What Kenshin video games are there?
Five games of his own across fifteen years, and a second life in Jump’s crossover arenas.
Kenshin’s dedicated games track the franchise’s own eras: two PlayStation titles while the anime aired, a PlayStation 2 return for the Kyoto arc, and two PSP fighters built for anniversaries. All five were Japan-only releases. Between them, Kenshin and Shishio became fixtures of the Jump crossover fighters, which is where most players outside Japan have actually controlled him.
THE FIVE
1996 to 2012Ishin Gekitōhen · PlayStation · November 29, 1996
A 3D fighter in the early Tekken mould, developed by Zoom and published by Sony Computer Entertainment, replaying the anime’s first arc through the Oniwabanshū.
Jūyūshi Inbō Hen · PlayStation · December 18, 1997
The odd one, and the interesting one: an RPG starring two original protagonists of its own, with Kenshin’s cast in support, rather than Kenshin himself.
Enjō! Kyōto Rinne · PlayStation 2 · September 13, 2006
A 3D fighter built entirely around the Kyoto arc, released eight years after the anime ended, on the strength of the manga’s continuing sales.
Saisen · PSP · March 10, 2011
A 2D fighter from Namco Bandai for the anime’s fifteenth anniversary, drawing its roster from the full manga.
Kansei · PSP · August 30, 2012
The sequel fighter, arriving with the first live-action film’s summer.
THE CROSSOVERS
Jump’s arenasJump Super Stars and Ultimate Stars
Nintendo DS, 2005 and 2006: Kenshin among the Jump roster in the platform-fighters that defined the form.
J-Stars Victory VS and Jump Force
The arena era: Kenshin and Shishio both playable in Jump Force (2019), the Battōsai rendered at last in modern 3D.