Final Fantasy VI (1994)
0.4806Canon Score · ranked #19 all time
Aggregated from 9 of 17 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →
About the game
Final Fantasy VI, titled Final Fantasy III in its initial North American release, is a 1994 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It is the sixth main entry in the Final Fantasy series, the final to feature 2D sprite based graphics, and the first to be directed by someone other than series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi; the role was instead filled by Yoshi
Why it ranks #19
Every list on which Final Fantasy VI appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Slant 100 Greatest (2020) | Editorial list | #2 / 100 |
| Game Informer Top 300 (2018) | Critics' canon | #6 / 300 |
| Polygon 500 Best (2017) | Critics' canon | #11 / 500 |
| TIME 50 Greatest (2016) | Editorial list | #12 / 50 |
| gamesTM 200 Greatest (2018) | Editorial list | #19 / 200 |
| IGN Top 100 (2021) | Critics' canon | #44 / 100 |
| Metacritic all-time (2026-07 snapshot) | Editorial list | #201 / 214 |
| 1001 Video Games (2013 ed.) | Critics' canon | Selected |
| Hardcore Gaming 101 Top 200 (2020) | Editorial list | Selected |