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Japan's Video Game Rankings, June 23-29

posted on 2025-07-07 14:15 EDT by Rafael Antonio Pineda

Death Stranding 2 debuts at #3

Japan's Game Ranking: June 23-29

Rank	System	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Weekly Copies	Total Copies
1	NSw 2	Mario Kart World	Nintendo	June 5	145,069	1,185,113
2	NSw	Tamagotchi Plaza	Bandai Namco Entertainment	June 26	102,689	102,689
3	PS5	Death Stranding 2: On the Beach	Sony Interactive Entertainment	June 26	71,964	71,964
4	NSw 2	Tamagotchi Plaza	Bandai Namco Entertainment	June 26	26,396	26,396
5	NSw	To Heart	AQUAPLUS	June 26	18,076	18,076
6	NSw	Castlevania Anniversary Collection	SuperDeluxe Games	June 26	12,917	12,917
7	NSw 2	The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild	Nintendo	June 5	6,231	24,056
8	NSw	Mario Kart 8 Deluxe	Nintendo	April 28, 2017	5,569	6,358,819
9	NSw	Minecraft	Nippon Microsoft	June 21, 2018	5,513	3,923,387
10	NSw	Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time	Level 5	May 22	5,396	136,021
11	NSw	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	March 20, 2020	5,154	8,154,577
12	NSw	Super Mario Party Jamboree	Nintendo	October 17, 2024	4,910	1,331,995
13	NSw 2	The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom	Nintendo	June 5	4,606	21,867
14	NSw	Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma	Marvelous	June 5	4,024	64,790
15	NSw	Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army	Atlus	June 19	3,942	25,088
16	NSw	Nintendo Switch Sports	Nintendo	April 29, 2022	3,912	1,606,357
17	NSw 2	Yakuza 0 Director's Cut	Sega	June 5	3,621	16,101
18	PS5	Elden Ring Nightreign	FromSoftware	May 30	2,970	66,590
19	PS5	Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army	Atlus	June 19	2,320	21,568
20	PS4	Castlevania Anniversary Collection	SuperDeluxe Games	June 26	2,280	2,280

Source: Famitsu

This article has a follow-up: Japan's Video Game Rankings, June 30-July 6 (2025-07-12 12:15)
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