Ignis ranked No. 28 in the Top 75 of NHK's "All-Final Fantasy Grand Poll of Japanese players" in 2020, which tallied over 468,000 votes. Game Informer, in its "RPG of the Year" awards, awarded the "Best Sidekick" category to Ignis for the "multifaceted ways he helps the group and the sacrifices he makes". Ignis is a popular subject for fan mods on the PC version of XV following the release of its mod tools on Steam Workshop in June 2018.
