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Nippon Marathon cover art

Nippon Marathon

Onion Soup Interactive · PQube · 2018-12-17

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieRacingSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 17, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 17, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 17, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Dec 17, 2018 (Mac), Dec 18, 2018 (Xbox One)

Crazy, physics-driven, four-player marathon across Japan. Combining classic racers like Micro Machines and the insanity of TV's Takeshi's Castle, smash through offices and shopping malls and hurl fruit at your opponents in a party game unlike anything you've played before!

91%
positive of 357 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
78/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
3.30★
PlayStation Store rating (857 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)
Nippon Marathon is a party, action, racing game developed by British studio Onion Soup Interactive and published by PQube Limited. In April 2021, an enhanced arcade version titled Nippon Marathon Turbo was released in arcades on exA-Arcadia. This version focuses solely on multi-player racing courses and does not have mini games. Two new characters called Hato and Princess were added as selectable characters and the art was drawn by Namco's Numan Athletics artist, Tatsuya Ishikawa.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (28 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 49,340 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.9k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 357 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.69-10%
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.50 at DLGamer (2025-04-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 68 of 111 observed days · $11.19 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.23$0.602018-02-162026-10-122018-02-16 — best price $8.492018-06-14 — best price $7.422018-11-15 — best price $6.992019-03-27 — best price $9.442019-07-13 — best price $9.992019-10-26 — best price $5.992020-01-03 — best price $3.992020-03-17 — best price $5.992020-06-02 — best price $12.482020-08-10 — best price $14.992020-10-31 — best price $11.992020-12-28 — best price $3.742021-03-18 — best price $8.242021-06-22 — best price $14.992021-09-21 — best price $15.232021-11-26 — best price $11.242022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-04-29 — best price $3.002022-08-05 — best price $3.742022-11-02 — best price $12.172023-02-01 — best price $2.242023-05-08 — best price $12.922023-08-25 — best price $3.742023-12-02 — best price $14.992024-03-07 — best price $3.742024-05-22 — best price $3.742024-08-19 — best price $2.902024-12-03 — best price $11.692025-03-10 — best price $13.492025-05-07 — best price $14.992025-08-04 — best price $1.492025-11-30 — best price $14.992026-02-27 — best price $14.992026-06-02 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $1.172026-10-12 — best price $11.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2402026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 6 pageviews2026-07-22 — 10 pageviews2026-07-25 — 7 pageviews2026-07-28 — 7 pageviews2026-07-31 — 8 pageviews2026-08-03 — 9 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 4 pageviews2026-08-15 — 8 pageviews2026-08-18 — 5 pageviews2026-08-21 — 3 pageviews2026-08-24 — 11 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-30 — 10 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 3 pageviews2026-09-08 — 4 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 8 pageviews2026-09-17 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 6 pageviews2026-09-23 — 2 pageviews2026-09-26 — 4 pageviews2026-09-29 — 0 pageviews2026-10-02 — 5 pageviews2026-10-05 — 4 pageviews2026-10-08 — 0 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews2026-10-13 — 9 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
39.7%
earned "Smelliest Player"
5.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on TV1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,10244%13
PS4 (PlayStation)1,01532%13
Steam (Steam)7424%15
Xbox One (Xbox)63617%12
Switch (Nintendo)300%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

AnimeFunnyIndieMemesActionCasualRacingSportsPhysicsFighting

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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