The Final Fantasy series is well known for its gripping story lines and explosive plots. In every game a main antagonist is present to compete against the stories hero, but often these aren't as evil as the other antagonist's the player comes across in the game.
Continuing with our Top 5 Theme (previously; Top 5 Most Differcult Bosses), We've compiled our top 5 most evil Final Fantasy antagonists (Final Fantasy VII onwards) which can be found following. Do you agree with our choices? What would you change? (Please note this article contains Spoilers)
Square Enix launches Final Fantasy X 25th anniversary site, revealing new Nomura art, books, music releases, and merchandise.
Look I know VIII has its issues and all that but how on earth can the do big anniversary events with new artwork and merchandise for VII, IX and X yet VIII got sweet f*** all.
They could have given it something during its 25th anniversary yet all it got was a single Happy Anniversary post on their social media.
they should know that we are OG fans of VIII as it sold truckload as well. not as much as VII or X. I personally didn't like IX but X and VI are my personal fav.
Shadow Hearts 2 covenant is another game I love. I hope one day someone can make remake, I would be delighted
Final Fantasy VIII is great and you are always the first to defend it in the comments
Final Fantasy VII 1997 exceeds 15.5 million units sold worldwide as of February 2026, reinforcing its legacy as the series best selling title.
I’d love to know how many units have been sold of all the Final Fantasy VII franchise games, including the original, the remakes, spin offs such as Crisis Core, and mobile games Ever Crisis. I bet a fair few copies.
Modern day publisher be like: "Failed to meet sales expectations. Pivoting to live service."
It's an absolute legend of a game. And I honestly really love how the remake trilogy is shaping up so far.
Final Fantasy 7 is one of the most iconic video games of all time, with it helping to changed the RPG landscape when it was released in 1997.
If you already own it... There, I saved you the click on a deliberately misleading article.
I bought the game yesterday on steam for $4 because Square Enix is trying to replace it with a version that has no mod support.
Prior to yesterday, I had no idea the game had so many great mods until people started making a fuss out of it.
u get the switch 1 version of the og ff7 for free if you own 7 remake for the switch 2.
lol.
Weak list. What kid wrote it? No pre-ff7 games? Hojo is nowhere close to Kefka in terms of evilness. But I won't dwell in that cause of spoilers. What about Paramecian Emperor fromo ff2? He was pretty evil too.
BTW, there are few in the article if you haven't finished FF7, 9, and 10.
And Jenova's actually an entity not a character.
As a joke I would also add Gilgamesh from FF5. He was really "evil".
no apostrophe needed
Where's Kefka?
From FF Wiki:
While previous villains were distant, cold, ruthless and bent on their goals, Kefka was loud, short-tempered, maniacal and destructive with a deep hatred of nearly everything on the planet and he possessed an infamous sadistic sense of humor, finding joy in the deaths of innocents.
See, this is the meaning of true evil, one who kills for the joy of killing, and not because it's their "Destiny" to kill.
And...that's it? Where is Kefka? The only character I agree with is Sephiroth, and Jenova...what?
Did this guy play anything before 7?