Final Fantasy 7 Remake is free to play for subscribers on PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium, with both PS4 and PS5 versions available in the catalog without an additional purchase.
The Square Enix remake launched in April 2020 and covers the opening segment of the original Final Fantasy VII, first released for PlayStation in 1997. The Remake focuses entirely on Midgar, the dystopian industrial city that starts the original story, rather than adapting the complete game. The second entry, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, released in February 2024 and expanded the story beyond Midgar. A third and final game has no confirmed release window, though 2027 is the most commonly cited target.
The original Final Fantasy VII remains one of the most commercially successful games in the franchise’s history, and the Remake has been well received in its own right. For players who want to be ready when the trilogy concludes, now is a reasonable time to start.
What Final Fantasy 7 Remake PS Plus access includes
The game is available through PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium, the two upper subscription tiers. PS Plus Essential, the base tier, covers monthly rotating free games but not catalog access. The Final Fantasy 7 Remake PS Plus offer applies to both the PS4 and PS5 versions of the game, so no upgrade is required regardless of which console you’re on.
The Remake keeps the original cast intact: Cloud Strife, Aerith Gainsborough, and Tifa Lockhart all return. It adds a self-aware narrative layer that assumes players already know how the original story plays out, and introduces story threads that wouldn’t make sense to someone encountering Final Fantasy VII for the first time. For players new to the franchise, those threads read mostly as mysterious foreshadowing.
The Midgar section, which the 1997 original moved through in roughly five hours, expands here into a full game-length experience. Story threads get more room to develop, and Square Enix redesigned the combat system from a turn-based structure to a real-time action hybrid.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is not currently in the PS Plus catalog. Subscribers who finish the Remake through PS Plus will need to purchase Rebirth separately to continue.
PS Plus vs. Game Pass: Final Fantasy 7 Remake and the broader catalog
PlayStation Plus is sparse on Final Fantasy content. The Remake is the only entry from the franchise currently on the service.
Xbox Game Pass carries a wider range: Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy XIV Online (Starter Edition), Final Fantasy XV Royal Edition, Crisis Core – Final Fantasy VII – Reunion, and pixel remasters of Final Fantasy I through VI. For subscribers interested in the series beyond the Remake, Game Pass currently has a deeper catalog.
That said, Final Fantasy 7 Remake on PS Plus is one of the stronger titles on the service, and for subscribers already on Extra or Premium, it costs nothing extra to start. Getting the first game covered through a subscription is a practical way to decide whether to continue with Rebirth before committing to that purchase.