Final Fantasy VII Remake
A three-part retelling of a 1997 game that stops being a retelling somewhere in the first few hours, and knows you know the original.
Recommended first play
What to play first, and in what order, if you are starting cold.
A curator’s claim about what to play first, not a fact about the series. It moves 3 entries out of release order, and each one says why.
There is no chronology to show. The Remake trilogy does not sit before or after the original in a single timeline — it argues with it, and several of its scenes only work as a departure from something the player is expected to remember. So this page offers release and recommended, and no lore toggle, because a third tab here would imply a settled answer that does not exist.
- 1Final Fantasy VII Remake
2020 · Square Enix Creative Business Unit I
Covers the first few hours of the original across a full game. Assumes nothing, which is what makes it the entry point despite being part one of three.
Entry point1 place earlier than release - 2Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
2024 · Square Enix Creative Business Unit I
Opens the map up and continues directly from the first part’s ending. The one entry here with a hard prerequisite.
1 place earlier than release - 3Final Fantasy VII
1997 · not in the catalogue
Not in our catalogue. Last in the recommendation rather than first: the trilogy is more interesting once you can hear what it is arguing with, and the original survives being played out of order better than the trilogy survives being spoiled.
2 places later than releaseNo page here
