| Industry | Video game |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 (original) September 2007 (incorporated), 2014 (large business) |
| Founder | Kazuyuki Usui |
| Headquarters | , |
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| Website | kairosoft.net |
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Kairosoft (カイロソフト - Kairo sofuto) is a Japanese video game developer located in Tokyo, Japan that has created a number of simulation games for cell phones and PCs. Founded in 1996, the company has developed a number of mobile games for the Japanese market and has found great success in porting them to the modern iOS and Android operating systems.[1] The company was ranked 30th in Pocket Gamer's 'top 50 developers of 2012' list.[2]
- 5List of untranslated games
History[edit]
Kairosoft was founded as a dōjin games developer in 1996, and is currently located in the Nishi-Shinjuku district of Tokyo with only nine employees. They started out developing simulation games for the Windows platform, the first of which was released in 1996 and simulated a used bookstore, and another example was the original Game Dev Story released in 1997, with a sequel released in 2001.[3] In 2001, Kairosoft switched to developing mobile simulation games for the Japanese cell phone market, which was much more developed than America's.[1][4] The company was incorporated in September 2007, and launched a new website on November 4, 2008.
With the release of Game Dev Story for iOS and Android in 2010, Kairosoft found itself a large hit, which reached the top ten in iPhone app sales in its first week.[5] Kairosoft continued to port over games that it had previously developed for other platforms. Pocket Gamer ranked Kairosoft 30th on its 'top 50 developers of 2012' list, calling Kairosoft games a 'genre in their own right' but noting that they still were mostly a niche in the market.[2]Now they are releasing a port of World Cruise Story for the Windows 10 platform.
List of Kairosoft's English games for WildTangent[edit]
| Name | WildTangent release date | Latest update |
|---|---|---|
| Anime Studio Story | June 7, 2015 [6] | August 15, 2016 (1.19) |
| Beastie Bay | April 10, 2013 | June 10, 2016 (3.12) |
| Biz Builder Delux | May 16, 2016 | Not yet updated |
| Bonbon Cakery | August 23, 2016 | Not yet updated |
| Legends of Heropolis | Christmas 2016 | N/A |
| Dungeon Village | August 15, 2013 | June 30, 2016 (2.31) |
| The Manga Works | Thanksgiving 2016 | Not yet updated |
| Skyforce Unite! | June 17, 2016 | Not yet updated |
| Mega Mall Story | April 10, 2012[7][8] | October 1, 2016 (4.15) |
| Magazine Mogul | August 15, 2015 | June 17, 2016 (1.27) |
| Kairobotica | April 16, 2013 | June 7, 2015 (2.51) |
| Game Dev Story | June 10, 2011 | October 2, 2016 (5.83) |
List of mobile games available in English[edit]
- 8-Bit Farm
- Anime Studio Story
- Beastie Bay
- Biz Builder Delux
- Bonbon Cakery
- Dream House Days
- Fish Pond Park
- Grand Prix Story 2
- High Sea Saga
- Home Run High
- Kairobotica
- Legends of Heropolis
- Magazine Mogul[9]
- March to a Million
- Ninja Village
- Oh! Edo Towns
- Pocket Academy
- Pocket Arcade Story
- Pocket Clothier
- Pocket Harvest[10]
- Pocket League Story
- Pocket League Story 2
- Pocket Stables
- Pool Slide Story
- Shiny Ski Resort
- Skyforce Unite!
- Station Manager
- Tennis Club Story
- The Manga Works
- The Pyraplex
- The Ramen Sensei
- The Ramen Sensei 2
- The Sushi Spinnery
- Venture Towns
- Wild Park Manager
- World Cruise Story
List of computer games available in English[edit]
| Game Name | Operating System |
|---|---|
| Blue Sky Squadron | Windows 10 |
| Cafeteria Nipponica | Windows 8 |
| Departure!! Shipping Freighter | Windows 10 |
| Dragging Cat Rebel | Windows 8 |
| Excitement! Manga Dojo | Windows 8 |
| Game Center Club | Windows 10 |
| Manga Path | Windows 8/10 |
| Mega Mall Story | Windows 7/10 |
| Million March | Windows 7 |
| Munch Munch Kairo-kun | Not defined |
| Outdoor Excavation Company | Windows Vista/7/8 |
| Piko Piko! Game Expo | Windows 10 |
| Prestigious Pocket Academy 1 & 2 | Windows 7 |
| Royal Gallery Academy | Windows Vista |
| World Cruise Story | Windows 10 |
List of untranslated games[edit]
Mobile[edit]
- Departure!! Shipping Freighter (Keitai only)
- Dragging Cat Rebel
- Excitement! Manga Dojo (iOS and Keitai only)
- Friends Entertainment Building
- Game Center Club
- Good Ramen Museum ~National Hen~
- Manga Path
- Million March (Keitai only)
- Munch Munch Kairo-kun
- Outdoor Excavation Company (Keitai only)
- Piko Piko! Game Expo (Keitai only)
- Prestigious Pocket Academy 1 (Android and Keitai only)
- Royal Gallery Academy (Keitai only)
- Social Game Dev Dream (Android and Keitai only)
- Start!! Hero Base
- Wai Wai! Game Dealer (iOS and Keitai only)
- Witch Quest
PC[edit]
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- Bookstore Story
- Game Developing Countries
- Game Developing Countries II DX
- The Narrow Path to Manga
- The Secondhand-book Store
- The Secondhand-book Store 2
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References[edit]
- ^ abBrown, Mark (August 5, 2011). 'Kairosoft: Game Dev Story's game dev story'. Wired. Retrieved May 11, 2012.Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ^ abJordan, Jon (February 26, 2012). 'The PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers of 2012: 30 to 21'. Pocket Gamer. Retrieved May 11, 2012.Italic or bold markup not allowed in:
|publisher=(help) - ^Lada, Jenni (June 1, 2012). 'Important Importables: Kairosoft'. Technology Tell. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
- ^Nicholson, Brad (November 30, 2010). ''Game Dev Story 2' Coming To iOS, But Not 'Soon''. Touch Arcade. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ^Cowan, Danny (October 19, 2010). 'Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: Cartoon Wars 2, Game Dev Story Enter Charts'. Gamasutra. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ^Ronson, Mark. 'Kairosoft Finally Banging Off Anime Studio Story As #1 on the WildTangent Market!'. WildTangent. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
- ^Germanotta, Stefani. 'Kairosoft Mega Mall Story Game Appears With Banner For The First Time on WildTangent!'. TechRadar. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
- ^Landis, Dave. 'The Next Venture of Kairosoft on WildTangent Appears in Asia!'. GregToDiffer. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
- ^'Magazine Mogul - Android Apps on Google Play'.
- ^Jonathan (November 7, 2013). 'Pocket Harvest Walkthrough Guide for Beginners'. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
External links[edit]
- Kairosoft's original website, with PC game downloads(in Japanese)
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