Square Enix and Tencent subsidiary LightSpeed Studios are shutting down Final Fantasy 14 Mobile, ending both the game's Chinese service and all plans for a wider global release. The closure means the mobile adaptation of Square Enix's popular MMORPG will have lasted barely a year, marking another failed attempt to bring a Final Fantasy MMO to smartphones after an earlier Final Fantasy 11 mobile port was scrapped in 2021.

LightSpeed Studios said Tencent and Square Enix "amicably" agreed to end their licensing deal, citing shifts in business operations and the market, and confirmed that servers will close on 30 September 2026; new registrations and in-game purchases have already been halted. Launched in June 2025, the free-to-play title recreated Final Fantasy 14's story and combat for mobile devices, offering nine jobs at launch and covering roughly all of the A Realm Reborn storyline within its first year. The shutdown follows Square Enix's recent announcement that Final Fantasy 7: Ever Crisis will also end service this October, though the main FF14 MMO remains healthy, with its Evercold expansion due next January.