Digital Foundry says the PC port of Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has its merits - but there's a big bunch of issues that must be addressed.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth failed on launch, will Rise of the Ronin encounter a similar reception as Final Fantasy 7?

Nic says that RPG remake sequel Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is " uneven, unfocused, and unmissable ". You also can’t miss its regular performance hiccups, which most often manifest as little but frequent stutters that occur as you’re moseying around its poorly planet.

In a recent interview, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director Naoki Hamaguchi clarifies his previous comments about modding, shedding light on his stance.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth broke out of its PS5 containment cell to emerge on PC on January 23, 2025. Here, the open-world RPG ostensibly improves its arguably disappointing technical performance and presentation issues on console by way of more powerful CPU and GPU combos available in the PC gaming world.

Following its recent launch on PC, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth broke a concurrent-players record on Steam for single-player entries in the franchise over the weekend. The RPG--which initially launched on PS5 in February 2024--saw over 40,000 people exploring the game with Cloud Strife and his friends.

Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth has finally ambled its way over to PC, and it's landing with—hold your breath—moderate to solid success! Please imagine me firing some party poppers at your leisure. As seen on the game's SteamDB page, Rebirth has thus far enjoyed a peak concurrent player count of around 40,000, which is none too shabby.

Rebirth beat out FF7 Remake and Final Fantasy 16 handily, and only trails behind the Final Fantasy 14 MMO in the series' PC releases.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has become the biggest single-player release of the series on Steam by CCU, beating both FF15 and FF16.