All Kingdom Hearts games in order, by release date and chronologically

For some, the Kingdom Hearts franchise has some of the best games of all time. For others, they’re an incomprehensible mess of subtitles, timelines, and multiple people having the same name. In reality, both are true, but the latter can be easily solved by simply playing through the games in the proper order.

Of course, Square Enix hasn’t made that easy, with a naming convention that defies all logic and games that jump between almost every platform. Thankfully, the games have since been consolidated into a bundle on consoles and Steam to at least put them all in one package to get players ready for when Kingdom Hearts 4 eventually comes out. If you have that game on your most-anticipated upcoming games list, or simply have always wanted to dive in but don’t know where to start, let us be your guiding key.

All Kingdom Hearts games in release order

The Kingdom Hearts franchise has been going strong since 2002 with some of the best PlayStation 2 games and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. Thanks to all the subtitles and rereleases with changed names, it might look like there are a lot more games than there really are. To make things simple, we will only list the first version of a game released and note when there was an updated version later.