HoYoverse

HoYoverse at a Glance

HoYoverse operates out of Singapore and officially formed as a company in 2021. Their work spans from 2016 to 2023, showing an active output across two decades. They released four games in the 2010s and six titles in the 2020s. The studio lists thirteen total games on PlayPile, where they appear as a publisher twelve times and a developer eight times. Their catalog leans heavily toward Role-playing games with seven entries, followed by Adventure and Visual Novel genres with six each. They also touch on Simulator, Turn-based strategy, Hack and slash, Strategy, and Puzzle categories. The company targets mobile players first, with Android supporting six of their games and iOS supporting five. PC and Web browser platforms are also significant, each hosting four titles. Consoles play a smaller role, with two releases on PlayStation 5, one on PlayStation 4, and one on Xbox Series X|S. Their ratings show a strong trend toward quality. Out of the four rated titles available, three score as great and one is good. There are no mixed or poor ratings in their tracked data. Genshin Impact launched in September 2020 with an 81.2 rating. Tears of Themis followed in July 2021 at 81.5, and Honkai: Star Rail arrived in April 2023 with a score of 82.9. Honkai Impact 3rd started the run in 2016 with a 71.7 rating. Recent releases include Scarlet Sand Sojourn in February 2023 and Herbal Remedies in April 2023. The studio describes itself as committed to creating virtual world experiences and building products like N0va Desktop and HoYoLAB alongside their games. They maintain offices in Montreal, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and Seoul in addition to Singapore. Their bio mentions a focus on cartoon rendering, artificial intelligence, and cloud gaming technology. While they aim for globalization, the data shows their primary strength lies in high-rated role-playing and visual novel titles released on mobile and PC platforms during the early 2020s.

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