List of Square Enix video game franchises
Square Enix is a Japanese video game development and publishing company formed from the merger of video game publisher Enix absorbing developer Square on April 1, 2003.[1] The company is best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest, and Kingdom Hearts series. Since its inception, the company has developed or published hundreds of titles in various video game franchises on numerous gaming systems. Of its properties, the Final Fantasy franchise is the best-selling, with a total worldwide sales of over 144 million units.[2] The Dragon Quest series has shipped over 78 million units worldwide[2] and is one of the most popular video game series in Japan,[3] while the Kingdom Hearts series has shipped over 30 million copies worldwide.[2]
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Square Enix has owned Taito, which continues to publish its own video games, since September 2005,[4] and acquired game publisher Eidos Interactive in April 2009, which was merged with Square Enix's European publishing wing and renamed as Square Enix Europe.[5] This list includes franchises in which Square Enix, or its original components Enix and Square, or its subsidiaries, were the primary developer or publisher, even if the series was begun prior to the subsidiary's acquisition. Franchises are defined as any set of interconnected media consisting of more than one release, and video game franchises are defined as franchises which were initially created as a video game or series of video games.
For a list of all individual games developed or published by Square Enix, see the list of Square Enix video games and mobile games. For games released before the merger, see the Square and Enix video games. For games released by Taito, both before and after the acquisition, see the list of Taito games, and for games published by Eidos prior to acquisition see the List of Eidos Interactive games.
Video game franchises
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Franchise | Primary genre | First released | Latest release |
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7th Saga* | Action role-playing, puzzle | 1993, The 7th Saga | 1999, Mystic Ark: Theatre of Illusions |
ActRaiser* | Side-scroller, platformer, action role-playing | 1990, ActRaiser[6] | 1995, Terranigma[7] |
All Star Pro-Wrestling | Wrestling | 2000, All Star Pro-Wrestling[8] | 2003, All Star Pro-Wrestling III[9] |
Arkanoid![]() |
Breakout clone | 1986, Arkanoid[10] | 2017, Arkanoid vs. Space Invaders |
Battle Gear![]() |
Racing | 1996, Side by Side[11] | 2006, Battle Gear 4 Tuned Professional Version[12] |
Battlestations![]() |
Action, real-time tactics | 2007, Battlestations: Midway[13] | 2009, Battlestations: Pacific[13] |
Birdie King![]() |
Sports | 1982, Birdie King[14] | 1984, Birdie King 3[15] |
Bubble Bobble![]() |
Platformer, puzzle | 1983, Chack'n Pop | 2017, Bust-A-Move Journey[16] |
Bravely | Role-playing | 2012, Bravely Default[2] | 2015, Bravely Second: End Layer[17] |
Bushido Blade* | Fighting | 1997, Bushido Blade[8] | 1998, Bushido Blade 2[8] |
Championship Manager* | Sports, simulation | 1992, Championship Manager[18] | 2016, Championship Manager 17[19] |
Chaos Heat![]() |
Survival horror, third-person shooter | 1998, Chaos Heat | 2000, Chaos Break -Episode from "Chaos Heat"- |
Chaos Rings* | Role-playing | 2010, Chaos Rings[2] | 2014, Chaos Rings III[20] |
Chase![]() |
Racing | 1988, Chase H.Q. | 2007, Chase H.Q. 2 |
Chocobo | Role-playing, roguelike, racing | 1997, Chocobo's Mystery Dungeon | 2012, Chocobo's Chocotto Farm |
Chrono | Role-playing | 1995, Chrono Trigger[2] | 1999, Chrono Cross[8] |
Cleopatra Fortune![]() |
Puzzle | 1996, Cleopatra Fortune | 2002, Cleopatra Fortune Plus |
Conflict![]() |
Tactical shooter | 2002, Conflict: Desert Storm[21] | 2008, Conflict: Denied Ops[13] |
Darius![]() |
Action | 1986, Darius[22] | 2015, Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours |
Death Trap | Interactive fiction, visual novel | 1984, The Death Trap | 1986, Alpha |
Densha de Go!![]() |
Train simulator | 1996, Densha de Go![23] | 2018, Densha de Go! Plug & Play[24] |
Deus Ex![]() |
Real-time tactics, first-person shooter | 2000, Deus Ex[13] | 2017, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – VR Experience[25] |
Dragon Quest* | Role-playing | 1986, Dragon Quest[2] | 2017, Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age |
Drakengard* | Action role-playing | 2003, Drakengard[9] | 2018, NieR:Automata BECOME AS GODS Edition |
Dungeon Siege* | Action role-playing | 2002, Dungeon Siege | 2011, Dungeon Siege III: Treasures of the Sun |
E. V. O.* | Role-playing, side-scroller | 1990, E.V.O.: The Theory of Evolution | 1992, E.V.O.: Search for Eden |
Eclipse![]() |
Space flight simulator | 1994, Total Eclipse | 1996, Titan Wars |
Elevator Action![]() |
Platformer | 1983, Elevator Action | 2011, Elevator Action Deluxe |
Exit![]() |
Platformer, puzzle | 2005, Exit | 2009, Exit 2 |
Fear Effect* | Action-adventure | 2000, Fear Effect[13] | 2018, Fear Effect Sedna[13] |
Fighting Force![]() |
Fighting, beat 'em up | 1997, Fighting Force[13] | 1999, Fighting Force 2[13] |
Final Fantasy | Role-playing | 1987, Final Fantasy[2] | 2020, Final Fantasy VII Remake |
Fortune Street | Party game, board game | 1991, Itadaki Street: Watashi no Omise ni Yottette[2] | 2017, Itadaki Street: Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy 30th Anniversary[26] |
Front Mission | Tactical role-playing | 1995, Front Mission[7] | 2019, Left Alive |
Gangsters* | Strategy | 1998, Gangsters: Organized Crime | 2001, Gangsters 2: Vendetta |
Gex![]() |
Platformer | 1994, Gex[27] | 1999, Gex: Deep Pocket Gecko[13] |
Groove Coaster* | Rhythm game | 2011, Groove Coaster | 2018, Groove Coaster 4: Starlight Road |
Gunslinger Stratos![]() |
First-person shooter | 2012, Gunslinger Stratos | 2017, Gunslinger Stratos Σ |
Hanjuku Hero | Real-time strategy | 1988, Hanjuku Hero[6] | 2005, Hanjuku Galaxy Lunch[28] |
Hat Trick Hero![]() |
Sports | 1990, Football Champ | 1995, Hat Trick Hero '95 |
Heimdall* | Action role-playing | 1991, Heimdall | 1994, Heimdall 2: Into the Hall of Worlds |
Just Cause* | Sandbox, third-person shooter, action-adventure | 2006, Just Cause[13] | 2018, Just Cause 4[17] |
KiKi KaiKai![]() |
Shooter | 1986, KiKi KaiKai | 2001, Pocky & Rocky with Becky |
Kingdom Hearts[Note 1] | Action role-playing | 2002, Kingdom Hearts[2] | 2019, Kingdom Hearts III[29] |
Legacy of Kain![]() |
Action-adventure | 1996, Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain[27] | 2003, Legacy of Kain: Defiance[13] |
Life Is Strange* | Episodic graphic adventure | 2015, Life Is Strange | 2018, Life Is Strange 2 |
Lufia* | Role-playing | 1993, Lufia & the Fortress of Doom[30] | 2010, Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals[24] |
Mana | Role-playing | 1991, Final Fantasy Adventure[2] | 2020, Trials of Mana |
Mini Ninjas* | Action-adventure | 2009, Mini Ninjas | 2013, Mini Ninjas Mobile |
Musashi | Role-playing | 1990, Adventures of Musashi | 2005, Musashi: Samurai Legend[28] |
Ogre![]() |
Tactical role-playing, real-time strategy | 1993, Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen[31] | 2010, Tactics Ogre: Wheel of Fate[32] |
Operation Wolf![]() |
Shooting gallery | 1987, Operation Wolf | 1998, Operation Tiger |
Pandemonium![]() |
Platformer | 1996, Pandemonium! | 1997, Pandemonium 2 |
Parasite Eve | Role-playing, third-person shooter | 1998, Parasite Eve[8] | 2010, The 3rd Birthday[24] |
Power Blade* | Action, platformer | 1991, Power Blade | 1992, Power Blade 2 |
Psychic Force![]() |
Fighting | 1995, Psychic Force | 2005, Psychic Force Complete |
Qix![]() |
Puzzle | 1981, Qix | 2009, Qix++ |
Rakugaki Ōkoku![]() |
Role-playing | 2002, Magic Pengel: The Quest for Color | 2004, Graffiti Kingdom |
Ray![]() |
Scrolling shooter | 1994, RayForce | 1998, RayCrisis: Series Termination |
SaGa | Role-playing | 1989, The Final Fantasy Legend[2] | 2019, Romancing SaGa 3[33] |
Shellshock* | Shooter | 1995, Shellshock: Jus' Keepin' da Peace | 2009, Shellshock 2: Blood Trails[13] |
Sonic Blast Man![]() |
Beat 'em up | 1990, Sonic Blast Man | 2011, Sonic Blast Heroes[34] |
Space Invaders![]() |
Fixed shooter | 1978, Space Invaders[2] | 2018, Space Invaders Extreme |
Speed Race![]() |
Racing | 1974, Speed Race[35] | 1998, Automobili Lamborghini: Super Speed Race 64[36] |
Star Ocean* | Role-playing | 1996, Star Ocean[8] | 2016, Star Ocean: Anamnesis[37] |
Supreme Commander* | Real-time strategy | 2007, Supreme Commander | 2010, Supreme Commander 2 |
Thief![]() |
Stealth, action-adventure | 1998, Thief: The Dark Project[13] | 2014, Thief[20] |
Thunderhawk![]() |
Combat flight simulator | 1992, Thunderhawk | 2001, Thunderhawk: Operation Phoenix |
Tobal* | Fighting | 1996, Tobal No. 1[8] | 1997, Tobal 2[8] |
Tomb Raider![]() |
Action-adventure | 1996, Tomb Raider[2] | 2018, Shadow of the Tomb Raider |
Urban Chaos* | Action-adventure, first-person shooter | 1998, Urban Chaos[13] | 2006, Urban Chaos: Riot Response[13] |
Valkyrie Profile* | Role-playing | 1999, Valkyrie Profile[8] | 2016, Valkyrie Anatomia: The Origin[37] |
Wonder Project* | Life simulation | 1994, Wonder Project J | 1996, Wonder Project J2 |
Notes
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See also
- List of best-selling Japanese role-playing game franchises
- List of Square Enix manga franchises
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