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Final Fantasy 14 is one of the most successful MMOs chugging along right now, but what if it wasn't an MMO at all? Final Fantasy 14 director and producer Naoki 'Yoshi-P' Yoshida has toyed with the idea of a single-player spin-off because some series fans apparently won't give online games the time of day.
During a Q&A panel attended by GamesRadar+ at Final Fantasy 14 Fan Festival 2026, the beloved game director was asked about the possibility of a single-player game set in FF14's world, possibly following side characters or a different period of time.
"Yes, I have thought about it," Yoshi-P explains via a translator. "Considering how long that I've been working on this, I still feel that I want to continue bringing in even one more person around the world so that they can experience this game."
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He then goes on to say that many fans of the traditionally single-player series still have an aversion to online Final Fantasy games, despite both Final Fantasy 11 and Final Fantasy 14 being beloved MMOs. "There are still a lot of people out there who look at an online Final Fantasy and they say, 'Well, an online Final Fantasy is not a Final Fantasy.'"
While it's nice to dream about what a traditional Final Fantasy game set in the same canon as FF14 might look like, Yoshi-P raises a serious logistical worry. The team most capable of making it is already busy working on a critically acclaimed MMORPG...
"I would love to consider making a standalone Final Fantasy 14, but unfortunately, the only team that can potentially make a standalone Final Fantasy, the best kind of standalone Final Fantasy 14, is the current Final Fantasy 14 team," he adds. "I mean, if we ever retire from Final Fantasy 14 Online, maybe we can do it, like [...] our work after our retirement."
Not impossible, but not too likely, either.
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that's vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he'll soon forget.
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