Here Are Japan's Top 30 Best-Selling Switch eShop Games For 2022

Splatoon 2 is still selling huh? That seems very strange to me. Love seeing Splatoon 3 on top tho!

yes undertale

@Ooyah Oh that's quite possible indeed.

Glad to see Xenoblade Chronicles 3 in top 10.

What the heck is Resident Evil 6 doing at top 27 of a Japanese Switch eshop best-selling games lisr in 2022!? Truly a very contemporary game

sadly it seens Bayonetta 3 was a flop everywhere,good for the others franchises

Roughly 75% of this list feels like Japan’s top streamed games by popular YouTubers/VTubers. Influencers are strong in those charts. That said, I’m slightly surprised Momotao Densetsu and Minecraft didn’t chart higher.

Glad to see dq x offline did ok.

I am content with this list. These games deserve their spots. I haven't played them all but from what I did, I feel like it kinda reflects how good they are.

Also publishers, give us the Japan only releases. Come on, don't be shy

Inside has to be one of the most overrated games in history. I am surprised to see it still selling so well, although I guess the deep discounts it frequently sees helps.

No super mario odyssey?

XC3 deserves to be higher but I'm still happy that it makes it to top 10.

@Giancarlothomaz sadly, no matter how good the Bayonetta games are, they're just niche. I love them but it's just how it is.

I personally do not like to see that Top 30 game choices despite there are some games I like on that list.
Those game choices are too mainstream for me. Not good in my opinion.
Splatoon was just too overrated.
Never understand why mainstream audiences have interest in shooter games.
I personally never want to get into Splatoon and blend with mainstream audiences.
I know I'm different than other gamers.

I will be surprised and happier to see Portal Knights or Dragon Quest Builders on Top 30 instead of Minecraft.
I will be happier to see ARMS also on Top 30.
Even Japanese peoples don't like to think about Boxing sport very much ? 😟
They like to watch K-1 World Grand Prix every year, why don't any Japanese games developer want to revive K-1 or Boxing / Kickboxing games on modern consoles after the last game in year 2006, even just the Chibi version like on GBA ?

@SoapMonki I'm willing to bet that some people out there are still buying Splatoon 2, even if they already have Splatoon 3, purely to get more of that Splatoon lore.

At first I was glad to see Dragon Quest on their and then I remembered that it was the garbage mobile remakes that were up there.
The HD 2D remake can't come soon enough.

Like another poster wrote, it is kind of surprising to see Resident Evil 6 at number 27 of the bestselling Switch games on eShop in Japan in 2022.

But you have to consider that the japanese do like (multiplayer) action games quite a lot (Monster Hunter and Splatoon are also very popular games in Japan).

And if I remember correctly RE6 actually sold more than a million copies on PS3 physically in Japan alone back in the day. So for me it's not THAT surprising (even though it IS a 10 years old game I admit).

Wow, congrats to Overcooked 2! Would have never expected to see that in the top 10 in 2022.

@KayFiOS Ah yeah that actually makes sense.

I hate that Human: Fall Flat is still on that list when there are so many fantastic indies games that make it to Japan these days. When my students ask me what games I like, the chances they've heard of any of them are slim to none because they barely even know what the eShop is, and if they do, they've probably only heard of that game. Still, I have to give a shout out to the girl in 4th grade who's really into Undertale. Now if I can just convince her to buy Thomas Was Alone (which is not available in Japan/ese).