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SCE Santa Monica Studio

United States Founded 1999 Website

Established in 1999, Santa Monica Studio became renowned for excellence in the action/adventure genre with the worldwide award-winning success of the 2005 release, God of War, and its subsequent sequels. Our most recent God of War (2018) became one of the fastest selling PlayStation 1st-party games of all-time, and has since won over 190 Game of the Year awards including DICE, BAFTA, The Game Awards, Game Developers Choice Awards, IGN, Game Informer, EW, and Variety.

SCE Santa Monica Studio at a Glance

SCE Santa Monica Studio has been active in the gaming industry from 2001 to 2015, with 14 titles tracked on PlayPile. Their catalog primarily spans Adventure, Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Puzzle, with additional titles in Arcade and Shooter. The studio carries a solid 76.6/100 average rating across their catalog, with 8 titles rated favorably by the community. Their highest-rated title on PlayPile is God of War III (91.1/100). Games from SCE Santa Monica Studio are available across 6 platforms, most notably PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4.

14
Total Games
76.6
Avg Rating
2001
First Release
2015
Latest Release

Genre Breakdown

Adventure
36%
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
29%
Puzzle
7%
Arcade
7%
Shooter
7%

Platform Spread

PlayStation 3
9
PlayStation 2
3
PlayStation 4
3
PlayStation Vita
2
PC (Microsoft Windows)
1

Release Timeline

2000s
4
2010s
10

Rating Distribution

3
80-100
5
60-79
0
40-59
0
0-39