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[kswiston]

This is a follow up to a thread I made about 5 months ago, examining the sales of Japanese games on Steam via Steamspy numbers.

I know that several people here are interested in the sales fates of Japanese games on PC for various reasons. While we often get threads based on the sales of a specific game or series of games, this thread (and the one before it) aim to provide a more comprehensive snapshot of ownership for both new and legacy Japanese titles.

If you want to look at sales growth (or lack thereof) for legacy titles, you can compare the numbers in this thread to those in my previous thread 5 months ago: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1223091

Provided that there is interest in this thread, I plan on doing another follow up in 3-4 months, after the various winter sales have wrapped up.

SOME NOTES:

1) All Steam numbers below reflect total owners on Steam, as reported by Steamspy on October 29, 2016. For those of you not familiar with Steamspy, keep the following in mind:

- These numbers are total owners on Steam and not sales through the Steam store specifically. Steamworks titles purchased on Amazon, Gamersgate, Green Man Gaming, the Humble Store, at retail, through key sellers, in bundles, or as promotions with video cards or other hardware are included in the figures.

- The numbers are all approximate. If you go to steamspy.com you can see the confidence intervals for each title. Low selling titles (under 30k?) tend to be a less accurate than higher selling titles. Because numbers are approximate (but still quite close in most cases), I have rounded all figures to the nearest 1000.

- Steamspy has a lag of about 3 days. Games that were released within the past 2-3 weeks, or games that were heavily discounted over the weekend are most likely to be impacted.


2) I have listed games by publisher with an exception for Arc System Works (to keep their various series in one place). Series with more than 2 entries have been separated to make comparisons between entries easier. Otherwise publishers are listed alphabetically and games are listed in descending order of sales/owners.

I have tried to include all of the major and notable minor Japanese publishers/localization companies that I know of (the list below contains about 200 titles from over 25 pubs). If I have made any glaring omissions, post the numbers below and I will add them to the OP. I omitted a few series (like Pac Man) on purpose as they differ widely in target audience from most other titles listed.

With a couple of exceptions, I left the Japanese indie scene alone. I am not knowledgeable enough to pick out Japanese indie titles from the Western indie devs making the same stuff, and I don't really think there is a meaningful regional difference between indie devs.

3) Thanks to Sergey Galyonkin for creating and running steamspy.com for all of our benefits.



JAPANESE GAME SALES/STEAM OWNERSHIP BY PUBLISHER:

JAPANESE GAME SALES/STEAM OWNERSHIP BY PUBLISHER:


ACCESS GAMES

Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut - 211.000 (published by Rising Star)
D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die - 81.000 (published by AGM Playism)



ARC SYSTEM WORKS (multiple Steam publishers)

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger - 185.000
Blazblue: Continuum Shift Extended - 72.000
BlazBlue: Chronophantasma Extend - 46.000

Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- 78.000
Guilty Hear Isuka - 67.000
Guilty Gear X2 - 54.000
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R - 31.000
Guity Gear 2 -OVERTURE- 7.000

Melty Blood: AACC - 42.000
UNDER NIGHT IN-BIRTH Exe:Late - 13.000
River City Super Sports Challenge - 13.000
Arcana Heart 3: Love Max - 10.000
Battle Fantasia - 5.000
Inferno Climber - 2.000
XBlaze Code: Embryo - 1.000
Getsuei Gakuen -kou- 1.000
XBlaze Lost: Memories - 500



CAPCOM

Resident Evil 6 - 923.000
Resident Evil 5 - 810.000
Resident Evil Revelations 2 - 700.000
Resident Evil 4 - 622.000
Resident Evil Revelations - 599.000
Resident Evil HD - 254.000
Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City - 111.000
Resident Evil 0 Remaster - 69.000
Resident Evil Umbrella Corps - 8.000

DmC: Devil May Cry - 867.000
Devil May Cry 4 - 291.000
Devil May Cry 3: Special Edition - 215.000
Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition - 175.000

Ultra Street Fighter 4 - 767.000
Street Fighter V - 205.000
Street Fighter x Tekken - 129.000
Street Fighter IV - 104.000

Lost Planet 3 - 490.000
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - 444.000
Lost Planet 2 - 162.000
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition - Colonies Edition - 47.000

Dead Rising 2 - 486.000
Dead Rising 3 - 455.000
Dead Rising 2: Off the Record - 250.000
Dead Rising - 29.000

Strider - 442.000
Dragons Dogma - 426.000
Dungeons and Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara - 129.000
Megaman Legacy Collection - 59.000



CARPE FULGUR LLC

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale - 466.000
Chantelise - 181.000
Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone - 132.000
This Starry Midnight We Make - 4.000



CFK CO.

Princess Maker 2 Refine - 10.000



D3 PUBLISHER

Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair - 70.000
Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon - 69.000
Onechanbara Z2: Chaos - 8.000



DRACUE (PUBLISHED BY PLAYISM):

Armored Hunter GUNHOUND EX - 20.000



GHOSTLIGHT LTD

Agarest: Generations of War - 199.000
Agarest Zero - 67.000
Agarest: Generations of War 2 - 47.000

Way of the Samurai 4 - 63.000
Mugen Souls - 18.000
Way of the Samurai 3 - 12.000
Elminage Gothic - 10.000
Mugen Souls 2 - 3.000



DEGICA:

Mushihimesama - 30.000
DARIUSBURST Chronicle Saviours - 13.000
Deathsmiles - 15.000
Muv-Luv - 10.000
Code of Princess - 9.000
DoDonPachi Resurrection - 8.000
Hero and Daughter - 7.000



G. REV:

Strania - 3.000



GUNGHO ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT

Grandia II Anniversary Edition - 63.000



IDEA FACTORY

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re:Birth 1 - 327.000
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re:Birth 2: Sisters Generation - 155.000
Hyperdimension Neptunia Re:Birth 3: V Generation - 126.000
Hyperdimension Neptunia U: Action Unleashed - 67.000
Megadimension Neptunia VII - 29.000
Hyperdevotion Noire: Godess Black Heart - 23.000
MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies - 16.000

Fairy Fencer F - 119.000
Amnesia - 54.000



JAST USA

Flowers -Le volume sur printemps- - 3.000
Littlewitch Romanesque: Editio Regia - 4.000
Sonicomi - 8.000



KOEI-TECMO

Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends - 196.000
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 13 - 134.000
Romance of the Three Kingdoms Maker (untranslated) - 99.000
Attack on Titan Wings of Freedom - 41.000
Dynasty Warriors 8 - Empires - 31.000
Samurai Warriors 4-II - 26.000
Nobunaga's Abition: Sphere of Influence - 24.000
Toukiden: Kiwami - 17.000
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou (Traditional Chinese version) - 16.000
Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z - 8.000
Bladestorm: Nightmare - 7.000
Arslan: The Warriors of Legend - 5.000
**DoA5 is now F2P and will no longer be tracked**



KONAMI

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain - 1.147.000
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes - 699.000
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance - 621.000



MAGES.INC

Steins;Gate - 14.000



MANGAGAMER

Higurashi When They Cry - Ch.1 Onikakushi - 62.000
Higurashi When They Cry - Ch.2 Watanagashi - 18.000
Higurashi When They Cry - Ch.3 Tatarigoroshi - 6.000
Higurashi When They Cry - Ch.4 Himatsubushi - 3.000

Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ - 172.000
eden* - 64.000
Umineko - 4.000



MASTIFF

Gurumin: A Monstrous Adventure - 75.000



MOSS (PUBLISHED BY H2):

Raiden IV: Overkill - 29.000
Raiden III - 22.000



NAMCO

Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition - 2.783.000
Dark Souls III - 1.130.000
Dark Souls II - 1.024.000
Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin - 888.000

Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja STORM 3 Full Burst - 538.000
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja STORM Revolution - 301.000
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja STORM 4 - 205.000

Dragon Ball Xenoverse - 622.000
Ace Combat Assault Horizon - 290.000
Tales of Zestiria - 227.000
One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 - 165.000
Tales of Symphonia - 149.000
God Eater 2: Rage Burst - 58.000
Saint Seiya: Soldier's Soul - 26.000
One Piece: Burning Blood - 16.000
Ray Gigant - 5.000



NIS AMERICA

Disgaea PC - 90.000
Cladun x2 - 13.000
Stranger of Sword City - 11.000
Phantom Brave - 9.000
htoL#NIQ: The Firefly Diary - 5.000
Yomawari: Night Alone - 5.000
Clan of Champions - 1.000



SEGA

Sonic All-Stars Racing Transformed - 844.000
Sonic Generations - 720.000
Sonic Adventure DX - 541.000
Sonic Adventure 2 - 420.000
Sonic CD - 315.000
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 ep1 - 255.000
Sonic the Hedgehog 4 ep2 - 237.000
Sonic and Sega All-Stars Racing - 233.000
Sonic Lost World - 128.000

Jet Set Radio - 1.670.000 (previous massive giveaway)
Valkryia Chronicles - 884.000
Binary Domain - 683.000
Crazy Taxi - 301.000
Sega Bass Fishing - 281.000
Space Channel 5 part 2 - 280.000
Nights Into Dreams - 273.000



SEKAI PROJECT

NEKOPARA Vol. 0 - 252.000
NEKOPARA Vol. 1 - 278.000
NEKOPARA Vol. 2 - 149.000

CLANNAD - 26.000
The Fruit of Grisaia - 26.000
Idol Magical Girl Chiru Chiru Michiru Part 2 - 4.000
Root Double -Before Crime * After Days- Xtend Edition - 4.000
planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ - 4.000
The Labyrinth of Grisaia - 3.000
CLANNAD Side Stories - 2.000



SNK PLAYMORE

Metal Slug 3 - 607.000
Metal Slug X - 216.000
Metal Slug - 139.000
Metal Slug 2 - 36.000

The King of Fighters XIII - 403.000
The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited - 112.000
The King of Fighters 98 Ultimate Match Final Edition - 110.000

Baseball Stars 2 - 29.000
Shock Troopers - 23.000
Twinkle Star Sprites- 22.000
Shock Troopers 2nd Squad - 1.000
The Last Blade - 1.000



SPIKE CHUNSOFT

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc - 83.000
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Dispair - 72.000
Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma - 20.000
Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars - 15.000
Mystery Chronicle: One Way Heroics - 5.000



SQUARE-ENIX

Final Fantasy VII - 1.064.000
Final Fantasy XIII - 631.000
Final Fantasy VIII - 590.000
Final Fantasy XIII-2 - 381.000
Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster - 213.000
Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII - 209.000
Final Fantasy IX - 164.000
Final Fantasy IV - 147.000
Final Fantasy III - 152.000
Final Fantasy Type-0 - 141.000
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years - 74.000
Final Fantasy VI - 72.000
Final Fantasy V - 56.000

The Last Remnant - 880.000
Dragon Quest Heroes - 34.000
I am Setsuna - 27.000


TREASURE

Ikaruga - 96.000



VISUAL ARTS

Harmonia - 4.000
Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ English Edition - 3.000



XSEED/MARVELOUS

YS Origin - 245.000
YS I & II - 169.000
Ys: The Oath in Felghana - 154.000
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim - 43.000

Half-Minute Hero - 448.000
Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky - 201.000
Half-Minute Hero: Second Coming - 88.000
AKIBA'S TRIP: Undead & Undressed - 79.000
Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus - 51.000
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SC - 26.000
Corpse Party - 12.000
Little King's Story - 3.000

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

I find it disturbing ffvii and xiii have higher sales than Viii..what's wrong with you people.

One piece bombed but what did they expect when every pc port is Garbo and they basically made jstars over again with a one piece skin

 

[Grim Patron]

Conception II sold almost as much as ZTD lmao.

Also damn IFI sales are rekt with each newer game.

 

[Fou-Lu]

Woah at those Last Remnant sales.

And ouch at those TiTS SC sales.

 

[Linkark07]

I'm glad the payoff of releasing Dark Souls in PC paid off to Bamco and From. And Dragon Ball and Naruto has sold well on PC too.

It is a shame TitS: SC hasn't even reached 50k. The Third Chapter will probably do worse, sadly.

 

[Rellik]

I find it disturbing ffvii and xiii have higher sales than Viii..what's wrong with you people

They have taste

 

[Daouzin]

For the most part I think these numbers are positive enough to encourage more Japanese title releases, but certain sales numbers do bother me.

Dragon Quest Heroes was a great game, I know that genre isn't for everyone, but it sucks to see that it has bombed.

They have taste

Agreed, but VIII still has too many sales. ; )

 

[kiunchbb]

I'm glad the payoff of releasing Dark Souls in PC paid off to Bamco and From. And Dragon Ball and Naruto has sold well on PC too.

It is a shame TitS: SC hasn't even reached 50k. The Third Chapter will probably do worse, sadly.

Are they even translating the Third Chapter, looking at how SC ended up, I don't think we ever going to get it.


On other side, I have no idea why SNK didn't launch KOF14 for PC, 13 sold so well.

 

[bobawesome]

Conception II sold almost as much as ZTD lmao.

Also damn IFI sales are rekt with each newer game.

Zero Time Dilemma is lucky it managed to sell that many copies.

 

[NormalFish]

Do we have a way of measuring the legs of these titles? I mean looking at, say, Mushihime vs DoDonPachi, it seems reasonable to assume a big part of the gulf is just the difference in how long they've been out. A lot of these games, particularly the older and smaller ones, release to little fan fair.

 

[Linkark07]

Are they even translating the Third Chapter, looking at how SC ended up, I don't think we ever going to get it.


On other side, I have no idea why SNK didn't launch KOF14 for PC, 13 sold so well.

If memory serves me right, they confirmed it will be released in 2017. That said, haven't heard anything else about this.

Seeing these numbers, it seems people like to buy Japanese fighting games.

 

[Erheller]

Are they even translating the Third Chapter, looking at how SC ended up, I don't think we ever going to get it.


On other side, I have no idea why SNK didn't launch KOF14 for PC, 13 sold so well.

It's coming 2017

 

[Pellegri Testament]

Are they even translating the Third Chapter, looking at how SC ended up, I don't think we ever going to get it.


On other side, I have no idea why SNK didn't launch KOF14 for PC, 13 sold so well.

We've known since the beginning of the year that they are working on it and it's set to come out sometime around the beginning of next year (aka expect summer/fall).

 

[Fou-Lu]

Are they even translating the Third Chapter, looking at how SC ended up, I don't think we ever going to get it.

They are translating it and it comes out next year.

 

[chaosblade]

Are they even translating the Third Chapter, looking at how SC ended up, I don't think we ever going to get it.


On other side, I have no idea why SNK didn't launch KOF14 for PC, 13 sold so well.

Yes, 3rd is coming next year. Zero and Azure, on the other hand...

Shame to see the my favorite Final Fantasy game is the worst selling.

 

[Tagyhag]

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale - 466.000

Good to see.

It needs to be a daily some day, I'm sure most new Steam users have no idea what Recettear is.

 

[jj984jj]

Are they even translating the Third Chapter, looking at how SC ended up, I don't think we ever going to get it.

Yes they are, and only the PC version so maybe it won't drop as much but I think they're just doing it because they have the chance and staff willing to.

Edit: Beaten by many lol.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Thought the title was "spooky" edition

 

[Ganon Dragmire]

I find it disturbing ffvii and xiii have higher sales than Viii..what's wrong with you people.

Not only that but each entry in the XIII series beat out that nostalgia darling true Final Fantasy: FFIX. Despite it being something of an enhanced port. Haha

No wonder SE ignores it.

 

[Jawmuncher]

Those Xblaze sales are pretty sad. Didn't even know the second was on PC.

Not only that but each entry in the XIII series beat out that nostalgia darling true Final Fantasy: FFIX. Despite it being something of an enhanced port. Haha

No wonder SE ignores it.

13 got past 8 do to hype. It was squares first big push of FF on PC that didn't have a PC out already. So a lot of people including me bought it as a show of good faith that we want more. Still surprising to see it beat 8, but 13 has been very cheap. Easily found for like 6 bucks.

While FF9 cheapest price has been 50% off on the square Enid store I think.

 

[Remembrance]

Good to see.

It needs to be a daily some day, I'm sure most new Steam users have no idea what Recettear is.

That's the head start they got from being basically the first indie Japanese game on Steam.

And The Last Remnant was the first high-profile JRPG of any kind on Steam for years. It's easy to imagine an alternate universe where any given game was in these games' places and ended up with similar numbers.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

They have taste

we all have tastes doesn't mean there good Xp lol

Damn man naruto took a dip was the pc version bad? Or just fatigue.

 

[Dahbomb]

DmC DMC is like top 10 best selling "Japanese" game on Steam.

 

[kswiston]

Do we have a way of measuring the legs of these titles? I mean looking at, say, Mushihime vs DoDonPachi, it seems reasonable to assume a big part of the gulf is just the difference in how long they've been out. A lot of these games, particularly the older and smaller ones, release to little fan fair.

Here is the previous version of this thread from 5 months ago: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1223091

It would be harder to find Steamspy figures earlier than that without some google magic, but it gives you an idea of changes since the end of May. Like I said in the OP, I plan on doing a follow up every few months. Over time, I suppose these threads could help track legs for the titles covered.

 

[Eila]

Not only that but each entry in the XIII series beat out that nostalgia darling true Final Fantasy: FFIX. Despite it being something of an enhanced port. Haha

No wonder SE ignores it.

XIII has been on steam for longer. A lot of these games really do keep selling, except the really niche.

 

[Blackleg-sanji1]

Not only that but each entry in the XIII series beat out that nostalgia darling true Final Fantasy: FFIX. Despite it being something of an enhanced port. Haha

No wonder SE ignores it.

Looking at it some more Viii should be getting a darn remake too! Idky people would think 6 it's bottom tier sheesh. Surprised about the 13 trilogy

 

[Lemstar]

I'm not sure if I should be more disappointed that Steins;Gate only has 14k owners on Steam or that 14,000 people willingly paid for that overpriced dogshit port.

 

[chaosblade]

Yes they are, and only the PC version so maybe it'll won't drop as much but I think they're just doing it because they have the chance and staff willing to.

Edit: Beaten by many lol.

Hatsuu will probably beg to work on the series regardless of sales and Varion is probably up to translate if XSEED is willing to contract for it.


And I wonder when GungHo is going to get another port out? I thought I remember them teasing another release but maybe I'm remembering wrong. I'd think Grandia II's sales would be good enough to justify more ports.

 

[jj984jj]

Here is the previous version of this thread from 5 months ago: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1223091

It would be harder to find Steamspy figures earlier than that without some google magic, but it gives you an idea of changes since the end of May. Like I said in the OP, I plan on doing a follow up every few months. Over time, I suppose these threads could help track legs for the titles covered.

Disgaea and Tales of Zestiria have done really well since then.

Hatsuu will probably beg to work on the series regardless of sales and Varion is probably up to translate if XSEED is willing to contract for it.


And I wonder when GungHo is going to get another port out? I thought I remember them teasing another release but maybe I'm remembering wrong. I'd think Grandia II's sales would be good enough to justify more ports.

I guess they're not enough so far unfortunately? It seems to be a slow burn, maybe a few more sales will help since I don't think it's been below 50%. I hope they do get more of the series out or maybe Lunar 1 and 2.

 

[Linkark07]

Noticed on the list there are missing many visual novels like Clannad, Planetarian or Demon on the G String or Steins;Gate. Would seriously love to know how is the market of visual novels here in Occident.

 

[Zenaku]

Might have just missed it myself, but I think you've missed out Dead or Alive 5.

 

[Remembrance]

Disgaea and Tales of Zestiria have done really well since then.

Zestiria got a huge discount down to $6 or so.

Would be interesting to see how the "fire sale" strategy works out across the Namco games. God Eater is at 50% right now so it could get a jump very soon.

 

[Jawmuncher]

I'm not sure if I should be more disappointed that Steins;Gate only has 14k owners on Steam or that 14,000 people willingly paid for that overpriced dogshit port.

I feel like Steins Gate missed its perfect storm release on PC. Players had the localized version of the console versions before it even hit steam. I think had it hit the same time the PS versions did the sales would be higher.

But yeah quality of the port could have hurt a bit too.

Zestiria got a huge discount down to $6 or so.

But I think that was only on the Namco store for one sale. So while probably a decent amount, numbers are still nice even if that's factored in.

 

[Basileus777]

Noticed on the list there are missing many visual novels like Clannad, Planetarian or Demon on the G String or Steins;Gate. Would seriously love to know how is the market of visual novels here in Occident.

The market kind of crashed this year due to how many bad titles have been flooded onto Steam. Few VNs can get more than a few thousand sales now. Titles will need to be profitable on narrow margins because soon Japan will realize that there's no point chasing Nekopara money.

 

[Nabae]

I didn't know NepNep's popularity in the west dropped that badly.

 

[NormalFish]

Here is the previous version of this thread from 5 months ago: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1223091

It would be harder to find Steamspy figures earlier than that without some google magic, but it gives you an idea of changes since the end of May. Like I said in the OP, I plan on doing a follow up every few months. Over time, I suppose these threads could help track legs for the titles covered.

just glancing at those numbers, seems variable. I'd be interested to hear from these companies what they expect with these titles and how they've reacted to their success (or lack there of) on the platform. Especially folks like Degica, Ghostlight, and even KT, who all have a variety in terms of game sales. Wonder if it's as unpredictable as it seems to me.

 

[kunnikuman]

Some of these numbers are meaningless as they all either had huge discounts, launch day discounts, given free in a bundle, humble bundle , $1 dollar sales etc.

 

[Ganon Dragmire]

XIII has been on steam for longer. A lot of these games really do keep selling, except the really niche.

I did say each XIII. LR and IX were released like 4 months apart.

Many were asking for both and here we are. haha

Looking at it some more Viii should be getting a darn remake too! Idky people would think 6 it's bottom tier sheesh. Surprised about the 13 trilogy

Get ready for that Fabula Lightning XIII Trilogy Pro Remaster Remix. In 4k!

 

[kswiston]

Might have just missed it myself, but I think you've missed out Dead or Alive 5.

Dead or Alive went free to play. I am not bothering with F2P tracking for obvious reasons.


If people want me to track visual novels not already included in the OP, give me a list of titles. I ask that you stick to those originally published at retail (or by traditional publishers) in Japan. There are a billion indie visual novels on Steam.

 

[Augemitbutter]

rip tits sc.

 

[NEO0MJ]

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round seems to be missing from your list. It sold around 128,702.

 

[Pellegri Testament]

I didn't know NepNep's popularity in the west dropped that badly.

I wouldn't say it's popularity exactly when it comes to the mainline series at least, more that Megadimension requires a fairly decent computer to even run it. It also hasn't had a noteworthy sale yet, unlike the rest. Rebirth 1-3 were all Vita > PC ports, where as VII was PS4 > PC and Compile Heart didn't exactly optimize it well at all for PS4, which is why the port requires such insane specs for the type of game it is.

MINIMUM:
OS: Windows 7
Processor: Intel i5 2.3 GHz or comparable
Memory: 6 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or comparable
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 17 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows compatible sound card
Additional Notes: Shader v5 or newer

RECOMMENDED:
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Intel i5 3.3 GHz or comparable
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or comparable
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 17 GB available space
Sound Card: Windows compatible sound card
Additional Notes: Shader v5 or newer

 

[Dot-N-Run]

Now that I've finished the first Trails in the Sky I should probably get SC...

 

[Basileus777]

Dead or Alive went free to play. I am not bothering with F2P tracking for obvious reasons.


If people want me to track visual novels not already included in the OP, give me a list of titles. I ask that you stick to those originally published at retail (or by traditional publishers) in Japan. There are a billion indie visual novels on Steam.

There's not much point in tracking a wide swath of VNs because most of them are under 10k and thus in the range where Steamspy isn't giving you very accurate numbers.

 

[Jigorath]

Those Disgaea sales are pretty encouraging for such a niche series.

 

[ezekial45]

DMC4SE still hasn't outsold the original or DMC3SE?

 

[Primethius]

Holy shit, DQ Heroes sold on Steam WW what it sold on PS4 in NA.

Jeez, SE just won't be able to make DQ or any of it's spin offs a success anytime soon.

 

[Corpekata]

The Neptunia games drop because the first couple were novelty buys, they got in earlyish on the Japanese push and they were good ports. Once that wore off, only the hardcore were left, and they've released like 7 games (+ 2 similar titles like Fairy Fencer) in 2 years.

 

[Marche90]

What fills me with hope regarding TiTS The 3rd is that at least a good chunk of those who bought SC will get The 3rd, too. Once you're hooked, you're in forever :lol. I mean, I know they aren't exactly stellar sales, but could certainly be worse (those X-Blaze sale numbers, yikes!)

If people want me to track visual novels not already included in the OP, give me a list of titles. I ask that you stick to those originally published at retail (or by traditional publishers) in Japan. There are a billion indie visual novels on Steam.

Search by publisher: MangaGamer and Sekai project. The most notorious ones are published by them. Maybe FrontWing, too? ��

 

[Corpekata]

DMC4SE still hasn't outsold the original or DMC3SE?

Why would it outsell the original by much? The original was already a great port. Has new content, sure, but it isn't near the upgrade that it was on console.