Elf

Japan publisher and developerfounded in 1989-04-27 closed in 2015-10 status: dead

159
games
6.9
per year
22
years active

Elf Corporation was founded on on April 27, 1989 in Tokyo by Masato Hiruta, Atsushi Kanao, and Toshihiro Abiru, a group of game designers that split off FairyTale. The company specializes in developing and publishing erotic games in various genres. Adult content in their games tends to be rather softcore; several Elf titles have been ported to console systems with adult scenes removed.

Elf's most popular games are the dating adventure Dōkyūsei (1992) and its sequels and spin-offs, as well as the role-playing game series Dragon Knight, the third installment of which has been officially translated into English and released in Western countries.

Elf as a company would eventually close down in October 2015. The publishing rights to most of their back catalogue of games went into the hands of DMM.com.

Notable collaborators: Ichikawa Saasha, Yokota Mamoru, Takei Masaki, Hiruta Masato and Doten Meikai

It is known for Biniku no Kaori, Doukyuusei, Dragon Knight

Releases per year

1989 22
1990 16
1991 14
1992 12
1993 12
1994 9
1995 11
1996 9
1997 12
1998 2
1999 4
2000 6
2001 3
2002 2
2003 3
2004 5
2005 2
2006 2
2007 1
2008 2
2009 2
2010 1

152 video games with valid date were considered (95.5%)

Overall rankings

7
9
11
3
0
3.7
average

Common gametypes

adventure59%role-play17%strategy8%simulation6%board game4%other4%

Top platforms

  Windows 41
  NEC PC9801 32
  X68000 19
  FM Towns 11
  NEC PC8801 10
  MSX2 9
  MS-DOS 8
  Saturn 6
  MSX 5
  PS 3
  PC Engine CD 3
  PC Engine 3
  SNES 2
  PC-FX 2
  Arcade 2