Franchise file / Yoshitaka Murayama
Suikoden
108 stars, one war
Konami's political RPG franchise, created by Yoshitaka Murayama and launched in 1995. Loosely drawn from Water Margin, it follows wars, True Runes and the 108 Stars of Destiny.
- 1995
- First game
- 1
- Series
- Yoshitaka Murayama
- Creator
One world. Many eras.
Choose your chapter
The Murayama years. Murayama shaped the first three games, from the 1995 original to Suikoden III. He left Konami shortly before the third game shipped.
Start with Suikoden IIYour next late night
The essentials
A legacy worth revisiting
Raise an army, one friend at a time.
Suikoden takes its bones from the Chinese novel Water Margin: rebellion, corruption and 108 destined heroes gathering under one banner. Recruiting them is the hook, and the politics give it weight. Few RPGs make a war feel this personal.
- 1995 to 2002
- The Murayama years
- 2004 to 2012
- After Murayama
Scenes that stay with you
Inside the world
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