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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Taishi cover art

NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Taishi

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2017-11-29

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Simulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Nov 30, 2017 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 29, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 30, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

"Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi" is the 15th entry in the historical simulation game series Nobunaga's Ambition. Where a warrior's resolve exceeds their ambition. We offer the grandest warring states experience to all the fans out there!

NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Taishi is a $59.99 Simulation game released in 2017, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (50% of 997 reviews).

45
playing now
50%
positive of 997 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
3.45★
PlayStation Store rating (1,192 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$59.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 45 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (78 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 16,739 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–60k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 997 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $23.99 at Steam (2021-09-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
575720172026Week of 2017-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

214432026-09-15 06:00 — 101 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 119 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 55 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 159 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 214 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 82 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 157 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 143 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 68 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 174 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 107 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 50 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 74 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 102 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 91 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 54 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 71 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 74 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 61 players2026-10-10 07:00 — 160 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 163 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 59 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 98 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.6k111Dec 2017Aug 2026Dec 2017 — avg 1,637 · peak 5,610Mar 2018 — avg 552 · peak 1,488Jun 2018 — avg 418 · peak 994Sep 2018 — avg 413 · peak 983Dec 2018 — avg 342 · peak 807Mar 2019 — avg 1,166 · peak 3,079Jun 2019 — avg 603 · peak 1,447Sep 2019 — avg 561 · peak 1,219Dec 2019 — avg 530 · peak 1,141Mar 2020 — avg 590 · peak 1,366Jun 2020 — avg 612 · peak 1,487Sep 2020 — avg 542 · peak 1,195Dec 2020 — avg 610 · peak 1,350Mar 2021 — avg 493 · peak 1,156Jun 2021 — avg 467 · peak 1,076Sep 2021 — avg 542 · peak 1,201Dec 2021 — avg 485 · peak 1,018Mar 2022 — avg 447 · peak 1,009Jun 2022 — avg 398 · peak 926Sep 2022 — avg 251 · peak 530Dec 2022 — avg 205 · peak 421Mar 2023 — avg 208 · peak 445Jun 2023 — avg 219 · peak 473Sep 2023 — avg 167 · peak 360Dec 2023 — avg 162 · peak 323Mar 2024 — avg 161 · peak 325Jun 2024 — avg 155 · peak 322Sep 2024 — avg 152 · peak 318Dec 2024 — avg 128 · peak 267Mar 2025 — avg 133 · peak 266Jun 2025 — avg 124 · peak 277Sep 2025 — avg 120 · peak 251Dec 2025 — avg 121 · peak 271Mar 2026 — avg 114 · peak 240Jun 2026 — avg 115 · peak 268Aug 2026 — avg 117 · peak 231
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$23.992018-01-182026-08-102018-01-18 — best price $59.992018-09-24 — best price $59.992019-01-04 — best price $59.992019-02-11 — best price $59.992019-03-31 — best price $59.992019-06-26 — best price $41.992019-11-26 — best price $35.992020-01-22 — best price $32.992020-03-05 — best price $32.992020-09-26 — best price $29.992020-10-20 — best price $59.992021-04-26 — best price $59.992021-10-04 — best price $59.992022-05-09 — best price $59.992023-04-11 — best price $59.992024-04-08 — best price $59.992024-08-22 — best price $59.992024-10-07 — best price $59.992025-02-03 — best price $59.992025-05-08 — best price $59.992025-06-23 — best price $59.992025-12-01 — best price $59.992026-02-23 — best price $59.992026-05-05 — best price $59.992026-06-18 — best price $59.992026-08-10 — best price $59.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

37
achievements tracked
83.7%
earned "The role of a leader"
40.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing24 DLC

2 supported languages: Japanese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 24 DLC released, first 2017-11-30, latest 2018-06-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)36512%30
Steam (Steam)1526%37

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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