Games by Established Artists

Titles which were designed, produced, directed, or contributed heavily to by artists with established careers or fine arts backgrounds outside of video games. Titles like Peter Gabriel: Eve do not count as they are made in association with an artist rather than with their direct involvement.

Notes state the artist(s) and their career outside of the games here, though there may be overlap of course.

Escape from Woomera Collective
Art activist collective
Prize Budget for Boys/Michael Jones
Visual artist collective
Range Murata
Artist, designer
Diana Hamilton
Author, poet
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Natalie Bookchin
Media artist
Jon Thomson & Alison Craighead
Multimedia artists
Jane Veeder
Digital artist, filmmaker
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor
Neil Gaiman
Author, screenwriter
Jon Bois
Speculative fiction writer, producer
John O'Neill
Interactive artist
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Laurie Anderson
Performance artist

Hsin-Chien Huang
Mixed media artist
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Artist collective
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer

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Jodi (Joan Heemskerk, Dirk Paesmans)
Internet artists
Clive Barker
Novelist, playwright, film director, visual artist
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Yuji Himukai
Illustrator, hentai artist
Gerald V. Casale
Musician, composer, director
Mark Mothersbaugh
Musician, composer, visual artist
Pierre Taki
Musician, actor
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Yosuke Kihara
Illustrator
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Robert De Niro
Producer, actor

Mark Ryden
Painter
Jaron Lanier
Visual artist
Bill Viola
Video/new media artist
H.R. Giger
Painter, sculptor, set designer, film director
James Ludtke
Visual artist
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor

Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Jaron Lanier
Visual artist
Masamune Shirow
Mangaka
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Ted Skolnick
Multimedia artist
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Animator, character designer

Stand-in for series
Yuji Himukai
Illustrator, hentai artist
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
James Ludtke
Visual artist
Takatsuna Senba
Animator
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Range Murata
Artist, designer

Yoshitoshi ABe
Graphic artist
Takatsuna Senba
Animator
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist

Kiri Matsuura
Computer artist
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Cyriak Harris
Animator, composer, artist, author
Range Murata
Artist, designer

Stand-in for series
Screaming Mad George/Joji Tani
Special effects artist, director, musician
Pierre Taki
Musician, actor
Range Murata
Artist, designer
Takatsuna Senba
Animator
Don Bluth
Animator, director
Range Murata
Artist, designer
Douglas Adams
Author, humourist
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Pierre Taki
Musician, actor
Osamu Sato
Digital artist, photographer, composer
Toshiyuki Kubooka
Animator, character designer

Stand-in for series
Takeshi Kitano
Filmmaker, authour, actor
Tomomi Sakuba
Surrealist, computer artist
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Musician, actor, producer
Don Bluth
Animator, director
H.R. Giger
Painter, sculptor, set designer, film director
Stephen Spielberg
Director, producer, screenwriter
Kousuke Fujishima
Mangaka
Kousuke Fujishima
Mangaka

Stand-in for series through to Tales of Berseria
Clive Barker
Novelist, playwright, film director, visual artist
Yosuke Kihara
Illustrator
Onono Imoko
Hentai artist, illustrator
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
The Designers Republic
Graphic design studio/collective
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
The Designers Republic
Graphic design studio/collective
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
Toshio Iwai
Interactive and installation artist
Clive Barker
Novelist, playwright, film director, visual artist
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
The Designers Republic
Graphic design studio/collective
Yuji Himukai
Illustrator, hentai artist

Stand-in for series
Keita Takahashi
Illustrator, playground designer
Don Bluth
Animator, director
Kousuke Fujishima
Mangaka

Stand-in for series

Tite Kubo
Mangaka
(2019 only)
Stephen Spielberg
Director, producer, screenwriter
Kousuke Fujishima
Mangaka

Yasuhiro Nightow
Mangaka
Yoshihide Fujiwara
Mangaka

Yoshinori Kobayashi
Mangaka

Osamu Ishiwata
Mangaka

Yumi Tamura
Mangaka

Ryouji Minagawa
Mangaka

Gosho Aoyama
Mangaka, author

Kazuhiko Shimamoto
Mangaka
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Manga artist, character designer
Mitsuru Nakamura/326
Graphic artist, poet
Tsunku/つんく♂
Songwriter, producer

Stand-in for series
Rodney Greenblat
Graphic artist, sculptor

Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Thom Yorke
Musician

Stanley Donwood
Artist
Masaya Matsuura
Composer, multimedia artist
Harlan Ellison
Author, screenwriter
Stephen Spielberg
Director, producer, screenwriter

19 Comments


1 year ago

would the rhythm heaven series count because of Tsunku's hand in development?

1 year ago

Absolutely, added

1 year ago

Add Medal of Honor 1 and both Boom Blox games for the Wii. Steven Spielberg produced all three of those.

1 year ago

elden ring's world building was done by GRRM

1 year ago

Ryuichi Sakamoto wrote the scenario and all the music for L.O.L.: Lack of Love

1 year ago

Added with the exception of Elden Ring as his contribution to the game was only the 'mythos' of the game, he did not write the story itself.
diana hamilton's dreams, bill belichick offseason simulator

1 year ago

Going Down by Cyriak Harris

1 year ago

Down bad in the "hentai artist" row

1 year ago

Does Mother trilogy belongs here? As fas as I know, Shigesato Itoi has been a writer since way before the games. Although I think most of it was non-fiction?
@LSW Help me out here, please. XD

1 year ago

@CDX If copywriters fall into the category of artists, then Yes.
Gitaroo man, by Mitsuru Nakamura aka 326
does that count?

1 year ago

tomomi sakuba was the art director of garage: bad dream adventure, and he has published various artwork of surrealism priorly and after the release of the game

1 year ago

Added all of these except Itoi's ouevre

1 year ago

The dragons lair games and space ace for don bluth's involvement

1 year ago

9: The Last Resort might qualify: Robert De Niro executive produced, art direction by Mark Ryden

1 year ago

@LSW Thanks a bunch! I had no idea he was a copywriter, or what a copywriter even was for that matter. lol Until I wikipediad the term just now, I mean. There's not a word for that in pt-BR. =P

1 year ago

maestro, mike oldfield
gaball screen, tetsuya komuro

5 days ago

Anything by Squanch Games i.e High on Life (Justin Roiland, yikes) and Furi (Takashi Okazaki)


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