Experience
Independent Japanese video game development and publishing studio specializing in the **first-person dungeon RPG (DRPG / dungeon crawler) genre**. Legal entity: Experience Inc. (株式会社エクスペリエンス). Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Operates a long-running catalog of niche dungeon-RPG / horror-VN console and PC games for Japanese and Western audiences. **SIGNATURE FRANCHISES & TITLES:** **Mary Skelter** series (Mary Skelter: Nightmares, Mary Skelter 2, Mary Skelter Finale — gothic-horror DRPG, published by Idea Factory / Compile Heart / NIS America in West), **Demon Gaze** series (Demon Gaze, Demon Gaze II, Demon Gaze EXTRA — published by NIS America in West), **Operation: Babel: New Tokyo Legacy** (with MAGES. + 5pb., NIS America West publishing), **Undernauts** (Labyrinth of Yomi), Stranger of Sword City series. Self-described 'Popular niche developer' for DRPG and horror VN per DigitallyDownloaded.net. Long-standing Western publishing partnership with **NIS America** for English-language releases (per Steam Operation Babel listing: 'Developer: MAGES. Inc., 5pb., Experience Inc. Publisher: NIS America, Inc.'). Per Reddit r/DRPG: 'Experience, Inc. is a japanese publisher of...' — also self-publishes some titles in Japan. **HYBRID DEV/PUBLISHER:** Developed 29 (in-house production majority) — primary identity is development; supplementary publisher role for Japanese-market self-publishing. Independent — no parent corporation. Moby record: 'Experience Inc.'
- Type: Developer · Buyer
- Headquarters: Japan
- Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Development, Publishing, Porting services
- Credited games in the group: 11
Partners proven by shipped credits
- Aksys Games — Publishing, 6 shared credits, 2018–2024
- NIS America — Publishing, 4 shared credits, 2016–2021
- Poppy Works — Development, Porting services, 2 shared credits, 2021–2023
- Numskull Games — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2021–2023
- MAGES. — Development, 2 shared credits, 2017–2017
- Ghostlight — Development, 2 shared credits, 2019–2024
- Clouded Leopard Entertainment — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2021–2021
- Kadokawa — Development, Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2021–2021
- Behaviour Rotterdam — Porting services, 1 shared credits, 2021–2021
Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames credits and Games Atlas analysis. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/experience