Square Enix's Final Fantasy 7-themed gacha mobile and PC game is being shut down less than three years after it arrived on Steam, marking another entry in the growing list of live-service and gacha titles that have failed to sustain themselves long enough to justify continued operation. The closure matters because it underlines how precarious the gacha model can be even when attached to one of gaming's most recognisable and beloved franchises.

The game launched on Steam under two and a half years ago, but is now being retired, meaning players will lose access to the title and any progress or in-game content tied to it once the servers go offline. Its relatively short lifespan reflects a wider pattern in which monetisation-driven live-service games struggle to retain enough of a paying audience to remain viable, regardless of the strength of the underlying brand.