Across theAce Attorneyseries (or Turnabout Trial as it’s known in Japan), we have been witness to a great many cases and just as many emotions. They teeter on the line of absurdity but have a genuinely solid degree of intrigue at times to really pull you into the case. Even when a parrot is a witness.

With four full collections out there right now and available on modern platforms, you might be wondering how many cases there are across them all. That’s a pretty good question! Well, you may bet there’s a whole bunch of trials for you to get a verdict on.

characters from the Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy

Updated September 6th, 2024 by Hilton Webster:With another new collection of Ace Attorney games graciously laid before us, we’ve updated this article to highlight some of Miles Edgeworth’s own personal achievements from the Investigations games, which are right up there with Wright’s own.

First Off, How Many Ace Attorney Games Are There?

So, to start off, it would help to knowexactly how many games there are in the series. With the Edgeworth-leading Investigations games finally available internationally, that leaves only the Professor Layton crossover game missing. For now, that meansthere are a total of ten Ace Attorney games at present. They are, in release order, shown in the table below.

The second Miles Edgeworth Investigations game was originally exclusive to Japan until its international release with the Ace Attorney Investigations collection.

Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney Dual Destinies

Release date

2001

Phoenix Wright raising an objection in The First Turnabout

2002

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations

Ace Attorney Franziska wearing a black and white suit looking above camera holding an arm out toward camera

2004

2007

Godot holding a coffee mug in court in Phoenix Wright Trials and Tribulations

2009

2011

Apollo Justice overlaid on a black and white picture of Phoenix Wright

2013

2015

turnabout-visitor-ace-attorney-invesitgations-collection-miles-edgeworth-intro-1

2016

The Great Ace Attorney 2: Resolve

2017

There are also four collectionsyou can buy at the moment, compiling thePhoenix Wright Trilogy, the Apollo Justice Trilogy, the duology of theGreat Ace Attorneygames, and the twoMiles Edgeworth Investigationsgames.

Edgeworth putting his jacket on from Ace Attorney Investigations 2.

And How Many Cases Are There In Each Ace Attorney Game?

With the number of games out of the way, let’s break down how many cases there are in each game.

A fun fact lost in translation is thatPhoenix Wright’s actual Japanese name is Ryuichi Naruhodo, more obviously connecting him with Ryunosuke.

Apollo Justice from Ace Attorney Dual Destinies wearing bandages over his eye

Five Cases

On average, we’re seeingaround five cases per game. Considering they tend to only get more complex as the games go on, they’ll take up plenty of your time.

Dual Destinies was also the first Ace Attorney game totransition to 3D.

Maya Fey channeling Tahrust Inmee in Phoenix Wright Spirit of Justice

So How Many Cases Are There In Total?

On average,each game in the series has about five entries.

That’s a pretty respectable number, considering their length, too. There’s not exactly replayability as there is only one outcome, but it may well take you long enough to figure out the result, considering how much the game likes to throw in a twist.

No single game holds the record as having the most cases, withboth Dual Destinies and Spirit of Justice having six cases total, including DLC.

No one game has the lowest amount either, asApollo Justice: Ace Attorney and Justice For All both have only four cases.

As a grandtotal across the whole series, you’re looking at 50 cases.That’s including the three DLC cases as well. That’s a pretty hefty number of cases. Plenty to get your courtroom appetite sated.