Gust Corporation

Gust Corporation is a Japanese game studio founded in 1993 in the city of Nagano. The studio specializes primarily in developing Japanese RPGs (JRPGs) with an emphasis on intricate stories, alchemy, item crafting, and a distinctive anime visual style. Since 2011, it has been part of Koei Tecmo.

The studio gained its greatest popularity thanks to the long-running Atelier series, which ranks among the most successful JRPG franchises and offers a unique combination of world exploration, combat, and alchemy. Other well-known titles include Blue Reflection, Ar tonelico, Ar nosurge, Nights of Azure, Fairy Tail, and Atelier Ryza, one of the best-selling games in the studio’s history.

Games from Gust Corporation are known for their well-developed characters, emotional stories, extensive equipment crafting system, and pleasant atmosphere. Thanks to its distinctive style, the studio has gained millions of fans around the world and is among the most prominent developers of modern JRPGs.

Today, Gust Corporation is one of the key studios within Koei Tecmo and continues to develop new entries in the Atelier series as well as other original Japanese RPGs for PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PC.