# Spike Chunsoft

Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. is a Japanese video game development and localization company specializing in role-playing video games, visual novels and adventure games. The company was founded in 1984 as Chunsoft Co., Ltd. and merged with Spike in 2012. It is owned by Dwango.
It created games such as the first five Dragon Quest installments and the Mystery Dungeon franchise as Chunsoft, and the Conception series as Spike Chunsoft. They also developed titles such as The Portopia Serial Murder Case, the Sound Novel series (consisting of Otogirisō, Kamaitachi no Yoru, Machi and 428: Shibuya Scramble) and the Zero Escape series as Chunsoft. Spike developed Danganronpa before the merger.

## History
### Chunsoft

Chunsoft was founded by Koichi Nakamura, a video game designer and programmer who had worked with Enix, including the popular Dragon Quest franchise until Dragon Quest V. The "Chun" in the company name is from the first kanji Naka (中) of the company founder's name; Naka is read as "Chun" in Japanese Mahjong. This name would also appear in Nakamura's first work with Enix, titled Door Door in 1983. Otogirisō marked Chunsoft's debut brand. Following that, successive genre-trailblazing titles Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon, Kamaitachi no Yoru, and Shiren the Wanderer established the company's good reputation. Nakamura himself had to move away from programming in order to run the company.
For a time, the company's products were considered mediocre, but 3-Nen B-Gumi Kinpachi Sensei: Densetsu no Kyoudan ni Tate! was a hit that showed signs of recovery. During the development of Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Kouji Malta, one of the programmers for these two games, and contributed previously on EarthBound and Shiren the Wanderer 2, stated the company went through bad business performance, as employees from Chunsoft would leave the company progressively due to this issue. The game's success not only helped giving more popularity in the Mystery Dungeon franchise, it also helped Chunsoft from avoiding bankruptcy. Later in 2005, it was bought by Dwango and became a subsidiary of the company.
Before the project, Sega were helping Chunsoft in developing and releasing their games for the Dreamcast. From 2005 to 2010, Sega have made a collaboration with Chunsoft titled "SEGA×CHUN PROJECT". Their goal was to provide support and sales for development funds, such as the Nintendo DS remake of Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer or 428: Shibuya Scramble.

### Merger

In 2012, Chunsoft merged with its sister company Spike and the new company would be called Spike Chunsoft.

### Subsidiary

In 2017, Spike Chunsoft established a North American subsidiary based in Long Beach, California to carry out localization and publishing of its own games, in addition to games by its sister company 5pb./Mages under a newly formed partnership. Their first game under the Mages partnership was the Microsoft Windows version of Steins;Gate, taking over publishing of the game from Mages in 2018; they have since continued publishing further games in the Science Adventure series, including Steins;Gate 0 and Chaos;Child.
On July 16, 2020, NIS America announced that Danganronpa games on the PlayStation Store will be removed. Spike Chunsoft subsequently announced on July 22, 2020 that they will take on publishing the Danganronpa series outside of Japan. Similarly, the Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows release of Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate would not be released by Aksys but by their subsidiary.

## Works
### Chunsoft
#### Developed

| Year | Title | Platform | Publisher |
| 1983 | Door Door mkII | PC-8801, Nintendo Entertainment System | Enix |
| 1985 | The Portopia Serial Murder Case | Nintendo Entertainment System | Enix |
| 1986 | Dragon Quest | Nintendo Entertainment System | Enix |
| 1987 | Dragon Quest II: Luminaries of the Legendary Line | Nintendo Entertainment System | Enix |
| 1988 | Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation | Nintendo Entertainment System | Enix |
| 1989 | Jesus: Kyōfu no Bio Monster | Nintendo Entertainment System | King Records |
| 1990 | Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen | Nintendo Entertainment System | Enix |
| 1991 | Famicom Jump II: Saikyō no Shichinin | Nintendo Entertainment System | Bandai |
| 1991 | Tetris 2 + Bombliss | Nintendo Entertainment System | Bullet-Proof Software |
| 1992 | Dragon Quest V: Hand of the Heavenly Bride | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Enix |
| 1992 | Otogirisō | Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, Mobile | Chunsoft |
| 1993 | Dragon Quest I & II | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Enix |
| 1993 | Torneko's Great Adventure: Mystery Dungeon | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Chunsoft |
| 1994 | Banshee's Last Cry | Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Mobile, Web browser | Chunsoft |
| 1995 | Mystery Dungeon 2: Shiren the Wanderer | Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo DS | Chunsoft |
| 1998 | Machi | Saturn, PlayStation, Mobile, PlayStation Portable | Chunsoft Sega (PSP) |
| 1999 | Torneko: The Last Hope | PlayStation, Game Boy Advance | Enix |
| 2000 | Shiren the Wanderer 2: Shiren's Castle and the Oni Invasion | Nintendo 64 | Nintendo |
| 2001 | Shiren the Wanderer GB2: Magic Castle of the Desert | Game Boy Color, Nintendo DS | Chunsoft Sega (DS) |
| 2002 | Kamaitachi no Yoru 2 | PlayStation 2, Mobile, PlayStation Portable | Chunsoft Sega (PSP) |
| 2002 | Torneko's Great Adventure 3 | PlayStation 2, Game Boy Advance | Enix |
| 2004 | Shiren Monsters: Netsal | Game Boy Advance | Chunsoft |
| 2004 | 3-Nen B-Gumi Kinpachi Sensei | PlayStation 2 | Chunsoft |
| 2004 | The Nightmare of Druaga | PlayStation 2 | Arika (JP) Namco (NA) |
| 2005 | Homeland | GameCube | Chunsoft |
| 2005 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team and Red Rescue Team | Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
| 2006 | Kamaitachi no Yoru × 3 | PlayStation 2 | Sega |
| 2007 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness | Nintendo DS | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
| 2007 | Imabikisō | PlayStation 3, Wii | Sega |
| 2008 | Shiren the Wanderer | Wii, PlayStation Portable | Sega (JP) Atlus USA (NA) Spike (PSP) |
| 2008 | 428: Shibuya Scramble | Wii, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable | Spike |
| 2009 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky | Nintendo DS | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
| 2009 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Adventure Team | Wii | The Pokémon Company |
| 2009 | Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors | Nintendo DS | Spike (JP) Aksys Games (NA/EU) |
| 2010 | Shiren the Wanderer 4: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel | Nintendo DS | Spike |
| 2010 | Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate | Nintendo DS | Chunsoft |
| 2011 | Zombie Daisuki | Nintendo DS | Chunsoft |
| 2011 | Wii Play: Motion | Wii | Nintendo |
| 2011 | Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru: 11-ninme no Suspect | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita | Chunsoft |
| 2012 | Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward | Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita | Chunsoft |

#### Published only

| Year | Title | Platform | Developer | Ref. |
| 1996 | Shiren the Wanderer GB: Monster of Moonlight Village | Game Boy, Windows, Android | Aquamarine Chunsoft (Android) | |
| 2002 | Shiren the Wanderer Gaiden: Asuka the Swordswoman for Windows | Windows | Neverland | |

### Spike Chunsoft

This table includes video games published internationally by Spike Chunsoft's American subsidiary Spike Chunsoft, Inc. since its foundation on December 1, 2017. Outside of titles from Spike Chunsoft in Japan, the company publishes titles from Mages (which was also part of Spike Chunsoft's parent company Dwango until July 2019) and from other companies.
| Year | Title | Platform | Developer | Publisher |
| 2012 | Conception | PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 4, Windows | Chime | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2012 | Kenka Banchō Bros. Tokyo Battle Royale | PlayStation Portable | Bullets | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2012 | Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc | PlayStation Vita, Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2012 | Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair | PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, Windows, macOS, Linux, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2012 | Shiren the Wanderer 4 Plus: The Eye of God and the Devil's Navel | PlayStation Portable | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2012 | Fire Pro Wrestling | Xbox 360 | Spike Chunsoft | Microsoft Studios |
| 2012 | Dragon Ball Z: For Kinect | Xbox 360 | Spike Chunsoft | Namco Bandai Games |
| 2012 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity | Nintendo 3DS | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
| 2013 | Banshee's Last Cry | iOS, Android | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2013 | 999: Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors | iOS | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2013 | Warrior's Way | Nintendo 3DS | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo |
| 2013 | Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars | Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, Windows | Chime | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2013 | Attack on Titan: Humanity in Chains | Nintendo 3DS | Spike Chunsoft | Examu |
| 2013 | Heroes VS | PlayStation Portable | Spike Chunsoft | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2014 | Sekai Seifuku: Costume Fes. | PlayStation Vita | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2014 | Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls | PlayStation Vita, Windows, PlayStation 4 | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2014 | Fossil Fighters: Frontier | Nintendo 3DS | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo |
| 2014 | J-Stars Victory VS | PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita | Spike Chunsoft | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2015 | Danganronpa: Unlimited Battle | iOS, Android | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2015 | Kenka Bancho 6: Soul & Blood | Nintendo 3DS | Studio Zan | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2015 | Ukiyo no Shishi | PlayStation 3 | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2015 | Ukiyo no Roushi | PlayStation Vita | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2015 | Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate | PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Windows, iOS, Android | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2015 | Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics | PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Windows | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2015 | Exist Archive | PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita | Spike Chunsoft Tri-Ace | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2015 | Etrian Mystery Dungeon | Nintendo 3DS | Spike Chunsoft | JP: Atlus NA: Atlus USA EU: NIS America |
| 2015 | J-Stars Victory VS+ | PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita | Spike Chunsoft | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2015 | Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon | Nintendo 3DS | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
| 2016 | Kenka Bancho Otome | PlayStation Vita | Red Entertainment | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2016 | Zero Time Dilemma | Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Chime | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2016 | Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games | Nintendo 3DS | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo |
| 2016 | One Piece: Burning Blood | PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita | Spike Chunsoft | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2017 | Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony | Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox One, Windows, iOS, Android | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2017 | Kamaitachi no Yoru Rinkai Ayane | PlayStation Vita, Windows | 5pb. (MAGES.) | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2017 | Fire Pro Wrestling World | Windows, PlayStation 4 | Zex Corporation | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2017 | Kenka Bancho Otome: Kanzenmuketsu no My Honey | PlayStation Vita | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2017 | Etrian Mystery Dungeon 2 | Nintendo 3DS | Spike Chunsoft | Atlus |
| 2018 | 428: Shibuya Scramble | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 | Abstraction Games | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2018 | One Piece Grand Cruise | PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One, Windows | Spike Chunsoft | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2018 | PixelJunk Monsters 2 | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Q-Games | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2018 | Steins;Gate | Microsoft Windows | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2018 | Steins;Gate 0 | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2018 | Zanki Zero: Last Beginning | Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita | Spike Chunsoft Lancarse | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | 8-bit ADV Steins;Gate | Nintendo Switch | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | AI: The Somnium Files | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | Chaos;Child | Microsoft Windows | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | Conception Plus: Maidens of the Twelve Stars | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 | Chime | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | Crystar | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 | Gemdrops | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | Jump Force | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows, Nintendo Switch | Spike Chunsoft | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2019 | Kenka Bancho Otome 2nd Rumble!! | PlayStation Vita | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | Mystery Dungeon: Shiren the Wanderer | iOS, Android | Cyclone Zero | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | Steins;Gate Elite | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | Steins;Gate: Linear Bounded Phenogram | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | Steins;Gate: My Darling's Embrace | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2019 | Zanki Zero: Last Beginning | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 | Spike Chunsoft Lancarse | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2020 | Katana Kami: A Way of the Samurai Story | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Acquire | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2020 | One-Punch Man: A Hero Nobody Knows | Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Spike Chunsoft | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2020 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX | Nintendo Switch | Spike Chunsoft | Nintendo The Pokémon Company |
| 2020 | Robotics;Notes DaSH | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2020 | Robotics;Notes Elite | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2020 | Shiren the Wanderer: The Tower of Fortune and the Dice of Fate | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2021 | Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp | Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 4, iOS, Android | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2021 | Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World: The Prophecy of the Throne | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Chime | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2022 | AI: The Somnium Files – Nirvana Initiative | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2022 | Chaos;Head Noah | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch | Mages Nitroplus | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2022 | Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Chime | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2023 | Anonymous;Code | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Mages Chiyomaru Studio | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2023 | Master Detective Archives: Rain Code | Nintendo Switch, Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S | Spike Chunsoft Too Kyo Games | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2024 | Bakeru | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch | Good-Feel | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2024 | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero | Windows, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S | Spike Chunsoft | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
| 2024 | Kamaitachi no Yoru × 3 | Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Spike Chunsoft | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2024 | Natsu-Mon: 20th Century Summer Kid | Windows, Nintendo Switch | Toybox, Millenium Kitchen | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2024 | The Quintessential Quintuplets: Five Memories Spent With You | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2024 | The Quintessential Quintuplets: Memories of a Quintessential Summer | Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 | Mages | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2024 | Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island | Nintendo Switch, Windows | Spike Chunsoft | WW: Spike Chunsoft EU: Reef Entertainment |
| 2025 | Kenka Bancho Otome Double Pack | Nintendo Switch | Justdan International | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2025 | Never 7: The End of Infinity | Windows | MAGES. | Spike Chunsoft |
| 2025 | Ever 17: The Out of Infinity | Windows | MAGES. | Spike Chunsoft |

#### Published western third-party games in Japan

| Title | Platform(s) | Developer(s) | Release date | Ref. |
| Hotline Miami | | Dennaton Games | 2012 | |
| The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings | | CD Projekt Red | 2012 | |
| Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning | | Big Huge Games | 2012 | |
| Darksiders II | | Vigil Games | 2012 | |
| Dead Island: Riptide | | Techland | 2013 | |
| Metro: Last Light | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 | 4A Games | 2013 | |
| Terraria | | Re-Logic | 2013 | |
| Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion | | DreamRift | September 26, 2013 | |
| Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two | Wii, Wii U | Junction Point Studios, Blitz Games Studios, Heavy Iron Studios | September 26, 2013 | |
| Saints Row IV | PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | Volition | 2014 | |
| Metro Redux | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | 4A Games | 2014 | |
| CastleStorm | | Zen Studios | 2015 | |
| Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number | | Dennaton Games, Abstraction Games | 2015 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 | CD Projekt Red | 2015 | |
| Wasteland 2: Director's Cut | PlayStation 4 | inXile Entertainment | 2015 | |
| Crypt of the NecroDancer | | Brace Yourself Games | 2015 | |
| Divinity: Original Sin | PlayStation 4 | Larian Studios | 2015 | |
| Homefront: The Revolution | | Dambuster Studios | 2016 | |
| Ark: Survival Evolved | PlayStation 4 | Studio Wildcard | October 26, 2017 | |
| Ark: Survival Evolved | Nintendo Switch | Studio Wildcard | February 24, 2023 | |
| Cities: Skylines | PlayStation 4 | Colossal Order | April 12, 2018 | |
| Metro Exodus | PlayStation 4, Xbox One | 4A Games | February 15, 2019 | |
| Divinity: Original Sin II | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | Larian Studios | October 31, 2019 | |
| Cadence of Hyrule | Nintendo Switch | Brace Yourself Games | June 14, 2019 | |
| Indivisible | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch | Lab Zero Games | July 16, 2020 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | PlayStation 4 | CD Projekt Red | December 10, 2020 | |
| Disco Elysium: The Final Cut | PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 | ZA/UM | August 25, 2022 | [85] [86] |
| Dying Light 2 Stay Human | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 | Techland | February 4, 2022 | |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | PlayStation 5 | Larian Studios | December 21, 2023 | |
| Ark: Survival Ascended | PlayStation 5 | Studio Wildcard | TBA | |