Risen is an action role-playing game franchise developed by the German company Piranha Bytes. It is published and distributed by the German company Deep Silver, a division of Koch Media.

The franchise is close to the three first episodes of the Gothic franchise, also developed by Piranha Bytes.

The games in the Risen franchise are:

• Risen (2009)
• Risen 2: Dark Waters (2012)
• Risen 3: Titan Lords (2014)

• Developer: Piranha Bytes
• Publisher: Deep Silver, THQ Nordic
• Platform: Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
• Release Date: October 2, 2009 (international version)
  24 January 2023 (PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch)
• Graphic Engine: Internal development by Piranha Bytes

The audio of the international version is multilingual: German, English and French. More than 200,000 copies of the first game were sold in Germany.

• Developer: Piranha Bytes
• Publisher: Deep Silver
• Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
• Release Date: April 27, 2012
• Graphic Engine: Internal development by Piranha Bytes

• Developer: Piranha Bytes
• Publisher: Deep Silver
• Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360
• Release Date: August 12, 2014
• Graphic Engine: Internal development by Piranha Bytes

• Gothic, a similar franchise by the same developer.

• (in English) Piranha Bytes web site
• (in French) Communauté francophone de la série Gothic/Risen