Sucker Punch are a Washington-based developer that was founded in 1997, initially to work on an N64 game called Rocket: Robot on Wheels. Sony were impressed, so they funded SP's Sly Cooper trilogy for the PS2 and inFamous 1/2 on the PS3. After five great games under this partnership, Sony acquired the studio in 2011.
SP have since moved on from inFamous to 2020's Ghost of Tsushima. This third-person samurai action-adventure is the PS4's fastest-selling first-party debut at 2.4 million copies sold in 3 days. Tsushima then got a PS5 Director's Cut in 2021, which is currently SP's only released PS5 game. It added around 10 more hours of gameplay via a new island to explore and was even better critically received. A PS5 native version also helped sell 13 million copies by September 2024, making Tsushima extremely profitable.
Tsushima is Sucker Punch's best selling game, so it's not surprising that they've stuck with the IP for Ghost of Yōtei - a standalone sequel taking place 329 years later. Despite its recent September 2024 reveal, Yōtei is already coming out in October 2025.
As it's SP's second time with the IP, I predict Yōtei surpasses Tsushima critically because they can now refine the already successful formula. The larger PS5 install base means Yōtei will surpass the Tsushima DC commercially too. Finally, due to the length of game development with how far we're into the PS5 lifecycle, I also imagine Yōtei is SP's final PS5 game.
Genre: Action-Adventure
Release Date: August 20, 2021
Days Since Their Last Game: 400
Metacritic Score: 87
Genre: Action-Adventure
Release Date: October 2, 2025
Days Since Their Last Game: 1505
Metacritic Score: N/A