Mistwalker

Japan Founded 2004 Website

Mistwalker Corporation is an American-Japanese video game development studio. The company was founded in 2004 by Hironobu Sakaguchi, best known for creating the Final Fantasy series. The company has created both game franchises such as Blue Dragon and Terra Battle, and standalone titles including Lost Odyssey (2007) and The Last Story (2011). With the financial problems caused by Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and his growing dissatisfaction with management, Sakaguchi decided that he wanted to make games outside Square. Mistwalker's first two titles were Xbox 360 RPGs; Blue Dragon (2006) and Lost Odyssey. Following The Last Story for Wii, Sakaguchi and Mistwalker changed to focus on in-house mobile titles. The original Terra Battle saw widespread success and acclaim, leading to further mobile projects. In 2021 they released Fantasian, an Apple Arcade exclusive RPG built with dioramas as background images. In June 2024 it was revealed a remaster of the game titled Fantasian Neo Dimension would be released on consoles, and Sakaguchi’s team reunited with SquareEnix’s Naoki Yoshida from Creative Studio III to make this production a reality.

Mistwalker at a Glance

Mistwalker has been active in the gaming industry from 2007 to 2024, with 11 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), with additional titles in Adventure and Real Time Strategy (RTS). The studio carries a solid 72.5/100 average rating across their catalog, with 7 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is Fantasian Neo Dimension (84.6/100). Games from Mistwalker are available across 10 platforms, most notably iOS, Nintendo DS, Android.

Total Games

72.5

Avg Rating

2007

First Release

2024

Latest Release