| name | games | status | region | founded | closed | activity | |
|---|
| Athena |
73 | nomoregames | JP | 1987 | | 1988/2002 | |
| Atlus |
437 | active | JP | 1986 | | 1986/2022 | Atlus Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game developer, publisher and distribution company … |
| Bandai |
830 | name changed | JP | 1950 | 2006 | 1978/2014 | On March 31, 2006, it merged with Namco Ltd. and was renamed Bandai Namco Games … |
| Banpresto |
323 | nomoregames | JP | 1977 | | 1990/2012 | Banpresto Co., Ltd. is a Japanese toy company, and a former game developer and publishing … |
| Big Club |
2 | | JP | | | 1989/1989 | |
| Big West Advertising |
2 | active | JP | | | 1992/1993 | Big West Advertising Co., Ltd. (BWA) is a Japanese advertising agency. They are … |
| Bihou |
1 | active | JP | | | 2009/2009 | Bihou Co. Ltd. |
| Bit2 |
5 | | JP | | | 1987/1993 | |
| Bits Laboratory |
26 | | JP | 1985 | | 1984/1996 * | Also known as "Workss". When the name change exactly happened is yet unknown … |
| Black Cyc |
18 | | JP | 2001 | | 2001/2011 | |
| Boost On |
4 | | JP | | | 2005/2013 | |
| Brizo Interactive |
2 | active | JP | 2003 | | 2009/2011 | Brizo Interactive Corporation is a Japanese publishing and game development, founded … |
| BROCCOLI |
42 | active | JP | 1994 | | 1999/2019 | ブロッコリー Website: http://www.broccoli.co.jp |
| Bullet Proof Software |
85 | name changed | JP | 1983 | 2001 | 1984/2001 | |
| C: drive. |
4 | | JP | | | 2007/2014 | |
| C's Ware |
2 | | JP | | | 1998/1999 | C's Ware is a company from Tokyo, Japan developing story driven interactive … |
| Caltron |
3 | dead | JP | | | 1991/1993 | Caltron Industries Inc. developed unlicensed NES & Famicom games; published 1 themselves … |
| Candy Soft |
43 | active | JP | | | 1997/2020 | A Japanese visual novel publishing brand owned and used by Inter Heart. |
| Capcom |
1109 | active | JP | 1983 | | 1984/2022 | Founded on June 11, 1983 as Japan Capsule Computer by I.R.M. Corporation (May 30 … |
| Carry Lab |
38 | dead | JP | 1981 | 1988 | 1983/1989 | |
| Cave |
68 | active | JP | 1994 | | 1995/2021 | CAVE Interactive CO., acronym for "Computer ArtVisual Entertainment", … |
| cavia |
17 | bought | JP | 2000 | 2010 | 2002/2010 | Cavia, Inc. 株式会社キャビア (kabushiki kaisha kyabia) HQ: Tokyo … |
| Champion Soft |
103 | active | JP | 1983 | | 1982/1992 * | Champion soft was the predecessor company to Alicesoft and still exists as Champion … |
| Chat Noir |
21 | | JP | | | 1986/2003 | |
| Chunsoft |
55 | | JP | 1984 | | 1983/2012 * | |
| Ciel |
9 | active | JP | | | 2000/2009 | http://www.ciel-soft.com/ |
| Cing |
8 | dead | JP | 1999 | 2010 | 2004/2010 | シング http://www.cing.co.jp/ |
| Climax Entertainment |
9 | dead | JP | 1990 | 2015 | 1991/2012 | |
| Clover Studio |
8 | dead | JP | 2004 | 2007 | 2004/2008 | Parent company: Capcom Japan Dissolved in 2007-03 by Capcom, IPs associated with … |
| Coconuts Japan |
94 | dead | JP | 1987 | 2002 | 1987/2002 | The company withdrew from the game business in 2000 due to poor business performance … |
| Collavier |
1 | active | JP | 2008 | | 2012/2012 | |
| Compac |
20 | | JP | | | 1982/1989 | |
| Compile Heart |
63 | active | JP | 2006 | | 2005/2023 * | |
| Compile |
141 | active | JP | 1984 | 1997 | 1983/2002 * | |
| Complet's |
3 | active | JP | 2000 | | 2001/2010 | |
| Copya System |
12 | | JP | | | 1990/1995 | |
| Coreland |
10 | name changed | JP | 1982 | 1989 | 1984/1988 | |
| Crazy Games |
2 | | JP | | | 2000/2001 | Website: http://www.cgstudio.co.jp |
| Cream |
3 | | JP | | | 1989/1990 | |
| Creatures Inc |
10 | | JP | 1995 | | 2001/2023 | |
| CRI Middleware |
75 | nomoregames | JP | 1988 | 2001 | 1982/2020 * | Established as CSK Research Institute Corp (CRI) in 1988, a subsidiary of CSK. … |
| Cross Media Soft |
8 | | JP | | | 1984/1992 | A Victor publishing label. |
| Crossnet |
3 | active | JP | | | 2001/2006 | |
| Culture Brain Excel |
104 | active | JP | 1980 | | 1986/2016 | Originally founded as "Nihon Game" in 1980. Renamed to "Culture … |
| CyberFront |
66 | dead | JP | 1998 | 2013 | 1998/2014 | In 2013-12-19, Kaga Electronics announced the dissolution of CyberFront Corporation … |
| Cyclone System |
4 | dead | JP | | | 1990/1991 | Founded by former Aicom employees Yoshiyuki Ishikawa and Hiroshi Kazama. |
| Cyclone Zero |
1 | | JP | | | 2009/2009 | |
| D.O. |
79 | name changed | JP | 1987 | 2009 | 1990/2006 | D.O. is a Japanese software company that focuses on developing and publishing hentai … |
| D3 Publisher |
500 | active | JP | 1992 | | 1996/2021 | D3 Publisher Inc. Formerly known as Culture Publishers Website: http://www.d3p … |
| Daiei Seisakusho |
4 | dead | JP | | | 1988/1990 | |
