Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Dominates Famitsu Game Awards 2024

Final Fantasy 7 dominated the Famitsu Game Awards 2024, winning seven awards out of 17. Another game from Square Enix, Final Fantasy 14, won Best Online Game of 2024.

On March 15, Famitsu published the winners of the Famitsu Awards 2024. The categories spanned from Game of the Year to Rookie Award and Special Award. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth dominated the awards show, winning Game of the Year, Best Scenario, and Best RPG among many others.

Metaphor: ReFantazio snagged the Best Music award from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, which has always been one of Final Fantasy’s strongest suit. Aside from the Best Music award, Metaphor: ReFantazio also won the Rookie Award.

Here’s the full list of Famitsu Awards 2024 winners:

• Game of the Year: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Most Valuable Creator: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Development Team
• Best Scenario: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Best Music: Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Best Graphics: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Best Action Game: Astro Bot
• Best Character: Tifa Lockhart
• Best Voice Actor: Maaya Sakamoto as Aerith
• Best Indie Game: Nine Sols
• Best RPG: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
• Best Online Game: Final Fantasy 14
• Best Action/Adventure: Rise of the Ronin
• Best Adventure: Emio – The Smiling Man: Famicom Detective
• Best Mobile: Zenless Zone Zero
• Most Anticipated: Pokémon Legends Z-A
• Rookie Award: Metaphor: ReFantazio
• Famitsu Dengeki Special Award: Doraemon Dorayaki Shop Story, Shiren the Wanderer, Black Myth Wukong

Famitsu is Japan’s leading video game magazine, publishing industry news and reviews since 1986. The Famitsu awards started in 1986 and was named as the Best Hit Game Awards until 2004. Beginning in 2005, the ceremony is now called the Famitsu Awards.

According to Famitsu, the winners of the Famitsu Awards 2024 were chosen through polls that were put up in Famitsu’s special website. After collecting all the votes, the Famitsu Game Awards 2024 Executive Committee will select the winners. The translation was provided by Google Translate and might contain inconsistencies.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is a JRPG made by Square Enix that was released in February 2024 for the PlayStation 5. The game received a 38/40 score from Famitsu. A PC version of the game was released on January 23, 2025.