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.

Game	Japanese share	Total reviews
SYNDUALITY Echo of Ada	37.2%	3.7k
DRAGON QUEST III HD-2D Remake	32.5%	5.0k
星之翼	29.8%	3.8k
Touhou Danmaku Kagura Phantasia Lost	29.3%	2.5k
Dolls Nest	27.4%	2.5k
Return to Shironagasu Island	25.8%	4.2k
Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond	24.4%	24k
and Roger	22.2%	2.7k
Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land	21.2%	3.3k
DRAGON QUEST VII Reimagined	20.8%	2.8k
7 Days to End with You	19.3%	3.4k
Aeruta	16.1%	2.5k
Yasuke Simulator	14.6%	2.0k
STAR OCEAN THE DIVINE FORCE	13.6%	2.1k
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 6	13.5%	7.2k
Refind Self: The Personality Test Game	13.2%	3.8k
gogh: Focus with Your Avatar	13.2%	5.4k
Magical Girl Witch Trials (魔法少女ノ魔女裁判)	13%	34k
Tactics Ogre: Reborn	12.9%	4.5k
Glyphica: Typing Survival	12.6%	2.5k
SUPER ROBOT WARS Y	12.1%	2.7k
Öoo	11.7%	6.7k
MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM BATTLE OPERATION 2	11.3%	22k
Endless Alice	11.1%	2.4k
hololive Dreams	10.7%	2.8k
SWORD ART ONLINE Fractured Daydream	9.7%	2.9k
Beast of Reincarnation	9.3%	4.1k
Ratopia	8.8%	4.8k
Neighbors: Suburban Warfare	8.8%	2.2k
Astro Prospector	8.4%	3.1k
Alchemy Factory	8.4%	2.5k
CODE VEIN II	8.3%	7.1k
BRAVELY DEFAULT II	8.3%	2.1k
D1AL-ogue	8.2%	4.6k
Chill with You : Lo-Fi Story	8.1%	12k
Echoes of Aincrad	8.1%	5.0k
WILD HEARTS™	7.7%	13k
IN HEAT: Lustful Nights	7.6%	3.5k
Magical Princess	7.1%	7.9k
麻雀一番街	7%	4.8k
Take Me To The Dungeon!!	6.6%	4.0k
Oddsparks: An Automation Adventure	6.6%	2.3k
ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™	6.5%	86k
Tower of Babel: Survivors Of Chaos	6.1%	6.3k
Monster Hunter Wilds	6%	329k
Street Fighter™ 6	6%	79k
Dungeon Clawler	5.9%	3.9k
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5	5.9%	12k
我在地府打麻将 - Demonic Mahjong	5.9%	5.5k
Persona5: The Phantom X	5.8%	13k
TBH: Task Bar Hero	5.8%	45k
FatalZone	5.6%	2.3k
Train 45	5.5%	3.3k
FATAL FRAME II: Crimson Butterfly REMAKE	5.4%	4.0k
Unrailed 2: Back on Track	5.4%	2.1k
God Of Weapons	5.4%	5.2k
FINAL FANTASY TACTICS - The Ivalice Chronicles	5.3%	6.7k
Sengoku Dynasty	5.2%	7.8k
Horizon Walker	5%	2.3k
Mining Mechs	4.7%	2.7k
EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair	4.7%	11k
Kotama and Academy Citadel	4.6%	2.9k
Ballionaire	4.6%	2.6k
StarVaders	4.4%	4.3k
CHRONO TRIGGER®	4.4%	13k
Dragonkin: The Banished	4.3%	2.6k
TEVI	4.1%	4.0k
Decktamer	4%	2.1k
Fairy Fencer F Advent Dark Force	4%	2.4k
SULFUR	4%	9.8k
Wild Assault / 兽猎突袭	4%	4.3k
Supermarket Chaos	3.9%	2.3k
JDM: Japanese Drift Master	3.9%	6.0k
Duet Night Abyss	3.9%	2.1k
One Step From Eden	3.9%	7.7k
ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights	3.9%	46k
Cinderia	3.8%	4.7k
Crusaders Quest : Hero Town	3.8%	2.5k
RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike	3.8%	4.4k
Space Rock Breaker	3.8%	4.1k
33 Immortals	3.8%	2.3k
Terminus: Zombie Survivors	3.7%	4.5k
Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles	3.7%	4.5k
Digimon Story Time Stranger	3.7%	22k
Deadly Days: Roadtrip	3.6%	2.8k
Ultimate Fishing Simulator®	3.6%	8.9k
Saleblazers	3.6%	2.2k
MY HERO ULTRA RUMBLE	3.6%	27k
FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves	3.5%	3.7k
Tales of ARISE	3.5%	37k
Starsand Island	3.5%	6.4k
Sephiria	3.4%	9.1k
Gamblers Table	3.4%	2.8k
A Game About Feeding A Black Hole	3.4%	3.3k
Idol Showdown	3.3%	5.8k
Seed of the Dead: Sweet Home	3.3%	3.1k
Whisper Mountain Outbreak	3.3%	2.6k
Kaiju Princess	3.3%	6.4k
Skill Legends Royale	3.2%	3.0k
Survivalist: Invisible Strain	3.2%	4.5k

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%.