Rayman is a side-scrolling platformer created by Michel Ancel, who conceived the character as a teenager and joined Ubi Soft in 1988. The first prototype was built for the Atari ST and then moved to the Super NES CD-ROM add-on, which was cancelled in 1993; development continued on the Atari Jaguar, PlayStation and Sega Saturn. A 1992 prototype of the SNES version was rediscovered in 2016.
The game reached the Jaguar in Europe on 1 September 1995 and was a PlayStation launch title in North America and Europe that same month. Japan got the PlayStation version on 22 September 1995 and the Saturn version on 17 November 1995. Rémi Gazel composed the soundtrack, and the MS-DOS version later received three expansions.
Rayman sold more than 3 million copies and became the best-selling PlayStation game of all time in the UK; its success helped Ubi Soft go public in 1996. In 2026 Digital Eclipse's 30th Anniversary Edition gathered five versions and the lost SNES prototype in one package.12
Names and releases
| Region | Title on the box | Platform | Date | Publisher | Src |
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| NA | RaymanNorth American PlayStation launch title. | PlayStation | Sep 7, 1995 | Ubi Soft | 1 |
| NA | RaymanAtari Jaguar. | Other | Sep 19, 1995 | Ubi Soft | 1 |
| NA | RaymanAlso Europe. | Saturn | November 1995 | Ubi Soft | 1 |
| NA | Rayman | MS-DOS | Apr 1, 1996 | Ubi Soft | 1 |
| NA | Rayman AdvanceDeveloped by Digital Eclipse; Europe followed on 22 June 2001. | Game Boy Advance | Jun 11, 2001 | Ubi Soft | 1 |
| NA | RaymanDSiWare. | Nintendo DS | Dec 7, 2009 | Ubisoft | 1 |
| EU | RaymanAtari Jaguar; English Wikipedia lists only the North American Jaguar date. | Other | Sep 1, 1995 | Ubi Soft | 3 |
| JP | レイマンReiman¥5,800. | PlayStation | Sep 22, 1995 | — | 2 |
| EU | RaymanEuropean PlayStation launch title. | PlayStation | September 1995 | Ubi Soft | 1 |
| JP | レイマンReiman | Saturn | Nov 17, 1995 | — | 2 |
| EU | Rayman | MS-DOS | December 1995 | Ubi Soft | 1 |
| JP | レイマンReimanゲームアーカイブス (PlayStation archives) for PSP, PS3 and PS Vita. | PSP | Apr 11, 2012 | — | 2 |
| WW | RaymanAlso Android. | iOS | Feb 18, 2016 | Ubisoft | 1 |
| WW | Rayman: 30th Anniversary EditionCompilation by Digital Eclipse; also on Switch, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. | Windows | Feb 13, 2026 | Ubisoft | 4 |
Also known as: レイマン JP2Reiman JP2Rayman Advance WW1Rayman Forever WW5Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition WW4
Box art by region
NA Rayman 
EU Rayman 
JP レイマン
Box art © its publishers, shown to identify each release. Scans: libretro-thumbnails.
Version differences
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AudioAtari Jaguar
Reviewers ranked the Jaguar version behind the PlayStation one because of weaker audio and slower control response.1
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ContentRayman: 30th Anniversary Edition
The 2026 compilation bundles the MS-DOS, PlayStation, Atari Jaguar, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance versions plus a long-lost SNES prototype.4
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AudioRayman: 30th Anniversary Edition
The 30th Anniversary Edition was criticized for leaving out Rémi Gazel's original soundtrack.1
Where to play legally today
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GOG Purchase
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Steam Purchase
Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition
MS-DOS, PlayStation, Atari Jaguar, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance versions
Checked: 2026-10-134store.steampowered.com
How to run it today
GOG sells the PC version as Rayman Forever, packaged with DOSBox and officially supported on Windows 10; it is DRM-free and English only. Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition on Steam runs on Windows and includes the PC version alongside the console ones.
- Rayman Forever on GOG gog.com
Reception
Rayman sold more than 3 million copies and became the best-selling PlayStation game of all time in the UK; in France it sold 670,000 copies by 2000. Critics praised the atmosphere, visuals, animation and soundtrack but criticized the high difficulty.1
Sources
Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13
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