Final Fantasy II

The original Final Fantasy II comes to life with completely new graphics and audio! A remodeled 2D take on the second game in the world-renowned Final Fantasy series! Enjoy the timeless story told through…

75 28 July 2021

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Fantasy

Final Fantasy II is an adventure developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV, released 28 July 2021 on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Android.

Verified 23 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Final Fantasy II is

Final Fantasy II is an adventure game developed by Square Enix Creative Business Unit IV and released in 2021. It was published by Square Enix. It is available on Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Android, iOS and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Final Fantasy II begins as Firion, Maria, Guy and Leon are attacked by Palamecian Black Knight soldiers and left for dead. Firion, Maria, and Guy are rescued by Princess Hilda, who has established a rebel base in the town of Altair after her kingdom of Fynn was invaded by the Emperor. Hilda denies their request to join the rebel army because they are too young and inexperienced. The three set off for Fynn in search of Leon; there they find a dying Prince Scott of Kas'ion, Hilda's fiancé, who informs them that a former nobleman of Kas'ion, Borghen, betrayed the rebellion and became a General in the Imperial army. The party returns to Altair to inform Hilda. She allows the group to join the…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Final Fantasy series

Final Fantasy II is the 299th of 349 entries we hold in the Final Fantasy series. The next entry was Final Fantasy III in 2021. Its critic score of 75 is almost exactly the series average of 77. The highest-rated entry is Final Fantasy III at 100.

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How it was received

Final Fantasy II holds a critic score of 75 out of 100. That places it above 49% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Final Fantasy II launched on 28 July 2021, within three weeks of The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book and Road 96. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 8 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Forgotten City, Death's Door, Black Book, Road 96.

Cheats and codes

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