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G-Craft

Japan Founded 1994

G-Craft (ジークラフト Jīkurafuto) was a Japanese video game developer that was founded in 1994. They focused their first development on a Super Nintendo Tactical RPG Front Mission which released on February 24, 1995. They began developing their second game Arc The Lad in order to help Sony bring a wider RPG audience to the platform it would be another Tactical RPG game. Arc The Lad released on June 30, 1995 this game also proved to be a success. After the success of Arc The Lad they began working on a sequel. Arc The Lad II released on November 1, 1996. They also developed and released a spin-off title Arc Arena: Monster Tournament on July 31, 1997. In 1997 G-Craft began development on Front Mission 2 which released on September 25, 1997. This would be the final game would develop as a company. With the success of the Front Mission games, Square offered to merge with G-Craft in 1997 and they accepted. G-craft became a member of the Square Product Development Division 6.

G-Craft at a Glance

G-Craft has been active in the gaming industry from 1995 to 1999, with 5 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Strategy, Tactical, Role-playing (RPG), with additional titles in Adventure and Turn-based strategy (TBS). With an average community rating of 86.4/100, G-Craft is among the highest-rated studios in our database -- 3 of their rated titles score 80 or above. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Arc the Lad II (94.3/100). Games from G-Craft are available across 5 platforms, most notably PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable.

5
Total Games
86.4
Avg Rating
1995
First Release
1999
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Strategy
25%
Tactical
25%
Role-playing (RPG)
20%
Adventure
15%
Turn-based strategy (TBS)
15%

Platform Spread

PlayStation 3
4
PlayStation
4
PlayStation Portable
4
Super Famicom
1
WonderSwan Color
1

Rating Distribution

3
80-100
1
60-79
0
40-59
0
0-39