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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2015-09-01

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Strategy

Franchise: Nobunaga's Ambition · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 12, 2013 (PlayStation 3), Feb 22, 2014 (PlayStation 4), Mar 03, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 01, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 28, 2015 (PlayStation Vita)

Become a Daimyo of the Warring States period of Japanese history in NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION, a historical simulation game of conquest and domination. It is the 30th anniversary of this series and this current release, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence, is the crown of the series.

10
playing now
84%
positive of 620 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$59.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 40% of 5,887 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–37k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 620 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $20.40 at GreenManGaming (2018-07-24)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 7 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

1952026-08-12 01:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 9 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 14 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 17 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 19 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 11 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 12 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-29 04:00 — 13 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$64.27$20.402015-09-012026-08-102015-09-01 — best price $49.792015-10-12 — best price $59.992015-11-25 — best price $39.592015-12-29 — best price $59.992016-03-21 — best price $29.992016-06-23 — best price $29.992016-09-16 — best price $59.992016-11-23 — best price $29.992017-01-02 — best price $59.992017-03-20 — best price $30.002017-07-14 — best price $30.002017-11-22 — best price $23.992018-01-01 — best price $59.992018-04-20 — best price $59.992018-07-05 — best price $59.992018-08-07 — best price $58.332018-11-21 — best price $23.992019-02-04 — best price $23.992019-11-18 — best price $58.152020-01-14 — best price $58.582020-02-07 — best price $58.152020-02-13 — best price $64.272020-03-09 — best price $59.992021-04-22 — best price $29.992021-08-18 — best price $60.882022-03-01 — best price $33.472022-04-21 — best price $29.702023-04-11 — best price $59.992024-03-25 — best price $23.992024-08-22 — best price $59.992025-02-03 — best price $59.992025-06-10 — best price $27.592026-02-09 — best price $29.992026-05-05 — best price $59.992026-07-31 — best price $23.992026-08-10 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing9 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS3 (PlayStation)1,0176%39

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

Player tags

3DRTSWarWargameMilitaryStrategyTacticalDiplomacyHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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