SNES | Brandish | Falcom/Koei | Top-down dungeon crawl, the only entry in the series to be localized |
Xbox | Crimson Sea | Koei | Musou-like with a sci-fi theme, some shooting elements, party members, weapon XP |
PS2 | Crimson Sea 2 | Koei | Sci-fi musou-like with weapon/magic XP, multiplayer, and a non-linear mission structure |
PS3 | Crimson Sea 2 (PS2 Classics) | Koei | See PS2 |
PSX | Deception III: Dark Delusion | Tecmo | Dark story with trap creation |
PS3 | Deception IV: Blood Ties | Koei Tecmo | More traps to be set in increasingly complex manners |
Vita | Deception IV: Blood Ties | Koei Tecmo | See PS3 |
PS4 | Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess | Koei Tecmo | See PS3 |
Vita | Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess (DL only) | Koei Tecmo | See PS3 |
PS3 | Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess (DL only) | Koei Tecmo | Enhanced version of the original game with an additional playable character and storyline |
PS2 | Dynasty Tactics | Koei | Romance of the Three Kingdoms-themed SRPG |
PS2 | Dynasty Tactics 2 | Koei | More of the above |
PS3 | Dynasty Tactics 2 (PS2 Classic) | Koei | See PS2 |
Xbox 360 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam | Koei | Epic large-scale musou battles with a Gundam twist |
PS3 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam | Koei | Hacky-slashy-mechy ARPG musou fun with the ability to change the outcomes of certain pilots' predetermined fates |
Xbox 360 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 | Koei | More gigantic mobile suits to face off against in ARPG combat |
PS3 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 | Koei | Removes Japanese voices but adds some aerial combat, combos, and quick time events |
Xbox 360 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 | Koei | More mechs, more features, more pilots, more musou! |
PS3 | Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 | Koei | Adds a larger amount of mission variety to the previous games in addition to a more cel-shaded art style |
Switch | Fire Emblem: Three Houses | Intelligent Systems/Koei Tecmo | If Fire Emblem took place at Hogwarts, this would be it; multiple story branches to take depending on which house you side with, very fleshed-out characters |
Xbox 360 | Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage | Koei | Thousands upon thousands of enemies are already dead - musou/ARPG gameplay |
PS3 | Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage | Koei | The legendary storyline in musou form - where evern destroying fences will give you karma to level up |
Xbox 360 | Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 | Koei | More karma to farm and more generic enemies to slay with fearsome fists |
Wii U | Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 (DL only) | Koei | See PS3 |
PS3 | Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage 2 (DL only) | Koei | Largely retreads the same story ground as the first, but does add more content overall; gameplay is more akin to Dynasty Warriors than the first |
SNES | Inindo: Way of the Ninja | Koei | Part of the Nobunaga's Ambition series; recruiting party members is crucial |
PSX | Kagero: Deception II | Tecmo | String together traps to make your own Rube Goldberg of death! |
Switch | Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order | Koei Tecmo/Team Ninja | Isometric co-op ARPG featuring the heroes and villains of the Marvel Universe beating each other up ad nauseum; lots of differenct characters to choose from |
DS | Monster Racers | Koei | A peculiar monster-collecting game where you battle via racing |
PSX | Monster Rancher | Tecmo | Use CDs to unlock monsters that you train and fight! |
Switch | Monster Rancher 1 & 2 DX (DL only) | Koei Tecmo | Bundled QoL-polished versions of the monster breeder, with turbo functions, added monsters to the second game, and an in-game CD database |
PSX | Monster Rancher 2 | Tecmo | Use CDs to unlock more monsters that you train and fight! |
PS2 | Monster Rancher 3 | Tecmo | More monster raising, but now you can trade monsters with friends/can use past data rather than disc-digging for old monsters! |
PS2 | Monster Rancher 4 | Tecmo | Allows for more customization of your training facilities and adds a major exploration/adventure mode |
GBA | Monster Rancher Advance | Tecmo | Similar to the PSX games, but using words to summon monsters rather than CDs |
GBA | Monster Rancher Advance 2 | Tecmo/Graphic Research | See above! |
PS2 | Monster Rancher EVO | Tecmo | Leans more into traditional RPG mechanics than the rest of the series, dumbs some regular Monster Rancher ones down in the process |
PS2 | Mystic Heroes | Koei | Cutesy Dynasty Warriors-like with magic, more characters than the GameCube version |
GameCube | Mystic Heroes | Koei | A more mystical, chibi-styled Dynasty Warriors |
PS3 | Mystic Heroes (PS2 Classics) | Koei | See PS2 |
Genesis | New Horizons | Koei | AKA Uncharted Waters: New Horizons; hope you like boats! Better sound on SNES than this version |
DS | Pokemon Conquest | Koei | Pokemon meets Nobunaga's Ambition - a fun SRPG with levels gained through bonding with your trainer |
JP FC | Radia Senki: Reiemeihen | Tecmo | 4 AI characters + 1 controllable = fun auto tactics |
NES | Rygar | Tecmo | Difficult Metroid-like sidescrolling ARPG with lots of enemy killing via yo-yo-like shield and experience to gain |
PS2 | Rygar: The Legendary Adventure | Tecmo | Diskarmor shenanigans galore, but now in 3D; gorgeous soundtrack; points enhance player characteristics and strengthen weapons |
PSX | Saiyuki: Journey West | Koei | SRPG based on the Journey to the West novel |
Vita | Saiyuki: Journey West (PSone Classics) | Koei | See PSX |
PS3 | Saiyuki: Journey West (PSone Classics) | Koei | See PSX |
PSP | Saiyuki: Journey West (PSone Classics) | Koei | See PSX |
SNES | Secret of the Stars | Tecmo | Super slow and super mundane |
PSX | Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness | Tecmo | Make deals with the devil and use traps to kill your enemies! |
PS3 | Tecmo's Deception: Invitation to Darkness (PSone Classics) | Tecmo | See PSX |
Switch | Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher (DL/Asia English) | Koei Tecmo | An Ultraman-Monster Rancher crossover that maybe nobody asked for, but everyone needed (same gameplay as older titles, but kaiju-sized!) |
NES | Uncharted Waters | Koei | Do you like micromanagement? Capitalism? Minimal fantasy? This may be for you! |
Genesis | Uncharted Waters | Koei | Historical JRPG |
SNES | Uncharted Waters: New Horizons | Koei | 6 different protagonists with different careers to balance the books with in a mercantile JRPG |