gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Best selling games of the year so far, October update. Fire Emblem and Onimusha join at the tail of this list. Rhythm Heaven should surpass Pokopia by the end of October. The top 2 selling games in Japan for 2026 will be Switch 1 games. 182
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Silent Hill: Townfall had a (very expected) drop from the launch of Silent Hill f and the Silent Hill 2 remake. Nonetheless, it's 13k launch still puts it above all other SH games until Origins, and it should be higher than it including digital sales. 010
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Game Sales (Sep 21 - Sep 27) 1[SW2] Derby Stallion 2 - 29.336 / NEW 2[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 27.309 / 1.049.922 3[SW2] Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave - 26.728 / 153.859 sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 241
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Pretty weird how the 30th anniversary art has Sakura, Erica and Gemini, but not the other Sakura 🤔 020
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Comparing retail launch of Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave with the rest of the series. It's the weakest launch in 20 years, with a 10% drop from both Engage and Three Houses. Digital should put it over 200k. Not a bad launch, but was expecting more after the great reviews. 262
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Game Sales (Sep 14 - Sep 20) 1[SW2] Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave - 127.131 / NEW 2[SW2] Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter - Nintendo Switch 2 Edition - 24.724 / NEW 3[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 22.568 / 1.022.613 sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 181
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This was the Famitsu Top 30, 30 years ago. 2307
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This week, total retail sales of Rhythm Heaven Groove in Japan surpassed 1 MILLION units. It's the second game in the series to hit the milestone (after the NDS game which sold 1.9m), and it's on path to become the best selling game in the series. 294
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Game Sales (Sep 7 - Sep 13) 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 24.756 / 1.000.045 2[PS5] Onimusha: Way of the Sword - 19.654 / 96.184 3[SW2] Splatoon Raiders - 8.163 / 656.692 sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 151
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Look at this guy, he looks so happy. I found this while checking a 1997 Famitsu issue, the congraturation is for Crash 1 surpassing 500k units sold in Japan. 060
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Rhythm Heaven Groove, Village in the Shade and Beast of Reincarnation were the top downloads in Japan for August. metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/09/japa...metabblestavern.blogspot.comJapan Digital Rankings for August 2026The digital rankings from last month 020
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Comparing retail sales of Onimusha: Way of the Sword with the previous games. Digital likely puts on par with the latest game in the series, Dawn of Dreams. Well below the first few games, but very much expected. Nonetheless, great launch for a 20 year old dormant series. 271
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Game Sales (Aug 31 - Sep 6) 1[PS5] Onimusha: Way of the Sword - 76.530 / NEW 2[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 29.360 / 975.289 3[SW2] Onimusha: Way of the Sword - 19.499 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 141
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Hardware, year on year SW2: 2.45m (+13%) SWI: 537k (-49%) PS5: 408k (-23%) XBS: 16k (-64%) 061
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Best selling games of the year so far, August update. Rhythm Heaven and Splatoon move up, same games as last month. Many games are launching in September, but noteworthy are Onimusha this week, Fire Emblen and Wolverine in two weeks. 071
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Game Sales (Aug 24 - Aug 30) 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 34.688 / 945.929 2[SW2] Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition - 27.604 / NEW 3[PS5] Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 2 - 12.691 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 152
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Game Sales (Aug 17 - Aug 23) 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 37.402 / 911.241 2[SW2] Splatoon Raiders - 13.224 / 626.371 3[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 12.558 / 1.571.773 141
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Out of retail sales alone, Rhythm Heaven Groove has become the series' 2nd best selling game in Japan, surpassing sales the 3DS and Wii games. The NDS port of the first game is still on top at nearly 2m sales, but Groove should be around 1.5m with digital, it should beat it. 1124
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 21/08/2026First week retail sales of Marvel Toukon in Japan were below 3k units. This is the worst launch for an Arc System fighter in Japan (excluding super niche stuff like DNF Duel), well below most of the Guilty Gear, BlazBlue and even Under Night in Birth. Very poor launch 2236
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It's difficult to make a direct comparison as Giga Wreker, Little Town Hero, Harmonight and Tembo were digital only, but... Beast of Reincarnation is very likely GameFreak's biggest non-Pokémon launch in Japan since Mario & Wario all the way back in 1993. 142
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Game Sales (Aug 3 - Aug 19) [TWO WEEKS] 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 139.363 / 873.839 2[SW2] Splatoon Raiders - 64.921 / 613.147 3[PS5] Beast of Reincarnation - 48.157 / NEW Sorry, I'm on vacation and forgot it's thursday. 141
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Rhythm Heaven Groove, Splatoon Raiders and Call of Duty: Black Ops II were the top downloads in Japan for July. metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/08/japa...metabblestavern.blogspot.comJapan Digital Rankings for July 2026 041
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 14/08/2026There may not be a new Top 30 this week, but that doesn't mean we can't get a Top 1000! Thanks again to our friends @installbase.bsky.social we have archived the 2022 Famitsu Top 1000, featuring hundreds of updates mostly for SWI, PS4 & PS5 games. sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 020
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Famitsu is on break due to the Obon holidays, we'll get data for weeks 32 & 33 next Thursday 050
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Nippon Ichi has announced domestic sales of Village in the Shade have surpassed 150k units. Nippon Ichi's best selling game in Japan is the first Disgaea on PS2, at 153k units. 04717
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Hardware Year on Year SW2: 2.34m (+23%) SWI: 508k (-48%) PS5: 374k (-29%) XBS: 15k (-35%) 183
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Best selling games of the year so far, July update. Rhythm Heaven and Splatoon Raiders enter top 5 with great launches. Come August the biggest event is the Obon holidays, though we also have the launches of Beast of Reincarnation and Marvel Tokon. 142
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Retail launch sales of Village in the Shade in Japan are the biggest for publisher Nippon Ichi in 13 YEARS, and it's their 10th biggest launch overall. Sales with digital and PC are over 100k, and while most of that should be in Japan, there are also Chinese and Korean versions. 26529
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Here's a recreated chart from the most recent Famitsu White book. It shows the changing price point of the Switch, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan going back to the launch of the PS5 in late 2020. Things are only going up. 171
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Game Sales (Jul 27 - Aug 2) 1[SW2] Splatoon Raiders - 73.542 / 548.226 2[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 59.884 / 734.476 3[SW2] Village in the Shade - 21.965 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 161
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 30/07/2026This week total retail sales of Mario Kart World in Japan surpassed 3 MILLION units. It's still the best selling Nintendo Switch 2 game in Japan, and currently the series 5th best selling game. Digital puts it at +3.5m, surpassing 4m this year is doable. 182
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Splatoon Raiders debuts with the 3rd biggest launch for the year so far, only behind Tomodachi Life and Pokopia. It's the 4th biggest launch on Nintendo Switch 2 yet, and already the 6th best selling game on the platform. 1114
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Game Sales (Jul 20 - Jul 26) 1[SW2] Splatoon Raiders - 474.684 / NEW 2[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 78.355 / 674.592 3[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 23.468 / 1.500.025 sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 161
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Retail launch sales of Pro Baseball Spirits 2026 in Japan are the worst of the series yet, less than 1/3 of the previous game, which was already a significant decline for the series. This is the second baseball game Konami has released this year, maybe too much. 110
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Game Sales (Jul 13 - Jul 19) 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 76.786 / 596.237 2[PS5] Pro Baseball Spirits 2026 - 20.661 / NEW 3[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 18.608 / 1.476.557 sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 141
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Here are the top downloads on the eShop in Japan for the first half of 2026. There's no data to estimate digital sales for any of these games. Nintendo doesn't show games with CERO D rating or higher in their rankings, so Resident Evil 9 is ommited. 160
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This week, total sales of the Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan surpassed those of the PlayStation Vita, 6.02m vs. 5.99M (including the Vita TV). That's 8 years (Vita was sold in Japan until 2019) vs. a bit more than 1. Next up is the PlayStation 5, at 7.6m as of this week. 182
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Game Sales (Jul 6 - Jul 12) 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 126.073 / 519.451 2[SWI] Magical Girl Witch Trial - 21.283 / NEW 3[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 20.827 / 1.457.949 sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 151
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and Star Fox were the top downloads in Japan for June. metabblestavern.blogspot.com/2026/07/japa...metabblestavern.blogspot.comJapan Digital Rankings for June 2026 072
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Retail launch sales of the Goemon collection is the biggest for the series in 30 years (ignore that this is the first game in 20 years) There's a SW2 version that's digital only, digital should put launch past 100k, so it should be the second biggest knwon launch for the series 152
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Retail launch of Rhythm Heaven Groove in Japan are the biggest for the series yet, more than twice as much as the 3DS game. Good digital sales are expected, it may be close to the total sales of the 3DS and Wii games already (about 750). 14520
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Game Sales (Jun 29 - Jul 5) 1[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 393.378 / NEW 2[SWI] Ganbare Goemon Daishuugu! - 60.428 / NEW 3[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 26.552 / 1.437.122 sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 162
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Hardware, year on year SW2: 2.18m (+56%) SWI: 466k (-48%) PS5: 323k (-34%) XBS: 14k (-36%) 021
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Best selling games in Japan for the first half of 2026. Coming in July, we have a strong start for the later half as both Rhythm Heaven Groove and Splatoon Raiders are expected to be among the best selling games of the year. 062
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Many thanks to our friends at @installbase.bsky.social we have archived the 2021 Famitsu Top 1000. It includes the first full year for PS5 and Xbox Series, as well as hundreds of updates for PS4 and Switch games. sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 183
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The new Star Fox game had the series' best launch in 20 years in Japan. As the game is rather cheap, good digital sales are expected, it may be the biggest launch of Star Fox 64 in Japan yet, probably the series' 3rd biggest launch. 02111
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Game Sales (Jun 22 - Jun 28) 1[SW2] Star Fox - 41.680 / NEW 2[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 28.543 / 1.410.570 3[SWI] Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027 - 16.950 / 146.335 sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 132
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 25/06/2026This week, total sales of Nintendo Switch 2 in Japan surpassed those of the original PlayStation 5 that includes a disc drive (not total sales including the Digital Edition and Pro) Switch 2 should reach 6m sold in Japan in a few weeks. 162
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Comparing retail launch sales of The Adventures of Elliiot: The Millenium Tales with other HD-2D games in Japan. It's the worst launch of one of these games yet, about 2/3s of the launch of Octopath 0. Decent digital sales are expected, but I'd expect to be the lowest even then 121
gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Game Sales (Jun 15 - Jun 21) 1[SWI] Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream - 34.957 / 1.382.027 2[SWI] Powerful Pro Baseball - 28.409 / 129.385 3[SW2] The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales - 23.674 / NEW sites.google.com/site/gamedat... 131
