Which Banban game to play first, in release order
Start with Garten of Banban 0 or the free first game, then play 1 to 4 in order and jump to 6. Part 5 has carried a Coming soon label since 2023 and has never released.
Nine numbered games, one game numbered zero, a VR release and one entry that never came out. If you want to start the Banban series before Last Ticket arrives, the order is not the numeric order, and three of the games are free.
The short version: play Garten of Banban 0 first if you want the cheapest introduction, then 1 through 4 in order, then jump to 6. Part 5 does not exist as a playable game and has not since 2023.
Every entry, sorted by release date
Store data pulled 12 November 2026. "Free" means the store lists it at no charge, not that it was given away.
| Release order | Game | Date | Price | Number in the title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garten of Banban | 6 Jan 2023 | Free | 1 |
| 2 | Garten of Banban 2 | 3 Mar 2023 | $4.99 | 2 |
| 3 | Garten of Banban 3 | 5 May 2023 | $4.99 | 3 |
| 4 | Garten of Banban 4 | 11 Aug 2023 | $9.99 | 4 |
| 5 | Garten of Banban 6 | 20 Dec 2023 | $9.99 | 6 |
| 6 | Garten of Banban 7 | 10 May 2024 | $9.99 | 7 |
| 7 | Garten of Banban 0 | 21 Feb 2025 | Free | 0 |
| 8 | Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil | 28 Aug 2025 | $9.99 | 8 |
| 9 | Garten of Banban VR | 26 Dec 2025 | Free | VR |
| — | Garten of Banban 5 | Coming soon since 2023 | — | 5 |
| — | Last Ticket to the Abyss | Coming soon | — | none |
Note the odd one out at position 7. Garten of Banban 0 shipped in February 2025, a year and a half after part 4, and it is a prequel that costs nothing. It sits between 7 and 8 by release date but before 1 by story.
The missing fifth game
Garten of Banban 5 has a Steam page, a store description about entering the kindergarten and making friends, and a Coming soon label. The page was already live with that label on 11 August 2023, the first date the Internet Archive captured it, and it has not moved since. Part 6 released four months later. The numbering simply skipped it and kept going.
Worth knowing before buying a bundle or following a numbered list: there is no fifth game to play, and there has not been for three years.
Each price band, itemised
| Price band | Games | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Garten of Banban, Garten of Banban 0, Garten of Banban VR | 3 |
| $4.99 | Garten of Banban 2, Garten of Banban 3 | 2 |
| $9.99 | Garten of Banban 4, 6, 7, 8: Anti Devil | 4 |
| No price yet | Garten of Banban 5, Last Ticket to the Abyss | 2 |
Buying every released paid entry at full price comes to $49.94, and three of the eleven need no money at all. If you only want to know whether the series is for you, the free first game is the honest test.
A reading order that matches the games themselves
The studio has not published an official chronology, so this is the order the games imply rather than a claim about canon:
- Garten of Banban 0: the prequel, free, and the cheapest way to see the kindergarten before it fell apart.
- Garten of Banban: the original, also free.
- Garten of Banban 2 and 3: the two $4.99 chapters that continue directly.
- Garten of Banban 4: where the price steps up to $9.99 and stays there.
- Garten of Banban 6 and 7: the numbered run resumes after the missing fifth entry.
- Garten of Banban 8: Anti Devil: the direct predecessor to Last Ticket.
- Last Ticket to the Abyss: unreleased, and the reason this site exists.
Skipping 5 is not a choice, it is the only option. Skipping the VR entry is fine unless you own a headset, since it is a separate free release rather than a chapter.
Questions this page leaves open
Nothing here says how long any of them take to finish, how many chapters each contains, or whether saves carry between games. The store pages do not publish playtimes, and no entry lists cross-game save support. Those questions get answered by playing, not by reading a table.