Advent Rising is a third-person, science fiction action-adventure video game. It was developed by GlyphX Games and published by Majesco. The game was released on May 31, 2005 for Xbox and on August 9, 2005 for Microsoft Windows. The story of this game was created by Donald Mustard, and featured a script written by science fiction writers Orson Scott Card and Cameron Dayton. The full orchestral soundtrack was done by Tommy Tallarico. As of September 14, 2006, Steam began offering Advent Rising for download as well as other games by Majesco.

Two years after the events in Final Fantasy VII , a disease called Seikon-Shoukougun , or Geostigma , is spreading through the planet. This disease is believed to have been caused by the body fighting off foreign material that invaded the body two years earlier, at the end of Final Fantasy VII . Guilt-ridden and haunted by his past, ex-SOLDIER Cloud Strife has decided to live a secluded, solitary life away from his friends while maintaining Strife s Delivery Service , whose headquarters is located in Tifa Lockheart s bar, the Seventh Heaven. Tifa s bar serves as an orphanage for children stricken with Geostigma. Here, Tifa keeps an eye on Barret s six-year-old daughter, Marlene, while Barret searches the planet for an alternative energy source to the Planet s energy, Mako. One day, Cloud receives a phone call from the former Shinra...