Budget

Video game concept

The opposite end of AAA games where the production values are exceptionally low, often used for prototyping or experimenting with game concepts or simply to produce income without much effort.

387

games

platforms

Alternate name: Value

Simple 1500 Series Vol. 7: The Card

PS1 1998-11-19

D-Unit Drift Racing

PS2 2006

Maniac Mole

PS2 2006

Bust-a-Bloc

PS2 2002-05-30

Fisherman's Bass Club

PS2 2002-11-02

Simple 1500 Series Vol. 101: The Sentou

PS1 2003-01-30

Offroad Extreme

PS2 2007

Simple 1500 Series Vol. 61: The Quiz 2

PS1 2001-05-02

Simple 1500 Series Vol. 19: The Sugoroku

PS1 1999-11-18

RC Toy Machines

PS2 2004-11-05

Iron Chef

PS2 2007

Las Vegas

OCS 1987

Usually priced around 10-20 EUR/USD on initial release or even less on PC/Console platforms. Not usually counting indie titles.

This does not refer to budget re-releases or discounts that may have come later, nor are indie games budget games by default despite being priced similarly.

Parent group

Game production & development

Child groups

Simple Wii, SIMPLE 2000, SIMPLE 1500, @SIMPLE, SIMPLE 2960 Tomodachi, SIMPLE series

Games by year

The first Budget video game was released in 1987.

D3 Publisher, Phoenix Games Group and D3 published most of these games.

Platforms

PS2		202
PS		109
Windows		24
Wii		14
Nintendo DS		11
Xbox		6
Atari ST		5
GBA		4
Dreamcast		4
Amiga		3
GameCube		2
X360		1
PS3		1
MS-DOS		1

Most common companies

D3 Publisher	84
Phoenix Games Group	84
D3	77
Activision Value	14
Activision Value Publishing	5
PLAY	3
Activision	3
Kingsoft	2
GT Interactive	2
Codemasters	2
Ari Games	2
Hana	2
Hasbro Interactive	2