Every Fire Emblem game, in release order
There are 21 main Fire Emblem games, from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990) to Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (2026). The page also lists 6 remasters, ports, compilations and spin-offs.
7 ratings from the Tier community across the series.
Release order is a poor guide to Fire Emblem. The series spent more than a decade in Japan before any entry was localized: Western players saw nothing until Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade reached Game Boy Advance in 2003, sold simply as Fire Emblem. The 1990 original, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light, had no official English version until a limited Switch release in 2020.
More practical starting points are the modern successes: Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) on Switch, and Fire Emblem Awakening (2012) on 3DS, whose sales are credited with saving the series from cancellation. Remakes blur the timeline further. Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (2017), also on 3DS, is a full remake of Fire Emblem Gaiden (1992) rather than a simple re-release.
Start with Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990), the first game in the series.
Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019) is the highest-rated entry, with a critic score of 93/100.
Main Fire Emblem games
Remasters, ports and re-releases
Compilations
Spin-offs and crossovers
How many Fire Emblem games are there?
There are 21 main Fire Emblem games, from Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990) to Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave (2026). The page also lists 6 remasters, ports, compilations and spin-offs. Updated November 2026.
In what order should I play Fire Emblem?
Play the main Fire Emblem games in release order: Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light (1990), Fire Emblem Gaiden (1992), Fire Emblem: Mystery of the Emblem (1994), Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War (1996), Fire Emblem: Thracia 776 (1999), Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade (2002), Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade (2003), Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones (2004), Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (2005), Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (2007), …. The highest-rated entry is Fire Emblem: Three Houses (2019), a common starting point for newcomers. Remasters and ports are listed apart: play the version available on your platform.
What is the latest Fire Emblem game?
The latest Fire Emblem game is Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, released in 2026.