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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2016-03-23

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Strategy

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

Releases: Oct 25, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Oct 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 24, 2016 (PlayStation 3), Mar 24, 2016 (PlayStation Vita)

In the simulation game series "Nobunaga's Ambition", players aim to unify Japan in the troubled times of the Warring States era. In this release we include "Officer Play" for the first time in the series, allowing players to advance from retainer to Castle Lord and then on to Daimyo.

NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension is a Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $59.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 1100 reviews).

193
playing now
71%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
4.22★
PlayStation Store rating (996 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$59.99
steam price (US)

193 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 193 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 14,061 Strategy games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 28k–66k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,103 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.99 at Steam (2017-06-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $59.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

401912026-09-15 00:00 — 150 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 217 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 193 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 223 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 401 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 343 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 161 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 186 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 347 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 162 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 181 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 315 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 91 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 151 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 357 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 111 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 142 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 233 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 116 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 233 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 361 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 168 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 102 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 193 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.4k196Mar 2016Aug 2026Mar 2016 — avg 3,361 · peak 7,454Jul 2016 — avg 860 · peak 2,216Nov 2016 — avg 833 · peak 1,869Mar 2017 — avg 712 · peak 1,617Jul 2017 — avg 722 · peak 1,598Nov 2017 — avg 703 · peak 1,614Mar 2018 — avg 429 · peak 900Jul 2018 — avg 429 · peak 949Nov 2018 — avg 420 · peak 964Mar 2019 — avg 379 · peak 831Jul 2019 — avg 317 · peak 743Nov 2019 — avg 353 · peak 789Mar 2020 — avg 481 · peak 1,112Jul 2020 — avg 379 · peak 808Nov 2020 — avg 398 · peak 863Mar 2021 — avg 383 · peak 886Jul 2021 — avg 366 · peak 738Nov 2021 — avg 409 · peak 859Mar 2022 — avg 370 · peak 795Jul 2022 — avg 312 · peak 679Nov 2022 — avg 260 · peak 533Mar 2023 — avg 287 · peak 586Jul 2023 — avg 281 · peak 580Nov 2023 — avg 238 · peak 499Mar 2024 — avg 241 · peak 554Jul 2024 — avg 229 · peak 491Nov 2024 — avg 207 · peak 492Mar 2025 — avg 235 · peak 462Jul 2025 — avg 214 · peak 422Nov 2025 — avg 232 · peak 517Mar 2026 — avg 225 · peak 457Jul 2026 — avg 220 · peak 481Aug 2026 — avg 244 · peak 471
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
112026-09-212026-10-132026-09-21: 1 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$59.99$23.992016-07-282026-08-102016-07-28 — best price $59.992016-11-01 — best price $59.992016-12-22 — best price $30.002017-02-09 — best price $41.992017-03-20 — best price $41.992017-06-22 — best price $23.992017-06-25 — best price $59.992017-07-14 — best price $30.002017-09-26 — best price $30.002017-11-20 — best price $30.002017-11-23 — best price $30.002017-12-21 — best price $23.992018-01-04 — best price $59.992018-02-19 — best price $59.992018-06-22 — best price $23.992018-11-20 — best price $24.992018-11-27 — best price $59.992019-02-05 — best price $23.992019-02-12 — best price $59.992020-01-02 — best price $59.992020-01-27 — best price $59.992020-03-09 — best price $59.992021-04-22 — best price $29.992021-10-25 — best price $23.992022-04-27 — best price $29.992023-03-29 — best price $29.992023-09-11 — best price $29.992024-03-25 — best price $23.992024-08-08 — best price $29.992024-09-23 — best price $29.992025-01-20 — best price $29.992025-04-24 — best price $29.992025-06-09 — best price $29.992025-11-17 — best price $29.992026-02-09 — best price $29.992026-04-23 — best price $29.992026-06-04 — best price $26.992026-07-27 — best price $26.992026-08-10 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

402026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-13 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 18:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
85.4%
earned "First Battle"
51.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)44911%29
PS4 (PlayStation)36615%29

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

Player tags

3DRPGRTSWarWargameMilitaryStrategyDiplomacyHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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