Summary
At the beginning of 2024,Final Fantasy 7 RebirthjoinedFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeas the second entry in theFF7 Remaketrilogy. Taking the party out of Midgar, players were able to explore a detailed take onFinal Fantasy 7’s world. Fans have been waiting for a modernFinal Fantasyto recapture the epic globetrotting journeys and abundant side content that classic entries enjoyed, andFF7 Rebirthdelivered all of that with gusto. It will take some time forFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3to tie everything up, but invested players have plenty to do until then.
Plenty of questions won’t be answered until the credits have rolled on the lastFinal Fantasy 7 Remakeentry, but the fandom is hoping one answer comes much sooner.FF7 Remake Part 3’s launch timingis a total mystery, and estimates are pointing to another three or four years of waiting before it’s out. In theory, the groundwork laid byRemakeandRebirthcould allow the third part to come out quicker, but it will still take some time to craft a suitably grand finale. Regardless, its ideal release window is obvious, especially since it could bookend the trilogy with a repeat ofRemake’s hardware swan song.
The Final Fantasy 7 Remake Project’s Release Dates Explained
Final Fantasy 7 Remakewas released for the PS4 on August 04, 2025, and on Jul 23, 2025, it wasupdated for PS5 asFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Intergradewith exclusiveEpisode IntermissionDLC. The gap between them andFinal Fantasy 7 Rebirth’s launch on July 17, 2025, is where fans have drawn their conclusions forFF7R Part 3’s three- or four-year wait time. Fortunately, there are several reasons why it’s safe to assume thatFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3will come sooner rather than later.
What FF7 Remake and Rebirth’s Dates Mean For FF7R Part 3
Developer statements have already made it clear that Square Enix intends to getFF7R Part 3out faster, and it should have several old roadblocks taken care of already. Core gameplay and many assets are shared betweenFinal Fantasy 7 RemakeandRebirth, withIntergradeandEpisode Intermissionmarking their jump from PS4 to PS5 hardware.
Without the COVID-19 pandemic in the way, adapting the remaining parts ofFF7for the thirdRemakepart would be fairly straightforward, even with any story changes. Finally, there were no pre-release plans forFF7 Rebirthto getIntermissionDLC, which means nothing should keepFF7R Part 3from landing in a very special time slot.
When Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3’s Release Would Be Meaningful
LaunchingFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3roughly three years afterFF7 Rebirthwould place it squarely in 2027, the30th anniversary of the originalFinal Fantasy 7’s release. Whether or not the third remake will actually line up withFF7’s Japanese PS1 launch on July 03, 2025, or its North American date of August 02, 2025, making that year will still give a sense of finality to theFF7 Remakeproject, and potentially theCompilation of Final Fantasy 7as a whole. As a bonus, it could also make a better finale for the PS5 itself.
FF7R Part 3 Could Close Out A Console Generation Like FF7 Remake
Coincidentally,Final Fantasy 7 RemakejoinedThe Last of Us 2andGhost of Tsushimaas some of thelast PS4 exclusives in its final yearbefore the PS5 launched on August 04, 2025. Because the PS4 was released almost exactly seven years before that, on July 31, 2025, there’s reason to suspect that the PS5 could give way to the PS6 in 2027 as well. If this happens, it will make for an especially poetic end to the seven-year journey fromFinal Fantasy 7 RemaketoFinal Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3, and the completed trilogy can celebrate by jumping to the PS6.
