Every Final Fantasy Game, Ranked by Fans
Rank every numbered Final Fantasy from I to XVI, plus VII Remake and Rebirth: VII vs X, VI vs IX, XIV vs XVI. One head-to-head pick at a time. Your first pick is right here. No sign-up.
Size
Final Fantasy X2001 · PlayStation 2
Final Fantasy II1988 · NES
Tap a poster to make your pick. Crowd numbers appear after you choose.
How the community ranks them
Results appear here as people finish brackets. Each pick feeds the head-to-head numbers, so the first players decide where all 18 start.
How the Final Fantasy Games bracket works
This Final Fantasy game ranking is played, not dragged into rows. You get one matchup at a time — Final Fantasy or Final Fantasy II? Final Fantasy III or Final Fantasy IV? — and after 15 picks the bracket has a champion, with everything else placed by how far it got. Comparing two games is far easier than sorting 18 of them at once, which is why the finished list tends to survive a second look.
This bracket runs 4 rounds at the default 16-slot size (Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final), drawn from a pool of 18 games. Entrants are drawn by a seed that changes daily, and New draw picks a fresh one, so an early upset in one run may never happen in the next. You can also play it at 8 or 18 slots for a shorter or longer run.
15 picks, 4 rounds
- Round of 168 matchups
- Quarterfinals4 matchups
- Semifinals2 matchups
- Final1 matchup
Roughly 1-2 minutes start to finish at the default size.
All 18 entrants
All 18 entrants are listed below, including Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy IV.
- Final Fantasy1987 · NES
- Final Fantasy II1988 · NES
- Final Fantasy III1990 · NES
- Final Fantasy IV1991 · SNES
- Final Fantasy V1992 · SNES
- Final Fantasy VI1994 · SNES
- Final Fantasy VII1997 · PlayStation
- Final Fantasy VIII1999 · PlayStation
- Final Fantasy IX2000 · PlayStation
- Final Fantasy X2001 · PlayStation 2
- Final Fantasy XI2002 · PS2 / PC (online)
- Final Fantasy XII2006 · PlayStation 2
- Final Fantasy XIII2009 · PS3 / Xbox 360
- Final Fantasy XIV2013 · PC / PlayStation (online)
- Final Fantasy XV2016 · PS4 / Xbox One
- Final Fantasy XVI2023 · PlayStation 5
- Final Fantasy VII Remake2020 · PlayStation 4
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth2024 · PlayStation 5
Tier list instead?
Load all 18 into the tier list maker and sort them into S through F yourself: same entrants, no matchups.
Open the tier list makerMissing something?
Build your own Final Fantasy game bracket with exactly the entrants you want, then share the link.
Open the bracket makerGetting a ranking you actually agree with
- Pick the game you would rather replay this weekend, not the one that was most important when it came out.
- Start at 16 slots. If the result feels too obvious, replay at 18 so more of the 18 games make the field.
- Watch for the game you keep beating reluctantly. That is usually the sign you should undo and reconsider the pick before it.
Questions people ask
How many games are in the Final Fantasy Games bracket?
The pool holds 18 games. A default run uses 16 of them and takes 15 picks across 4 rounds: Round of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final. Other field sizes are available too — 8, 16, 18 slots.
Which games are included?
Final Fantasy, Final Fantasy II, Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy XII, plus 6 more. Every entrant is listed further down this page with its artwork.
How long does the Final Fantasy Games bracket take?
About 1-2 minutes — 15 choices at the default size, or 7 if you drop to an 8-slot bracket. No account is needed, and a run saves after every pick, so you can stop and jump back in later.
Can I turn the result into S/A/B tiers?
Both are here, and the bracket is closer to a tier list than it looks. It ends with a champion, a runner-up and then every other game grouped by the round it went out in — which is exactly a set of tiers, decided by 15 direct comparisons rather than by your first guess at a layout. What it deliberately does not do is claim a precise gap between two games that never met. If you would rather place the games into S through F rows yourself, the tier list maker loads all 18 of them at bracketranker.com/tier-list-maker.
Can I compare my order with other people's?
Every completed bracket feeds the Final Fantasy Games community results page, which aggregates win rates across all plays and tracks how often each of the 18 entrants takes the title. It updates continuously, so it moves as more people play.
What if a game I wanted is missing?
Use the bracket maker: add your own games, name it, and share the link so other people play the same field. That is the route to take when this pool of 18 is missing something you would have picked, or when you want a version scoped to one era, label or franchise.