Final Fantasy VII Revelation will close the remake trilogy while leaving room for spin-offs

Final Fantasy VII Revelation will bring Square Enix’s remake trilogy to a definitive end when it launches on April 8, 2027. Director Yoshinori Kitase says the team considers the three-game project complete, rather than leaving the main story open for another sequel.

That does not necessarily mean Square Enix is finished with the wider Final Fantasy VII universe. Kitase has left the door open to future spin-offs if players respond strongly to the completed remake series and its characters.

Speaking to GamerBraves, Kitase reflected on the amount of work Square Enix has put into the remake project. The trilogy began with Final Fantasy VII Remake in 2020 and continued with Final Fantasy VII Rebirth in 2024.

“We can confidently say it’s the end of the series,” Kitase said when discussing Revelation. His comments refer to the remake trilogy, which Square Enix has consistently described as a three-part project.

Revelation is designed to finish the story that began in Remake and continued through Rebirth. Square Enix has also described the upcoming RPG as the final entry in the remake series in its official release material.

Kitase did not make the same commitment about the wider Final Fantasy VII universe. He pointed to the original 1997 game, which was initially created as a standalone experience before its popularity led Square Enix to expand the setting.

Projects including Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children followed in later years. Kitase said the lasting popularity of the original characters helped drive those additional stories.

A similar response to the remake trilogy could influence what Square Enix does after Revelation. No new spin-off has been announced, and Kitase stopped short of confirming that another project is already being planned.

The remake trilogy has increasingly incorporated characters, ideas, and story elements from projects released after the original Final Fantasy VII. Director Naoki Hamaguchi has previously said the team wants the remake project to bring concepts from works such as Crisis Core, Advent Children, and Dirge of Cerberus into its version of the story.

That approach will continue in Revelation, although Square Enix has avoided revealing every returning character ahead of release. The game will also conclude Cloud and his party’s main conflict with Sephiroth rather than relying on a later project to finish the trilogy’s central storyline.

Final Fantasy VII Revelation launches on April 8, 2027 for PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It follows Remake and Rebirth as the third and final part of Square Enix’s reworking of the 1997 RPG.

Square Enix has not announced another Final Fantasy VII game beyond the trilogy. Kitase’s comments leave future spin-offs as a possibility, but any continuation would come after Revelation completes the remake project.