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FINAL FANTASY VII

SQUARE ENIX Co.,Ltd. · 13,956 ratings · ★ 4.0

4.0
★★★★★
13,956 ratings
5 ★
9,049 (65%)
4 ★
1,083 (8%)
3 ★
973 (7%)
2 ★
758 (5%)
1 ★
2,084 (15%)
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Top complaints - extracted from 27 negative reviews

Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.

1
"game"
10 negative reviews mention this · 37% of all complaints
★★★★ "After 20 hours+ playing the game kept crashing in the snowboard mini game. Couldn't fix it. Thx Square Enix for making me waste my money and my time" - Cristobal Legassa
2
"play"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★ "After 20 hours+ playing the game kept crashing in the snowboard mini game. Couldn't fix it. Thx Square Enix for making me waste my money and my time" - Cristobal Legassa
3
"controls"
6 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★ "awful resolution without any options to adjust it in order to make the controls work properly" - Sir Harrohn R'L (Hatohn)
4
"android"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★ "does not work on Android 17 ff1 through 7 does not work on Android 17." - Dave Willmz
5
"through"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★ "does not work on Android 17 ff1 through 7 does not work on Android 17." - Dave Willmz
6
"music"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★ "no music!? I paid for this!. I've downloaded it many times and now it's no music . I feel totally ripped off..." - Derrik Haley
7
"port"
4 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★ "Worst port possible. They didn't even take the time to polish it. Absolute nightmare to play" - Lucas Paiva
8
"playing"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★ "After 20 hours+ playing the game kept crashing in the snowboard mini game. Couldn't fix it. Thx Square Enix for making me waste my money and my time" - Cristobal Legassa
9
"crashing"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★ "After 20 hours+ playing the game kept crashing in the snowboard mini game. Couldn't fix it. Thx Square Enix for making me waste my money and my time" - Cristobal Legassa
10
"making"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★ "After 20 hours+ playing the game kept crashing in the snowboard mini game. Couldn't fix it. Thx Square Enix for making me waste my money and my time" - Cristobal Legassa
11
"work"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★ "does not work on Android 17 ff1 through 7 does not work on Android 17." - Dave Willmz
12
"times"
3 negative reviews mention this · 11% of all complaints
★★★★ "no music!? I paid for this!. I've downloaded it many times and now it's no music . I feel totally ripped off..." - Derrik Haley

📋 All 27 negative reviews

Every 1-2★ review we fetched. Use the copy button to grab them all for your own analysis (paste into ChatGPT/Claude with a prompt like "summarize core user problems, group by theme, ignore bugs, focus on missing features").

★★★★ Cristobal Legassa 6/24/2026
After 20 hours+ playing the game kept crashing in the snowboard mini game. Couldn't fix it. Thx Square Enix for making me waste my money and my time
★★★★ Dave Willmz 6/23/2026 v1.1.0
does not work on Android 17 ff1 through 7 does not work on Android 17.
★★★★ M L 5/29/2026 v1.1.0
The game keeps crashing when I play the snowboarding mini game. I'm unable to get through and play the game further. Otherwise great.
★★★★ AdRhythm Ch 5/10/2026 v1.1.0
Jelek, burik..
★★★★ Derrik Haley 5/3/2026 v1.1.0
no music!? I paid for this!. I've downloaded it many times and now it's no music . I feel totally ripped off...
★★★★ Sir Harrohn R'L (Hatohn) 4/1/2026
awful resolution without any options to adjust it in order to make the controls work properly
★★★★ Al 3/16/2026 v1.1.0
crashes too regularly. do not buy whatsoever
★★★★ AAA 2/13/2026 v1.1.0
The save system breaks the game. Please don't make mistake I did.
★★★★ Lucas Paiva 1/16/2026 v1.1.0
Worst port possible. They didn't even take the time to polish it. Absolute nightmare to play
★★★★ Barry Kelly 1/13/2026
no controls, lots of reviews talking about the controls but they don't appear on my pixel.
★★★★ Christbearer Lopez 1/12/2026 v1.1.0
audio issues. All sounds work fine through my phone but on Chromebook no music only game sounds.
★★★★ sam higgins 1/3/2026 v1.1.0
music has bugged out and does not play
★★★★ Kraig Hutchinson 12/10/2025 v1.1.0
wont load game
★★★★ Chris TyK 12/3/2025 v1.1.0
it keeps crashing all of a sudden... im at del sol port.. right where you find hook on the beach.. this happening to anyone else??
★★★★ Nathan Broach 11/28/2025 v1.1.0
good luck sneaking past aeriths door. Cloud gets hung up exiting the room. making it impossible to go any further. these classic ports are a good idea, but more effort should go into optimizing them for android.
★★★★ Christopher Smallwood 11/20/2025 v1.1.0
absolutely unplayable. no matter how many times I delete an reinstall, it will pop up verifying file expansion, get to 100% an crash, and auto crash everytime you try to launch it from there on. This is on a 2023 Google pixel running android 16, I brought the play pass just to try this game on my foldable, absolute shame.
★★★★ Michael McCaig 11/11/2025 v1.1.0
This was the last product I'll ever buy from Square Enix. I'm done with this company. I saved 3 times, played through the same scene 3 times, wasted 4 hours all because when I save, it isn't actually saving and I go to load to continue playing and it only recognizes the save point I'm currently at. I can't play this game. I wasted my money on a cellphone port that is worse than a pirated PSE version. honestly don't buy Square Enix games, they're not finished ever.
★★★★ David Werner 11/5/2025 v1.1.0
Cannnot get past the gas chamber because you cannot hit two buttons at once like on an original PS1 controller. Don't buy!
★★★★★ Keyon Hoggard 4/10/2026 v1.1.0
Needs to be optimized for newer devices. Lots of stuttering and FPS issues on Snapdragon G3 Gen 3. Working fine on the older Gen 2 chipset.
★★★★★ Jonathan Toney 4/1/2026 v1.1.0
playing on S 25 Ultra, the controls all feel slightly off and it causes misinput while trying to battle. It's too much of a headache, and I tried all 4 control schemes. for 15 bucks, it's kind of a let down that controls can't be rearranged..
★★★★★ Jason 3/25/2026 v1.1.0
disappointing. most of the minigames, especially the motorbike and snowboarding are virtually unplayable due to the controls sensitivity and screen clipping. also you can't see the world map at all, it's very dim and translucent. it's almost as if no one bothered to test this version before release. this is no where near as well done as the FF6 remake
★★★★★ John Brosam 3/16/2026 v1.1.0
bad I use chrome book and no music. the only buttons that I can use to control are arrow buttons to move enter button to select and the v button for menu and c to deselect. they should have an option to set controls in game between keyboard and touch screen. it was my favorite game which makes it a real big downer
★★★★★ EvilRedFalco 3/8/2026
good and bad I got about 2hrs into it saved. next day game won't even load up.
★★★★★ Gary Reniker 1/29/2026
Touch screen controls could be way better
★★★★★ Douglas Gilbert 12/25/2025 v1.1.0
crashes alot. constantly having to return to last save point
★★★★★ Isael Toribio 11/25/2025 v1.1.0
Buy a different port instead, this port doesn't run good at all. I played FF 1-6 and this FF game is the only one with major issues making it the worst play store purchase I've made
★★★★★ A N 11/9/2025 v1.1.0
I’ve heard so much hype about Final Fantasy VII, but the Android version runs really slow and laggy. There’s no way to tweak or optimize any settings, which makes it frustrating. I even tried the permission trick another review mentioned, but there aren’t any permissions to enable. I’m giving it 2 stars for now. I’m just glad I didn’t pay full price for it. If you’re thinking of trying it, I’d recommend checking it out on PlayPass instead it’s under $5 and doesnt have this premium price.

Sentiment summary

73%
Positive (4-5★)
7%
Neutral (3★)
20%
Negative (1-2★)

✓ Strong positive sentiment - clone path is harder, users like the existing app.