Kessen occurs as PlayStation 2 launch title produced by Koei and published by Electronic Arts. These are the real-time strategy game set inside feudalistic Japan. It focuses upon a conflict between the eastern & american shogunates. Although a consensus among reviewers was that it was somewhat generic, it was ab initio a single real-period strategy game available for the Playstation Two.

Both sequels were later created, Kessen 2 and Kessen 3. These 2 games introduced magical and meteorological elements to the games.