Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Rebirth Hit Highest Steam Peaks Since Launch as Revelation Nears 2027 Release

Q: After a decade remaking one story, what new JRPG world will the Final Fantasy VII director create next?

Naoki Hamaguchi’s next game is expected to be a new JRPG, but not another remake. After spending roughly a decade on the Final Fantasy VII remake project and now finishing it with Final Fantasy VII Revelation, Hamaguchi has said he wants his next creative work to be a JRPG while moving away from revisiting older titles. He has explicitly indicated he does not want to direct a remake such as Final Fantasy VI, saying that kind of project would be better handled by someone else at Square Enix. What that new world will be remains undecided. By his own account, the possibilities range from a new Final Fantasy entry to an entirely new intellectual property, and he has described a fresh IP as an especially exciting challenge. He has also suggested he is open to different scales, from a smaller AA-style project to a new AAA franchise. For now, his priority remains delivering Final Fantasy VII Revelation, due in Spring 2027, as the finale to the remake trilogy. He has also left open the possibility of post-launch DLC if fan demand is strong. But based on his public comments, the clearest answer is that Hamaguchi’s next “world” will likely be an original JRPG setting or a brand-new mainline-style Final Fantasy project, rather than another remake.

3 articles · Updated · Push Square · Jun 15

Steam activity for Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth has jumped to their highest levels since launch after Square Enix fully revealed Final Fantasy 7 Revelation.
Steep discounts helped drive the surge, with players using the sale to catch up on the trilogy before the final chapter arrives in spring 2027.
Earlier SteamDB figures showed Remake Intergrade peaking at 10,082 players on June 14, while Rebirth roughly doubled to 6,826 concurrent users.
The spike reinforces expectations that interest could keep building until Revelation launches, especially if Square Enix later repackages the trilogy as a complete collection.

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