Natsume

American video game publisher headquartered in Burlingame, California. Established in 1988 as the US division of Natsume Co., Ltd. (Japan), split from its parent in 1995 to become an independent company; since the 2013 NatsumeAtari merger in Japan it has no corporate relation to Natsume Co.'s successor (now Winning Entertainment Group). Known for Harvest Moon (name retained after Marvelous moved the series to Story of Seasons), Reel Fishing, and River King franchises. natsume.com live as of Sep 2026.

• Type: Publisher and Developer · Buyer
• Headquarters: United States
• Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Publishing, Development, QA and testing services
• Credited games in the group: 21

Group structure

• NACG Studio (Service Provider)

Partners proven by shipped credits

• Rising Star Games — Publishing, 6 shared credits, 2017–2021
• appci — Development, 4 shared credits, 2017–2023
• Winning Entertainment Group (NatsumeAtari) — Development, Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2017–2023
• Arc System Works — Publishing, 2 shared credits, 2017–2019
• Natsume Atari — Development, 2 shared credits, 2017–2023
• Toybox — Development, 1 shared credits, 2017–2017
• YummyYummyTummy — Development, 1 shared credits, 2021–2021
• United Games Entertainment — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
• ININ Games — collaboration, 1 shared credits, 2023–2023
• Kinsha Co., Ltd. — QA and testing services, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
• Picola — Development, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
• NA Publishing — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2020–2020
• Tachyon — Development, 1 shared credits, 2019–2019
• Arc System Works Asia Branch — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2017–2017

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/natsume