{"id":5244,"date":"2026-07-08T16:23:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/ff7-ever-crisis-end-of-service-october-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T16:23:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T08:23:58","slug":"ff7-ever-crisis-end-of-service-october-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/ff7-ever-crisis-end-of-service-october-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis Shuts Down in October \u2014 Red Crystal Sales Already Stopped"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore&#8217;s Final Fantasy VII fans woke up to difficult news this morning: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ffviiec.com\/news\/end-of-service\">Square Enix has confirmed<\/a> that <strong>Final Fantasy VII: Ever Crisis<\/strong> will end service on <strong>7 October 2026 at 14:00 SGT<\/strong> \u2014 and as of 10:00 AM SGT today (8 July), the sale of Red Crystals, the game&#8217;s premium currency, has already been permanently halted. Any Red Crystals already in your account remain spendable until the servers close.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ff7ec-gameplay-aerith.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis gameplay showing Aerith, Barret and Red XIII battling the Scorpion Sentinel\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Square Enix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Shutdown Date and Key Timing for Singapore<\/h2>\n<p>The server closes on <strong>6 October at 11:00 PM PDT<\/strong>, which translates to <strong>7 October at 15:00 JST<\/strong> and <strong>7 October at 14:00 SGT<\/strong>. Both the mobile versions (iOS and Android) and the Steam PC version shut down at the same time. Red Crystal sales were cut first \u2014 disabled on 7 July at 7:00 PM PDT (8 July, 10:00 AM SGT). No new paid options will be offered between now and closure. As confirmed in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ffviiec.com\/news\/end-of-service\">the official notice<\/a>, existing Red Crystals can still be used on in-game content right up until the shutdown.<\/p>\n<h2>Before Crisis Story Chapters Will Still Drop Before the End<\/h2>\n<p>Not everything stops today. Square Enix confirmed that all remaining scheduled story content will be released before closure \u2014 including the final chapters of <em>Before Crisis: Final Fantasy VII<\/em>, the spinoff told from the perspective of the Turks set before the events of the original game. Chapter 1, &#8220;The Turks&#8217; Mission Begins,&#8221; was the most recently released instalment. If you have been following the Before Crisis narrative inside Ever Crisis, there is still reason to log in over the coming months.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gt-video\">\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bxmwxk-sY48\" title=\"FINAL FANTASY VII EVER CRISIS \u2014 Before Crisis Chapter 1: The Turks' Mission Begins\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;\" allow=\"accelerometer;clipboard-write;encrypted-media;gyroscope;picture-in-picture;web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><figcaption>Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII- Chapter 1 \u2014 via \u30b9\u30af\u30a6\u30a7\u30a2\u30fb\u30a8\u30cb\u30c3\u30af\u30b9 (Square Enix) on YouTube (Japanese)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ff7ec-cloud-vs-sephiroth.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cloud and Sephiroth face each other in Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Square Enix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Two Years and Ten Months of FF7 \u2014 A Brief Look Back<\/h2>\n<p>Ever Crisis launched on iOS and Android in <strong>September 2023<\/strong> and expanded to Steam in <strong>December 2023<\/strong>, running for roughly two years and ten months in total. The game offered something unusual for the mobile space: a visually polished, chapter-by-chapter retelling of the entire FF7 universe \u2014 pulling from the original 1997 game, Crisis Core, Before Crisis, Dirge of Cerberus and the Compilation films all in one free-to-play package.<\/p>\n<p>In their shutdown notice, Square Enix cited difficulty maintaining the standard of service quality they aimed to deliver \u2014 a common reason given when live-service mobile titles close, though a painful one when the IP is as beloved as Final Fantasy VII across Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ff7ec-cloud-action.jpg?w=474&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cloud Strife in action in Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"><figcaption>Image courtesy of Square Enix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>What to Do Before October 7 (SGT)<\/h2>\n<p>Red Crystal purchases are done \u2014 no more spending is possible. Any crystals you already own can still be used on weapons, costumes and event content until the servers close. The remaining Before Crisis chapters will continue to release, so keep an eye on the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.ffviiec.com\/news\/end-of-service\">official Ever Crisis site<\/a> for a content schedule. If you have been putting off finishing story chapters or pulling for a specific character weapon, the 7 October deadline at 14:00 SGT is the hard stop. There will be no extensions.<\/p>\n<p>For more on the games and anime Singapore fans are playing right now, check out our <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/game-news\/\">Game News coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--GT-SCOUT source=\"Web (English)\" theme=\"Video games\" flags=\"none\"--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Square Enix has halted Red Crystal sales and announced FF7 Ever Crisis will end service on 7 October 2026. Here&#8217;s what Singapore players need to know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":5240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[11],"tags":[44,118,686,359,46],"class_list":["post-5244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-news","tag-final-fantasy","tag-final-fantasy-vii","tag-final-fantasy-vii-ever-crisis","tag-mobile-game","tag-square-enix"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ff7ec-eos-announcement.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p13AlF-1mA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4807,"url":"https:\/\/www.gametrader.sg\/blog\/final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-dear-destiny-english-novel\/","url_meta":{"origin":5244,"position":0},"title":"Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Dear Destiny \u2014 The English Novel Arrives January 2027","date":"July 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Square Enix announces the English edition of the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth: Dear Destiny novel. 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