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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
26 Crossword 1.3M 33.5 59.0% Video game
27 High fidelity 1.2M 38.3 37.3% Video game
28 Monster Hunter Freedom 1.2M 24.9 29.1% Video game
29 1080p 1.2M 36.2 21.4% Video game
30 Final Fantasy 16 1.1M 30.3 58.3% Video game
31 Texas HoldEm Poker 1.1M 33.4 33.0% Video game
32 Toon Blast 1M 34.5 57.0% Video game
33 Fire Emblem 975k 34.5 49.2% Video game
34 Wii 947k 37.5 54.3% Video game
35 Street Fighter 921k 28.4 53.6% Video game
36 Wheelie 916k 39.4 9.1% Video game
37 Gin rummy 872k 38.8 40.5% Video game
38 Elden Ring 857k 28.8 30.4% Video game
39 Counter-Strike: Source 835k 20.5 62.0% Video game
40 Pocket watch 826k 41.0 36.8% Video game
41 League of Angels 809k 36.0 45.7% Video game
42 Unreal Tournament 792k 26.8 4.1% Video game
43 Forza Horizon 776k 28.8 21.3% Video game
44 It Takes Two 748k 29.8 37.7% Video game
45 Escape the room 747k 35.1 63.2% Video game
46 Devil May Cry 726k 32.5 58.0% Video game
47 Tekken 726k 29.7 47.6% Video game
48 Subway Surfers 683k 23.9 41.0% Video game
49 Black Desert 669k 26.2 50.3% Video game
50 Fall Guys 643k 29.9 33.2% 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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