Nobunaga's Ambition, known as Nobunaga no Yabō in Japan, is a strategy game franchise created by Koei in 1983 and owned by Koei Tecmo. As of 2022, the franchise has sold 10.54 million units.[1]
Games[]
| Title[2] | Year[2] | Platform[2] | Market | Sales (est.) | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobunaga's Ambition / Nobunaga no Yabō | 1983 | 59,963 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō | 1983 | Computers | Japan | 10,000 | [3] |
| Nobunaga no Yabō Returns | 1995 | Windows PC | Japan | — | |
| PS1 | |||||
| 1996 | Saturn | ||||
| Nobunaga no Yabō | 2013 | 3DS | Japan | 29,963 | [4] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition | 2016 | Steam | Worldwide | 20,000 | [5] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition / Zenkoku-ban | 1986 | 850,268 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Zenkoku-ban | 1986 | Computers | Japan | 680,000 | [3][6][7] |
| 1988 | Famicom | Japan | 107,670 | [4] | |
| Nobunaga's Ambition | 1988 | DOS PC | USA | — | |
| 1989 | NES | USA | 10,000 | [7] | |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Zenkoku-ban | 1990 | GB | Japan | — | |
| 1993 | PC Engine | ||||
| Super Famicom | Japan | 32,598 | [4] | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition | 1993 | Mega Drive | NTSC | — | |
| 1994 | SNES | USA | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Zenkoku-ban | 1998 | PS1 | Japan | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition | 2001 | Mobile | Worldwide | ||
| 2009 | Wii (VC) | ||||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Zenkoku-ban | 2010 | PS3 | Japan | ||
| X360 | |||||
| Nobunaga's Ambition | 2014 | Wii U (VC) | Worldwide | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Zenkokuban | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 20,000 | [8] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition II / Sengoku Gun'yū-den | 1988 | 662,513 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Sengoku Gun'yū-den | 1988 | NEC PC-88 | Japan | 400,000 | [7] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition II | 1989 | DOS PC | USA | — | |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Sengoku Gun'yū-den | 1990 | Famicom | Japan | 190,281 | [4] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition II | 1991 | NES | USA | — | |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Sengoku Gun'yū-den | 1998 | Saturn | Japan | ||
| PS1 | |||||
| 2007 | Mobile | ||||
| Nobunaga no Yabō 2 DS | 2008 | DS | Japan | 53,771 | [4] |
| Nobunaga no Yabō 2 | 2015 | 3DS | Japan | 6,461 | |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Sengoku Gunyuuden | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 12,000 | [9] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness | 1990 | 281,059 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Bushō Fū-unroku | 1990 | Computers | Japan | — | |
| 1991 | Famicom | Japan | 4,485 | [4] | |
| Super Famicom | Japan | 264,574 | |||
| Mega Drive | Japan | — | |||
| 1993 | PC Engine | ||||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness | 1994 | SNES | NTSC | — | |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Bushō Fū-unroku | 1999 | PS1 | Japan | ||
| 2004 | Mobile | ||||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Bushou Fuunroku | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 12,000 | [10] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Haōden | 1992 | 368,989 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Haōden | 1992 | Computers | Japan | — | |
| 1993 | Super Famicom | Japan | 218,812 | [4] | |
| 1994 | 3DO | Japan | 14,620 | ||
| 1994 | Mega Drive | Japan | — | ||
| Mega CD | |||||
| 1995 | PS1 | Japan | 122,557 | [4] | |
| 2006 | Mobile | Japan | — | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Haouden with Power Up Kit | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 13,000 | [11] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenshōki | 1994 | 465,422 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki | 1994 | Computers | Japan | 220,000 | [12] |
| 1995 | Saturn | Japan | 72,730 | [4] | |
| 1996 | SNES | Japan | 140,403 | ||
| PS1 | Japan | — | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki with Power-Up Kit | 1997 | Saturn | Japan | — | |
| PS1 | Japan | 6,693 | [4] | ||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki | 2005 | PSP | Japan | 3,270 | [4] |
| 2009 | Mobile | Japan | — | ||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenshōki with Power-Up Kit HD Version | 2015 | PSV | Japan | 2,326 | [4] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenshouki with Power Up Kit HD Version | 2015 | Steam | Worldwide | 20,000 | [13] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Shōseiroku | 1997 | 357,399 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Shōseiroku | 1997 | Computers | Japan | 167,000 | [12] |
| PS1 | Japan | 176,399 | [4] | ||
| 2005 | PSP | Japan | — | ||
| 1998 | Saturn | ||||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Shōseiroku with Power-Up Kit | 1999 | Dreamcast | Japan | — | |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Shōseiroku | 2010 | Mobile | |||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Shouseiroku with Power Up Kit | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 14,000 | [14] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Reppūden | 1999 | 156,267 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Reppūden | 1999 | Computers | Japan | — | |
| PS1 | Japan | 129,656 | [4] | ||
| Dreamcast | Japan | — | |||
| 2006 | PSP | Japan | 6,611 | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Reppuden with Power Up Kit | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 20,000 | [15] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Ranseiki | 2001 | 175,379 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Ranseiki | 2001 | PC | Japan | — | |
| 2002 | PS2 | Japan | 152,050 | [4] | |
| Xbox | Japan | 9,329 | |||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Ranseiki with Power Up Kit | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 14,000 | [16] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Sōtenroku | 2002 | 186,036 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Sōtenroku | 2002 | PC | Japan | — | |
| 2003 | PS2 | Japan | 154,123 | [4] | |
| 2011 | PSP | Japan | 16,913 | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Soutenroku with Power Up Kit | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 15,000 | [17] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power | 2003 | 161,370 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tenka Sōsei | 2003 | PC | Japan | — | |
| 2004 | PS2 | Japan | 141,370 | [4] | |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Rise to Power | 2008 | PS2 | USA | — | |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Tenkasousei with Power Up Kit | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 20,000 | [18] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle | 2005 | 185,567 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Kakushin | 2005 | PC | Japan | — | |
| 2006 | PS2 | Japan | 145,567 | [4] | |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Kakushin with Power-Up Kit | 2008 | Wii | Japan | — | |
| PS2 | |||||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Iron Triangle | 2009 | PS2 | USA | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Kakushin with Power Up Kit | 2015 | Steam | Worldwide | 40,000 | [19] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Tendō | 2009 | 226,284 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tendō | 2009 | PC | Japan | — | |
| 2010 | PS3 | Japan | 172,518 | [4] | |
| X360 | Japan | 5,298 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Tendō with Power-Up Kit | 2010 | PC | Japan | — | |
| 2012 | PSV | Japan | 18,468 | [4] | |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Tendou with Power Up Kit | 2015 | Steam | Worldwide | 30,000 | [20] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence | 2013 | 729,057 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Sōzō | 2013 | PC | Japan | — | |
| PS3 | Japan | 127,184 | [4] | ||
| PS4 | Japan | 10,091 | |||
| 2014 | PSV | Japan | 25,025 | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Souzou | 2014 | Steam | Overseas | 112,000 | [21] |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Sōzō with Power-Up Kit | 2014 | PS3 | Japan | 29,722 | [4] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Souzou with Power Up Kit | 2014 | Steam | Japan | 18,000 | [22] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence | 2015 | PS4 | Overseas | 50,000* | [23] |
| Steam | Worldwide | 73,000 | [24] | ||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Sōzō Sengoku Risshiden | 2016 | PS3 | Japan | 22,419 | [4] |
| PS4 | Japan | 46,319 | [4][25] | ||
| PSV | Japan | 23,297 | [4] | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - Ascension | 2016 | PS4 | Overseas | 40,000* | [26] |
| Steam | Worldwide | 122,000 | [27] | ||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Sōzō with Power-Up Kit | 2017 | Switch | Japan | 30,000* | [28] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi | 2017 | 164,374 | [29] | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi | 2017 | Steam | Worldwide | 70,000 | [30] |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Taishi | 2017 | Switch | Japan | 9,737 | [4] |
| PS4 | Japan | 72,144 | [4][25] | ||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi | 2017 | PS4 | NA | 10,000* | [31] |
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Taishi with Power-Up Kit | 2019 | PS4 | Japan | 2,493 | [25] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening | 2022 | 527,499 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Shinsei | 2022 | PC | Japan | 200,000* | [32] |
| PS4 | |||||
| Switch | |||||
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening | 2022 | Steam | Worldwide | 300,000 | [33] |
| PS4 | Overseas | — | |||
| Switch | |||||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Shinsei with Power-Up Kit | 2023 | PS4 | Japan | 12,193 | [4] |
| Switch | Japan | 12,766 | |||
| Nobunaga no Yabō: Shinsei Complete Edition | 2025 | PS5 | Japan | 2,540 | [34] |
| Nobunaga's Ambition: Awakening Complete Edition | 2025 | Switch 2 | — | — | |
| Total sales | 10,540,000 | [1] | |||
Notes[]
* includes VGChartz numbers
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Past International Million Shipment Series (2022)". 2023 CESA Games White Paper. July 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Sources for titles, years and platforms:
- "Nobunaga's Ambition / Nobunaga no Yabou series". MobyGames.
- "Game Franchises - Nobunaga's Ambition". GameFAQs.
- 信長の野望シリーズ (Japanese Wikipedia)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 1986
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 "Game Search". Game Data Library. Famitsu.
- ↑ https://steamspy.com/app/544990
- ↑ 1987, 1988
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 1989
- ↑ https://steamspy.com/app/521660
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/67606
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/67610
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/67619
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 信長の野望・将星録
- ↑ https://steamspy.com/app/370730
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/67620
- ↑ https://steamspy.com/app/628110
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/67622
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/67623
- ↑ https://steamspy.com/app/628140
- ↑ https://gamalytic.com/game/363090
- ↑ https://gamalytic.com/game/363110
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/24042
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/32696
- ↑ Nobunaga's Ambition: Creation for PlayStation 4 - Sales, Wiki, Release Dates, Review, Cheats, Walkthrough
- ↑ https://playtracker.net/insight/game/24041
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 "Digital". Game Data Library. Famitsu.
- ↑ Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence - Sengoku Risshiden for PlayStation 4 - Sales, Wiki, Release Dates, Review, Cheats, Walkthrough
- ↑ https://app.sensortower.com/vgi/game/nobunaga-s-ambition-sphere-of-influence-ascension
- ↑ Nobunaga's Ambition: Sphere of Influence with Power-Up Kit for Nintendo Switch - Sales, Wiki, Release Dates, Review, Cheats, Walkthrough
- ↑ Nobunaga's Ambition: Taishi for All - Sales, Wiki, Release Dates, Review, Cheats, Walkthrough
- ↑ https://gamalytic.com/game/628890
- ↑ Nobunaga’s Ambition: Taishi for PlayStation 4 - Sales, Wiki, Release Dates, Review, Cheats, Walkthrough
- ↑ Nobunaga's Ambition: Shinsei for All - Sales, Wiki, Release Dates, Review, Cheats, Walkthrough
- ↑ https://gamalytic.com/game/1336980
- ↑ Famitsu Sales: 6/2/25 - 6/8/25 [Update] - Gematsu