Sekai Project

Not to be confused with Project Sekai: Colorful Stage! feat. Hatsune Miku, a mobile rhythm game.

Sekai Project is an American video game publisher. They are best known for licensing and translating Japanese visual novels into English, but they have also published manga and other non-visual novel video games.

Sekai Project

Industry	Computer games
Genre	Visual novels
Founder	Raymond Qian
Headquarters	Los Angeles, California , United States
Website	sekaiproject.com

History

Sekai Project originated in 2007 as a fan translation group translating the visual novel School Days.^[1] They later partnered with publisher JAST USA, turning their fan translation into the official English version of the game.^[2] Sekai Project began publishing games on Steam in 2014; their first title was World End Economica episode.01, released in June. Sekai Project has used the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter to fund many of their projects. In November 2014, they launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund an English release of the visual novel Clannad. The campaign exceeded its goal of US$140,000 and ended up raising over US$500,000.^[3] In July 2015, Sekai Project announced that they would be localizing manga in addition to video games, starting with Gate.^[4]

Since Steam does not typically allow adult games to be sold on their platform,^[5] Sekai Project releases their adult titles through their partner company Denpasoft. For titles like The Fruit of Grisaia, an all ages version is available on Steam, while the adult version is sold directly through the Denpasoft website.^[6]

In 2017, the company partnered with Humble Bundle, an online marketplace where games are sold based on what other users paid for them. As is usual for the Humble Bundle site, users were also able to donate a portion of their payment to the charity of their choice.^[7]

In June 2018, Sekai Project provided a censored version of the adult game Maitetsu to Fakku to distribute, contrary to what Sekai Project had promised them and their customers.^[8]

In August 2018, Sekai Project laid off some or all of their permanent staff in their Los Angeles office.^[9] In a statement to the press, they said most of the staff let go were marketing, but one of their employees posted to Twitter claiming that every employee in the LA office was laid off.^[10] Most of the translation and programming work for the company is freelance work that is done remotely. This has continued since the layoffs.

Sekai Games

In 2018, Sekai Project opened Sekai Games, a console focused division within the company structure.^[11] Since then, Sekai Games has handled all publishing and marketing for their console releases. On April 14, 2020, Sekai Games and Limited Run Games released a physical edition of Clannad for Nintendo Switch.^[12]

Works

Published games

Title	Developer	Publication date	Ref
World End Economica episode.01	Spicy Tails	June 17, 2014	[13]
Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius	Love in Space	July 9, 2014	[14]
Sakura Spirit	Winged Cloud	July 9, 2014	[15]
Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet	Key	September 12, 2014	[16]
Rising Angels: Reborn	IDHAS Studios	September 12, 2014	[17]
Pyrite Heart	Winged Cloud	September 25, 2014	[18]
Fault Milestone One	Alice in Dissonance	December 15, 2014	[19]
Nekopara Vol. 1	Neko Works	December 29, 2014	[20]
Sakura Angels	Winged Cloud	January 16, 2015	[21]
The Way We All Go	ebi-hime	March 24, 2015	[22]
Sunrider Academy	Love in Space	April 15, 2015	[23]
Narcissu 1st & 2nd	stage-nana	April 24, 2015	[24]
The Reject Demon: Toko Chapter 0 — Prelude	Lupiesoft	May 8, 2015	[25]
Love at First Sight	Creepy Cute	May 18, 2015	[26]
Tobari and the Night of the Curious Moon	Desunoya	May 26, 2015	[27]
Sakura Fantasy Chapter 1	Winged Cloud	May 29, 2015	[28]
The Fruit of Grisaia	Front Wing	May 29, 2015	[29]
Raiders Sphere 4th	Rectangle	June 1, 2015	[30]
Ame no Marginal	stage-nana	July 7, 2015	[31]
World End Economica episode.02	Spicy Tails	July 21, 2015	[32]
Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler-	Denneko Yuugi	July 28, 2015	[33]
Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 1	Front Wing	July 29, 2015	[34]
Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 2	Front Wing	July 29, 2015	[35]
Sakura Clicker	Winged Cloud	July 29, 2015	[36]
Asphyxia	ebi-hime	August 4, 2015	[37]
Sakura Beach	Winged Cloud	August 14, 2015	[38]
Nekopara Vol. 0	Neko Works	August 17, 2015	[39]
Fault Milestone Two Side: Above	Alice in Dissonance	September 7, 2015	[40]
Sakura Swim Club	Winged Cloud	September 11, 2015	[41]
Sound of Drop: Fall Into Poison	aiueoKompany	October 30, 2015	[42]
G-senjou no Maou - The Devil on G-String	Akabeisoft2	November 5, 2015	[43]
Sakura Beach 2	Winged Cloud	November 6, 2015	[44]
Written in the Sky	Unwonted Studios	November 9, 2015	[45]
Yohjo Simulator	Deadfactory	November 17, 2015	[46]
Clannad	Key	November 23, 2015	[47]
Reverse x Reverse	Desunoya	December 10, 2015	[48]
Was: The Hourglass of Lepidoptera[Note 1]	SRL	December 15, 2015	[49]
Sakura Santa	Winged Cloud	December 21, 2015	[50]
Strawberry Vinegar	ebi-hime	January 5, 2016	[51]
The Sad Story of Emmeline Burns	ebi-hime	January 5, 2016	[52]
No One But You	Unwonted Studios	January 19, 2016	[53]
Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project	stage-nana	January 27, 2016	[54]
Rabi-Ribi	CreSpirit	January 28, 2016	[55]
Nekopara Vol. 2	Neko Works	February 19, 2016	[56]
Atom Grrrl!!	Cosmillica	March 1, 2016	[57]
Sunrider: Liberation Day	Love in Space	March 4, 2016	[58]
Rising Angels: Hope	IDHAS Studios	March 18, 2016	[59]
Starlight Vega	Razzart Visual	April 14, 2016	[60]
Lucid9: Inciting Incident	Fallen Snow Studios	April 14, 2016	[61]
Root Double: Before Crime * After Days	Regista, Yeti	April 27, 2016	[62]
Selenon Rising	Fastermind Games	April 29, 2016	[63]
Resette's Prescription: Book of memory, Swaying scale	Liz-Arts	May 30, 2016	[64]
Nekopalive	Neko Works	May 31, 2016	[65]
Clannad Side Stories	Key	June 2, 2016	[66]
Sakura Dungeon	Winged Cloud	June 3, 2016	[67]
Cherry Tree High Girls' Fight	773	June 13, 2016	[68]
Highway Blossoms	Studio Élan, Studio Coattails	June 17, 2016	[69]
The Orchard of Stray Sheep	Namaage	June 20, 2016	[70]
My Little Kitties	Cosen	June 21, 2016	[71]
The Labyrinth of Grisaia	Front Wing	June 22, 2016	[72]
Karakara	calme	June 27, 2016	[73]
Empty Horizons	ebi-hime	July 19, 2016	[74]
Just Deserts	Vifth Floor	July 25, 2016	[75]
Sakura Shrine Girls	Winged Cloud	August 26, 2016	[76]
This World Unknown	ebi-hime	September 2, 2016	[77]
Sakura Space	Winged Cloud	October 10, 2016	[78]
Catch Canvas	Unwonted Studios, Razzart Visual	October 14, 2016	[79]
Sakura Nova	Winged Cloud	October 20, 2016	[80]
Ne No Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto	Kuro Irodoru Yomiji	October 26, 2016	[81]
Memory's Dogma CODE:01	Liz-Arts	November 4, 2016	[82]
AL･FINE	CrimsonRabbit	November 11, 2016	[83]
A Magical High School Girl	illuCollab	November 22, 2016	[84]
Love, Guitars, and the Nashville Skyline	Cosmillica	November 22, 2016	[85]
Magical x Spiral	Broken Desk	December 20, 2016	[86]
World End Economica episode.03	Spicy Tails	December 21, 2016	[87]
Chrono Clock	Purple software	February 28, 2017	[88]
PacaPlus	PacoProject	March 30, 2017	[89]
The Eden of Grisaia	Front Wing	April 28, 2017	[90]
Hoshizora no Memoria	Favorite	December 18, 2017	[91]
Nekopara Vol. 3	Neko Works	May 26, 2017	[92]
Project LUX	Spicy Tails	February 2, 2018	[93]
Mhakna Gramura and Fairy Bell	Alice in Dissonance	February 19, 2018	[94]
Kokonoe Kokoro	Nostalgia	March 2, 2018	[95]
Tropical Liquor	Tentacle Games	March 9, 2018	[96]
Re;Lord 1: The witch of Herfort and stuffed animals	Escu:de, Element	March 9, 2018	[97]
Fatal Twelve	aiueokompany	March 30, 2018	[98]
Nekopara Extra	Neko Works	July 27, 2018	[99]
The Ditzy Demons Are in Love With Me	SMILE	October 26, 2018	[100]
9-nine	Palette	January 31, 2019—March 19, 2021	[101]
Heart of the Woods	Studio Élan	February 15, 2019	[102]
M.A.S.S. Builder	Vermillion Digital	September 13, 2019	[103]
Nekopara Vol. 4	Neko Works	November 26, 2020	[104]
Nekopara - Catboys Paradise	Neko Works	July 15, 2021	[105]
Rewrite +	Key	December 17, 2021	[106]

Upcoming games

Title	Developer	Status	Ref
Eternal	Mawari Works	TBA	[107]
Fault Milestone Two Side: Below	Alice in Dissonance	2019	[108]
Fault - Silence the Pedant	Alice in Dissonance	TBA	[108]
Moonshot	Fastermind Games	TBA	[109]
NarKarma EngineA	Novectacle	TBA	[107]
November Boy	Team ANAGO	TBA	[110]
The Human Reignition Project	Alienworks	TBA	[111]
Hoshizora no Memoria -Eternal Heart- (fandisk)	Favorite	TBA	[112]
Rewrite Harvest festa!	Key	TBA	[113]

Other releases

Title	Media format	Developer	Publication date	Ref
2013 Moe Headphones Design	Book	Lunatic Joker	2014
Gate: Where The JSDF Fought	Manga	AlphaPolis	December 2016	[114]
Clannad Anthology	Manga		TBA
MikuMikuDance	Freeware	Yu Higuchi	TBA	[115]
Ne no Kami	Manga	Fenrir Vier	TBA	[116]

See also

Notes

1. This title has been discontinued, and is no longer available for purchase on Steam.