Rhythm Heaven Groove Leads Japan's Weekly Game Sales Chart
Rhythm Heaven Groove holds the top slot for the week while Steins;Gate Re:Boot enters on three platforms, showing the remake's reach beyond a single system.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Famitsu's retail chart for August 17-23 keeps Rhythm Heaven Groove at number one with 37,402 copies, lifting its total past 911,000. Steins;Gate Re:Boot debuts across three platforms, landing fourth on Switch 2, fifth on PS5, and ninth on Switch. Tomodachi Life and Splatoon Raiders hold second and third. Two other new releases, Starsand Island and Ayakashi Gohan, enter the chart this week.
Three new releases enter Famitsu's weekly retail chart for August 17-23. Steins;Gate Re:Boot appears three times, fourth on Switch 2, fifth on PS5, and ninth on Switch. Starsand Island and Ayakashi Gohan land in the tenth and fifteenth spots. Rhythm Heaven Groove keeps the top slot with 37,402 copies and a running total of 911,241, while Nintendo's catalog fills most of the remaining chart.
- Rhythm Heaven Groove: Rank 1, 37,402 weekly, 911,241 total
- Splatoon Raiders: Rank 2, 13,224 weekly, 626,371 total
- Tomodachi Life: Rank 3, 12,558 weekly, 1,574,773 total
- Steins;Gate Re:Boot (Switch 2): Rank 4, 7,613 weekly
- Steins;Gate Re:Boot (PS5): Rank 5, 4,002 weekly
- Minecraft: Rank 6, 3,953 weekly, 4,265,941 total
- Powerful Pro Baseball 2026-2027: Rank 7, 3,718 weekly, 205,769 total
- Pokémon Pokopia: Rank 8, 3,701 weekly, 1,115,493 total
- Steins;Gate Re:Boot (Switch): Rank 9, 3,538 weekly
- Starsand Island: Rank 10, 3,415 weekly
- Mario Kart World: Rank 11, 3,006 weekly, 3,020,846 total
- Beast of Reincarnation: Rank 12, 2,812 weekly, 50,969 total
- Splatoon 3: Rank 13, 2,169 weekly, 4,572,313 total
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Rank 14, 1,884 weekly, 5,943,927 total
- Ayakashi Gohan ~ Okawaritsu!~: Rank 15, 1,820 weekly
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch): Rank 16, 1,681 weekly, 8,467,646 total
- eFootball Kick-Off!: Rank 17, 1,564 weekly, 72,263 total
- Super Mario Party Jamboree: Rank 18, 1,409 weekly, 1,532,132 total
- Animal Crossing: New Horizons (Switch 2): Rank 19, 1,294 weekly, 146,780 total
- Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics: Rank 20, 1,290 weekly, 1,519,608 total
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Japan's Video Game Rankings, August 17-23