Final Fantasy Brave Exvius

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius was a free-to-playrole-playing video game developed by Alim^[1] and published by Square Enix for iOS and Android. Serving as a spin-off of the Final Fantasy series, the game was the first collaborative effort between Square Enix and Alim. Since August 2019, the app had been downloaded over 40 million times worldwide. A tactical RPGspin-off video game, War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, was released in Japan on November 14, 2019, and globally on March 25, 2020.

It was shut down outside of Japan on October 30, 2024,^[2] and in Japan on October 31, 2025.^[3] An enhanced remake titled Final Fantasy Resonance is slated for release on the Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Windows on October 22, 2026.^[4][5]

Brave Exvius was designed as a turn-based role-playing game, combining elements from the Final Fantasy series with those of previous Alim game, Brave Frontier. Similar to Brave Frontier, the battle system consists of a simplified interface where players can command their characters to attack by touching the character's corresponding attack button, and special attacks or items can be used by swiping the button and choosing the desired command. The game also used elements from the Final Fantasy franchise, such as magic spells, character-specific limit breaks, and the summoning of creatures (known as 'Espers').

Characters were presented in a pixel art style.^[6] As part of the game's gacha system, players summoned characters from past Final Fantasy and Brave Frontier titles. The rarity of summoning has ranged from 1 to 5 stars, with five-star summons (only inside the base) to be upgraded between 6 and 7 stars. Players then used those characters to build custom parties of the five units. They also recruited an additional 6th unit from other players. Through collaboration events, players had also been able to summon characters from other Square Enix titles such as Tomb Raider, Kingdom Hearts and Secret of Mana as well as multiple forms of Ariana Grande^[7] and Katy Perry.^[8] Players advanced through a series of stages until they encountered and defeated the final boss, during which they gained experience points, crafting materials and money.

The game also featured 'exploration' stages (a new addition compared to Brave Frontier), during which players were able to freely explore towns and other areas in a classic RPG style via touch controls, interacting with characters, visiting shops, obtaining quests, looking for resources and fighting enemies in random encounters (during which, the interface remained the same as regular battle stages).^[9] Hidden objects from exploration areas was the character known as the 'Fat Chocobo', who sold rare, exclusive items in exchange for a specific resource, known as 'Star Quartz'.

An arena mode was also available; allowed players to compete against the teams of other players. The game also featured various limited-time story events, where-by new stages and exploration areas are available for a limited duration.

Energy was a resource which players required to begin most stages. It re-charged themselves from real-time, even when the game was closed, or in the context of ‘sleep-mode’. New players began the game with a maximum energy level of 10, but gained more capacity as they completed stages and increase their 'player rank'.

物語はラピスという世界から始まる。そこは魔法の水晶と、人々の思考や感情が具現化した「ビジョン」が存在する世界だ。

物語は、グランシェルト王国の若き騎士レインを中心に展開する。レインは立派な騎士だが、父であるレーガン卿の影に隠れてばかりいる。レインと幼馴染のラスウェルは飛行船で旅をしている途中、水晶に閉じ込められた若い女性フィナに出会う。フィナは二人に助けを求める。フィナは二人を大地の聖域へと案内する。そこでは、パラディアの誓約六人組の一人だと名乗る闇のヴェリタスが大地の水晶を攻撃していた。闇の君主の真の目的は不明だが、全ての水晶を破壊することで世界を滅ぼそうとしているようだ。レインとラスウェルはヴェリタスとその組織について聞いたこともなかったが、ヴェリタスは二人の抵抗にもかかわらず大地の水晶を破壊する、恐るべき敵であることが判明する。

With the help of Fina, a healer and archer who has lost her memory, the two set out to track down Veritas and stop his rampage.

Brave Exvius was first revealed in November 2014 at the Final Fantasy Live Event in Tokyo, alongside Final Fantasy Legends: Toki no Suishō and the Final Fantasy Portal App.^[11] It was first released in Japan in October 2015. Eiji Takahashi and Hisatoshi Hayakashi of Brave Frontier both directed and produced the game^[12] while Noriyasu Agematsu composed the game's musical score.^[13] Illustrations of the characters are handled by Yoshitaka Amano, who illustrated art on early Final Fantasy works.^[14][15][16] Before the game's release in Japan, a beta test began in August for the Android version of the game for a limited number of players who had registered accounts on the Square Enix Japanese website.^[17] An English global release was announced in 2016,^[18] with the beta version being released in Sweden, alongside the pre-registration campaign.^[19][20] The game was officially released worldwide outside of Japan on June 30 the same year.

A mobile companion app, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius: Digital Ultimania, was released in June 2019.^[21]

Final Fantasy Brave Exvius received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator Metacritic.^[22]TouchArcade awarded it a score of 3.5 out of five: "It's worth a shot if you're a fan of Square's classic RPG series, but in trying to stretch out to two different camps, I fear it may not entirely please either".^[23] In January 2016, the game has been downloaded 5 million times.^[24] A couple of years later, in October 2020, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius reached 45 million downloads across the Apple App Store, Google Play and Amazon App Store.^[25]

Mobile titles like Exvius helped Square Enix achieve profitability in 2015, in conjunction with other mobile titles it created.^[26] According to revenue estimates from analyst firm Sensor Tower, Final Fantasy Brave Exvius had a monthly revenue of $13 million in April 2018, with the Japanese version grossing $3 million on the App Store^[27] and $4 million on Google Play,^[28] and the English version grossing $2 million on the App Store^[29] and $4 million on Google Play.^[30]

Final Fantasy Resonance, an enhanced offline remake, was announced in the June 2026 Nintendo Direct.^[31]

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