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NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Zenkokuban

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2017-01-24

Steam

Strategy

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

Releases: 1987 (MSX), 1988 (DOS), Jan 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 1993 (Sega Mega Drive/Genesis), 1988 (Amiga), 1990 (Mac)

The second game in the series, "Nobunaga's Ambition-Nation" was released in 1986. It became the first of the series to be released outside of Japan under the name, "Nobunaga's Ambition." Players take the role of one of the main characters of the period, Nobunaga Oda, Shingen Takeda, Kenshin Uesugi, or others and try...

NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Zenkokuban is a 2017 Strategy game priced at $12.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (44% of 16 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

1
playing now
44%
positive of 16 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
$12.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-13 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Nobunaga's Ambition is a 1986 strategy video game developed and published by Koei for several platforms such as IBM PC compatibles, Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, and Sega Genesis. A part of Koei's "Historical Simulation" line of titles, it is focused in the Sengoku period of the history of Japan. It is the second game in the Nobunaga's Ambition series and the first Nobunaga's Ambition title to be released in English. The player has the objective of unifying Japan as Oda Nobunaga or as any of the other daimyos present in the game. Several revisions were made to the gameplay since the first game, as well as a 50-province mode which expanded the game's map to feature all of Japan.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 85% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

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
2220172026Week of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1112026-09-15 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 7 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 4 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
71Jan 2017Aug 2026Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2020 — avg 3 · peak 13Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 15Jul 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 5 · peak 14Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2023 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Apr 2024 — avg 5 · peak 19Jul 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 14Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Apr 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$12.99$5.192017-01-252026-06-182017-01-25 — 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).

Attention

58242026-05-29 — 37 pageviews2026-06-02 — 40 pageviews2026-06-06 — 49 pageviews2026-06-10 — 40 pageviews2026-06-14 — 28 pageviews2026-06-18 — 39 pageviews2026-06-22 — 46 pageviews2026-06-26 — 35 pageviews2026-06-30 — 37 pageviews2026-07-04 — 33 pageviews2026-07-08 — 57 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-16 — 29 pageviews2026-07-20 — 31 pageviews2026-07-24 — 29 pageviews2026-07-28 — 42 pageviews2026-08-01 — 35 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 38 pageviews2026-08-13 — 45 pageviews2026-08-17 — 34 pageviews2026-08-21 — 38 pageviews2026-08-25 — 36 pageviews2026-08-29 — 28 pageviews2026-09-02 — 49 pageviews2026-09-06 — 43 pageviews2026-09-10 — 35 pageviews2026-09-14 — 30 pageviews2026-09-18 — 35 pageviews2026-09-22 — 27 pageviews2026-09-26 — 28 pageviews2026-09-30 — 37 pageviews2026-10-04 — 34 pageviews2026-10-08 — 25 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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