Clearing all required dungeons will advance the story to the next waypoint, and gives a one-time reward of 100 Lapis (the game's premium currency). The player must fight through all of the battles in a given stage, expending associated energy per round, to unlock and advance to the next stage. The world map is presented as a series of fixed contact points, with a fixed set of dungeons (battles) located in each area. On DecemSquare Enix announced another spin-off game based on Brave Exvius called War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius, which is a tactical RPG. Due to low interest, Tap! has been removed from the platform as of mid-2019. On September 8, 2017, Square Enix released a spin-off game named Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Tap! for Facebook.

The global version of the game is maintained by a Singapore subsidiary of A-Lim's parent company, gumi. The global version soft-launched in in several countries before being released officially in June 29, 2016. It was released first in Japan in October 22, 2015.

The game marks as the first collaborative effort between Square Enix and A-Lim and draws elements from A-Lim's previous game, Brave Frontier.

Thanks to the power of visions, it features characters that have appeared in previous games in the series, such as Cecil Harvey, Shadow and Exdeath. The story follows the journey of Rain, Lasswell and Fina in their battle to protect the great crystals of Lapis. IOS, Android, Fire OS Final Fantasy Brave Exvius is a free-to-play role-playing game developed by A-Lim and published by Square Enix for iOS and Android devices.

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