Hanako Games is an independent video game development company founded by Georgina Bensley that develops PC games mostly involving female protagonists centered on fantasy-[1] and anime-inspired style. Games on the site include Fatal Hearts, Cute Knight, Summer Session, and Science Girls. The website provides free demos for all of the games along with downloadable wallpapers. Hanako Games is an affiliate of Winter Wolves, Tycoon Games and sakevisual.
In 2015, Hanako Games started to publish visual novel games that were not originally written by them, and release them under the name Hanabira. The first game Sword Daughter was released on January 5, 2015. Originally, the story was a gamebook of the Dragontales series by Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz and was first published in the 1980s. In 2016, the game A Littly Lily Princess was released under the label of Hanabira. It is visual novel game with raising sim elements and based on the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Founder Georgina Bensley released a text adventure game in 2000 under the name Papillon. In 2005, Bensley released Cute Knight. While not Hanako Games's first release, it was their first to be redistributed by other companies.[2]
In 2007, Hanako Games was awarded the top prize at Innovate 2007, sponsored by the Casual Games Association.[3]
Black Closet was named as a finalist for the Excellence in Narrative category for the 2016 Independent Games Festival.[4]
| Release Date | Title(s) | Genre(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Charm School | Role-playing video game | |
| Sweet Dreams | Adventure game | ||
| 2004 | Pentagraph | Puzzle video game | |
| Classroom Chaos | Strategy video game | ||
| 2005 | Summer Schoolgirls | Life simulation game | |
| Cute Knight | Role-playing video game | ||
| 2007 | Fatal Hearts | Visual novel | |
| Cute Knight Deluxe | Role-playing video game | ||
| 2008 | Summer Session | Dating sim | |
| 2009 | Science Girls! | Role-playing video game | |
| Cute Knight Kingdom | Role-playing video game | ||
| 2010 | Date Warp | Visual novel | |
| 2011 | Magical Diary: Horse Hall | Life simulation/Role-playing hybrid | |
| 2012 | Long Live the Queen | Life simulation game | |
| 2013 | The Confines of the Crown | Visual novel | |
| 2015 | Black Closet | Strategy game / Detective Game | |
| 2020 | Magical Diary: Wolf Hall | Life simulation/Role-playing hybrid | |
| 2021 | Cute Bite | Role-playing video game | |
| 2022 | Night Cascades | Visual novel |
| Release Date | Title(s) | Genre(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Sword Daughter | Visual novel | |
| 2016 | A Little Lily Princess | Dating sim | |
| 2017 | England Exchange – An International Affair | Dating sim |