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Final Fantasy VII

Original title: Final Fantasy VII - September 7, 1997

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Director:Masato Yagi

Studio:Square Enix

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D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year (console)

Winner

1997

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Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Computer Game

Winner

1997

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Game Details

Developer

Square Product Development Division 1

Publisher

Square Enix

Studio

Square Enix

Genres

Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation

Release Date

September 7, 1997

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Game Engine

Proprietry in house engine

Story

The Western release of Final Fantasy VII (released as Final Fantasy VII International in Japan) included additional elements and alterations, such as streamlining of the menu and Materia system, reducing the health of enemies, new visual cues to help with navigation across the world map, and additional cutscenes relating to Cloud's past.

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Crew & Contributors 14

Nobuo Uematsu

Audio & Music • Composer

Steve Hickman

Cinematics & VFX • Cinematics Editor

Masato Yagi

Direction • Game Director

Yasushi Matsumura

Direction • Game Director

Time to Beat

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Game

D.I.C.E. Award for Adventure Game of the Year (console)

Origins Award for Best Roleplaying Computer Game

D.I.C.E. Award - Role-Playing Game of the Year

D.I.C.E. Awards

Winner

1997

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Data aggregated from 3 sources: IGDB, RAWG, Wikidata

Last updated: 21.07.2026

Business

BudgetEstimated

~$80 million combined (estimated)

~$40M development + ~$40M worldwide marketing (per Square president Tomoyuki Takechi)

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RevenueReported

15.3M+ copies (original versions)

10M by 2010, 13.3M by 2020; a landmark best-seller

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~$80M combines an estimated ~$40M development cost with ~$40M worldwide marketing stated by Square president Tomoyuki Takechi — famously expensive for its era. Unit milestones are official Square Enix figures. (Higher ~$145M total figures are less-substantiated third-party estimates.)