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Armored Core

edited 2026-06-14

A complete play order for FromSoftware's Armored Core franchise — every mainline game from the 1997 PlayStation debut through Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (2023), spanning fifteen titles across four separate story continuities. Includes era tags identifying each game's continuity, so you can play within a single story arc or work through the full series in release order.

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01GAME
1997The 1997 PlayStation series debut developed by FromSoftware, set on a post-apocalyptic Earth decades after a cataclysm called the Great Dest…
02GAME
1997A standalone expansion to the original Armored Core, released in Japan in December 1997 and North America in October 1998. Set approximately…
03GAME
1999The final PlayStation entry in the Gen 1 arc, released in Japan in February 1999 and North America in March 2000 (no European release). A su…
04GAME
2000The first PlayStation 2 entry and a PS2 North American launch title, set approximately 67 years after Master of Arena on a terraformed Mars.…
05GAME
2001A standalone expansion to Armored Core 2, released in Japan in April 2001 and North America in August 2001. Set five years after AC2, a vete…
06GAME
2002The second major series reboot, released in Japan in April 2002 and North America in September 2002, establishing the Gen 2 continuity. Huma…
07GAME
2003A direct sequel to Armored Core 3, released in Japan in January 2003 and North America in July 2003. Following humanity's return to the surf…
08GAME
2004Set approximately 55 years after Silent Line: Armored Core, released in Japan in March 2004 and North America in September 2004. Four major…
09GAME
2004A combat-training and arena title in the Gen 2 era, released in Japan in October 2004 and North America in September 2005. Unlike other Armo…
10GAME
2005The conclusion of the Gen 2 arc that began with Armored Core 3, released in Japan in August 2005 and North America in June 2006. In the afte…
11GAME
2006The series debut on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, released in Japan in December 2006 and North America and Europe in 2007. Another continuity…
12GAME
2008A standalone expansion set approximately ten years after the LYNX War of Armored Core 4, released in Japan in March 2008 and North America i…
13GAME
2012Released in Japan in January 2012 and North America in March 2012, initially marketed as a fresh start. A dystopian Earth in the distant fut…
14GAME
2013A direct sequel to Armored Core V, released in North America and Japan in September 2013. Set 100 years after ACV, three factions — Venide,…
15GAME
2023The series' return after a ten-year hiatus, released on August 25, 2023 and developed by FromSoftware under Hidetaka Miyazaki as executive d…