Azur Lane
- Genres
- Shooter Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Strategy Tactical Adventure Visual Novel
- Platforms
- Android · iOS
- Release
- Android May 25, 2017 iOS May 25, 2017 Android Sep 14, 2017 iOS Sep 14, 2017 iOS Aug 02, 2018 Android Aug 16, 2018
- Credits
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SM
Shanghai Manjuu
XY
Xiamen Yongshi
YG
Yostar Games
- Board status
- —
About
Azur Lane is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game created by Chinese developers Shanghai Manjuu and Xiamen Yongshi, released in 2017 for the iOS and Android operating systems. Set in an alternate timeline of World War II, players engage in side-scrolling shooter gameplay, using female moe anthropomorphic characters based on warships from the war's major participants. Other gameplay elements, like customizing a home and marrying in-game characters, are also present. First launched in China in May and in Japan in September 2017, Azur Lane has become very popular, especially in Japan where the player count reached five million within four months after its release. Players have voted the game among the top five on Google Play's Best Game of 2017 list for the region. Critics have attributed the game's popularity to its original and well-designed gameplay system.
