Sanzaru Games is a Video Game development company based in Foster City, California. Founded in November 2006, their name is a reference to the three wise monkeys, called the sanzaru in Japanese.
In their early years, they primarily worked on ports of existing games to new systems or rework them for less powerful hardware. Their original titles are considered Shovelware, perhaps a bit unfairly. While low budget, they are at least competently made. This is likely the reason that they have been picked up to work on a number of big name franchises such as Sonic the Hedgehog and the God of War series.
The company has since found it's niche in the VR market. After the release of the action-RPG Asgard's Wrath on the Oculus Rift to critical praise, the company was directly bought out by Oculus Studios in 2020. They released Asgard's Wrath 2 for the Meta Quest 2 and Meta Quest 3 in 2023, the latter being bundled with the game as a launch title.
Video games developed by this company:
- Ninja Reflex (2008; DS, Wii, Steam)
- Mystery Case Files: The Malgrave Incident (2011; Wii)
- Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (2013; PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita)
- Bentley's Hackpack (2013; PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita)
- Dark Manor (2013, iOS)
- Sonic Boom:
- Shattered Crystal (2014; Nintendo 3DS)
- Fire & Ice (2016; Nintendo 3DS)
- Ripcoil (2016; Oculus Rift)
- Tron RUN/r (2016; Steam, PlayStation 4, XBOX One)
- Marvel Powers United VR (2018; Oculus Rift)
- Asgard's Wrath (2020; Oculus Rift)
- Asgard's Wrath 2 (2023; Meta Quest 2/Meta Quest 3)
Video game ports handled by this company:
- Secret Agent Clank (2009; PlayStation 2)
- The Sly Collection (2010; PlayStation 3)
- The Sly Collection (2014; PlayStation Vita)
- God of War Collection (2014; PlayStation Vita)
- Spyro Reignited Trilogy (2018; Handled Year of the Dragon while Toys For Bob worked on Spyro the Dragon and Ripto's Rage!, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One)
