Shining (video game series)

Shining
Genre(s)Role-playing
Developer(s)Climax Entertainment
Sonic! Software Planning
Camelot Software Planning
Nextech
Grasshopper Manufacture
Amusement Vision
Neverland
Flight-Plan
Media.Vision
Studio Saizensen
Publisher(s)Sega
Atlus
Infogrames Entertainment, SA
THQ
Platform(s)various
First releaseShining in the Darkness
29 March 1991 (1991-03-29)
Latest releaseShining Resonance Refrain
29 March 2018 (2018-03-29)

The Shining (シャイニング, Shainingu) series is a name of role-playing video games published by Sega, who owns the property. The first game, Shining in the Darkness, was a first-person dungeon crawler with randomly encountered, turn-based battles (comparable to Wizardry and Might and Magic). The next game released in the series was Shining Force, which was a turn-based strategy style tactical role-playing game with battle scenes acted out with sprites (comparable to Fire Emblem). Other directions include Shining Soul, a dungeon crawl action role-playing game with roguelike elements, and a number of traditional Japanese role-playing games. Shining Resonance Refrain was released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Steam PC and Nintendo Switch worldwide across 2018.