Since 1997, it has been selected by many game magazines as one of the top video games of all time, listed as 21st in "EGM"s "100 Best Games of All Time" the same year it was released, 91st in "EGM"s 2001 "100 Best Games of All Time", and as fourth in "Retro Gamer"s "Top 100 Games" in 2004. In 2018, it was ranked 99th in IGN's "Top 100 Games of All Time" and as third in PALGN's "The Greatest 100 Games Ever". "Final Fantasy VII" was included in "The Greatest Games of All Time" list by GameSpot in 2006, and ranked as second in "Empire"'s 2006 "100 Greatest Games of All Time", as third in "Stuff"s "100 Greatest Games" in 2008 and as 15th in "Game Informer"s 2009 "Top 200 Games of All Time" (down five places from its previous best games of all-time list). In 2012, "Time" named it one of their "All-TIME 100 Video Games". In March 2018, Game Informers "Readers Choice Top 300 Games of All Time", Final Fantasy ranked in 7th place. In March 2018, "GamesRadar+" rated "The 25 best PS1 games of all time", Final Fantasy VII was ranked in 12th place.