Summary
Final Fantasy Brave Exviusis shutting down on October 30, Square Enix has announced. TheFinal Fantasymobile game will be nine years old by the time that happens.
Developed by Japanese studio Alim,Final Fantasy Brave Exviusis afree-to-play RPGwith gacha mechanics. It originally launched for Android and iOS devices in Japan in October 2015 before having a global release eight months later.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Shutting Down After 9 Years
Square Enix has nowannouncedthat it intends toshut down the game on October 30, just eight days following its ninth anniversary. Its servers will cease operations at 11:59pm PT on that date. The in-game notice announcing the RPG’s end of life saw Square Enix state that the decision to pull the plug onFinal Fantasy Brave Exviuswas “difficult” to make. The publisher also thanked the fans for their long-term support, which allowed the game to go on for as long as it did.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Revenue Has Reportedly Been Declining For Years
The last time the company provided an official update on the RPG’s player base was in late 2020, when it saidBrave Exviussurpassed45 million downloadsacross Android and iOS. This makes it one of the most successfulFinal Fantasymobile gamesever made. Since then,Brave Exviusfell out of the top 250 top grossing apps on both the Google Play Store and iOS App Store, and is currently hovering around 1000th place, according to data compiled by third-party market tracker AppMagic.
And while its revenue has hence apparently been on a steady decline for a while now, the same source suggests that the gacha RPG saw some noticeable revenue spikes during its crossover events, such as the one thataddedParasite Eve’s Aya Brea toFinal Fantasy Brave Exviusback in September 2023. Even so, the effects of these promos reportedly diminished over the years, presumably because the game’s player base has been continuously shrinking. All the game’s microtransactions were disabled on August 29, which is when its end-of-life announcement initially went live.
Square Enix Has Been on a Mobile Game Shutdown Spree Since 2023
Final Fantasy: Brave Exviusis far from the first Square Enix mobile game that found itself on the chopping block in recent times. The developer-publisher alsoshut downNieR Reincarnation,Full Metal Alchemist Mobile, andDissidia Final Fantasy: Opera Omniain the first half of 2024. Prior to that, it shutteredFinal Fantasy 7: The First Soldierin early 2023. In between these moves, the Japanese company has also been reevaluating some of its nascent mobile projects, which is what led to the cancelation ofJust Cause: Mobilein July 2023, while the game was still in beta.
Source:AppMagic
Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy is a sci-fi fantasy franchise created by Hironobu Sakaguchi and developed/owned by Square Enix. The series centers on role playing style games set in a science fiction and fantasy style worlds. The first game originally released in 1987 and since then, the franchise has spun off into other mediums like novels, CG films, and anime. The series has also branched into other video game genres including racing, fighting, rhythm, MMOs, and more.
