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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2016-12-13

Steam

Strategy

Franchise: Nobunaga's Ambition · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 1983 (FM-7), 1985 (MSX), 1983 (PC-9800 Series), 1983 (Legacy Computer), 1984 (NEC PC-6000 Series), 1983 (PC-8800 Series)

Nobunaga's Ambition, the first of the series, was released in 1983. Players assume the mantle of either Nobunaga Oda or Shingen Takeda and strive to conquer the entire land (17 areas in the Kansai and central Japan region). They manage their country to make it rich, then prepare their military forces.

NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $12.99, with Positive sentiment (91% of 11 reviews) and an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000.

1
playing now
91%
positive of 11 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$12.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-09-28 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 250% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 96% of 14,371 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $5.19 at Steam (2024-03-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162026Week of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-16 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.99$5.192016-12-142026-06-182016-12-14 — best price $12.992017-05-29 — best price $12.992017-09-25 — best price $12.992018-03-12 — best price $12.992018-08-20 — best price $12.992018-11-22 — best price $12.992019-02-17 — best price $12.992019-07-09 — best price $12.992019-11-22 — best price $12.992020-01-27 — best price $12.992020-03-09 — best price $12.992021-04-26 — best price $12.992022-05-09 — best price $12.992023-04-11 — best price $12.992024-04-08 — best price $12.992024-08-22 — best price $12.992024-10-07 — best price $12.992025-05-08 — best price $12.992025-06-23 — best price $12.992026-05-05 — best price $12.992026-06-18 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: Japanese

Player tags

WarRetroWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalSimulationTurn-Based

Census log

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

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