Square Enix is ending service for *Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis* on October 6 at 11:00 p.m. PDT, closing the free-to-play RPG just over three years after its mobile launch and less than three years after it reached Steam.
The publisher confirmed the shutdown in an official end-of-service notice, saying it has determined that it will be difficult to keep providing the experience players expect. Red Crystal sales ended when the notice went live on July 7 at 7:00 p.m. PDT, although players can still spend any Red Crystals they already own until service ends.
Final events will run before the servers close
*Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis* will not go quiet immediately. Square Enix says in-game events are scheduled to be released and updated until the end of service, giving existing players a final window to clear remaining content, spend currency and finish story material before the game becomes inaccessible.
The shutdown is set for October 6 in North America, or October 7 in some regions because of the time difference. Square Enix says account information will be deleted after all end-of-service procedures are completed to protect users' personal information.
Refunds for unused paid Red Crystals will be limited to Taiwan residents, according to the notice. Square Enix plans to share those details later through the game and the official website, and it warns affected players not to delete the app or change devices before the refund process is complete because account verification will be required.
A three-year Final Fantasy 7 side story reaches its endpoint
*Ever Crisis* launched on iOS and Android on September 7, 2023, then came to PC through Steam on December 6, 2023. Square Enix described it as a chapter-structured RPG covering parts of the *Final Fantasy 7* timeline, including the original game's story, *Crisis Core* material and new story elements about a young Sephiroth.
That new Sephiroth storyline gave the game a place in the wider *Final Fantasy 7* remake era beyond being a mobile retelling. The Steam launch announcement said the game had passed 7 million downloads on iOS and Android before it arrived on PC, and the mobile launch followed more than 1.7 million pre-registered players.
The closure also lands in a year when Square Enix has had to address other availability questions around older or service-dependent releases. Earlier in 2026, the company confirmed that the cloud versions of several Kingdom Hearts games on Switch are being replaced by native Switch 2 versions, with the existing cloud releases set to become unplayable in 2027.
*Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis* is a different case because it was always an online free-to-play game, but the result for players is still permanent. Once the servers go offline in October, its account progression, events and exclusive story content will no longer be playable in the current app.