Hanako Games


Hanako Games is an independent video game development company founded by Georgina Bensley that develops PC games mostly involving female protagonists centered on fantasy- and anime-inspired style. Games on the site include Fatal Hearts, Cute Knight, Summer Session, and Science Girls. The website provides free demos for all of the games along with downloadable wallpapers. Hanako Games is an affiliate of Winter Wolves, Tycoon Games and sakevisual.
In 2015, Hanako Games started to publish visual novel games that were not originally written by them, and release them under the name Hanabira. The first game Sword Daughter was released on January 5, 2015. Originally, the story was a gamebook of the Dragontales series by Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz and was first published in the 1980s. In 2016, the game A Littly Lily Princess was released under the label of Hanabira. It is visual novel game with raising sim elements and based on the novel A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett.

History

Founder Georgina Bensley released a text adventure game in 2000 under the name Papillon. In 2005, Bensley released Cute Knight. While not Hanako Games's first release, it was their first to be redistributed by other companies.

Awards

In 2007, Hanako Games was awarded the top prize at , sponsored by the Casual Games Association.
Black Closet was named as a finalist for the Excellence in Narrative category for the 2016 Independent Games Festival.

Developed games

;as Hanako Games
Release DateTitleGenre
2003Charm SchoolRole-playing video game
2003Sweet DreamsAdventure game
2004PentagraphPuzzle video game
2004Classroom ChaosStrategy video game
2005Summer SchoolgirlsLife simulation game
2005Cute KnightRole-playing video game
2007Fatal HeartsVisual novel
2007Cute Knight DeluxeRole-playing video game
2008Summer SessionDating sim
2009Science Girls!Role-playing video game
2009Cute Knight KingdomRole-playing video game
2010Date WarpVisual novel
2011Magical DiaryLife simulation game
2012Long Live the QueenLife simulation game
2013The Royal TrapVisual novel
2015Black ClosetLife simulation game

;as Hanabira
Release DateTitleGenre
2015Sword DaughterVisual novel
2016A Little Lily PrincessDating sim
2017England Exchange – An International AffairDating sim