Final Fantasy VII (1997)
0.3971Canon Score · ranked #37 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 VII is a 1997 role-playing video game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation. The seventh main installment in the Final Fantasy series, it was released in Japan by Square and internationally by Sony Computer Entertainment, becoming the first game in the main series to have a PAL release. The game's story follows Cloud Strife, a mercenary who joins an eco-terrorist organization to stop a w
Why it ranks #37
Every list on which Final Fantasy VII appears, with its position as published.
| List | Authority | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Rolling Stone 50 Greatest (2025) | Editorial list | #8 / 50 |
| Slant 100 Greatest (2020) | Editorial list | #18 / 100 |
| TIME 50 Greatest (2016) | Editorial list | #24 / 50 |
| gamesTM 200 Greatest (2018) | Editorial list | #68 / 200 |
| Polygon 500 Best (2017) | Critics' canon | #70 / 500 |
| Game Informer Top 300 (2018) | Critics' canon | #80 / 300 |
| IGN Top 100 (2021) | Critics' canon | #98 / 100 |
| Metacritic all-time (2026-07 snapshot) | Editorial list | #188 / 214 |
| 1001 Video Games (2013 ed.) | Critics' canon | Selected |