In a new company brochure, Monolith Soft has disclosed that as of December 2024, the company now has 299 employees. This headcount is across all three of the company’s studios, with buildings in Meguro, Shinagawa, and Minami-ku. Previously, Monolith Soft’s employee headcount sat at 264 employees as of December 2023. This marks an increase of 35 employees over the last year.
Monolith Soft is best known for its Xenoblade Chronicles series, which has been a massive success on Nintendo Switch. As of November 5, 2024, the series has surpassed over 7.17 million copies sold on Switch alone. Currently, the next game in the series, Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is set to release later this month. Acting as a remaster of the 2015 Wii U title, the Nintendo Switch version is set to offer a wide variety of quality-of-life improvements and even new story content.
Beyond Xenoblade Chronicles, Monolith Soft and some of its employees have acted as a key support studio for Nintendo across some of its biggest releases. The team assisted Nintendo EPD3 in the development of both The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which both serve as some of the biggest games on Nintendo Switch. Additionally, the studio assisted Nintendo EPD5 with development of Splatoon 2, Splatoon 3, and Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
For more on Monolith Soft, be sure to check out our Xenoblade Chronicles video series Beyond The Conduit.
