There are few game franchises as legendary asFinal Fantasy. The series' unforgettable characters, iconic creatures, and resonating stories have sat at the core of the RPG genre for nearly 40 years. With millions of fans worldwide, it’s no surprise that some of the enduring classics in Final Fantasy’s chronology have become big-ticket collector’s items.
While the series has countless spinoffs, Final Fantasy is defined by its core, numbered titles. We took a look at the prices that sealed copies of the mainline games can fetch - do you have any of these treasures in your collection?
All values are approximate, based on data frompricecharting.comat the time this list was written. As such, the prices below are subject to change.
$13
$75
$22.50
$24.75
$116.35
$128
$102.50
$112.75
Final Fantasy 14famously turned around its disastrous release, relaunching as A Realm Reborn and propelling itself to becoming one of the biggest MMOs of all time. In the age of digital downloads, there’s not a lot of call for physical editions, especially for a game that drew a larger PC audience than the series' other, console-focused titles.
Still, a sealed copy of the Realm Reborn Collector’s Edition is a fun piece of Final Fantasy history to own, and atjust over a hundred bucksit won’t break the bank as a starter piece or a nice gift for an FF14 fan.
$18
$200
$250
$275
Delightfully weird but controversial for its departure from series norms,Final Fantasy 15is one of the more divisive titles in the series. It also doesn’t have the benefit of a venerable, retro mystique to give it extra value; if you want a sealed copy, you can probably get one easily.
Graded copies, on the other hand, can fetch a decent price, provided they’re in good enough condition to get a high rating. The Collector’s Edition is the real prize, and unlike other more modern Final Fantasy titles, thereisn’t a big price differencebetween the PlayStation and Xbox versions.
Graded copies of the PS4 Standard Edition havesold for $600 to $800a few times over the last several months, but given the other price trends with this title, we’d need to see more data before saying that’s where the numbers are actually headed.
$24.50
$150
$365
$400
Final Fantasy 16is still the series' newest game; it’s hard to call it a collector’s item when you may probably still get a copy at Target. If you sprung for the Collector’s Edition, though, hopefully you kept it sealed; that’s probably where the value will end up being, in both the short and long terms.
$114.75
$57.50
$190.65
Final Fantasy 12marked a major turning point in Final Fantasy’s evolution. While it rightly has its fans, and remains an excellent entry in the series, its place just outside the “classic era” comprised of the first ten games has probably held back its collector value.
The Collector’s Edition has a lovely steelbook case, and is very reasonable even ungraded, making it a great display piece. If you’re a PS2 fan, this title is also notable as a showcase of what the console was capable of at its best.
$25
$1000
While the games after this point are contentious among fans,Final Fantasy 10is arguably the last game in the series to have been almost universally beloved. Its characters, world-building, and heart-rending story of love and sacrifice make it a timeless classic.
Luckily for collectors, sealed copies - even original, non-Greatest Hits versions - are pretty easy to come by. Graded units with a high rating, on the other hand, can reach a thousand dollars!
$47.50
$163.75
$25.75
$50
Like Final Fantasy 14,FF11takes the series online as an MMORPG. Originally released in 2002, itpredates World Of Warcraft by two yearsand, like its Azerothan competitor, is still running to this day.
While the game originally launched for the PS2, and was later ported to the Xbox 360,the servers supporting those versions of the game shut down in 2016.A PS2 or 360 disc for Final Fantasy 11 is just a collector’s piece, but only if it’s sealed; otherwise, it’s little more than a coaster.
$60
$195.50
$20
$120.25
Another controversial title,Final Fantasy 13and its spinoffs seem to divide fans firmly into “love it” or “hate it.” Time, and the faction of the fandom that enjoyed Lightning’s strange, 500-year journey, have started to give the original game a bit of classic clout.
There’s a notable difference in price between versions for Final Fantasy 13. Final Fantasy has been primarily a PlayStation franchise since the mid-90s, and it really shows here, where a PS3 copy is generally more valuable than an Xbox copy of the same game.
$70
$406.50
Final Fantasy 5didn’t see a release outside of Japan until its inclusion on the Final Fantasy Anthology for PS1. Curiously, though, the increased rarity of this classic title hasn’t pushed the price particularly high, unless you’re specifically looking for a graded copy.
My theory is that the collectors' market in Japan is less driven by speculation and a desire for profit than that of the West; as you’ll see below,Famicom-only titles tend to sell for lower than their contemporaries,and the same is true for the Famicom versions of NES and SNES games.
$74.50
$177.50
Final Fantasy 3was the last game in the series to release for the Famicom, and itintroduced the Job Systemthat would become a mainstay throughout the franchise. It launched in Japan around the same time the original title was first released in North America, and wasthe last of the mainline Japan-only titles to get an official English adaptation, with the DS remake in 2006.
Graded or otherwise, a sealed copy of FF3 for the Famicom is a great collector’s piece at a fairly reasonable price, and it has the benefit of bearing Yoshitaka Amano’s iconic art style on the box.
$142.25
$1080
Final Fantasy 9was series creator Hironobu Sakaguchi’s final project with the franchise, and it could rightly be considered his masterpiece. It might not have the widespread fame of its PlayStation predecessor, but those who play it often come away holding FF9 up as one of, if not the best, games in the series.
Its niche status keeps sealed copies generally under $150, which is nice for collectors who just want their favorite game wrapped up, but a graded copy is worth treasuring atover a grandin top condition.
