Kairosoft
| Industry | Video game |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan |
Number of employees | 9[1] |
| Website | Official website |
Kairosoft (カイロソフト) is a Japanese mobile game developer located in Tokyo, Japan that has created a number of simulation games for cell phones and PCs. Founded in 1996, the company has developed a number of mobile games for the Japanese market and has found success in porting them to the modern iOS and Android operating systems.[1] The company was ranked 30th in Pocket Gamer 's "top 50 developers of 2012" list.[2]
History
Kairosoft was founded in 1996, and has been located for some time in the Nishi-Shinjuku district of Tokyo with only nine employees.[1] They created mobile simulation games for the Japanese cell phone market, which was much more developed than America's, as well as simulation games for the PC.[1][3]
With the release of Game Dev Story, Kairosoft found itself a large hit, which reached the top ten in iPhone app sales in its first week.[4] Kairosoft continued to port over games that it had previously developed for other platforms. Pocket Gamer ranked Kairosoft 30th on its "top 50 developers of 2012" list, calling Kairosoft games a "genre in their own right" but noting that they still were mostly a niche in the market.[2]
List of games available in English
- Anime Studio Story
- Beastie Bay
- Biz Builder Delux
- Bonbon Cakery
- Cafeteria Nipponica
- Dream House Days
- Dungeon Village
- Epic Astro Story
- Game Dev Story
- Grand Prix Story
- High Sea Saga
- Hot Springs Story
- Kairobotica
- Magazine Mogul[5]
- Mega Mall Story
- Ninja Village
- Oh! Edo Towns
- Pocket Academy
- Pocket Clothier
- Pocket Harvest[6]
- Pocket League Story
- Pocket League Story 2
- Pocket Stables
- The Pyraplex
- The Sushi Spinnery
- Venture Towns
- World Cruise Story
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Brown, Mark (August 5, 2011). "Kairosoft: Game Dev Story's game dev story". Wired. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Jordan, Jon (February 26, 2012). "The PocketGamer.biz top 50 developers of 2012: 30 to 21". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ↑ Nicholson, Brad (November 30, 2010). "'Game Dev Story 2' Coming To iOS, But Not 'Soon'". Touch Arcade. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ↑ Cowan, Danny (October 19, 2010). "Top-Grossing iTunes Apps: Cartoon Wars 2, Game Dev Story Enter Charts". Gamasutra. Retrieved May 11, 2012.
- ↑ https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.kairosoft.android.magazine_en&referrer=utm_source%3Dkairopark%26utm_medium%3Dhouse_ad%26utm_campaign%3Dtext
- ↑ Jonathan (November 7, 2013). "Pocket Harvest Walkthrough Guide for Beginners". Retrieved November 7, 2013.
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