Naughty Dog

Naughty Dog at a Glance

If you are browsing PlayPile looking for a developer with a long history of quality work, Naughty Dog is a name that stands out. Founded in 1984 in the United States, this studio has released 51 games since 1988. They act as the sole developer on all these titles but do not publish them independently. Their output has grown significantly over the decades. They started slowly with only two games in the 1980s and six in the 1990s. The pace increased in the 2000s with eight releases, jumped to 22 titles in the 2010s, and they have already put out 11 games in the 2020s so far. The company focuses heavily on action-oriented genres. Adventure is their primary category with 45 entries, followed by shooters at 36 and platformers at 23. They also dabbled in puzzle, racing, RPGs, hack and slash, arcade, and fighting games, though those categories have very few titles. Their work is almost exclusively tied to Sony hardware. The PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 each host 19 of their games, while the PlayStation 5 has nine. They also released four games on PC, along with smaller libraries for the original PlayStation, PSP, PS2, Amiga, DOS, and Android. The quality of their work is consistently high. Across 26 rated titles on PlayPile, the average score sits at 84.8 out of 100. The breakdown shows zero poor or mixed reviews. They have 21 games rated as great and only five rated as good. Their highest scores belong to recent entries in their major franchises. The Last of Us Remastered holds a 95.4 rating, followed by The Last of Us Part II at 92.7 and the original 2013 version at 92.3. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End also score above 91. Recent releases like The Last of Us Part II Remastered continue this trend with an 89.8 score. While their early games included iconic platformers like Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter, their later output shifted toward mature storytelling in Uncharted and The Last of Us. They remain active through 2025, with new collector editions and remasters of their biggest hits appearing regularly. You will not find any bad reviews for this studio in the data, though their total catalog is smaller than some of the largest publishers out there.

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