playing gacha title.

Ever Crisis has been a highly anticipated entry in the Final Fantasy series for many fans who were disappointed by the creative liberties in the FF7 Remake. It also employs the ATB combat system which has been a hallmark of the series from its early PS1 and NES roots. The story itself is told through chapters that release overtime, similar to other popular gacha games like Mihoyo’s Genshin Impact. 

With the success of titles like Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail, gacha games have become increasingly popular overtime. Square Enix themselves have dabbled into Gacha numerous times with games like SINoALICE and NieR Reincarnation, directed by Yoko Taro of NieR/Drakengard fame. Even so, there is always a stigma surrounding the pay-to-win nature of these games. 

Despite that however, Ever Crisis has been a massive success for Square Enix, garnering over 2 million downloads soon after its launch on mobile. The numbers are only expected to go up with the release of the Steam version. As far as consoles are concerned, there is currently no definite statement about a console release.