Every Konami Game

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Introduction, Statistics, Sources | 1974-2001 | 2002-2010 | 2011-2025

Why Konami?

When I studied every game released on a Nintendo system in 2019 I was surprised that Konami had developed more games than anyone else, and had published the second most. They managed that not only without counting their many Virtual Console releases, but Konami’s output on Nintendo systems had been falling for several years. When I studied every PlayStation game ever released in 2021 under the same criteria it was the same story – Konami was second for both development and publishing despite not being a large presence in recent years.

Comments about Konami being a mobile game company now, or about just making pachinko games are everywhere, but this is never accompanied by any specifics or data. Konami is one of the most prolific game developers and publishers in history, so I wanted to know how true that was, what games Konami is making and publishing, and see how that has changed over time. At first I thought it would take a couple days to come up with a list, but it was quite a bit more difficult than I expected it to be, no source had anywhere close to a complete list and I had to sort out many discrepancies between them. After months of collecting data I’ve assembled a good look at what Konami has been up to throughout their life as a gaming company.

What Games Are Counted

I had to make quite a few rules to determine what would count as a release. Any kind of electronic game has been counted, even gambling machines. If Konami had any part in the development it counts, such as a games where Konami is a co-developer, or been given an additional development credit. The handful of other developer’s games that Konami has ported to other systems are counted.

I’m only keeping track of North American, European, and Japanese release years, unless a game was only released outside of those three areas. Information is very scarce for other countries and regions. The small number of games not released in any of these three regions are mostly South Korean, Chinese, or Australian exclusive, and often arcade games.

There were a small number of games that appeared on a list which I could not include because I wasn’t sure they really existed, or I couldn’t even find a release year. Wikipedia’s list of Konami games has several Japanese titles that appear nowhere else on the internet as far as I can tell, and is pretty unreliable in any case. The Emulation General Wiki lists some dedicated handhelds and arcade games with no more than a title that I could find no further information on.

I did not count games that come on mini arcade systems or mini/classic consoles as a separate release. I decided these are essentially a reprinting of the same game for the same platform years later. The one exception is the Turbografx-16 Mini, as Konami was partially responsible for making it themselves and they did not make the original Turbografx-16.

Emulated re-releases of older games for the Virtual Console, PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, etc, are counted. I have only included a game once per system, under the earliest release year. If a game is both published and not published by Konami within one system, like with Arcade Archives, then it just counts once, and as published by Konami. Nintendo Switch Online’s Nintendo Classics count as a release for both Switch and Switch 2, with Nintendo as the publisher.

A few releases that are adjacent to games or have some game-like features have been included, such as a photo booth, but pure utility software, like the MSX cheat cartridges, are not.

In April of 2005 Konami went from Hudson Soft’s largest shareholder to their majority shareholder and parent company. All Hudson Soft games released after this are counted. Of course, not all of these games were made under Konami’s leadership, many were fulfilling contracts signed years ago, but it makes the most sense to put the cut off there. On March 1st, 2012, Konami would merge Hudson fully into themselves, but Hudson’s games continued to get re-released.

Notes on Naming

Many of Konami’s games, especially the older ones, have gone by many names over the years. Sometimes a game will be released with a different name in each region, sometimes re-releases and ports will change names, and there have been a few times where a game will receive a new name within a compilation.

To keep things simple and understandable for my mostly-English-speaking audience, games will generally use their North American name followed by their European name if there is one. If there is only a Japanese name I will generally use the translation. I keep these names consistent even if they change over time, so this means that something like a Wii U Virtual Console release of an MSX game may be listed under a different name than what it was sold as on the Wii U.

What The Game List Is And How It Is Structured

The list of games is organized by year (1974 to 2025), company (Konami or Hudson Soft), developed or published (both developed and published, developed only, published only), region (Japan, North America, Europe, Other), system (many, but alphabetical), and games (alphabetical).

A number of games every year are highlighted with an image, usually a screenshot, and a brief write up. The chosen games are mostly the beginnings of series, very important games, and games that are a bit odd. It was a real challenge to find interesting games to talk about for some years, while for others I had to be choosy.

The intended reading order is to go through the year lists and then come back here for the graphs to keep certain explanations in one place, but the graphs don’t need all that much context.

Introduction, Statistics, Sources | 1974-2001 | 2002-2010 | 2011-2025

Statistics and Graphs

When counting everything as outlined above, with every platform a game is released on counting, the total number of games Konami has developed as of August 31, 2025 stands at 5,419. The number of published games is 5,621.

Among Konami-developed games 347 have an exclamation mark in the title, 392 of those published. At least two exclamation marks in a row: 52/48. At least three exclamation marks in a row: 4/4. Exactly four exclamation marks in a row: 2/2 (DrumMania V6: Blazing!!!! and GuitarFreaks V6: Blazing!!!!).

Games named “Dance Dance Revolution”: 9. That’s the arcade original from 1998, the PlayStation port from 1999, the 2001 i-appli game, the U.S. only PC game from 2002, a mobile phone game from 2006, a Wii version in 2010, a version for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 also from 2010, a new arcade game in 2013, and an updated version of that arcade game in 2014.

Konami and Hudson have made a lot of sports games and I have attempted to count how many sports have been included among their games, but there is a fair bit of room for interpretation. Among Konami’s several Olympics games I have condensed some events into a single sport, like gymnastics or skiing. I came up with the following 51: (American) Football, Archery, Badminton, Baseball, Basketball, Bobsled, Bowling, Boxing, Canoeing/Kayaking, Curling, Diving, Dodge Ball, Fencing, Figure Skating, Fishing, Football/Soccer, Golf, Gymnastics, Hammer Throw, High Jump, Horse Racing, Ice Hockey, Javelin Throw, Jet Skiing, Lacrosse, Long Jump, Luge, Martial Arts, Motocross/Supercross, Paintball, Ping Pong, Pole Vaulting, Professional Wrestling, Racing (with various kinds of cars), Racquetball, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Roller Derby (sort of), Shot Put, Skateboarding, Ski Jumping, Skiing (non-jumping), Snowboarding, Speed Skating, Sumo Wrestling, Swimming, Synchronized Swimming, Tennis, Track/Hurdles, Triple Jumping, Volleyball, Weightlifting.

Data for the year 2025 ends at games released by August 31st.

None of these graphs include the 552 slot machines of unknown release year. It averages out to about 22 of them every year since the turn of the millennium if you’d like to imagine them there.

Though 1981 was the year Leijac disappeared and Konami released several of their first big hits, it’s 1982 that really saw them ramp up the number of games they made every year. 2006 saw Konami’s maximum output in both developing and publishing, releasing games for 16 different platforms. Later years would see some spikes, but there were also a lot more games released as parts of compilations and re-releases of older games on digital storefronts.

These graphs are very similar, the most notable difference is 1986’s Konami Coin-Op Hits, published by Imagine for four different kinds of computers and with a differing number of games depending on the platform. As a reminder, I count a compilation made up of Konami games to be developed by them even if another company like M2 put together the compilation. The PlayStation 2 and Switch both had 12 compilations, but Windows edges them out for the most with 14 developed, 15 published.

There were three compilations released in 2019 to celebrate Konami’s 50th anniversary: Arcade Classics Anniversary Collection, Castlevania: Anniversary Collection, and Contra Anniversary Collection. These were each released on four different platforms, which all count separately. 2025 also saw three compilations (featuring Gradius, Suikoden, and Yu-Gi-Oh!) but managed to squeeze out one more release because of Suikoden I & II HD Remaster for Nintendo Switch 2 Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars. That Suikoden collection also appeared on more systems than any other compilation, at seven.

The way I kept track of these games was to mark them as part of a compilation even if they were only released within a compilation after their initial release on a system since I only count a game once per system.

The first of these that are re-releases and not games within a compilation are a few Mobile Phone games from 2001. There were quite a few competing standards among Japanese feature phones at the time and Konami got into this space early. The Wii’s Virtual Console, the PlayStation 3’s PlayStation Network, and the Xbox 360’s Xbox Live Arcade all started to offer retro Konami games in 2006.

Looking at the percent of games that are original makes a bit more sense as Konami’s total game output can vary so much year to year. They have certainly leaned more on their back catalog rather than making games in recent years. Keep in mind that 2025 saw Konami’s largest compilation yet, Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Collection has 14 games within it while most have three to five.

I also thought it would be interesting to look at what kinds of platforms Konami has favored over time. I’m including Switch and Switch 2 as consoles because I didn’t want to make a separate “hybrid” classification, and they would be the only handheld.

Arcade games have been central to Konami through its entire life making games, though they seem less focused on them since the pandemic started. Many games were made for early 8 and 16-bit computers but then they became much less important until it became common to release games on Steam and consoles at the same time. The 2010 computer game surge was due to Game Room releases and a Taco Bell promotion.

Nowadays Konami makes few games that only come out for consoles but these numbers are inflated because they tend to be released for the current and previous PlayStation and Xbox generations, and are often on the Switch as well, while Windows is essentially the only computer format which games are made for.

I was quite surprised that there are so many fewer iOS and Android games in recent years, with none at all being released so far in 2025. eFootball and Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links are big money makers that get continuous updates, but there also used to be a lot more smartphone games launching and being delisted every year.

I’m probably missing a lot of Japanese-only Pachinko games that aren’t documented anywhere in English. We mostly only hear about the ones based on Castlevania or Metal Gear Solid.

But let’s look one layer deeper, here is a breakdown of games that are not part of a compilation or a re-release. Console and computer numbers have gotten quite a bit lower in recent years.

Games certainly take longer and longer to make, but even that doesn’t account for Konami’s dropping output. In my research I found a game released in 2024 to take 2.2 times as long to make as a game released in 2000. The number of games Konami made in 2024 is about 20% of what they made in 2000. They have generally released fewer games each year in the ’20s than in the ’90s.

Konami has had a few restructuring events over the decades it’s been in the game business and there’s still some hope that they will return to making the kind of big console and PC games that we miss from them. In 2025 a new Suikoden game was announced, though it will be a mobile gacha. There is also an anime coming, and an exhibition featuring exclusive merchandise. Noriaki Okamura is the producer on Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and said in a Bloomberg interview that they’ve built a team that could make a new Metal Gear game. Motoi Okamoto has said that they announced three Silent Hill games at once to show that they were serious about reviving the series. There have also been persistent rumors of a new Castlevania game being in the works. Hopefully all of these compilations and remakes really are the beginnings of a new Konami, one that can still make new games in their classic series.

Introduction, Statistics, Sources | 1974-2001 | 2002-2010 | 2011-2025