Red Company

Japan Founded 1976

Red Company (レッドカンパニー, Reddo Kanpanī) was founded in 1976 (though it did not begin doing business until 1985), it was reorganized and succeeded by a new company on December 4, 2000, under its current moniker of Red Entertainment. While Red Company as a public corporation dates back to the mid-1980s, the first title released under the Red Entertainment brand was Gungrave on July 17, 2002. The name "RED" comes from "Royal Emperor Dragon".

Red Company at a Glance

Red Company is a Japanese developer founded in 1976 that became active in the industry starting in 1990. Although the original corporation dates back to the mid-1980s, the entity known as Red Company released twenty games between 1990 and 2005 before reorganizing into Red Entertainment in December 2000. Their output was heavy in the 1990s with fourteen titles, dropping to six games in the 2000s after the name change took effect. The studio focused heavily on Adventure and Role-playing genres, accounting for seventeen of their twenty total releases. They also touched Platform and Visual Novel categories with multiple entries. Their work spanned a wide range of hardware, including the Super Famicom, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 2, and various Nintendo systems like the Wii and Game Boy Advance. The Super Famicom saw the most activity with four games from this developer. Quality ratings for their catalog show a generally positive trend based on the five titles rated on PlayPile. The average score sits at 77.7 out of 100, which includes one great title and four good ones. There are no mixed or poor rated games in the current sample. Sakura Taisen stands out as their highest-rated work with a score of 90 from 1996. Bonk's Revenge follows closely with 78.5 from 1991. Other notable entries include Thousand Arms and The Twisted Tales of Spike McFang, both scoring in the low seventies. Recent releases under their original name included Far East of Eden III: Namida in April 2005 and several Robopon titles in September 2001. The company stopped releasing games under this specific moniker after 2005. It is worth noting that while the corporation existed for decades, the brand Red Entertainment did not release its first title until Gungrave in July 2002. This shift marks a clear end to the era of Red Company as it operated before the turn of the millennium. The data suggests a consistent output during their peak years with a focus on established genres and solid reception from players.

Total Games

77.7

Avg Rating

1990

First Release

2005

Latest Release