It sure is! Crazy seeing Dream House Days having 5 million+ downloads and others like Game Dev Story and Beastie Bay having over a million. They are certainly bigger than I thought, but underrated!
Theres a reason why people can cater towards niches: because there is little to no supply but somewhat of a demand, therefore its pretty obvious this would happen sooner or later
Wow, I didn't know there is actually many kairosoft player other than me and that makes me happy....my first game is literally Dream house days when they just released it and at that time no wifi needed to play lol.
If you have a mobile you are likely to have played at least one Kairosoft game. My favourite is Beastie Bay since is a mix of Pokémon with touristic island management.
My first games are Beastie Bay and Mega Mall Story, such good games but the one I still go back after years is Venture Towns. Glad they're still making games
My first Kariosoft game was Mega Mall Story (when I was in 8th grade) and today I'm a graduate and playing Heian City Story. Edit- subscribing to your channel after seeing endless kariosoft related videos
I was obsessed with game dev story and Ninja Village back in the day. Played almost all of their titles via piracy because i had no money, but now this video convinced me to go back and revisit them! And also support the devs in the process. Great video.
Kairosoft are one of the only mobile companies that don’t mislead with fake gameplay ads. Edit: Which is super rare. Almost every mobile game uses fake or overly polished gameplay to mislead.
Finally Bow finally gets the recognition he deserves w this video!Im more than happy to see this video of yours did so well and became the most viewed of the channel
Someone finally made this tier list!!😊 I remember playing my first kairosoft game which is beastie bay, that game is my childhood❤ i like playing bonbon cakery the most❤
Fav games: - Grand Prix Story - Pocket League 1 - Ninja Village - Convenience Stories Dislikes: - Pocket academy series - Cavern adventurers Good titles that can be improved (if only the location were not static): - World cruise story - Station manager - Shiny Ski Resort - Jumbo Airport story
The four that you listed that could improve are so true, they would easily be list topping games if they had more area variations, hopefully in sequels!
You don't know how much this helps me. I tried the campground one and it's kinda hard in the mid-late game because, for the love of me, I can't seem to get the popularity of my campground right
Glad to hear it helped! Forest game story is a fantastic pick, I'm excited for when I revisit it for a video review. For more popularity my best advice is to have the campers elevated and surrounded by facilities then plants, each elevation level adds bonuses to the plants
Pizzeria games tier list when ? ( you know... after realized how many kairosoft games are they made, similiar with pizzeria's variation) jokes aside... oh well.. thanks for your recommendation... few years ago im too hooked with dream house days and realizing how adicting those games in a good way.....
@@WowItsBow I’ve also have tried Burger Bristo and Cafe Master but sadly I never really didn’t get far into those 2 Lucky I can redownload them whenever I want to try again
i loveeee kairosoft and a good majority of the games are available through google play pass for free which is super nice BUT wild park manager is not for some reason i think it looks adorable and i rlly wanna try it but i cant justify spending that much on a mobile game 😭
I did see that! It's interesting some of them aren't on gamepass, keep an eye out for Google play store/steam/switch sales, all of the Kairosoft games often get discounted
Kairosoft should make Youkai related theme on their games, since Youkai in media is quite popular such as Inuyasha, Touhou Project, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Yokai Watch, etc
Ngl, Kairosoft really gave me that Cozy spot that was missing, yes, there are games like Stardew, Spiritfarer, or things like the My Time Series (Portia/Sandrock), but Kairosoft, they're like another PopCap (very casual background), if you get the drift.
My time-series developer Pathea has a video game called Let's School. It's great, and if it's successful, hopefully, they'll grow their catalog of management games. When I played that game, it reminded me of Kairosoft's Pocket Academy games. Maybe the developers will be inspired to take inspiration from other Kairosoft games and create their own deeper interpretations.
It's funny that no matter how old we are, we all had the same sort of experiences when first finding the games. You mentioned being a young boy on an ipod touch with Gam Dev Story. I was Nearly out of college at that time, yet I was also glued to my iphone 3 playing FAR late into the night before I had class or work the next day. When I think back to college, a pretty defining thing I remember was playing various Kairosoft games in my downtime like when I was on the bus. I'm getting a bit closer now to 40 than I would like, but I still get pumped when a Kairosoft game is released. I have literally played them all, including the absolutely terrible side scrolling F2P insane cash grab one I can't even remember the name of.
I still get that similar excited feeling whenever a new release drops totally know how you feel! Their gameplay is just something else, so fun to unwind with playing their titles after a long day
I remember finding Bonbon Cakery at one of my lowest points in life. That game was so comforting and gave a sense of control during that moment, I just instantly became a fan! Kairosoft is amazing ❤
Kairosoft been part of my life and phones ever since i found it back at 6th grade, i remember playing beastie bay on my Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and this was the first game that introduced me to the whole company. I remember downloading the free mod version of the paid games and pay for the actual game later once i got my monthly allowance and once there's an update for the game as well. I'm starting to think that Kairosoft might be my comfort company, but I'm still salty about all of the Japan-exclusive games they made as well as the gacha system ones, hopefully the newest one will be released globally as the JP version's already out.
They are super influential, agreed they just might be one of the best comfort game developers ever! The newer games will almost definitely be ported, there is typically a 2-4 month delay for the English releases
It set a legacy for all the games to follow that's for sure. In my opinion the gameplay isn't as strong as some later titles, but I agree wholeheartedly about the impact it left
Cruise Ship Story Lite (I didn't understand the concept of paid game yet) was an introduction to Kairosoft franchise for me. The thing about Kairosoft games is how the never botched the English translation. I think yhey actually hire a team for that and not machine translating everything by themselves so every single words in English releases are making sense. The best game for me is Dream House Days. The pacing in that game is just very good. You'll be able to experience every single possible things in the game just by playing it in one single save file, no secret routes or anything, just play it as long as possible and you'll be able to experience everything. It's not a game where you could easily get rich, there's a moment where you got a minus in front of your money. The ups and downs are pretty realistic, the events are very fun too. This is exactly how you suppose to do a tycoon game.
It's amazing they offer lite versions too, fantastic way to introduce people to the games. Dream House Days is one of my favourites too, I recently did a video review of it on my channel. Check out Dream Town Island if you haven't played, you will enjoy it if you liked Dream House Days
Great picks! Pool slide story is one of my personal favourites, forest golf planner is amazing too! Check out shiny ski resort if you haven't, very similar to forest golf planner
I used to live in a rural area with very limited access to internet and only owning a Samsung Galaxy Y (with its impressive 290mb of ram). So, after by chance I downloaded an APK of Game Dev Story I was hooked. A mobile game company, making long games with no IAP, charming art and around 10mb each!?!? I basically downloaded their entire library and binged their games nonstop. Nowadays I try to buy some of their releases even though I don't play them anymore, as a thanks and means of supporting the studio. (I'd kill for a kairobot plushie tho) And even though the games are very similar to each other (mechanically-wise) each one of them still has a lot of attention to detail and own identity. I never get tired of seeing the different ways the NPCs interact with the world in each game.
Couldn't agree more about how unique all the NPC and world interactions that play out in each title are like you mentioned, that's what makes all of them super memorable
I am suprised to see kairosoft games on my recommend; i remember playing the dream house, diner, paper press, academy, shopping mall and racing related games of them like 7 years ago on my tablet. I remember they changed their lite and priced games on play store not so long ago. Watching this video made me hit nostalgia pretty quick. Thank you for tiering and reviewing them all.
Omg I used to play the older games back then, and I had no idea the franchise had grown so big now lmao. Will definitely be playing some of the S to A rank tier soon now that I have adult money. Great job on the video btw, I had fun listening and watching this entirely
70 titles now officially with the newest Japanese release 🙌 Thank you so much for watching it all, it really helps out channels like mine lots and I appreciate it greatly, enjoy your next Kairosoft game
Really a underrated youtuber. It's really the few people that seem to talk about Kairosoft's wonderful games. Keep up the good work and congrats on 1K subs! I will enjoy the video :-)
I was absolutely obsessed with Kairosoft games growing up, but haven’t thought about or played them in years. This video has piqued my interest in them again and I’ll definitely be watching the other Kairosoft vids on your channel. Great work!
Nice video. Just a suggestion from looking at your data, instead of just averaging the score from Apple, Google and Steam evenly, you should probably weight things by number of review on each platform. Just generally it looks like the vast majority of reviews in your data set are on Android and as such the ratings should probably reflect this. Just as an example Game Dev Story had over 75,000 reviews on android vs. just over 3,000 reviews on the other 2 platforms combined. That said, the actual community rating should probably look a lot closer to the android ratings.
This is a great point! I really like this idea, when I revisit a tierlist later on with newer 2024 titles and beyond released I'll definitely look into do this
I´m here after the announcement of Doraemon Dorayaki Shop! I love this type of games but didn´t knew Kirosoft existed neither knew any of the games. I´ll be trying lots of them in the following months :)
Thanks for checking out the video! I'll be covering a video review of Doraemon Dorayaki for my next video, so look forward to that! Hope you end up finding a new game from this video too
I agree that it was rated pretty harshly, I really enjoy the premise but I feel like it was executed a bit poorly, hopefully they revisit it in a sequel one day
I absolutely adore Kairosoft games, been playing them since I was just a kid. Beastie bay is my number 1 favorite, but maybe that's just the nostalgia talking. My second is Dream house days, I like filling the apartments with furniture. I wish they made a modern version of it with tons of new stuff.
Dream House Days DX recently released! It isn't the full sequel you described hoping we get that one day too, but it's a great step in the right direction with no in app purchases
Thank you for the video 😊 I remember seeing a Dungeon Village being reviewed harshly or a random Czech/Czechia 🇨🇿 Gaming magazine, but I gave it a try and 5€ to buy a copy anyways. And it was great! I then tried Ninja Village , and it's also great. To this day, Ninja Village, UnCiv & Minecraft are the only 3 games installed on all of my devices 😅😅😅
Venture Towns is one of my favourites I had to bump it up in my personal rating. I'm excited to revisit Beastie Bay with the DX version, I think in my upcoming review video for it I will place it alot higher
hello there! thank you, really THANK YOU for this list, i have a hard love with Kairosoft games, like its my own first choice of grinding and chilling (...), seeing this might lure me back to their games tho 😂
Dream House Days is such a timeless game, all of the Dream series games are top notch 👌 I'm hoping for Beastie Bay 2 aswell considering Dungeon Village 2 was very popular
They released a sequel in Japanese only that is yet to be translated! I covered that in my Untranslated Kairosoft Games video, Social Sim Dev is similar to a sequel, but I hope there's a true Game Dev Story 2 one day aswell
@@WowItsBow I agree with the DX version but it will be tricky to balance with the gacha system they have. I went back into the game awhile ago and noticed I only got the S weapon and shield I so wanted only after being gone for like weeks. They may have upped the chances to keep return players. It's now almost a dead game though.
I honestly believe that High Sea Saga DX is criminally underrated. It has significantly more content than the average Kairosoft game but got many harsh reviews because of the stamina system it still has after moving away from the freemium model.
I agree the free to play games definitely had harsh user reviews due to the free 2 play mechanics. I will be reviewing High Sea Saga DX on the channel soon!
I really love how you explained each game and how genuinely enthusiastic you sound. In my experience, the first game I played from their franchise was High Sea Saga, and is still by far my favorite game from them. I’ll be trying some of their games thanks to you and this video. I’ll subscribe
@@WowItsBow they should take notes from how Kemco made a successor to Band of Monsters with Monster Viator. Basically just build upon the game instead of a whole new one. Monster Viator wasn't as fun and the monsters was way less.
Omg someone talking about kairosoft? I’ve been playing their games since the early 2010s, but I’ve always been the only person I know who knows what I’m talking about. It’s cool that there’s a RUclipsr talking about them!
After kairosoft came out with pocket academy i played the crap out of the game and bought basically all of them. Pity they are so expensive now but its better than having in game purchases
Pocket Academy is one of my all time favourites too, it just drew me in from the start and I couldn't put it down. Definitely try Pocket Academy 3 if you haven't already!
Ah, Kairosoft games are quite the memory of mine, I've played like a lot of their more prestigious titles in my youth. Can't forget about storming the entire Japan in Ninja Village, watching the crews fight monsters in live action in Dungeon Village and...spamming an obscene amount of gold leaf and truffles in my recipes in Cafeteria Nipponica (something tells me it's not practical or legal). Still waiting for Let's Game It Out to pick up any of the games and tear them into shreds lol, gotta be funny
Such amazing games, my favourite thing about them is what you pointed out; how versatile and diverse all of their game library is. There is a game type for everyone!
Me, and my family (siblings and cousins) grew up with kairosoft (im 21 now lol) I'm glad people are now recognizing them, their games will always have special place in our hearts🥺💗
I stumbled on this Dev for phone and was pleased to see numerous titles on Steam. They produce some nice leisurely games. Good on ya for reviewing them.
I want them to remake Beastie Bay with the newer monsters added to the game and more functionality. I still play BB religiously to this day but damn does it get old fast.
With the success of the original Beastie Bay being one of their most played titles and the recently released Beastie Bay DX, I'm hoping for a full Beastie Bay 2 release too 🙏
Kairosoft games be like: same assets, same styles, almost exactly the same gameplay principles yet 9++ HOURS STRAIGHT OF SATISFYING FIRST PLAYTIME. FOR. EACH. GAME. Regardless of their tier, their games are truly the philosophical embodiment of a "fun video game".
Pocket Academy is the only Kairosoft game I've ever played, and I'm not surprised that it's the top here because I'm having trouble finding another Kairosoft game to play after it.
Thanks for revisiting! Tropical Resort Story is one of my all time favourites you can't go wrong with that. Dream Park Story is a solid entry too, the multi block rides are so fun to customise
Absolutely! Steer clear of the free titles to avoid in-app purchases, I would recommend Hot Springs Story 2, Dream Town Island, Pocket Academy 3 and Tropical Resort Story
I've known these games for over a decade and recently started to get them all on the nintendo switch so this list helps a lot to cross them all off! This video has been such a nostalgia blast
Thanks for checking it out! I have a lot of the switch copies too, as they are great for portability. The switch games also have a lot of free demos too, even mobile and steam don't have that!
Just putting this here before watching to say that Bonbon Cakery is peak and I hope it gets a good ranking. I might have a lotta nostalgia for it but I still think I could play it for hours on end should I re-download it.
Yes absolutely! There aren't any differences for console/pc ports compared to mobile other than mobile being touchscreen, so you can pick whatever platform you like best
Honestly, already guessing dream house day gonna be the most reviewed. It also the first kairosoft title game i've ever played and it holds such a memory of me want to be an architect (unfortunately, i'm not interested to being one anymore) About the tier list, damn march to million and pocket arcade story at D? While i can see the reason for pocket arcade because the fighting can be annoying but march million?? At least put in C if it was my ranking Also i probably gonna swap the magician saga with basketball club story. Overall i probably agreed with your ranking especially the ninja village. Although it's been a while since i played any newer kairosoft games, i'm glad they still stand on their ground in the current mobile market. They are one of the OG gamedevs that still true to themselves
You're on the money with dream house days being the most reviewed! Great thoughts, always love hearing peoples own rankings. Couldnt agree more with your praise on Kairosofts design staying true to themselves. If you pick up a newer game you will be happy to see their games are as amazing as the originals
Honestly i was mad when Ninja Village & World Cruise didnt get an S, and i skipped to the end because World Cruise got a B but in the end you put in on S (thankfully) like... If that game wasn't a S tier there wouldn't be a lot of copycat lol for WCS but ninja village is just straight best no one can copy that🔥 and yeah kinda sad you didn't put beastie bay in S since it was a free and really have a long enjoyable gametime
World Cruise Story is severely underrated imo, it doesn't get talked about enough sadly. I will revisit this list again when I have completed all of the public reviews on my channel, it's likely the RPG ones will bump up a bit as the app store ratings are seemingly more harsh towards that genre
Beastie Bay was my favourite because I like monster collector games and I was looking for one to spend my time. Is surprising how the manga and anime studio games where so low, but I think I know why. People when playing as a anime studio simulator wants to make their own Naruto or DragonBall from the get go, but the games always start limiting you so much, even if you mix the needed features, there always get low scoring from lack of quality or recognition, which frustrate players a lot. Something like that happend to me while playing Game Dev Tycoon, where I wanted to make a farming game, but got a very low score because I´ve combined Farming with depth character dialogue rather than inmersive gameplay, but that´s because when making it I was thinking of it more like Harvest Moon rather than Farming Simulator. In short some combinations just doesn´t make sense for many people, making anything about anime or videogame studios not as appealing as there should.
Thanks for watching! Beastie Bay is also one of my favourites as I'm a big fan of Pokemon. Great points on manga/anime studio story, I agree 100% I found them to be very limiting in the story creation aspect which was a bit disappointing as you mentioned, you can only select the overlying themes which doesn't personalise it a huge amount. They also are just extremely similar gameplay wise to Game Dev Story, if in future they make a new anime/manga game I hope they make more customisation for the writing and story aspects similar to Silver Screen Story
Omg kairosoft was my childhood i use to play bonbon cakery 24/7, farming sim, that one apartment thing people, and that one uhh game where u go through the seas where it’s like catching pokemon. Those we’re my favorites, and sorry it’s been so long i don’t remember some of their names loll Anyway it’s nice to see this video cus i dont think i ever once saw anyone talk about kairosoft games. + I think they’re def my first cozy games too before I got addicted to Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing. It all started with Kairosoft and im glad the company is still making games lol
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This is such a specific niche that I’m surprised that this video exists
It sure is! Crazy seeing Dream House Days having 5 million+ downloads and others like Game Dev Story and Beastie Bay having over a million. They are certainly bigger than I thought, but underrated!
REAL. i used to game the hell out of kairosoft games in my elementary days, especially dream house days and bestie bay
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Theres a reason why people can cater towards niches: because there is little to no supply but somewhat of a demand, therefore its pretty obvious this would happen sooner or later
Wow, I didn't know there is actually many kairosoft player other than me and that makes me happy....my first game is literally Dream house days when they just released it and at that time no wifi needed to play lol.
Can relate to no wifi, always had shocking internet growing up in Australia so I relied on offline games too
im still baffled on why now they would need internet to play tbh
@@by_tianowen I think only the free Kairosoft game need wifi for now, the paid one don't need
If you have a mobile you are likely to have played at least one Kairosoft game. My favourite is Beastie Bay since is a mix of Pokémon with touristic island management.
i used to crack all their games as a kid, and now im an adult and i already have bought 13 of their games lol
Nothing better than supporting a company that provided hours of entertainment as a kid 🙌 Their games are very well priced too
I find it nice that the background music is the music for the game
Kairosoft low-key have some amazing catchy songs for some of their titles. I love how music much range they have for their 65+ games
My first games are Beastie Bay and Mega Mall Story, such good games but the one I still go back after years is Venture Towns. Glad they're still making games
Great picks! Venture Towns is one of my favourites too, Dream Town Island is essentially a modern upgraded version of it
Found you through your kairosoft reviews and was excited for each new video. Didn't expect this to come next. What a video!
Thanks for checking the reviews and this one out!
Best review ever. Knowing how many people love and play these kairosoft's games growing up and now
It's great to see so many people still interested in Kairosoft games, they are one of a kind!
My first Kariosoft game was Mega Mall Story (when I was in 8th grade) and today I'm a graduate and playing Heian City Story.
Edit- subscribing to your channel after seeing endless kariosoft related videos
Thanks heaps for subscribing! Plenty of new reviews on the way, Mega Mall Story was one of the first titles I ever played too!
I was obsessed with game dev story and Ninja Village back in the day. Played almost all of their titles via piracy because i had no money, but now this video convinced me to go back and revisit them! And also support the devs in the process.
Great video.
Great choice supporting them! One of the few devs that 100% pour all their effort into each game release. Ninja village is a great game! Great taste 👌
lol I did that too! I downloaded them for free. However I ended up buying their micro transactions for some of their games like Grand Prix 2
thank you for this beautiful video, i will now go back to my gaming roots 💛
Glad you enjoyed! It's where alot of my gaming started for sure, can relate!
Kairosoft are one of the only mobile companies that don’t mislead with fake gameplay ads.
Edit: Which is super rare. Almost every mobile game uses fake or overly polished gameplay to mislead.
That's such a great point! Their games are also super well priced, they have truly admirable game designers
i dont like yt recommendations knowing i used to love playing kairosoft games but this just hits me with nostalgia 😮
They are super nostalgic titles, especially the og ones for sure. The newer games still have that familiar but new feeling!
I never thought kairosoft games would ever get noticed. Love your tier list :3
Thank you so much! They absolutely deserve to be noticed and get as much attention as possible, their games are quality
Finally Bow finally gets the recognition he deserves w this video!Im more than happy to see this video of yours did so well and became the most viewed of the channel
Thank you so much for being an early supporter! It's loyal subscribers and support like yours that help the channel to exist!
Another algorithm W. Thanks for the great video!
Thanks for supporting the channel! Glad to hear you enjoyed it
I remember pulling all nighters playing Game Dev Story lol
Been there my friend, lost many a nights sleep trying to develop a better selling game sequel in game dev story
Someone finally made this tier list!!😊 I remember playing my first kairosoft game which is beastie bay, that game is my childhood❤ i like playing bonbon cakery the most❤
Glad you enjoyed it! Beastie Bay is an all time classic, Bonbon Cakery is fantastic too! I hope they made a Bonbon Cakery DX one day 🙏
Fav games:
- Grand Prix Story
- Pocket League 1
- Ninja Village
- Convenience Stories
Dislikes:
- Pocket academy series
- Cavern adventurers
Good titles that can be improved (if only the location were not static):
- World cruise story
- Station manager
- Shiny Ski Resort
- Jumbo Airport story
The four that you listed that could improve are so true, they would easily be list topping games if they had more area variations, hopefully in sequels!
You don't know how much this helps me. I tried the campground one and it's kinda hard in the mid-late game because, for the love of me, I can't seem to get the popularity of my campground right
Glad to hear it helped! Forest game story is a fantastic pick, I'm excited for when I revisit it for a video review. For more popularity my best advice is to have the campers elevated and surrounded by facilities then plants, each elevation level adds bonuses to the plants
I was just playing Heina City Story
It's a great game! I'm excited to review it and other upcoming Kairosoft games
Pizzeria games tier list when ?
( you know... after realized how many kairosoft games are they made, similiar with pizzeria's variation)
jokes aside... oh well.. thanks for your recommendation... few years ago im too hooked with dream house days and realizing how adicting those games in a good way.....
Thanks for watching! Oh man I used to play papa's pizzeria and freezeria so much when they were flash website games, good times
The first OH! Edo Town wasn't funny, but the second times you said it made me laugh so hard idk why 😂
Glad you enjoyed! It's a reference to my Oh! Edo Towns review on my channel. I love that it has an exclaimation mark in the game name
Forest Camp Story Ramen Sensei Convenience Stories r my favorite
I play all 3 on my Nintendo Switch
Great picks! The switch is a great platform for Kairosoft games
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I’ve also have tried Burger Bristo and Cafe Master but sadly I never really didn’t get far into those 2
Lucky I can redownload them whenever I want to try again
Kairosoft games are not meant to be played simultaneously. I played since early 2010s and I play/replayed one or two kairosoft games per year.
Agreed! I enjoy playing one at a time before moving onto the next for sure
i loveeee kairosoft and a good majority of the games are available through google play pass for free which is super nice BUT wild park manager is not for some reason
i think it looks adorable and i rlly wanna try it but i cant justify spending that much on a mobile game 😭
I did see that! It's interesting some of them aren't on gamepass, keep an eye out for Google play store/steam/switch sales, all of the Kairosoft games often get discounted
Kairosoft should make Youkai related theme on their games, since Youkai in media is quite popular such as Inuyasha, Touhou Project, GeGeGe no Kitaro, Yokai Watch, etc
Wow great idea! That would have heaps of potential with how iconic their character designs are, I want this to happen now!
I hope they make an ice hockey sim soon. Doubtful because Japan sucks at hockey, but I can certainly dream 😂
An ice hockey sim game would be amazing! They are due to do another sports game soon as it has been a lot of releases since the last
I only played dream house days
Great pick! If you enjoyed it check out the other two Dream games, Dream Town Story and Dream Town Island
How did my algorithm know i love kairosoft and i never even searched for it here lmaooo
Hope you enjoyed! Got plenty of Kairosoft reviews on my channel and heaps upcoming
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Thank you for making a tier list of kairosoft games. Those games raised my childhood. I appreciate people making videos about them.
I'm in the same boat! Loved playing all their games when I was younger, thanks for watching!
I played a bunch of them. Man I feel sorry for you.
"Those games raised my childhood" is wrong. it should be, "I was raised on these games as kid"
Ngl, Kairosoft really gave me that Cozy spot that was missing, yes, there are games like Stardew, Spiritfarer, or things like the My Time Series (Portia/Sandrock), but Kairosoft, they're like another PopCap (very casual background), if you get the drift.
You put into words really well how unique their gameplay style is, they play like no other games imo
My time-series developer Pathea has a video game called Let's School. It's great, and if it's successful, hopefully, they'll grow their catalog of management games. When I played that game, it reminded me of Kairosoft's Pocket Academy games. Maybe the developers will be inspired to take inspiration from other Kairosoft games and create their own deeper interpretations.
I'm so glad someone else recognizes how cool kairosoft is.
There are a lot if Kairosoft players now! It's super exciting to see them grow lots with their massive expanding game library
It's funny that no matter how old we are, we all had the same sort of experiences when first finding the games. You mentioned being a young boy on an ipod touch with Gam Dev Story. I was Nearly out of college at that time, yet I was also glued to my iphone 3 playing FAR late into the night before I had class or work the next day. When I think back to college, a pretty defining thing I remember was playing various Kairosoft games in my downtime like when I was on the bus. I'm getting a bit closer now to 40 than I would like, but I still get pumped when a Kairosoft game is released. I have literally played them all, including the absolutely terrible side scrolling F2P insane cash grab one I can't even remember the name of.
I still get that similar excited feeling whenever a new release drops totally know how you feel! Their gameplay is just something else, so fun to unwind with playing their titles after a long day
I remember finding Bonbon Cakery at one of my lowest points in life. That game was so comforting and gave a sense of control during that moment, I just instantly became a fan! Kairosoft is amazing ❤
Bonbon Cakery is a fantastic title, the customisation of the food items is top notch! Hope the title gets a DX version one day
i remember going to the wiki so often to look at pastry combos to make new ones and feel so ecstatic to see new pastry designs when combining !!
Kairosoft been part of my life and phones ever since i found it back at 6th grade, i remember playing beastie bay on my Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and this was the first game that introduced me to the whole company.
I remember downloading the free mod version of the paid games and pay for the actual game later once i got my monthly allowance and once there's an update for the game as well.
I'm starting to think that Kairosoft might be my comfort company, but I'm still salty about all of the Japan-exclusive games they made as well as the gacha system ones, hopefully the newest one will be released globally as the JP version's already out.
They are super influential, agreed they just might be one of the best comfort game developers ever! The newer games will almost definitely be ported, there is typically a 2-4 month delay for the English releases
Game Dev Story is the GOAT. I remember playing this on the OG IPOD TOUCH too. Its legacy alone should have given it S+ status
It set a legacy for all the games to follow that's for sure. In my opinion the gameplay isn't as strong as some later titles, but I agree wholeheartedly about the impact it left
Never in my life had i ever thought i would be watching Kairosoft games tier list
Thanks for checking it out and watching! Hope you enjoyed it, I do Kairosoft game reviews on my channel aswell
Cruise Ship Story Lite (I didn't understand the concept of paid game yet) was an introduction to Kairosoft franchise for me.
The thing about Kairosoft games is how the never botched the English translation. I think yhey actually hire a team for that and not machine translating everything by themselves so every single words in English releases are making sense.
The best game for me is Dream House Days. The pacing in that game is just very good. You'll be able to experience every single possible things in the game just by playing it in one single save file, no secret routes or anything, just play it as long as possible and you'll be able to experience everything. It's not a game where you could easily get rich, there's a moment where you got a minus in front of your money. The ups and downs are pretty realistic, the events are very fun too. This is exactly how you suppose to do a tycoon game.
It's amazing they offer lite versions too, fantastic way to introduce people to the games. Dream House Days is one of my favourites too, I recently did a video review of it on my channel. Check out Dream Town Island if you haven't played, you will enjoy it if you liked Dream House Days
KAIROSOFT IS SO UNDERRATED SEEING THIS VIDEO MADE ME SO HAPPY-
They are in my opinion one of the most underrated gaming companies ever
I love all the food based games, but replayed forest camp story, golf planner, and pool slide story more than once, loved them
Great picks! Pool slide story is one of my personal favourites, forest golf planner is amazing too! Check out shiny ski resort if you haven't, very similar to forest golf planner
I used to live in a rural area with very limited access to internet and only owning a Samsung Galaxy Y (with its impressive 290mb of ram). So, after by chance I downloaded an APK of Game Dev Story I was hooked. A mobile game company, making long games with no IAP, charming art and around 10mb each!?!? I basically downloaded their entire library and binged their games nonstop. Nowadays I try to buy some of their releases even though I don't play them anymore, as a thanks and means of supporting the studio. (I'd kill for a kairobot plushie tho)
And even though the games are very similar to each other (mechanically-wise) each one of them still has a lot of attention to detail and own identity. I never get tired of seeing the different ways the NPCs interact with the world in each game.
Couldn't agree more about how unique all the NPC and world interactions that play out in each title are like you mentioned, that's what makes all of them super memorable
I am suprised to see kairosoft games on my recommend; i remember playing the dream house, diner, paper press, academy, shopping mall and racing related games of them like 7 years ago on my tablet. I remember they changed their lite and priced games on play store not so long ago. Watching this video made me hit nostalgia pretty quick. Thank you for tiering and reviewing them all.
Can relate I first played them on mobile when I was a kid too, they are super nostalgic to me aswell, glad I was able to envoke some nostalgia
Omg I used to play the older games back then, and I had no idea the franchise had grown so big now lmao. Will definitely be playing some of the S to A rank tier soon now that I have adult money. Great job on the video btw, I had fun listening and watching this entirely
70 titles now officially with the newest Japanese release 🙌 Thank you so much for watching it all, it really helps out channels like mine lots and I appreciate it greatly, enjoy your next Kairosoft game
What? Ninja village is not an S? I'm sad 😢
I'm planning to do a review of it on the channel soon, I agree that it got a bit harshly rated, one of my favourite of the RPG games for sure!
Really a underrated youtuber. It's really the few people that seem to talk about Kairosoft's wonderful games. Keep up the good work and congrats on 1K subs! I will enjoy the video :-)
Thank you so much! Kind comments like these mean the world to me, enjoy the video!
I was absolutely obsessed with Kairosoft games growing up, but haven’t thought about or played them in years. This video has piqued my interest in them again and I’ll definitely be watching the other Kairosoft vids on your channel. Great work!
Thanks so much for checking out my channel! You will have lots of new games to play with the new releases
Nice video. Just a suggestion from looking at your data, instead of just averaging the score from Apple, Google and Steam evenly, you should probably weight things by number of review on each platform. Just generally it looks like the vast majority of reviews in your data set are on Android and as such the ratings should probably reflect this. Just as an example Game Dev Story had over 75,000 reviews on android vs. just over 3,000 reviews on the other 2 platforms combined. That said, the actual community rating should probably look a lot closer to the android ratings.
This is a great point! I really like this idea, when I revisit a tierlist later on with newer 2024 titles and beyond released I'll definitely look into do this
World cruise story was my childhood I loved designing my own cruise ship
World Cruise Story is so underrated in my opinion, one of the best layout Kairosoft games imo
It’s so good!
I´m here after the announcement of Doraemon Dorayaki Shop! I love this type of games but didn´t knew Kirosoft existed neither knew any of the games. I´ll be trying lots of them in the following months :)
Thanks for checking out the video! I'll be covering a video review of Doraemon Dorayaki for my next video, so look forward to that! Hope you end up finding a new game from this video too
Totally did not go buy some kairosoft games after watching this video🤣
The Kairosoft effect! It's hard to play just a couple of them
I'm sorry but Dream House Days & Beastie Bay were the OG games I'm addicted with since their release ❤
Both amazing titles! I covered a video review of Dream House Days on my channel recently and Beastie Bay is an upcoming title
I’m so surprised march to a million is ranked so low, love that game!
I agree that it was rated pretty harshly, I really enjoy the premise but I feel like it was executed a bit poorly, hopefully they revisit it in a sequel one day
Oh wow I never thought I’d see a video on these games!! I remember playing pocket academy and magazine mogul a ton when I was in middle school!
Great picks! Pocket Academy has held up extremely well and is a beloved fan favourite
Little did we know that Kairosoft is playing their own real life version of Game Dev Story
Game Dev Story IRL goes hard 🔥 We making the game get to 1 million copies with this one
I absolutely adore Kairosoft games, been playing them since I was just a kid. Beastie bay is my number 1 favorite, but maybe that's just the nostalgia talking.
My second is Dream house days, I like filling the apartments with furniture. I wish they made a modern version of it with tons of new stuff.
Dream House Days DX recently released! It isn't the full sequel you described hoping we get that one day too, but it's a great step in the right direction with no in app purchases
Thank you for the video 😊 I remember seeing a Dungeon Village being reviewed harshly or a random Czech/Czechia 🇨🇿 Gaming magazine, but I gave it a try and 5€ to buy a copy anyways. And it was great! I then tried Ninja Village , and it's also great.
To this day, Ninja Village, UnCiv & Minecraft are the only 3 games installed on all of my devices 😅😅😅
Thank you for watching! Great picks, if you haven't already check out Dungeon Village 2 it's great
"VENTURE TOWNS?! in B TIER!?" was what I said when I havent finished the video yet. Also, BEASTIE BAY SHOULD BE ATLEAST S OR S+
Venture Towns is one of my favourites I had to bump it up in my personal rating. I'm excited to revisit Beastie Bay with the DX version, I think in my upcoming review video for it I will place it alot higher
hello there! thank you, really THANK YOU for this list, i have a hard love with Kairosoft games, like its my own first choice of grinding and chilling (...), seeing this might lure me back to their games tho 😂
Thanks for the encouragement I really appreciate it! Whenever I make time to revisit their games it's always such a treat
I love Kairosoft
Dream House Days is such a timeless game, all of the Dream series games are top notch 👌 I'm hoping for Beastie Bay 2 aswell considering Dungeon Village 2 was very popular
cafeteria nipponnica, dream house days and dungeon village always have a special place in my heart
Great picks! They are all highly rated titles by fans, the new Doraemon game is a great expansion of the Kairosoft food game genre
I'm 50 and new to video games. I've never played any of these, but look like the cozy kind of games I'm looking for. Thank you for this video!
Thank you for watching! If you're looking for cozy gameplay there's no better, enjoy the title if you pick up one!
bro dream house days was my first ever kairosoft game, memories hitting in ....
Dream House Days hits different! Still has the best room customisation features of any Kairosoft game imo
BEASTIE BAY MENTIONED!!! 🗣🗣🗣🗣 WHAT THE FUCK IS A BAD MONSTER COLLECTING GAME???
Simply does not exist, they are all peak
Game Dev Story was my first Kairosoft game, and THE game that made me a fan of their works. And I really hope they’ll make a sequel to that classic.
They released a sequel in Japanese only that is yet to be translated! I covered that in my Untranslated Kairosoft Games video, Social Sim Dev is similar to a sequel, but I hope there's a true Game Dev Story 2 one day aswell
I remember when Quest Town had lots of players but now the towns are ghost towns with only the Japanese servers having real people :(
Quest Town really got done dirty by the freemium model and bad reviews, hoping one day they consider a DX or sequel as it has so much potential
@@WowItsBow I agree with the DX version but it will be tricky to balance with the gacha system they have. I went back into the game awhile ago and noticed I only got the S weapon and shield I so wanted only after being gone for like weeks. They may have upped the chances to keep return players. It's now almost a dead game though.
I honestly believe that High Sea Saga DX is criminally underrated. It has significantly more content than the average Kairosoft game but got many harsh reviews because of the stamina system it still has after moving away from the freemium model.
I agree the free to play games definitely had harsh user reviews due to the free 2 play mechanics. I will be reviewing High Sea Saga DX on the channel soon!
I really love how you explained each game and how genuinely enthusiastic you sound. In my experience, the first game I played from their franchise was High Sea Saga, and is still by far my favorite game from them. I’ll
be trying some of their games thanks to you and this video. I’ll subscribe
Thank you so much for the kind words! I appreciate the support heaps, High Sea Saga is a great title, even better with the recent DX re-release
I have 20 of their games it’s always been a comforting and relaxing to play never thought so many ppl had an interest in it
There's no game series more comforting, they're the best!
This is one of my fave vids now😌 kairosoft has been with me for 15years now
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Plenty of other Kairosoft video reviews on my channel and more to come
I can't believe someone is talking about kairosoft games on youtube
Have been having a blast revisiting all the games for the video reviews, cant wait to complete them all again!
Beastie Bay was my first and favorite from theirs. It's sad that it still has translation issues even in the DX version.
Beastie Bay is great! Hope they expand it one day, its one of their first titles
@@WowItsBow they should take notes from how Kemco made a successor to Band of Monsters with Monster Viator. Basically just build upon the game instead of a whole new one. Monster Viator wasn't as fun and the monsters was way less.
I hope they make a zombie apocalypse concept
I would really like to see a zombie Kairosoft too, so much potential
What an epic compilation! This must have taken ages! Congrats on 1k subs too, well deserved and will only explode upwards
Thank you heaps! Plenty of exciting stuff coming up
Omg someone talking about kairosoft? I’ve been playing their games since the early 2010s, but I’ve always been the only person I know who knows what I’m talking about. It’s cool that there’s a RUclipsr talking about them!
Same here I fell in love with their games as soon as I played Game Dev Story in 2010 like you mentioned! Their games are timeless
After kairosoft came out with pocket academy i played the crap out of the game and bought basically all of them. Pity they are so expensive now but its better than having in game purchases
Pocket Academy is one of my all time favourites too, it just drew me in from the start and I couldn't put it down. Definitely try Pocket Academy 3 if you haven't already!
Ah, Kairosoft games are quite the memory of mine, I've played like a lot of their more prestigious titles in my youth. Can't forget about storming the entire Japan in Ninja Village, watching the crews fight monsters in live action in Dungeon Village and...spamming an obscene amount of gold leaf and truffles in my recipes in Cafeteria Nipponica (something tells me it's not practical or legal).
Still waiting for Let's Game It Out to pick up any of the games and tear them into shreds lol, gotta be funny
Such amazing games, my favourite thing about them is what you pointed out; how versatile and diverse all of their game library is. There is a game type for everyone!
Me, and my family (siblings and cousins) grew up with kairosoft (im 21 now lol) I'm glad people are now recognizing them, their games will always have special place in our hearts🥺💗
Thanks heaps for watching I appreciate it! Their newest game was featured in the Japanese Nintendo Direct, exciting time to be a Kairosoft fan!
I stumbled on this Dev for phone and was pleased to see numerous titles on Steam. They produce some nice leisurely games. Good on ya for reviewing them.
The steam copies are the best way to experience them imo, was so glad that they finally started to get ported all these years later
Oh the hours I've spent on Skyforce...
I've never actually seen people talking about kairosoft
Skyforce is definitely an underrated and lesser appreciated title, hope it gets a DX version one day!
69k views 😉 good job mate
Thanks for supporting the channel! And putting an extra set of cat eyes on the video 🐈
I want them to remake Beastie Bay with the newer monsters added to the game and more functionality. I still play BB religiously to this day but damn does it get old fast.
With the success of the original Beastie Bay being one of their most played titles and the recently released Beastie Bay DX, I'm hoping for a full Beastie Bay 2 release too 🙏
Kairosoft games be like: same assets, same styles, almost exactly the same gameplay principles yet 9++ HOURS STRAIGHT OF SATISFYING FIRST PLAYTIME. FOR. EACH. GAME.
Regardless of their tier, their games are truly the philosophical embodiment of a "fun video game".
Exactly! Couldn't agree more, they are all so fun in their own right and there are so many creative games
im sending this straight to my friend who got me into kairosoft games
Thanks for supporting the channel! Hope you enjoyed it
Really enjoyed the video. I'll definitely check out few games, thank to this. Especially the Tropical resort Island.
Tropical Resort Island is a quality title! Can't go wrong
Pocket Academy is the only Kairosoft game I've ever played, and I'm not surprised that it's the top here because I'm having trouble finding another Kairosoft game to play after it.
Pocket Academy is a great title! If looking for a similar experience I would recommend Dream Town Island and Home Run High
Omg I got Pocket academy years ago cause it was free once. I love it!
The Pocket Academy series is great! Definitely check out Pocket Academy 3 if you haven't already
woah, such a game from 90s,
it still relevant to the market today.
Crazy how often they are still releasing! The newer games have the old feel but great modern features
@@WowItsBow Agree. Therefore, the graphic style of kairosoft, make the game "feels like" game.
or..hm, feels like nds??
I always comeback to kairosoft games!
Same here! Everytime I return to playing them I always get hooked and end up playing heaps
Coming back after playing a few Kairosoft games at your recommendations, and I've added Dream Park Story and Tropical Resort Story to my wishlist!
Thanks for revisiting! Tropical Resort Story is one of my all time favourites you can't go wrong with that. Dream Park Story is a solid entry too, the multi block rides are so fun to customise
Can you recommend which kairosoft games with no in-app purchase?
Absolutely! Steer clear of the free titles to avoid in-app purchases, I would recommend Hot Springs Story 2, Dream Town Island, Pocket Academy 3 and Tropical Resort Story
this speaks to me deeply considering i was obsessed with these games back then
You and me both, every title always offers something new which amazes me 70+ games later
I've known these games for over a decade and recently started to get them all on the nintendo switch so this list helps a lot to cross them all off! This video has been such a nostalgia blast
Thanks for checking it out! I have a lot of the switch copies too, as they are great for portability. The switch games also have a lot of free demos too, even mobile and steam don't have that!
Just putting this here before watching to say that Bonbon Cakery is peak and I hope it gets a good ranking. I might have a lotta nostalgia for it but I still think I could play it for hours on end should I re-download it.
Really hope it gets a DX version, my only gripe is that it is locked to vertical mode and contains ads
Hey there! Would you say that this list applies to the PS4 versions aswell?
Yes absolutely! There aren't any differences for console/pc ports compared to mobile other than mobile being touchscreen, so you can pick whatever platform you like best
@@WowItsBow thanks a ton for the quick reply and the Video as a whole!
such a niche video, very glad it ended up in my feed!
I'm glad you found it! Hope you enjoyed the list
Honestly, already guessing dream house day gonna be the most reviewed. It also the first kairosoft title game i've ever played and it holds such a memory of me want to be an architect (unfortunately, i'm not interested to being one anymore)
About the tier list, damn march to million and pocket arcade story at D? While i can see the reason for pocket arcade because the fighting can be annoying but march million?? At least put in C if it was my ranking
Also i probably gonna swap the magician saga with basketball club story. Overall i probably agreed with your ranking especially the ninja village. Although it's been a while since i played any newer kairosoft games, i'm glad they still stand on their ground in the current mobile market. They are one of the OG gamedevs that still true to themselves
You're on the money with dream house days being the most reviewed! Great thoughts, always love hearing peoples own rankings. Couldnt agree more with your praise on Kairosofts design staying true to themselves. If you pick up a newer game you will be happy to see their games are as amazing as the originals
Honestly i was mad when Ninja Village & World Cruise didnt get an S, and i skipped to the end because World Cruise got a B but in the end you put in on S (thankfully) like... If that game wasn't a S tier there wouldn't be a lot of copycat lol for WCS but ninja village is just straight best no one can copy that🔥 and yeah kinda sad you didn't put beastie bay in S since it was a free and really have a long enjoyable gametime
World Cruise Story is severely underrated imo, it doesn't get talked about enough sadly. I will revisit this list again when I have completed all of the public reviews on my channel, it's likely the RPG ones will bump up a bit as the app store ratings are seemingly more harsh towards that genre
i think we can all agree that we want a ninja village 2
Beastie Bay was my favourite because I like monster collector games and I was looking for one to spend my time.
Is surprising how the manga and anime studio games where so low, but I think I know why.
People when playing as a anime studio simulator wants to make their own Naruto or DragonBall from the get go, but the games always start limiting you so much, even if you mix the needed features, there always get low scoring from lack of quality or recognition, which frustrate players a lot. Something like that happend to me while playing Game Dev Tycoon, where I wanted to make a farming game, but got a very low score because I´ve combined Farming with depth character dialogue rather than inmersive gameplay, but that´s because when making it I was thinking of it more like Harvest Moon rather than Farming Simulator.
In short some combinations just doesn´t make sense for many people, making anything about anime or videogame studios not as appealing as there should.
Thanks for watching! Beastie Bay is also one of my favourites as I'm a big fan of Pokemon. Great points on manga/anime studio story, I agree 100% I found them to be very limiting in the story creation aspect which was a bit disappointing as you mentioned, you can only select the overlying themes which doesn't personalise it a huge amount. They also are just extremely similar gameplay wise to Game Dev Story, if in future they make a new anime/manga game I hope they make more customisation for the writing and story aspects similar to Silver Screen Story
Omg kairosoft was my childhood i use to play bonbon cakery 24/7, farming sim, that one apartment thing people, and that one uhh game where u go through the seas where it’s like catching pokemon. Those we’re my favorites, and sorry it’s been so long i don’t remember some of their names loll
Anyway it’s nice to see this video cus i dont think i ever once saw anyone talk about kairosoft games. + I think they’re def my first cozy games too before I got addicted to Stardew Valley and Animal Crossing. It all started with Kairosoft and im glad the company is still making games lol
High Sea Saga is the seas one, great choice! It recently got a new DX version release. 100% agree that they are the coziest titles
Mann this vids suddenly come in my front page, Or is my phone new that i spent a lot of time playing kairosoft's??? Internet is scary
Looks like it got suggested at just the right time! Hope it helps finding a new title to pickup
@@WowItsBow thanks. Yeah i think i nees to find another title game yeah.. Btw W content bro keepit up