Square was a Japanese video game development and publishing company founded in September 1986 by Masashi Miyamoto. It began as a computer game software division of Den-Yu-Sha, a power line construction company owned by Miyamoto's father. Square's first releases were The Death Trap and its sequel ; they sold over 100,000 copies, a major success for the time. In September 1986, Square spun off from Den-Yu-Sha and became Square Co., Ltd. While its next few games sold poorly, 1987's Final Fantasy sold over 500,000 copies, sparking the company's flagship series.
Square was best known for its role-playing video game franchises, which include the Final Fantasy series. Of its properties, this franchise is the best-selling, with total worldwide sales of over 173 million units.[1] During its existence, the company developed or published dozens of titles in various video game franchises on numerous gaming systems. On April 1, 2003, Square merged with video game publisher Enix to form Square Enix. This list includes retail games developed or published by Square during its existence.
| System | Release date | Developer(s) | JP | NA | EU | AUS | Ref(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PC-8801
| Square | Yes | |||||||
PC-8801
| Square | Yes | |||||||
| Dragon Slayer | MSX; PC-9801 | Nihon Falcom | Yes | ||||||
| Thexder | X1; Nintendo Entertainment System | Game Arts | Yes | ||||||
| Cruise Chaser Blassty | PC-8801
| Square | Yes | ||||||
| Alpha | PC-8801
| Square | Yes | ||||||
| King's Knight | Nintendo Entertainment System
| Square / Workss | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Suishō no Dragon | Family Computer Disk System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Family Computer Disk System | HummingBirdSoft | Yes | |||||||
| The 3-D Battles of WorldRunner | Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Apple Town Story | Family Computer Disk System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Mystery Quest< | -- ハオ君の不思議な旅 --> | Family Computer Disk System | Carry Lab | Yes | |||||
| Yūshi no Monshō: Deep Dungeon | Family Computer Disk System | HummingBirdSoft | Yes | ||||||
| King's Knight Special | PC-8801
| Square / Workss | Yes | ||||||
| Genesis< | -- ジェネシス --> | PC-8801 | Square | Yes | |||||
| Aliens: Alien 2 | PC-8801; PC-9801; MSX; Family Computer Disk System (unreleased) | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Jikai Shounen Met Mag< | -- 磁界少年メット・マグ --> | Family Computer Disk System | Thinking Rabbit | Yes | |||||
| Cleopatra no Mahō< | -- クレオパトラの魔宝 --> | Family Computer Disk System | Square | Yes | |||||
| Rad Racer | Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Kalin no Tsurugi | Family Computer Disk System | Xtalsoft | Yes | ||||||
| Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School | Family Computer Disk System | Square / Nintendo | Yes | ||||||
| JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II | Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Nintendo Entertainment System | HummingBirdSoft | Yes | |||||||
| Akuusenki Raijin< | -- 亜空戦記ライジン --> | Family Computer Disk System | Micro Cabin | Yes | |||||
| Moon Ball Magic< | -- ムーンボールマジック --> | Family Computer Disk System | System Sacom | Yes | |||||
| Hanjuku Hero | Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | |||||||
| Square's Tom Sawyer | Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Game Boy | Square | Yes | Yes | ||||||
Nintendo Entertainment System
| Square | Yes | |||||||
| Rad Racer II | Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Final Fantasy Legend II | Game Boy | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Game Boy | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | |||||||
| Final Fantasy Legend III | Game Boy | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Romancing SaGa | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | |||||||
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | |||||||
| Secret of Mana | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Romancing SaGa 2 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Alcahest | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | HAL Laboratory | Yes | ||||||
| Breath of Fire | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Capcom | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | |||||||
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Live A Live | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Front Mission | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | G-Craft | Yes | ||||||
| Chrono Trigger | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Seiken Densetsu 3 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Secret of Evermore | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Romancing SaGa 3 | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Dynami Tracer | Satellaview | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Koi wa Balance | Satellaview | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Satellaview | Square | Yes | |||||||
| Bahamut Lagoon | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Treasure Conflix | Satellaview | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Omiya Soft | Yes | |||||||
| Super Mario RPG | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square / Nintendo | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Treasure of the Rudras | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Treasure Hunter G | Super Nintendo Entertainment System | Sting Entertainment | Yes | ||||||
| PlayStation | DreamFactory | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Pro-Logic Mah-Jong Hai-Shin< | -- プロロジック麻雀 牌神 --> | PlayStation | Aques | Yes | |||||
| Bushido Blade | PlayStation | Bergsala Lightweight | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| PlayStation | Tose | Yes | Yes | ||||||
| Power Stakes< | -- パワーステークス --> | PlayStation | Aques | Yes | |||||
| PlayStation | DreamFactory | Yes | |||||||
| Digical League< | -- デジカルリーグ --> | PlayStation | Aques | Yes | |||||
| Final Fantasy Tactics | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| SaGa Frontier | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Front Mission 2 | PlayStation | G-Craft | Yes | ||||||
| PlayStation | Square | Yes | |||||||
| Power Stakes Grade 1< | -- パワーステークス グレード1 --> | PlayStation | Aques | Yes | |||||
| Einhänder | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Front Mission Alternative | PlayStation | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon | PlayStation | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Super Live Stadium< | -- スーパーライブスタジアム --> | PlayStation | Aques | Yes | |||||
| Xenogears | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Bushido Blade 2 | PlayStation | Bergsala Lightweight | Yes | Yes | |||||
| PlayStation | Tose | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Hai-Shin 2< | -- 牌神2 --> | PlayStation | Aques | Yes | |||||
| Parasite Eve | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Power Stakes 2< | -- パワーステークス2 --> | PlayStation | Aques | Yes | |||||
| Sōkaigi | PlayStation | Yuke's | Yes | ||||||
| Microsoft Windows | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Brave Fencer Musashi | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Another Mind | PlayStation | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Ehrgeiz | PlayStation | DreamFactory | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Chocobo's Dungeon 2 | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| iS – internal section | PlayStation | Positron | Yes | ||||||
| PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Chocobo World (included with Final Fantasy VIII) | PocketStation | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Final Fantasy Collection | PlayStation | Tose | Yes | ||||||
| PlayStation | Tose | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Chocobo Racing | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| SaGa Frontier 2 | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Go Go Digger (included with SaGa Frontier 2) | PocketStation | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Cyber Org | PlayStation | FuzzBox | Yes | ||||||
| Racing Lagoon< | -- レーシングラグーン --> | PlayStation | Square | Yes | |||||
| Legend of Mana | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Ring Ring Land (included with Legend of Mana) | PocketStation | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Front Mission 3 | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Final Fantasy Anthology | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Threads of Fate | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Chrono Trigger | PlayStation | Tose | Yes | ||||||
| Chrono Cross | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Parasite Eve II | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Chocobo Collection | PlayStation | Square / ParityBit / Denyusha | Yes | ||||||
| Microsoft Windows | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Vagrant Story | PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Driving Emotion Type-S | PlayStation 2 | Escape | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| All Star Pro-Wrestling | PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | ||||||
| PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Gekikuukan Pro Baseball: At the End of the Century 1999< | -- 劇空間プロ野球 At the End of the Century 1999 --> | PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | |||||
| Hataraku Chocobo | WonderSwan | Square | Yes | ||||||
| WonderSwan Color | Square | Yes | |||||||
| PlayStation 2 | DreamFactory | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Wild Card | WonderSwan Color | Square | Yes | ||||||
| WonderSwan Color | Square | Yes | |||||||
| Final Fantasy Chronicles | PlayStation | Tose | Yes | ||||||
| Blue Wing Blitz | WonderSwan Color | Square | Yes | ||||||
| PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| All Star Pro-Wrestling II | PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Romancing SaGa | WonderSwan Color | Square | Yes | ||||||
| PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | |||||||
| WonderSwan Color | Sting Entertainment | Yes | |||||||
| WonderSwan Color | Aspect | Yes | |||||||
| WonderSwan Color | Sting Entertainment | Yes | |||||||
| Kingdom Hearts | PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Neichibeikan Professional Baseball Final League | PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | ||||||
| PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| World Fantasista | PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | ||||||
| Front Mission | WonderSwan Color | G-Craft | Yes | ||||||
| PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| PlayStation | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||
| Microsoft Windows | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Chocobo Land: A Game of Dice | Game Boy Advance
| Square | Yes | ||||||
| Unlimited Saga | PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||||
| Final Fantasy Tactics Advance | Game Boy Advance | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| PlayStation 2 | Square | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |