Disney Interactive Studios

Disney Interactive Studios at a Glance

If you are browsing PlayPile looking for history on a major American publisher, you will find Disney Interactive Studios. Originally founded as Walt Disney Computer Software in 1990, the company operated under several names before closing its doors in 2016. Their catalog spans nearly three decades of video game production with a total of 106 titles listed on our site. The vast majority of these entries appear under their publishing role, though they also developed 18 games themselves. Their output grew significantly over time. They released only eight games during the 1990s before accelerating to 54 titles in the 2000s. This pace continued into the 2010s with 40 more releases. Their genre focus leans heavily toward Adventure, which accounts for 51 of their projects. Platformers and Puzzles follow with 25 and 12 games respectively. They also dabbled in Music, RPG, Racing, and Sports titles. You will find their work on a wide array of systems. PC leads the list with 37 games, followed closely by the Nintendo DS at 34. The Wii and Xbox 360 hold 23 and 17 slots each. Mobile platforms like iOS and Android also feature in their later years. The quality of their work varies quite a bit across their history. The average IGDB rating sits at 67.4 out of 100 based on 44 rated titles. While they have eight great games scoring above 80, the majority fall into the good range between 60 and 79. There are nine mixed titles and a single poor game in their catalog. Their highest-rated projects include G-Force from 2009, which holds an impressive 89.6 score. Several Kingdom Hearts remaster collections also performed well with scores above 85. Club Penguin and Cory in the House round out their top tier of performance. Recent years saw them release titles like Fantasia: Music Evolved in 2014 and Disney Infinity 2.0 in late 2016. Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix appeared just before their closure in March 2017. These later releases show a split between high scores and more average results. The company ended its run without releasing any new games after 2017, leaving behind a large but uneven library of interactive entertainment.

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