Rance (series)

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Rance
The cover of the first game of the Rance series, Rance – Quest for Hikari –.
Genre(s)	Role-playing game
Developer(s)	AliceSoft
Publisher(s)	AliceSoft
Platform(s)	PC-8800 series, PC-9800 series, X68000 series, FM Towns series, Microsoft Windows
First release	Rance – The Quest For Hikari – 15 July 1989
Latest release	Rance X – Showdown – 23 February 2018
Spin-offs	Brutal King Rance

Rance is an eroge role-playing video-game series created, developed, and published by AliceSoft.^[1] It is the longest-running erotic video game series in history, with nearly 30 years between the first game and the conclusion of the series. The first installment, Rance: The Quest for Hikari, was released in 1989, while the last main-series game, Rance X: Showdown, was released in 2018.^[2]

The Rance series follows the titular character, Rance, as he saves a number of kingdoms, defeats demon invaders, and causes mischief in the in-game world, known as "The Continent". He has appeared in most of the main series games as the playable character, accompanied by his loyal slave, Sill Plain. The main series has ten main games, with two spin-offs following the event of Rance IV, the original canon concluding with Kichikuou Rance (Brutal King Rance). In addition, the first three games, Rance: The Quest for Hikari, Rance II: The Rebellious Maidens, and Rance III: The Fall of Leazas were remade in the late 2000s and early 2010s, to better fit into the main canon.