Yuki Enterprise

Japanese studio best known for the Morita Kazuo board-game series (shogi/mahjong) and for developing Samurai Shodown V and Samurai Shodown V Special for SNK Playmore; its arcade development team was spun off as Examu Inc. in 2007, which went on to create Arcana Heart.

• Type: Developer · Buyer
• Headquarters: Japan
• Data updated: 15 Nov 2026

Key facts

• According to Games Atlas analysis of shipped-game credits, Yuki Enterprise published or developed 8 games released 1993–2019.
• Games Atlas data shows 4 of 8 Yuki Enterprise titles with known production credits (50%) used external service partners.
• The most frequent external partner on Yuki Enterprise titles is Hamster (3 shared credits, 1993–2019).
• Kept in-house according to the credits: Lead & co-development.

What Yuki Enterprise outsources and how open it is to new partners

The verdict rates how hard it is for a new vendor to win work in each discipline: how much of the work goes to outside vendors rather than staying inside, whether the same partners come back or change from project to project, and how often first-time partners got in over recent years.

• Porting services: Possible: outsourced less often, but not to a fixed circle. Sourcing model: spread across many vendors (2 vendors per title, typical 1). 1 of 1 titles with detailed credits since 2015 used an external partner (100%); 2 external partners, 0 of them returning (0% of outsourced titles), most often Code Mystics (100%). Small base: a first signal, not a settled pattern.
• Lead & co-development: Closed: almost never goes outside. Sourcing model: done by its own studios; own studios do about 100% of the work by companies taking part. 0 of 1 titles with detailed credits since 2015 used an external partner (0%), 1 credit the company's own studios; 0 external partners, 0 of them returning (0% of outsourced titles). Small base: a first signal, not a settled pattern.

External partners proven by shipped credits

• Hamster — Porting services, Publishing, 3 shared credits, 1993–2019
• SNK — Lead & co-development, Distribution, Publishing, 3 shared credits, 1993–2019
• Active Gaming Media — Localisation services, 1 shared credits, 1993–1993
• Aksys Games — Publishing, 1 shared credits, 2013–2013
• Aoi Studio — Audio design and production services, 1 shared credits, 1993–1993

Methodology

Source: Games Atlas (gamesatlas.app), based on MobyGames production credits and Games Atlas analysis; the sourcing figures cover work credited on releases from 2015 onwards. One game counts once regardless of platforms, editions or add-ons. Games Atlas does not estimate revenue or report the performance of individual games. Profile: https://gamesatlas.app/companies/yuki-enterprise