Last updated on January 4th, 2026 at 04:48 pm
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS :WotL – Entertainment Game Review
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS :WotL is a Entertainment/Roleplaying/Simulation game from SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd., first launched in 4th August 2011.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 1,592+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes FINAL FANTASY TACTICS :WotL Stand Out
[Updates from Version 2.0.0]
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iCloud Save Data Compatibility
iCloud save data from ver. 1.2.0 and older versions is incompatible with ver. 2.0.0 and later versions. Please save the game using the in-game save feature before updating to ver. 2.0.0 or later versions. Please note that iCloud save data from ver. 2.0.0 onward will be compatible with ver. 2.1.0 and later updates. -
Quick Save Warning
Due to changes to OS features, Quick Save cannot be performed in battles.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and understanding.
[Other Important Notifications]
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Quick Save (auto-save) data is erased when the game is updated. Please use the in-game save feature before updating to the latest version.
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The app requires a fair amount of memory and may not load while other apps are running. If the app does not load, please close all other apps and try again.
[Version 1.2.0]
■Refined Graphics
All of the game's unit graphics have been redrawn in high-resolution. Don't miss this chance to play the sharpest, most beautiful FINAL FANTASY TACTICS yet!
■Improved Draw Speeds
The graphic drawing processes have been optimized for mobile devices. Say goodbye to choppy motion and crash bugs, and play with the quickest, smoothest abilities effects and animations to date!
■iCloud Support
A save slot which allows game data to be saved to iCloud has been added. It is now possible to migrate game data across multiple devices.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions has arrived for iPhone/iPod touch!
Released as the Final Fantasy series' first tactical RPG in 1997, Final Fantasy Tactics on Playstation went on to sell over 2.4 million copies worldwide. The game grew in popularity upon its re-release in 2007 as Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions for the PSP with added features such as new movies, scenarios and Jobs.
Now, in 2011 the game has finally arrived for the iPhone/iPod touch! You can enjoy the game whose story gave life to the world of Ivalice, and whose high strategy battles bring tactical games to a whole new level.
■Game features
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Intuitive Touch Screen Controls
The complex tactical game can be effortlessly and intuitively controlled by simply tapping units and menus. Gone is the old method of switching fixed map views – you can now rotate, move and change the size of maps as you please by sliding and pinching. -
Improved Loading Times
Loading times have been improved to get you into the action quicker than ever. What's more, you can even skip certain cut scenes.
This Entertainment game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, FINAL FANTASY TACTICS :WotL is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 7th March 2023
Recent improvements include:
Fixed a bug.
Download & Availability
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS :WotL is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get FINAL FANTASY TACTICS :WotL on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We love tactics games and this is the holy grail a classic among classics.
Great game, we just wish we could use our Xbox controller instead of the touchscreen.
Please add controller support. We love this game one of our all-time favorites.
Honestly, all of the negative reviews about the lack of controller support are overblown. The game plays perfectly on touch screen, we find the controls to be smooth. That being said; Why not add controller support? It wouldnt hurt.
We wanna use our controllers when playing dont wanna have to hold phone please !! Have backbone or p5 controller.
This game is one of our all time favorites but it would be even better with controller (backbone) support.
Great game so far, controller support would be a nice addition, sometime down the road.
We love this game, finished it on the original release . Sure wish we could play it with controller support on our phone.
This is genuinely one of our favorite games on any console. We love the characters, the story, the mechanics. Such a solid piece of art. We really would love to see a spinoff where we get Delitas side of the story. All in all, its worth every penny. This game totes some lines that we have memorized to this day. Its one of those that feels like an accomplishment to beat, and every few years we find ourselves revisiting it to try new class combinations and for nostalgia sake. We hope that others will enjoy it the way we do, because it really is a work of art.
Great game, would love backbone support.
Title says it all. Bring backbone support asap.
Game is great but would love co troller support.
Square will undoubtedly pull this from the store to prevent FFT IC sales from being diminished by the more complete WotL release. This app works. It doesnt crash. It runs well. The touch screen works well. Additional characters and story arcs make this a much more complete game. You will not regret this purchase AND its 50% the cost of the bogus Ivalice Chronicles release coming in September.
Absolutely love this game! Played it since the 90s on our original PlayStation, had to have it in the go. Would be even better if it received controller support so we can relive the nostalgia completely.
Love this game but want controller support.
This is a classic. A true marvel of an RPG. Please update this so we can have controller support. The screen tapping just takes so long and we humbly request controller support.
Love the game, downloaded for the nostalgia, just wish It had controller support.
Love the game, replayed a lot on ps1/psp, but please add controller support, especially backbone it would be so much better, cant even really want to play without it, too many fat finger mistakes.
Only thing missing is controller support.
Fantastic game but needs a controller.
Really fun to play, hoping they add remote controller support.
Great game and story. The intro was a bit weird because you cant control any characters and it was basically an AI battle. But once you get past the intro, its an amazing story with great tactical combat.
Love this game but it needs mobile controller support but we think SE has abandoned this title.
This game is awesome back in ps1 days but not so much on iOS. It doesnt seem better with controller support idea, its a MUST with this kind of game. Im going to rate this 5 simply to make this review visible. If we rate the 2 based on no controller support, it wont be near as visible as 5*. Please add either backbone support or at the very least Bluetooth controller support. Controller support is an absolute must for top down tile combat games.
Please add controller support to this game for an old guy with arthritis.
Im thankful this is on IOS but please add controller support. It isnt a great experience playing this on our thumbs and its the whole reason we purchased a controller for our iPhone.
Make Final Fantasy Tactics compatible.
This is a really great game and with Backbone it would be easier to play. Could you please add controller support thank you.
In our opinion the greatest strategy rpg game ever made. Loved hearing that it hit iPhone and its still a great game but needs controller.
Great game, just want controller support.
This game is a classic and one of the best of all time. All it needs is controller support. Please bring us controller support.
Its a great game and it would be awesome if backbone supported it.
Its been so many years since the original FF Tactics came out, Im glad we can play it on mobile of all places.
Loved playing on the Game Boy with controller Support.
We love using controllers for classic games, it would add so much to this.
Reviewed on iPhone 15 Pro Max. Touch controls are fine. Cutscenes look okay. The game runs too fast – going into the options on the title screen. SE is set to max, lower it to fix the speed issue. Im glad to be able to post FFT again! This is one of the best games ever made.
Only thing missing is controller support.
We played this game when we were 15. And even now it is still awesome game to play. There are improved graphics, job classes, stories and system and we can play it anywhere. We really hope Square Enix really considers to put in game enhancement such as max JobPoints, max gold, characters level enhancement like the other Final Fantasy sequels in AppStore. To make it easier to beat the game and focus on the story and let the others who like to play the game regularly can play regularly. Actually we really want to purchase this game years ago, but we know if we want to wait Square Enix to add in game enhancement itll take our lifetime.
We would love to have this game compatible with backbone.
Hi, Thank you all for making this game available to us on this mobile platform! Can we please have controller support for the purchased games.
In the late 1990s, when we were 18, our parents bought us the first Sony PlayStation for Christmas. The PlayStation was not even slightly cheap, costing even more than a PS5/Xbox Series X costs today in 1990 dollars, and so they were only able to buy us one game to go with the console – Tenchu: Stealth Assassins, a game that we still have fond memories of and wish that we could play today. Shortly after we got our PlayStation we worked at the Bel Air, MD K-Mart store and, in about April after Christmas, the store was to be shut down and everything deeply discounted. We took about $40 that we had from birthday money (our birthday is in April so it was lucky timing!) and we dug through the PlayStation games that were all marked down over 75%. There were two games that caught our eye – Parasite Eve, which is still a beloved game even now in 2023, and Final Fantasy Tactics. Ive been a massive Final Fantasy fan since the very first one on our old Nintendo Entertainment System, and we were exuberant to find a copy of FF Tactics hidden deep within the pile of games. We fell in love with Tactics almost from the first. Never had we played a game with such depth and it ignited our love for tactical combat and games. While the original game suffered from insanely horrible Japanese-to-English translation and localization, which made the story a bit muddled and difficult to follow at times, the story, gameplay, and characters made it all worth it. It is now 2023 and we STILL play Final Fantasy Tactics, and we still love it as much as we did in the late 1990s. It is still a lot of fun, and the War of the Lions reissue greatly improved the games localization and eliminated the nonsensical translation, although we do kinda miss it some times because its ridiculousness held a charm of its own! Unfortunately, the only way to play Tactics as of September 2023 is this version here, or on the PlayStation handheld (Vita or the other; we never played either so we dont remember), or on the original PlayStation console if it still works. This iPad version is not at all bad and we recommend it to anyone heartily, but please note in advance that there is no controller support and that makes playing the game more difficult than it needs to be. Its not a game thats easily played via touchscreen, and youll often make stupid mistakes that you would never make if you were able to use a controller. We emailed this team years ago asking for them to add controller support but they still never have, and thats a real shame. Until Squeenix releases the heavily-rumored console remaster or remake of Tactics this will have to do. Please note that we ONLY recommended the iPad version of the game; the iPhone version is virtually unplayable because of the small screen of iPhones and you will grow insanely frustrated trying to play this game on an iPhone. That being said, if youve never played Final Fantasy Tactics before you have been missing out on one of the greatest video games ever made imho, and you owe it to yourself to buy this on your iPad and enter the wonderful world of Ivalice.
Our favorite FF game of all time. Everyone has backbone controllers now and adding controller support would be so clutch. Please! We love you.
Love this game but we really miss GBA Final Fantasy Tactics. The flow and ease of play is what we miss. Hope they can redo that one.
This is the proper version of FF Tactics with no weird extra flashy Japanese animations or pay to play nonsense. Its the closest to original. This is the one you want. The storyline is the best out of FF and the battle system is legendary. The dialogue was re written was not a welcome change as it seems too flowery or forced in some instances.. (like kids trying to write something in Shakespeare style) however it hasnt changed enough for us to rate it lower than 5 stars.
Need a controller for this game.
One of our fav tactical turn based games of all time. Only thing that would be better is if it had controller support with backbone.
Add the ability to use a controller!!!! It would make way better.
This is probably the best ff game ever needs backbone support plzzzz.
Please add support for backbone.
This is a great game and even better to have on mobile but really could benefit from controller support.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.3.0
- Size: 670.40 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.
Last updated: 7th March 2023 | Genre: Entertainment, Roleplaying | Developer: SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.