How Many Games Has Team Ninja Made?

Internationally, Team Ninja is mostly known for their fast-paced action games, like Nioh and Ninja Gaiden, though the studio has made plenty more games beyond that. In fact, the very first game the studio made, Dead or Alive, is very much a thriving franchise still, albeit more domestically than internationally.

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While the focus of the vast majority of Team Ninja’s games is on action, that doesn’t mean there isn’t great diversity of gameplay within each title. And over the last few decades, Team Ninja has made quite a few games. Here’s just how many.

Which Team Ninja Series Has The Most Entries?

Ninja Gaiden is easily the most recognisable of Team Ninja’s many series, though it’s not the most prolific series either. Even counting all of the various re-releases and compilations, Ninja Gaiden only has around 11 entries in total. Not bad, considering no version is the same, but it still pales in comparison to the biggest series the studio makes.

Dead or Alive was the very first game that Team Ninja made, and it will likely end up being the last, too. DOA shows no signs of slowing and has had a pretty healthy release cycle ever since the games debuted. As it stands at the moment, there are approximately 17 Dead or Alive games including all the various re-releases and compilations.

How Many Collaboration Games Has Team Ninja Made?

Team Ninja has found plenty of success with its own series, though it never hurts to take on a licensed game every now and then. Some extra income, and a fresh interpretation of an existing series. Team Ninja has made quite a few collaboration games and though they’re not all unanimously adored, the studio has a higher hit rate than miss.

Here’s all of those games:

In total, that gives us seven collaboration games. Stranger of Paradise and Hyrule Warriors sit at the top of the pile, while Metroid Other M is rather infamously held in quite low regard. There’s some good diversity in those titles, with Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3 being the biggest wild card in the bunch. As it stands, there’s no reason Team Ninja won’t take on even more licensed projects in future.

How Many Games Has Team Ninja Made In Total?

Team Ninja very rarely makes games outside of its pre-existing series unless it is a licensed project. As such, Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden, and Nioh make up the bulk of the studio’s games. Beyond these and the licensed games, the only games developed by the studio that are not part of pre-existing series are Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, Rise of the Ronin, Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy & the Liberator of Polar Night, with the final game not even being the studio’s own original IP.

In total then, counting every game released by Team Ninja, the many compilations, remasters, ports, and remakes included, that brings us to a total of 39 games. If we were to remove all those extra and focus exclusively on just unique games, then the number would drop to 27 games.

Considering the studio began in 1995, that marks around one and a half games a year, or just one game a year on the lower end.

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