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Suikoden

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First release
Dec 15, 1995
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure, Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Fantasy
Platforms
Sega Saturn, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable

Suikoden is a Japanese-style role-playing game with several unusual additions. There are three kinds of combat in the game, the most common one being the traditional turn-based party combat (players can have up to six people in their active party). Magic runes can be equipped on the player's characters which allow limited usage of offensive and healing spells. There are also a few army battles, where the player must control whole units of fighters, archers, magicians, etc., and one-on-one fights (duels).

Also known as Gensō Suikoden, Gensou Suikoden

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Storyline
Loosely based on the classic medieval Chinese novel Water Margins, the game is a fantasy RPG set in an imaginary universe, its main theme being political struggle. The hero of the game is the young son of Theo McDohl, a general who serves the Scarlet Moon Empire, presently controlling the land of Toran. Through a series of events the hero becomes involved in a rebellion against the Empire, led by an organization known as the Liberation Army. Will the hero find a new home there, will he be able to tear himself away from everything that has been sacred to him, including his own father?Read more

Loosely based on the classic medieval Chinese novel Water Margins, the game is a fantasy RPG set in an imaginary universe, its main theme being political struggle. The hero of the game is the young son of Theo McDohl, a general who serves the Scarlet Moon Empire, presently controlling the land of Toran. Through a series of events the hero becomes involved in a rebellion against the Empire, led by an organization known as the Liberation Army. Will the hero find a new home there, will he be able to tear himself away from everything that has been sacred to him, including his own father?

Release dates
PlayStation
Dec 15, 1995
PlayStation
Dec 23, 1996
PlayStation
Mar 14, 1997
All 10 release dates
Sega Saturn
Sep 17, 1997
PlayStation
1997
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Mar 26, 1998
PC (Microsoft Windows)
1998
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 1999
PlayStation 3
Dec 23, 2008
PlayStation Portable
Dec 23, 2008
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
based on - book, playstation network, digital distribution, psone classics, playstation tv support
… All 6, backwards compatibility

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Critic Score
93
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Languages

  • Englishinterface
  • 日本語interface
IGDB · recorded 13 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 13 Oct 2026