# Sekai Project

Sekai Project is an American video game publisher. They are best known for licensing and translating Japanese visual novels into English, but they have also published manga and other non-visual novel video games.

## History

Sekai Project originated in 2007 as a fan translation group translating the visual novel School Days. They later partnered with publisher JAST USA, turning their fan translation into the official English version of the game. Sekai Project began publishing games on Steam in 2014; their first title was World End Economica episode.01, released in June. Sekai Project has used the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to fund many of their projects. In November 2014, they launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund an English release of the visual novel Clannad. The campaign exceeded its goal of US$140,000 and ended up raising over US$500,000. In July 2015, Sekai Project announced that they would be localizing manga in addition to video games, starting with Gate.
Since Steam does not typically allow adult games to be sold on their platform, Sekai Project releases their adult titles through their partner company Denpasoft. For titles like The Fruit of Grisaia, an all ages version is available on Steam, while the adult version is sold directly through the Denpasoft website.
In 2017, the company partnered with Humble Bundle, an online marketplace where games are sold based on what other users paid for them. As is usual for the Humble Bundle site, users were also able to donate a portion of their payment to the charity of their choice.
In June 2018, Sekai Project provided a censored version of the adult game Maitetsu to Fakku to distribute, contrary to what Sekai Project had promised them and their customers.
In August 2018, Sekai Project laid off some or all of their permanent staff in their Los Angeles office. In a statement to the press, they said most of the staff let go were marketing, but one of their employees posted to Twitter claiming that every employee in the LA office was laid off. Most of the translation and programming work for the company is freelance work that is done remotely. This has continued since the layoffs.

## Sekai Games

In 2018, Sekai Project opened Sekai Games, a console focused division within the company structure. Since then, Sekai Games has handled all publishing and marketing for their console releases. On April 14, 2020, Sekai Games and Limited Run Games released a physical edition of Clannad for Nintendo Switch.

## Works
### Published games

| Title | Developer | Publication date |
| World End Economica episode.01 | Spicy Tails | June 17, 2014 |
| Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius | Love in Space | July 9, 2014 |
| Sakura Spirit | Winged Cloud | July 9, 2014 |
| Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet | Key | September 12, 2014 |
| Rising Angels: Reborn | IDHAS Studios | September 12, 2014 |
| Pyrite Heart | Winged Cloud | September 25, 2014 |
| Fault Milestone One | Alice in Dissonance | December 15, 2014 |
| Nekopara Vol. 1 | Neko Works | December 29, 2014 |
| Sakura Angels | Winged Cloud | January 16, 2015 |
| The Way We All Go | ebi-hime | March 24, 2015 |
| Sunrider Academy | Love in Space | April 15, 2015 |
| Narcissu 1st & 2nd | stage-nana | April 24, 2015 |
| The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 — Prelude | Lupiesoft | May 8, 2015 |
| Love at First Sight | Creepy Cute | May 18, 2015 |
| Tobari and the Night of the Curious Moon | Desunoya | May 26, 2015 |
| Sakura Fantasy Chapter 1 | Winged Cloud | May 29, 2015 |
| The Fruit of Grisaia | Front Wing | May 29, 2015 |
| Raiders Sphere 4th | Rectangle | June 1, 2015 |
| Ame no Marginal | stage-nana | July 7, 2015 |
| World End Economica episode.02 | Spicy Tails | July 21, 2015 |
| Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler- | Denneko Yuugi | July 28, 2015 |
| Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 1 | Front Wing | July 29, 2015 |
| Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 2 | Front Wing | July 29, 2015 |
| Sakura Clicker | Winged Cloud | July 29, 2015 |
| Asphyxia | ebi-hime | August 4, 2015 |
| Sakura Beach | Winged Cloud | August 14, 2015 |
| Nekopara Vol. 0 | Neko Works | August 17, 2015 |
| Fault Milestone Two Side: Above | Alice in Dissonance | September 7, 2015 |
| Sakura Swim Club | Winged Cloud | September 11, 2015 |
| Sound of Drop: Fall Into Poison | aiueoKompany | October 30, 2015 |
| G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String | Akabeisoft2 | November 5, 2015 |
| Sakura Beach 2 | Winged Cloud | November 6, 2015 |
| Written in the Sky | Unwonted Studios | November 9, 2015 |
| Yohjo Simulator | Deadfactory | November 17, 2015 |
| Clannad | Key | November 23, 2015 |
| Reverse x Reverse | Desunoya | December 10, 2015 |
| Was: The Hourglass of Lepidoptera | SRL | December 15, 2015 |
| Sakura Santa | Winged Cloud | December 21, 2015 |
| Strawberry Vinegar | ebi-hime | January 5, 2016 |
| The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns | ebi-hime | January 5, 2016 |
| No One But You | Unwonted Studios | January 19, 2016 |
| Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project | stage-nana | January 27, 2016 |
| Rabi-Ribi | CreSpirit | January 28, 2016 |
| Nekopara Vol. 2 | Neko Works | February 19, 2016 |
| Atom Grrrl!! | Cosmillica | March 1, 2016 |
| Sunrider: Liberation Day | Love in Space | March 4, 2016 |
| Rising Angels: Hope | IDHAS Studios | March 18, 2016 |
| Starlight Vega | Razzart Visual | April 14, 2016 |
| Lucid9: Inciting Incident | Fallen Snow Studios | April 14, 2016 |
| Root Double: Before Crime * After Days | Regista, Yeti | April 27, 2016 |
| Selenon Rising | Fastermind Games | April 29, 2016 |
| Resette's Prescription: Book of memory, Swaying scale | Liz-Arts | May 30, 2016 |
| Nekopalive | Neko Works | May 31, 2016 |
| Clannad Side Stories | Key | June 2, 2016 |
| Sakura Dungeon | Winged Cloud | June 3, 2016 |
| Cherry Tree High Girls' Fight | 773 | June 13, 2016 |
| Highway Blossoms | Studio Élan, Studio Coattails | June 17, 2016 |
| The Orchard of Stray Sheep | Namaage | June 20, 2016 |
| My Little Kitties | Cosen | June 21, 2016 |
| The Labyrinth of Grisaia | Front Wing | June 22, 2016 |
| Karakara | calme | June 27, 2016 |
| Empty Horizons | ebi-hime | July 19, 2016 |
| Just Deserts | Vifth Floor | July 25, 2016 |
| Sakura Shrine Girls | Winged Cloud | August 26, 2016 |
| This World Unknown | ebi-hime | September 2, 2016 |
| Sakura Space | Winged Cloud | October 10, 2016 |
| Catch Canvas | Unwonted Studios, Razzart Visual | October 14, 2016 |
| Sakura Nova | Winged Cloud | October 20, 2016 |
| Ne No Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto | Kuro Irodoru Yomiji | October 26, 2016 |
| Memory's Dogma CODE:01 | Liz-Arts | November 4, 2016 |
| AL･FINE | CrimsonRabbit | November 11, 2016 |
| A Magical High School Girl | illuCollab | November 22, 2016 |
| Love, Guitars, and the Nashville Skyline | Cosmillica | November 22, 2016 |
| Magical x Spiral | Broken Desk | December 20, 2016 |
| World End Economica episode.03 | Spicy Tails | December 21, 2016 |
| Chrono Clock | Purple software | February 28, 2017 |
| PacaPlus | PacoProject | March 30, 2017 |
| The Eden of Grisaia | Front Wing | April 28, 2017 |
| Hoshizora no Memoria | Favorite | December 18, 2017 |
| Nekopara Vol. 3 | Neko Works | May 26, 2017 |
| Project LUX | Spicy Tails | February 2, 2018 |
| Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell | Alice in Dissonance | February 19, 2018 |
| Kokonoe Kokoro | Nostalgia | March 2, 2018 |
| Tropical Liquor | Tentacle Games | March 9, 2018 |
| Re;Lord 1: The witch of Herfort and stuffed animals | Escu:de, Element | March 9, 2018 |
| Fatal Twelve | aiueokompany | March 30, 2018 |
| 9-nine | Palette | January 31, 2019—March 19, 2021 |
| Heart of the Woods | Studio Élan | February 15, 2019 |
| M.A.S.S. Builder | Vermillion Digital | September 13, 2019 |

### Upcoming games

| Title | Developer | Status |
| Eternal | Mawari Works | TBA |
| Fault Milestone Two Side: Below | Alice in Dissonance | 2019 |
| Fault - Silence the Pedant | Alice in Dissonance | TBA |
| Moonshot | Fastermind Games | TBA |
| NarKarma EngineA | Novectacle | TBA |
| November Boy | Team ANAGO | TBA |
| The Human Reignition Project | Alienworks | TBA |
| Hoshizora no Memoria -Eternal Heart- (fandisk) | Favorite | TBA |

### Other releases

| Title | Media format | Developer | Publication date |
| 2013 Moe Headphones Design | Book | Lunatic Joker | 2014 |
| Gate: Where The JSDF Fought | Manga | AlphaPolis | December 2016 |
| Clannad Anthology | Manga | | TBA |
| MikuMikuDance | Freeware | Yu Higuchi | TBA |
| Ne no Kami | Manga | Fenrir Vier | TBA |