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Fantasy Earth Zero

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Status
Closed — service ended September 28, 2022
Business model
Subscription
Genre
Action MMORPG
Release
2006
Platforms
Windows
Developer
SoftGear / Ocean Frontier (Square Enix)
Publisher
Square Enix
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PvECombat focusPvP

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SoloPlay styleGroup

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StructuredWorld structureSandbox

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TargetedCombat feelAction

Action is the stronger recorded signal

HousingNot confirmedCraftingNot confirmedTradingNot confirmedControllerNot confirmedPvEConfirmedPvPConfirmed
Player fit

Why you might like it

  • Fantasy Earth Zero offered genuinely large-scale strategic PvP for its era: organized battles of up to 50 versus 50 players fighting over territory between five allied kingdoms, a scale still relatively rare among action MMORPGs even years after its 2006 Japanese debut.
  • Its production pedigree was notable: composer Hitoshi Sakimoto (Final Fantasy Tactics, Final Fantasy XII) scored the game, and it was originally conceived under Square Enix with input from Vanillaware founder George Kamitani, giving it real behind-the-scenes talent.
  • The game achieved genuine longevity and scale for a niche title, surpassing one million players by 2011 and running continuously in Japan for roughly 16 years across multiple publishers before its eventual closure.
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Things to consider

  • Square Enix confirmed Fantasy Earth Zero's permanent closure in its last remaining territory, Japan, on September 28, 2022, so the game is not playable today under any official service.
  • Its earlier North American release, published separately by Gamepot, was much shorter-lived, launching May 18, 2010 and shutting down again less than a year later on March 21, 2011 — Western players never got a long-term chance to experience the game.
  • The game passed through an unusually complicated ownership history across Square Enix, Gamepot, SoftGear and Ocean Frontier, so players researching its legacy should expect fragmented, inconsistent historical records depending on which era and publisher a given source covers.
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Research record

Last checked
2026-08-16
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Full — individually researched
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What MMOFinder has checked

6/6documented areas
  • Gameplay featuresStructured gameplay fields were source-checked for this profile.Verified
  • Gameplay mediaTwo source-attributed gameplay images are recorded.Verified
  • Source trail2 linked sources are recorded for review.Verified
  • Last reviewedCatalog fields reviewed Aug 16, 2026.Verified

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Game history

Fantasy Earth Zero timeline

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  1. 2006
    Released

    MMOFinder records Fantasy Earth Zero as released in 2006.

  2. Current
    Catalog status

    Closed

  3. 2026-08-26
    Research checked

    Core catalog fields were reviewed for this profile.

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Fantasy Earth Zero screenshots & gameplay

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Source: Verified YouTube gameplay video

Gameplay, availability and research notes

Fantasy Earth Zero is cataloged by MMOFinder as a Action MMORPG. Its recorded status is Closed — service ended September 28, 2022, while the business model is listed as Subscription. MMOFinder records its release year as 2006. Current platform data lists Windows. The profile keeps uncertain fields explicit so incomplete research is not presented as established game information.

Gameplay metadata currently describes combat or multiplayer structure as Third-person action combat with massive 50-vs-50 faction PvP battles for crystal control. Discovery tags on the record include Fantasy, PvP, MMORPG, Closed. The developer field lists SoftGear / Ocean Frontier (Square Enix), and the publisher field lists Square Enix. Together these catalog fields help distinguish this title from similarly named games and provide useful inputs for MMOFinder’s filtering and comparison tools.

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