Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a 2.5D side-scrolling platformer developed and published by Namco for the PlayStation. It came out in Japan on 11 December 1997, in North America on 10 March 1998 through Namco Hometek, and in Europe on 5 June 1998 through Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.
It was the tenth project of director Hideo Yoshizawa, who had earlier directed Ninja Gaiden (1988) at Tecmo; Shigeru Yokoyama produced it. The game began as a planned adaptation of the manga Spriggan, and an early concept starred a robot among ancient ruins. Klonoa himself started out as a shadowy figure called "Shady". In the finished game he grabs enemies with a ring inhabited by Huepow, then throws them or uses them as springboards, and the controls were cut from three buttons to two.
The game launched the Klonoa series. Paon remade it for Wii in 2008, and Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series followed on 8 July 2022.1
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | Klonoa: Door to Phantomile | PlayStation | Mar 10, 1998 | Namco Hometek | 1 |
| NA | Klonoa: Door to PhantomilePSone Classic on PlayStation Network. | PlayStation 3 | December 2011 | — | 1 |
| JP | 風のクロノア door to phantomileKaze no Klonoa: Door to Phantomile | PlayStation | Dec 11, 1997 | Namco | 1 |
| EU | Klonoa: Door to Phantomile | PlayStation | Jun 5, 1998 | Sony Computer Entertainment Europe | 1 |
| JP | ナムコレクションIncluded in the NamCollection compilation. | PlayStation 2 | Jul 21, 2005 | Namco | 2 |
| JP | 風のクロノア door to phantomileMobile phone version (i-appli); S!-appli version followed on 2 February 2009. English Wikipedia dates the mobile re-release to July 2009. | Other | Oct 1, 2008 | — | 2 |
| JP | 風のクロノア door to phantomilePlayStation Network re-release (Game Archives). | PlayStation 3 | Jul 6, 2011 | — | 2 |
Also known as: 風のクロノア door to phantomile JP2Kaze no Klonoa: Door to Phantomile JP1
Box art by region
NA Klonoa: Door to Phantomile 
EU Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
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ContentKlonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (2022)
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series (2022) is built on the 2008 Wii remake rather than the PlayStation game itself, although it brings back elements of the original.1
Where to play legally today
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Steam Purchase
Klonoa Phantasy Reverie Series
2022 remaster based on the 2008 Wii remake, not the original PlayStation version
Checked: 2026-10-133store.steampowered.com
Reception
The PlayStation game holds an 87% average on GameRankings and received 30 out of 40 from Famitsu; Klonoa won Best Character at the 1997 Japan Game Awards. Director Hideo Yoshizawa said it sold at least 200,000 copies, though it struggled in North America.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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