Bravely Default: Brilliant Lights
A tenth-anniversary Bravely crossover reached Japan, closed thirteen months later and survived only as a stripped-down offline viewer.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A formally released Japan-only mobile role-playing game published by Square Enix.
Four new heroes joined characters from across the Bravely series in turn-based battles around the Crystal of Light.
Existence timeline
Square Enix reveals a mobile celebration of the series.
Brilliant Lights reaches normal public availability.
Earlier Bravely heroes enter the game.
The publisher schedules the end and an offline edition.
Battles and live systems stop.
A limited local viewer preserves selected content.
Why it ended
Square Enix ended online service on 28 February 2023 and issued refunds for unused paid currency.
Last confirmed trace
An offline version, official site, soundtrack, recorded story and refund notice preserve portions of the game.
What it left behind
Its post-shutdown viewer offers a partial preservation model while also showing how much functionality is lost with the servers.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.