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Japan's Video Game Rankings, August 17-23

posted on 2026-08-31 12:00 EDT by Joanna Cayanan

Steins;Gate Re:Boot for Switch 2 debuts at #4, for PS5 at #5

Japan's Game Ranking: August 17-23

Rank	System	Title	Publisher	Release Date	Weekly Copies	Total Copies
1	NSw	Rhythm Heaven Groove	Nintendo	July 2	37,402	911,241
2	NSw 2	Splatoon Raiders	Nintendo	July 23	13,224	626,371
3	NSw	Tomodachi Life	Nintendo	April 16	12,558	1,574,773
4	NSw 2	Steins;Gate Re:Boot	MAGES	August 20	7,613	7,613
5	PS5	Steins;Gate Re:Boot	MAGES	August 20	4,002	4,002
6	NSw	Minecraft	Nippon Microsoft	June 21, 2018	3,953	4,265,941
7	NSw	Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027	Konami	June 11	3,718	205,769
8	NSw 2	Pokémon Pokopia	Nintendo	March 5	3,701	1,115,493
9	NSw	Steins;Gate Re:Boot	MAGES	August 20	3,538	3,538
10	NSw 2	Starsand Island	Game Source Entertainment	August 20	3,415	3,415
11	NSw 2	Mario Kart World	Nintendo	June 5, 2025	3,006	3,020,846
12	PS5	Beast of Reincarnation	Happinet	August 4	2,812	50,969
13	NSw	Splatoon 3	Nintendo	September 9, 2022	2,169	4,572,313
14	NSw	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Nintendo	December 7, 2018	1,884	5,943,927
15	NSw	Ayakashi Gohan ~ Okawaritsu!~" for S	Edia	August 20	1,820	1,820
16	NSw	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	March 20, 2020	1,681	8,467,646
17	NSw 2	eFootball Kick-Off!	Konami	June 4	1,564	72,263
18	NSw	Super Mario Party Jamboree	Nintendo	October 17, 2024	1,409	1,532,132
19	NSw 2	Animal Crossing: New Horizons	Nintendo	January 15	1,294	146,780
20	NSw	Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics	Nintendo	June 5, 2020	1,290	1,519,608

Source: Famitsu

This article has a follow-up: Japan's Video Game Rankings, August 24-30 (2026-09-07 11:15)
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