Gust Co. Ltd. (株式会社ガスト Kabushiki-gaisha Gasuto) is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for their Atelier Series and EXA_PICO series. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Koei Tecmo.
Gust Co. Ltd. was founded in 1993 in Nagano, Japan, as the first game software house in Nagano Prefecture. The company began by creating dôjinshi games for personal computers. Its first project was Story of King Ares (アレス王の物語) for the NEC personal computer. In 1994 the company became an official developer for the Sony PlayStation video game console, and its first PlayStation product was the simulation game Falkata (ファルカタ). In 1997, Gust released Atelier Marie, the first game in the long-running, popular, and iconic Atelier series. Since then the company has released several successful games for various home and portable video game systems.
On December 7, 2011, the financial news source Nikkei reported that Koei Tecmo had bought all shares of the company from the stakeholders for 2.2 billion yen with the intention to make social games of Gust's Atelier console role-playing game franchise. The company has since been fully merged into its new parent, and now exists only as a brand and internal team at Koei-Tecmo.
Games released in North America:
- Atelier Series
- Iris series
- Atelier Annie: Alchemists of Sera Island
- Mana Khemia series
- Arland series
- Dusk series
- Mysterious series
- Ryza series
- EXA_PICO series
- Nights of Azure series
- Blue Reflection series
- Fairy Tail (2020)
- Atelier series
- Salburg series
- Atelier Marie ~The Alchemist of Salburg~ (マリーのアトリエ ～ザールブルグの錬金術士～) - PlayStation, 05/23/1997
- Atelier Elie ~The Alchemist of Salburg 2~ (エリーのアトリエ ～ザールブルグの錬金術士2～) - PlayStation, 12/17/1998
- Atelier Lilie ~The Alchemist of Salburg 3~ (リリーのアトリエ ～ザールブルグの錬金術士3～) - PlayStation 2, 06/21/2001
- Atelier Marie & Elie ~The Alchemists of Salburg 1 & 2~ (マリー&エリーのアトリエ ～ザールブルグの錬金術士1・2～) - Sega Dreamcast, 11/15/2001
- Hermina and Culus ~Atelier Lilie Another Story~ (ヘルミーナとクルス) - PlayStation 2, 12/20/2001
- Atelier Marie, Elie, & Anis ~Message on the Breeze~ (マリー・エリー&アニスのアトリエ ～そよ風からの伝言～) (published by Banpresto) - Game Boy Advance, 01/24/2003
- Gramnad series
- Atelier Judie ~The Alchemist of Gramnad~ (ユーディーのアトリエ ～グラムナートの錬金術士～) - PlayStation 2, 06/27/2002
- Atelier Viorate ~The Alchemist of Gramnad 2~ (ヴィオラートのアトリエ ～グラムナートの錬金術士2～) - PlayStation 2, 06/26/2003
- Atelier Iris series
- Atelier Iris ~Eternal Mana~ (イリスのアトリエ ～エターナルマナ～) - PlayStation 2, 05/27/2004
- Atelier Iris ~Eternal Mana 2~ (イリスのアトリエ ～エターナルマナ2～) - PlayStation 2, 05/26/2005
- Atelier Iris ~Grand Fantasm~ (イリスのアトリエ グランファンタズム) - PlayStation 2, 06/29/2006
- Mana-Khemia series
- Mana-Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsushitachi~ (マナケミア 〜学園の錬金術士たち〜) - PlayStation 2, 6/21/2007
- Mana-Khemia 2 ~Ochita Gakuen to Renkinjutsuchitachi~ (マナケミア2 ~おちた学園と錬金術師たち~) - PlayStation 2, 05/29/2008
- Nintendo DS Atelier series
- Atelier Lise ~The Alchemist of Ordre~ (リーズのアトリエ ～オルドールの錬金術士～) - Nintendo DS, 04/19/2007
- Atelier Annie ~The Alchemist of Sera Island~ (アニーのアトリエ 〜セラ島の錬金術士〜) - Nintendo DS, 03/12/2009
- Atelier Lina ~The Alchemist of Strahl~ (リーナのアトリエ 〜シュトラールの錬金術士〜) - Nintendo DS, 12/22/2009
- Arland series
- Atelier Rorona ~The Alchemist of Arland~ (ロロナのアトリエ ～アーランドの錬金術士～) - PlayStation 3, 06/25/2009
- Atelier Totori ~The Alchemist of Arland 2~ (トトリのアトリエ ～アーランドの錬金術士 2～) - PlayStation 3, 06/24/2010
- Atelier Meruru ~The Alchemist of Arland 3~ (メルルのアトリエ ～アーランドの錬金術士 3～) - PlayStation 3, 06/23/2011
- Dusk series
- Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk (アーシャのアトリエ ～黄昏の大地の錬金術士～) - PlayStation 3, 06/28/2012
- Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (エスカ＆ロジーのアトリエ ～黄昏の空の錬金術士～) - PlayStation 3, 06/27/2013
- Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea
- Salburg series
- Ar tonelico series
- Ar tonelico ~Sekai no Owari de Utaitsudzukeru Shoujo~ (アルトネリコ 世界の終わりで詩い続ける少女) (Co-developed with Banpresto, published by Banpresto) - PlayStation 2, 01/26/2006
- Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujotachi no Metafalica (アルトネリコ２ 世界に響く少女たちの創造曲（メタファリカ）) - PlayStation 2, 10/25/2007
- Ar tonelico III: Sekai Shūen no Hikigane wa Shōjo no Uta ga Hajiku (アルトネリコ3 世界終焉の引鉄は少女の詩が弾く) - PlayStation 3, 01/28/2010
- Surge Concerto series
- Ciel nosurge: Ushinawareta Hoshi e Sasagu Uta (シェルノサージュ～失われた星へ捧ぐ詩～) - Play Station Vita, 04/26/2012
- Ar nosurge: Umareizuru Hoshi e Inoru Uta (アルノサージュ～生まれいずる星へ祈る詩～) - PlayStation 3, 03/06/2014
- Others
- Falcata ~Asutoran Pâdoma no Monshou~ (ファルカタ ～アストラン・パードマの紋章～)
- Mêrupurâna (メールプラーナ)
- Welcome House (ウエルカムハウス)
- Welcome House 2 (ウエルカムハウス2)
- Noir Yeux Noire -Cielgris Fantasm- (黒い瞳のノア)
- Karyuujou (火竜娘)
- Robin Lloyd no Bouken (ロビン・ロイドの冒険)
- Taishou Mononoke Ibunroku (大正もののけ異聞録)
- Hresvelgr (フレースヴェルグ) Released in Europe as "Jet Ion GP"
