SNK

Japanese video game developer and publisher headquartered in Suita, Osaka, Japan. Founded in 1978 as Shin Nihon Kikaku. Known for the Neo Geo platform and franchises including Fatal Fury, The King of Fighters, Metal Slug, and Samurai Shodown. Went bankrupt in 2001, relaunched as SNK Playmore in 2003, renamed SNK Corporation in 2016. Since 2022, majority-owned (96.18%) by Electronic Gaming Development Company (EGDC), a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Misk Foundation.

• Type: Publisher and Developer · Buyer
• Headquarters: Japan
• Activity taxonomy (by shipped credits): Development, Publishing, Porting services, Storytelling and narrative services, Audio design and production services, Art, assets and fonts production services
• Credited games in the group: 127

Group structure

• BrezzaSoft (Developer)
• Nazca (Developer)
• Saurus (Developer)
• ADK Corporation (Alpha Denshi) (Developer)

Partners proven by shipped credits

• Hamster — Porting services, Publishing, 27 shared credits, 2015–2024
• PLAION — Publishing, 22 shared credits, 2016–2024
• Gamepoch — Publishing, 20 shared credits, 2016–2024
• Prime Matter — collaboration, 19 shared credits, 2022–2024
• Code Mystics — Porting services, 14 shared credits, 2016–2024
• Dotemu — Porting services, Publishing, 10 shared credits, 2016–2024
• Atlus U.S.A. — Development, Publishing, 7 shared credits, 2016–2018
• Noise Factory Co., Ltd. — Development, 6 shared credits, 2015–2018
• Capcom — Development, Publishing, Storytelling and narrative services, 6 shared credits, 2022–2024
• NIS America — Publishing, 5 shared credits, 2018–2019
• Plusmile — Art, assets and fonts production services, 3 shared credits, 2016–2026
• Canplaize — Art, assets and fonts production services, 3 shared credits, 2016–2026
• Digital Hearts — QA and testing services, 3 shared credits, 2016–2026
• Shanghai ArtCoding — Art, assets and fonts production services, 3 shared credits, 2016–2026
• Neuron-Age — Art, assets and fonts production services, 3 shared credits, 2016–2026

Latest related news

• Bandai Namco director exodus: three Tekken leads gone in nine months, no successors named (2026-06-01)
• SNK Katsuhiro Harada new studio: Saudi-backed VS Studio signals a structural talent play against legacy publishers (2026-05-12)
• Saudi Сapcom investment deepens as EGDC raises stake to 6.04% - what it means for the franchise pipeline (2026-04-07)
• SNK establishes dedicated KOF Studio as fighting game market expansion accelerates (2025-01-02)

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/snk