Softball was introduced as a World Games sport at the 1981 World Games in Santa Clara and discontinued after the 1985 games in London. It was reintroduced as a women's invitational sport in 2009 in Kaohsiung after it had been removed from the Olympic Games programme, and from 2022 it was again part of the official programme.
| 1981 Santa Clara |
| 1981 Santa Clara | ||||
| 1985 London | ||||
| 2009 Kaohsiung | ||||
| 2013 Cali | ||||
| 2022 Birmingham |