
Artisan Studios was founded in 2016 by a small team in Paris, France. The team relocated to Quebec City, Canada in August 2016 with the support of the city of Quebec and the federal government of Canada. Artisan is a specialist in the creation of 2D RPG games whose mission is to create the highest quality 2D game studio in the world and become the top western studio developing AAA IPs in Japan. Artisan primarily works in partnership with Japanese developers and publishers to release titles for the Japanese market and then bring those IPs to the west. The multicultural team at Artisan works in fluent Japanese, French, and English.
Artisan Studios has been active in the gaming industry from 2018 to 2026, with 4 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Role-playing (RPG), Platform, with additional titles in Indie. The studio carries a solid 68.4/100 average rating across their catalog, with 2 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Astria Ascending (75.0/100). Games from Artisan Studios are available across 6 platforms, most notably PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows).