List of Donkey Kong video games

Donkey Kong is a video game franchise created by Shigeru Miyamoto and published by Nintendo. The franchise is centered on the anthropomorphic gorilla Donkey Kong and his clan of other apes and monkeys. Games in the franchise have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Rare, Paon and Retro Studios. While the first games were arcade releases, most Donkey Kong games have been released for Nintendo consoles and handhelds since the third generation. Most of the games in the franchise are platform games, although the series also includes spin-offs in other genres, such as racing and rhythm games. The majority of the games feature Donkey Kong as the main playable character, but other supporting characters also appear throughout the series, some of whom are playable.

The franchise debuted in 1981 with the arcade game Donkey Kong, which was a sales success that brought Nintendo into the North American market. The original arcade games received ports to various third-party home consoles, which were developed by several companies. The Donkey Kong franchise has sold a total of over 83 million copies as of 2023 (counting the several ports of the arcade game). The success of the series is commonly attributed to its technical innovation and entertaining platforming sequences.