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Top 100 Video games in Japan

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest video games in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 1.7k video games tracked in Japan, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Rakuten, Housekeeping and Summer camp lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 38M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.4M, and the largest, Rakuten, reaches around 19M people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each video game, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Japan. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Japan, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Japan. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Rakuten 19M 35.4 71.9% Video game
2 Housekeeping 12M 36.5 76.1% Video game
3 Summer camp 7.4M 37.7 52.3% Video game
4 Motorcycle club 7.2M 36.6 26.3% Video game
5 Breaking news 6.3M 40.6 44.3% Video game
6 Balloon 4.7M 34.2 77.8% Video game
7 Dota 2 4.7M 28.8 38.0% Video game
8 Roblox 3.3M 29.4 37.5% Video game
9 American Chopper 3.1M 38.1 16.9% Video game
10 Blackjack 3M 37.0 64.3% Video game
11 Scrapbooking 2.7M 32.6 71.6% Video game
12 Valorant 2.5M 29.0 34.2% Video game
13 Animal Crossing 1.9M 29.7 61.8% Video game
14 Rings of Saturn 1.9M 34.7 52.4% Video game
15 Splatoon 1.9M 32.0 65.6% Video game
16 Sudoku 1.9M 31.3 59.8% Video game
17 Super Mario 1.8M 29.8 49.6% Video game
18 EA Sports FC 1.7M 28.3 30.1% Video game
19 Anime world 1.7M 29.8 58.1% Video game
20 Horizon Zero Dawn 1.7M 33.1 66.8% Video game
21 Mortal Kombat 1.6M 29.1 54.4% Video game
22 Fate/stay night 1.6M 36.3 18.4% Video game
23 Mortal Kombat (2011 video game) 1.4M 24.3 46.3% Video game
24 Beetlejuice 1.4M 36.4 76.1% Video game
25 Shin Megami Tensei 1.4M 38.3 0.0% Video game

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan and ranks each video game by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest video game in Japan?

Rakuten currently leads with an estimated audience of 19M people in Japan.

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