Kogado Studio

Kogado Studio at a Glance

If you are browsing PlayPile looking for a Japanese publisher with deep roots in the industry, Kogado Studio fits the bill with nearly half a century of operation. Founded in 1960, the company has been actively releasing games from 1984 through 2025. Their catalog on this site contains 50 titles, though they have developed 43 of them and published 36. This longevity means their work spans decades, starting with five games in the 1980s before expanding to thirteen in the 1990s. The studio saw its biggest volume of output during the 2000s with eighteen releases, followed by a slower period in the 2010s with only six titles. They have picked up pace again in the current decade with eight games so far. Genre-wise, Kogado Studio leans heavily into visual novels and adventure games. They have released twenty-four visual novels and nineteen adventure titles alongside seventeen role-playing games and seventeen strategy games. Their platform history shows a strong focus on PC software, with thirty-four games available for Microsoft Windows. They also have seven releases each for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, and the older PC-9800 Series. Earlier hardware like the MSX and DOS platforms saw four games apiece, while newer handhelds like the PlayStation Portable have fewer entries. The quality of their work appears generally strong based on the five titles rated on IGDB. The average score sits at 77.2 out of 100, which indicates a solid track record. Three of these rated games achieved great scores above 80, while two others scored well within the good range between 60 and 79. None of their rated titles fell into the mixed or poor categories. The highest-rated game is Nurse Love Addiction from 2015, which holds an 82.5 score. Miracle Warriors: Seal of the Dark Lord from 1986 also performed well with an 82 score, showing that strong results are not limited to their recent work. Other notable high performers include Yumeutsutsu Re:Master (2019) at 80 and Symphonic Rain (2017) at 71.5. Recent activity shows they are still producing content with releases like Dear Mirror Flower in June 2025 and One-inch Tactics in May 2024. The studio continues to release strategy and simulation titles alongside their signature visual novels, maintaining a consistent presence in the market even as their annual output fluctuates over time.

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