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Game developer jobs in Japan: gameplay, engine, design and backend roles at game studios

622 open game development roles at 99 companies in Japan: Game programming and gameplay (227), Backend, platform and tools (200), AI and data (52), QA and testing (22), Art, UI and UX design (48), Product and leadership (33). None of them states a citizenship or security-check demand. 1 mention relocation support.

Rebuilt 25 Oct 2026
open roles
622
companies
99
open to any nationality
100%
median stated pay
$48k

Studios hiring

StudioOpen rolesAny nationalityRelocation
Cygames74100%
Nintendo Systems37100%
DeNA32100%
Donuts26100%
CAPCOM23100%
MIXI22100%
Aiming18100%
Mirrativ18100%
Game Freak17100%
CyberAgent16100%
TENDA Games16100%
Bandai Namco Studios15100%
REALITY13100%
Applibot12100%
SEGA12100%

Newest roles

AltPlus
altplus.co.jp
altplus.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Game Development • Mobile Games • Est. 2010 • Trust B • Hiring 8, 1 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Game Development • Mobile Games • Est. 2010 • Trust B • Hiring 8, 1 new
AltPlus is a Japanese company that plans, develops and operates social and mobile games and supports the development and operation of IT services. It had 188 consolidated employees in June 2026 and hires UI motion designers, lead server engineers, tech leads and project managers for new Unity mobile game titles. The company is headquartered in the Sunshine 60 building in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, Japan.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 1 hour ago 2 days ago Hiring now · 86%

サーバエンジニア（新規ゲーム案件）
$388k – $776k per year • In office (Tokyo, Japan)
PHP
PHP
Laravel
PHPUnit
Pest
Databases
SQLite
TiDB
Amazon Aurora
MySQL
DevOps
GitHub
AWS
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Open 215 daysVerified live · 1 hour ago 7 months ago Long shot · 3%

新規モバイルゲーム開発｜UI演出・UIモーションデザイナー（2D/Unity）
In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
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Bandai Namco Nexus
bandainamco-nexus.co.jp
bandainamco-nexus.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Game Development • Mobile Games • Hiring 3, 1 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Game Development • Mobile Games • Hiring 3, 1 new
Bandai Namco Nexus is a company of the Bandai Namco group that connects the group's many businesses to strengthen relationships with fans of its intellectual properties. Its data technology department builds the data platform behind services of group companies spanning toys, hobby products, stores and digital entertainment, and it hires data engineers. The company is based in Tokyo, Japan.
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Verified live · 2 hours ago 3 days ago Hiring now · 86%

データアナリスト
$39k – $52k per year • In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
SQL
Python
Databases
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
Jupyter Notebook
OpenAI
Copilot
DevOps
Azure
Analytics
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Open 937 daysTop 25% pay 2 years ago Long shot · 3%

リードデータエンジニア
$574k – $993k per year • In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
Python
Databases
Google BigQuery
AI/ML
OpenAI
Copilot
LLM
DevOps
Datadog
Google GKE
GitHub Actions
Ansible
GitHub
Terraform
GCP
Azure
CI/CD
AWS
Kubernetes
Analytics
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Koei Tecmo
koeitecmo.co.jp
koeitecmo.co.jp • HQ: Yokohama, Japan • Game Development • Mobile Games • Est. 2009 • Hiring 11, 1 new
HQ: Yokohama, Japan • Game Development • Mobile Games • Est. 2009 • Hiring 11, 1 new
Koei Tecmo is a Yokohama game company formed in 2009 from the merger of Koei and Tecmo. It publishes the Dynasty Warriors, Nioh, Atelier and Dead or Alive series and licenses its Warriors formula to other publishers. The company also develops games under contract for Nintendo and other partners.
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 4 days ago Hiring now · 90%

AIソリューションエンジニア（品質管理・業務効率化推進） 日吉
In office (Yokohama, Japan)
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Verified live · 3 hours ago 9 days ago Hiring now · 80%

社内システムエンジニア（サーバー環境） 日吉
In office (Yokohama, Japan)
Windows
Linux
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9 more roles at Koei Tecmo
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MIXI
mixi.co.jp
mixi.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Mobile Games • Social Networks • Est. 1997 • Trust A • Hiring 28, 6 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Mobile Games • Social Networks • Est. 1997 • Trust A • Hiring 28, 6 new
MIXI is a Tokyo company founded in 1997 whose social networking service defined the early Japanese web before it became a games company. Its Monster Strike title is one of the highest grossing mobile games ever released in Japan, and the group also runs sports betting, family communication apps and a professional football club. The company continues to develop communication focused products alongside entertainment.
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 4 days ago Likely open · 62%

21085【ミニモ】UI/UX Designer［cr］
$543k – $858k per year • In office (Tokyo, Japan)
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Top 25% payVerified live · 3 hours ago 4 days ago Likely open · 62%

11178【ミニモ】サーバーサイドエンジニア［en］
$630k – $858k per year • In office (Tokyo, Japan)
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CyberAgent
cyberagent.co.jp
cyberagent.co.jp • HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Mobile Games • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Advertising • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1998 • Trust D • Hiring 142, 7 new
HQ: Tokyo, Japan • Mobile Games • Streaming & OTT Platforms • Advertising • 1001-5000 employees • Est. 1998 • Trust D • Hiring 142, 7 new
CyberAgent is a Tokyo internet company founded in 1998 that runs one of the largest digital advertising agencies in Japan. It operates the ABEMA streaming service, a substantial mobile game business through Cygames and other studios, and invests in artificial intelligence for advertising creative. The company develops its own advertising technology stack and media platforms in house.
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In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
C#
Game Dev
Unity
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Likely inactiveVerified live · 4 hours ago 5 months ago Long shot · 3%

【メディア事業部】Unityエンジニア/ WINTICKET
In office (Tokyo, Japan) • Full-Time
JavaScript
AI/ML
OpenCV
ONNX
TensorRT
PyTorch
Frontend
Three.JS
WebGPU
DevOps
GCP
AWS
Game Dev
Unity
Unreal Engine
Houdini
DOTween
HLSL
GLSL
Design
Blender
Maya
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140 more roles at CyberAgent
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Matrix
matrixsoft.co.jp
matrixsoft.co.jp • Tokyo • Trust C • Hiring 18, 4 new
Tokyo • Trust C • Hiring 18, 4 new
歌舞伎町から世界にエンタメを届けたい！多彩なジャンルのゲーム開発、パチンコ・パチスロの演出企画や映像制作をおこなう株式会社マトリックスの公式サイトです。.
Company page
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Verified live · 17 min ago 4 days ago Likely open · 62%

【ゲーム】背景モデラー
In office (Tokyo, Japan)
Unreal Engine
Substance 3D Designer
Design
Adobe Photoshop
Substance 3D Painter
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Verified live · 17 min ago 4 days ago Likely open · 62%

【ゲーム】キャラクターモデラー
In office (Tokyo, Japan)
Unreal Engine
Design
Adobe Photoshop
ZBrush
Substance 3D Painter
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16 more roles at Matrix
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All 622 game development roles in Japan

Skills these roles ask for

AWS 120C# 120C++ 120GitHub 109Slack 101GCP 92Python 84Unreal Engine 67MySQL 63Unity 59Git 51Adobe Photoshop 51TypeScript 48GitHub Actions 46Google BigQuery 44Copilot 44

Where the roles are

Tokyo 536Osaka 41Yokohama 14Nagoya 9Shinjuku 6Sapporo 4Beihai 3Toyonaka 3Kyoto 2Fukuoka 2

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Questions

Can a foreigner apply for these roles?

622 of the 622 roles here state no citizenship or security-check demand. A role that does says so in its advert, and the card marks it.

Which game studios hire most?

Cygames (74), Nintendo Systems (37), DeNA (32), Donuts (26), CAPCOM (23).

Which roles count as game developer jobs?

Every game design, gameplay, engine (Unity, Unreal, Godot), graphics and AR/VR role at any employer, and the backend, platform, AI, data, QA, art and product roles of the game studios - mobile, console and PC developers and publishers, esports and metaverse companies. Gambling and betting companies are left out.

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Source: 622 live postings on employers' careers boardsUpdated 25 Oct 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0