The first game in theLufia series made for theSuper Famicom published inJapan in June 1993 (under the nameEstpolis Denki) and later that year for theSNES in North America, it starts out with a prologue where a team of warriors defeat the evil group of super-beings called the Sinistrals. Then, the story changes to the main story of the descendants of these heroes, and how the Sinistrals are trying to be reborn.

The game was ported to Japanese mobile phones in 2009.^[2]

Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, released in Japan for the Super Famicom under the nameEstpolis Denki II, is aprequel toLufia & The Fortress of Doom that takes place right before the events of the first game occurred. Notably, it ends partly with the events that begin the firstLufia, making the first game's introduction a partial spoiler for the second. It was released in Europe as simply "Lufia" becauseLufia & the Fortress of Doom was not released in Europe. This often causes some confusion.

Released in Japan in 2001 asEstpolis Denki: Yomigaeru Densetsu, and later the same month in America,Lufia: The Legend Returns is the series' first handheld adventure on theGame Boy Color. Taking advantage of the Game Boy's new enhanced color palette, the game features sophisticated 8-bit graphics, a new battle system and randomized dungeons. In this game, the player acts as a descendant of Maxim in the fight against the Sinistrals.

Lufia: The Ruins of Lore was released for theGame Boy Advance in Japan in 2002 asEstpolis Gaiden: Chinmoku no Iseki and a year later in North America. It is agaiden or "sidestory" game that deviates from the normallore of the series. It was published byTaito in Japan andAtlus in America.

Estpolis Denki DX orEstpolis Biography DX is amobile phone game onlydownloadable inJapan. It consists of the "Ancient Cave" scenario fromLufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, featuring characters and enemies from the original game.

TitledLufia: Curse of the Sinistrals,^[3] it was developed by the staff of theoriginalLufia.^[4] The game was released for the Nintendo DS on February 25, 2010, in Japan,^[5] and later the same year in North America.^[3] The game is a re-imagining ofLufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals with modified story and characters, as well as being an action RPG.

Lufia: Ruins Chaser was a game being developed by Japanese software company Nihon-Flex for thePlayStation until they went bankrupt. For a time, development of the title ceased, but was picked up and heavily remade in both story and graphics, being renamedLufia: The Legend Returns.

Lufia: Beginning of a Legend was in development for theGame Boy Color alongsideRuins Chaser for thePlayStation, and was to be a prequel toLufia II as it told of Maxim's early days as an adventurer years before the Sinistrals strike.