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Playism
IndustryVideo games
FoundedMay 2011
Headquarters
Websiteplayism.com/en

Playism (stylized as PLAYISM) is a Japanese independent video game publisher operated by Active Gaming Media. Playism started as a digital distribution platform for PC games in May 2011.[1]

History

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Playism was launched by Active Gaming Media in May 2011 as a digital distribution platform for PC games. Its launch titles included Machinarium and SpaceChem. It focused on providing PC indie titles to the Japanese market and localizing Japanese doujin games for overseas audience.[2]

In April 2013, Playism began a project with HAL College of Technology & Design in both Osaka and Nagoya. The project involves students creating games in four-person teams over a period of several months. The games would then be judged by PLAYISM staff, Daisuke "Pixel" Amaya (Cave Story), Smoking Wolf (One Way Heroics), and members of Nigoro (La-Mulana). The highest-rated games were then localized by PLAYISM, and released on the PLAYISM store page for purchase.

Playism was closely involved in the administration of the indie-based game event BitSummit [ja] in March 2013, helping both with translation and interpretation as well as with logistics. In September 2013, Playism collaborated with Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia on an event called Indie Stream. Originally planned by indie developers Nigoro and Nyamyam, Indie Stream was designed to bring indie developers from both Japan and abroad together to meet and share information.[3] It was announced at Indie Stream that PLAYISM would be assisting indie developers in publishing their games on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan.[4]

In 2021, the Playism digital distribution platform has closed, Playism focusing now on their publishing activities on PC and consoles.

Works

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Year Title Developer Additional note(s) Ref.
2012 Ether Vapor Edelweiss Originally published by Nyu Media; publishing rights transferred to Playism in 2022 [5]
I'm Gonna Be God of the Forest Shindenken [6]
La-Mulana Nigoro Remake [7]
2013 Artifact Adventure Bluffman Re-release on Steam in 2015 [8]
Unholy Heights Petit Depotto
2014 Astebreed Edelweiss International release [9]
Kero Blaster Studio Pixel [10]
Magical Battle Festa Fly System [11]
Meadowland Mårten Jonsson [12]
Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae Zenith Blue [13]
One Way Heroics SmokingWOLF
Revolver 360 Re:Actor Cross Eaglet [14]
Rime Berta Next Soft+ [15]
2015 Bot! Aimed Freedom [16]
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die Access Games PC version [17]
Gocco of War peakvox [18]
Hacker's Beat Team Tands+ [19]
Neo Aquarium: The King of Crustaceans Nussoft PC re-release on Steam [20]
An Octave Higher Kidalang [21]
Prismatic Solid YO1 KOMORI [22]
Starchaser: Priestess of the Night Sky Nonlinear [23]
Torquel FullPowerSideAttack.com [24]
2016 Ace of Seafood Nussoft [25]
Alicemare Miwashiba PC re-release [26]
Awareness Rooms Game Na Kibun [27]
Croixleur Sigma Souvenir Circ. PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC versions [28]
Futuridium EP Deluxe MixedBag PC version [29]
A Healer Only Lives Twice Pon Pon Games [30]
Helen's Mysterious Castle Satsu [31]
Her Story Sam Barlow Japanese localization [32]
Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For- Modern Visual Arts Laboratory iOS and Android versions [33]
Memento Labo Game Studio [34]
Momodora: Reverie Under the Moonlight Bombservice [35]
Murasaki Katatema [36]
NightCry Nude Maker [37]
Principia: Master of Science tomeapp [38]
The Silver Case Grasshopper Manufacture Remaster [39]
Star Sky 2 Mårten Jonsson
2017 1bitHeart Miwashiba PC re-release [40]
Garden Tale Bonion Games [41]
Lost Technology Studio 4D [41]
Rosenkreuzstilette [erka:es] PC re-release on Steam [42]
Rosenkreuzstilette Freudenstachel [erka:es] PC re-release on Steam [43]
VA-11 Hall-A Sukeban Games Japanese localization [44]
Vertical Strike Endless Challenge Project ICKX [45]
2018 Ark Noir Amamori Lab [46]
Artifact Adventure Gaiden Bluffman [47]
The Boogie Man Uri Games [48]
Cineris Somnia Nayuta Studio [49]
The Crooked Man Uri Games [50]
The Hanged Man Uri Games [51]
Murasaki Tsurugi Katatema [52]
The Sand Man Uri Games [51]
Star Sky 3 Mårten Jonsson [53]
Will: A Wonderful World WMY Studio Japanese localization [54]
Yume Nikki Kikiyama PC re-release on Steam [55]
Yume Nikki: Dream Diary Kadokawa Corporation [56]
2019 Gnosia Petit Depotto
Night in the Woods Infinite Fall, Secret Lab Japanese localization [53]
Pixel Game Maker MV Kadokawa Corporation
Strange Telephone HZ3 Software [57]
2020 Bright Memory FYQD Personal Studio Also published full-length version Bright Memory: Infinite in 2021
Omori Omocat, LLC. Japanese localization and the console versions [58]
Umurangi Generation Origame Digital [59]
2021 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! Team Salvato Japanese localization
The Good Life White Owls, Grounding
Idol Manager Glitch Pitch
Mighty Goose Blastmode
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth Team Ladybug
Tasomachi: Behind the Twilight Orbital Express [60]
2022 Ib kouri Remake
La-Mulana 2 Nigoro
Signalis rose-engine
2023 Drago Noka GeSEI unkan PC re-release on Steam and the Switch version [61]
Marfusha hinyari9 PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Switch versions [62]
Phantom Rose II Sapphire makaroll [63]
Refind Self: The Personality Test Game Lizardry [64]
Rusted Moss faxdoc, happysquared, sunnydaze [65]
2024 Momodora: Moonlit Farewell Bombservice [66]
2025 Glaciered Studio Snowblind
Million Depth Cyber Space Biotope [67]

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