The Game Census

Games Japanese players love

Ranked by Japanese share — Japanese-language reviews as a fraction of each game's total Steam reviews, from the census' review-language samples. Min 2,000 total reviews so the share isn't noise from a handful of ratings. A high share doesn't mean the game is popular overall, only that Japanese-reading players make up an outsized part of its review base.

GameJapanese shareTotal reviews
Urban Myth Dissolution Center38.3%6.3k
SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada37.1%3.7k
溶鉄のマルフーシャ36.1%3.2k
Sentinel Girls2:Snezhinka35.9%2.5k
Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven32.5%4.9k
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake32.1%5.0k
Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost29.2%2.5k
星之翼28.5%3.9k
Dolls Nest27.1%2.5k
Return to Shironagasu Island25.3%4.3k
PARANORMASIGHT: The Mermaid's Curse25.2%2.7k
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Awakening24.4%2.8k
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond24.3%24k
でびるコネクショん23.6%2.0k
and Roger22.2%2.7k
Garden of Witches21.5%2.1k
近畿霊務局 - Kinki Spiritual Affairs Bureau21.2%2.9k
Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land21%3.3k
DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined20.4%2.9k
7 Days to End with You19.1%3.5k
Elin18.6%9.3k
Your Chronicle18.6%2.8k
No Case Should Remain Unsolved16.9%11k
Platform 816.4%2.9k
Yomawari: Night Alone15.9%2.3k
Aeruta15.9%2.5k
Yasuke Simulator14.6%2.0k
Cuisineer14.5%2.1k
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin14.3%5.7k
GUNDAM BREAKER 414.3%4.2k
Keep Digging14.1%3.3k
STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE13.6%2.1k
PARANORMASIGHT: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo13.4%7.2k
Shadow Corridor13.4%2.2k
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 613.3%7.3k
FINAL FANTASY V13.2%2.5k
Refind Self: The Personality Test Game13.1%3.8k
Staffer Case: A Supernatural Mystery Adventure12.9%4.3k
gogh: Focus with Your Avatar12.9%5.5k
GNOSIA12.8%5.1k
Magical Girl Witch Trials (魔法少女ノ魔女裁判)12.7%34k
Tactics Ogre: Reborn12.6%4.7k
Little Noah: Scion of Paradise12.4%2.3k
Overdungeon12.4%3.1k
Glyphica: Typing Survival12.3%2.6k
Puyo Puyo™ Tetris® 211.8%2.9k
雀姬/姫麻雀11.8%3.0k
SUPER ROBOT WARS Y11.7%2.8k
Tokyo Xtreme Racer11.6%16k
Öoo11.4%6.9k
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM BATTLE OPERATION 211.3%22k
The Exit 811%12k
Endless Alice10.9%2.5k
Trials of Mana10.4%5.8k
Made in Abyss: Binary Star Falling into Darkness10.4%2.8k
东方光耀夜 ~ Lost Branch of Legend10.2%2.2k
Little Witch Nobeta10%10k
Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream9.8%2.6k
Visions of Mana9.7%2.7k
FINAL FANTASY III9.7%2.9k
SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream9.7%2.9k
Cavalry Girls 铁骑少女9.6%2.0k
DRAGON BALL: THE BREAKERS9.4%6.6k
Age of Reforging: The Freelands9.4%2.5k
HARVESTELLA9.3%2.5k
Soul Hackers 29.2%3.3k
DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition9.1%12k
Stella of The End9%3.2k
Pogostuck: Rage With Your Friends9%6.5k
INAZUMA ELEVEN: Victory Road8.9%12k
One Way Heroics8.8%4.1k
Way of the Samurai 48.8%2.1k
Leap Year8.8%3.2k
hololive Dreams8.7%3.4k
巫兎 - KANNAGI USAGI -8.7%7.4k
Ratopia8.6%4.9k
Ikaruga8.6%2.4k
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess8.6%2.5k
BRAVELY DEFAULT II8.3%2.1k
Dungeon Warfare8.3%2.0k
Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story8.2%13k
No Results Found8.2%2.5k
Alchemy Factory8.2%2.5k
Astro Prospector8%3.3k
Gal*Gun 28%2.5k
Echoes of Aincrad7.7%5.3k
WILD HEARTS™7.7%13k
Dominion7.7%2.3k
CODE VEIN II7.7%7.7k
D1AL-ogue7.6%5.0k
Touhou Koumakyou: New Classic - the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil7.6%3.8k
IN HEAT: Lustful Nights7.5%3.5k
Craftopia7.5%20k
Virtua Fighter 5 R.E.V.O. World Stage7.5%2.3k
Holo X Break7.4%2.7k
Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE Plus7.3%2.4k
FINAL FANTASY IV7%3.0k
ROMANCE OF THE THREE KINGDOMS 8 REMAKE7%4.0k
Our Adventurer Guild6.9%3.7k
Homura Hime6.9%2.8k

Language shares come from Steam's review-language breakdown, sampled independently of the total review count shown on a game's own page — the two can drift slightly out of sync, which is why a share can occasionally read above 100%.