Nintendo has just unveiled the top 30 best-selling video games online in 2017. As usual, the manufacturer published two different rankings: one dedicated to sales in Japan, and one dedicated to sales abroad. As you will see, these two lists don't have much in common!
At the beginning of the year, many technology giants are publishing their retrospective of the year 2017. In the field of video games, we were first able to discover the retrospective of Steam. The top 100 of the platform has thus put ahead the best titles of the past year according to several categories. Shortly after, Japanese manufacturer Sony unveiled its top 20 best-selling video games on the Playstation Store in 2017. It's Nintendo's turn today to take stock!
Switch: Nintendo unveils the list of best-selling games in Japan and abroad in 2017!
As Nintendo states in its press release, both lists are based only on online sales. Titles purchased in a physical store are therefore not taken into account by the ranking. We start with the 30 best-selling titles in Japan, the console manufacturer's home country.
Nintendo Switch: the list of the 30 best-selling games in Japan
- Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
- Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together!
- Shinobi Refle as Senran Kagura
- Kamiko
- NeOGEO Arcade Archives: Metal Slug 3
- Overcooked: Special Edition
- NeOGEO Arcade Archives: The King of Fighters 98
- Arcade Archives: VS Super Mario Bros.
- Othello
- STRIKERS1945 for Nintendo Switch
- Resident Evil Revelations 2
- WATCH
- Arcade Archives: Mario Brothers
- Touhou Kobuto V
- Human Resource Machine
- New Frontier Days: Founding Pioneers
- DEEMO
- Shovel Knight
- Picross S
- Nazotoki Mail
- NeOGEO Arcade Archives: Metal Slug
- Sonic Mania
- Romancing Saga 2
- MAOU House
- Rocket League
- implosion
- Blaster Master Zero
- Cat Quest
- Battle Sports Mekuru
- Levels
Unsurprisingly, Minecraft tops the charts. The video game enjoys enormous popularity on all the consoles on which it is available. Released in December 2016, the "sandbox" video game was a huge success. In second place is Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together!, a puzzle game released in March 2017.
Nintendo Switch: the list of the 30 best-selling games abroad
- Stardew Valley
- Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition
- Sonic Mania
- Rocket League
- Snipperclips: Cut it Out, Together!
- Overcooked: Special Edition
- Shovel Knight
- Fast RMX
- Kamiko
- SteamWorld Dig 2
- NEOGEO Archive Arcade: VS Super Mario Bros.
- Wonder Boy: The Dragon's Trap
- Blaster Master Zero
- Arcade Archives: Metal Slug 3
- Enter the Gungeon
- Oceanhorn
- Mighty Gunvolt Burst
- Arcade Archives: Mario Brothers
- NeOGEO Arcade Archives: Metal Slug
- Picross S
- Thumper
- Graceful Explosion Machine
- NEOGEO Arcade Archives: The King Of Fighters 98
- Mr.Shifty
- World of Goo
- Brawlout
- Human Fall Flat
- Uno
- GoNNER
- implosion
The international ranking is dominated by Star Dew Valley, a simulation video game in which you have to manage a farm. Available on the Switch since February 2016, the title has confirmed its success online over the past year. In second place is the winner of the Japanese ranking, the famous Minecraft. In 3rd place is Sonic Mania, Sega's platform game released in August 2017. It should be noted that Sonic Mania is only 22nd in the Japanese rankings. If you want to know everything about the titles available on the console, check out our full nintendo Switch video game folder.