Wonder what Switch games were downloaded the most last year in Japan? How about which download-only games did well? Let’s find out!
Nintendo has released its 2018 Switch download rankings. There are no publicly revealed figures so we don’t know how many times the games were downloaded, but Nintendo did put them in order.
Here are the most downloaded retail games. Keep in mind that many of the games were released prior to 2018.
30. Arms
29. Deemo
28. Capcom: Belt Action Collection
27. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle
26. Super Bomberman R
25. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
24. Monster Hunter XX Nintendo Switch Ver.
23. Donkey Kong Tropical Freeze
22. Dragon Quest Builders
21. Dragon Quest Builders 2
20. Xenoblade 2
19. Rockman X Anniversary Collection
18. Bayonetta
17. 1-2-Switch
16. Fifa 18
15. Super Mario Odyssey
14. Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum ‘n’ Fun!
13. Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!
12. Undertale
11. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
10. Mario Tennis Aces
9. Minecraft
8. Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!
7. Kirby Star Allies
6. Octopath Traveller
5. Super Mario Party
4. Splatoon 2
3. Overcooked 2
2. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
1. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
And the download-only games:
30. Voxel Shot for Nintendo Switch
29. Ikaruga
28. The Escapists 2
27. Valkyria Chronicles for Nintendo Switch
26. Earth Wars
25. Nine Parchments
24. Rockman Classic Collection 2
23. Guns, Gore & Cannoli
22. Ultimate Chicken Horse
21. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
20. Gorogoa
19. Senran Kagura Reflexions
18. Detention
17. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3 Full Burst
16. Golf Story
15. Mom Hid My Game!
14. Snipperclips – Cut it out, together!
13. Resident Evil Revelations 2
12. Icey
11. Dead Cells
10. Wizard of Legend
9. Minna de Kuuki Yomi
8. Dragon Quest X Basic Pack
7. Arcade Archives VS. Super Mario Bros.
6. Futari de! Nyanko Daisensou
5. Hollow Knight
4. Overcooked!
3. Puyo Puyo eSports
2. Stardew Valley
1. Human Fall Flat
Comments
15 responses to “Japan’s Most Downloaded Nintendo Switch Games Of 2018”
Nice to see Hollow Knight so high.
Yeah, that’s what I was scanning for.
The best value game to come out in years.
I’ve managed to miss it so far, somehow. Is it worth playing on PC or better suited to handheld/gamepad?
Hollow Knight is amazing, seriously epic. I played on PC with a controller. But the experience should be the same on a console.
Absolutely worth playing on PC.
But then I bought in on PC and it wasn’t until I grabbed it again on on Switch that I really got into it 🙂
Switch has become my indie machine of choice – even though I play big-screen 90% of the time.
I take it you recommend gamepad as well? Maybe that’s obvious but I don’t actually know how it controls at all.
Nice to see Senran Kagura in the top 20 of Download only titles of the Switch.
Are we talking legally downloaded?
Yes, this is just ripped from the ‘best selling’ page from the eshop most likely.
15. Mom Hid My Game!
Really?
Seems to be a hidden object game of sorts: https://ec.nintendo.com/JP/ja/titles/70010000001599
Also, the list is from a feature on the Nintendo site, it’s linked in the article. The data is from the eShop of course, but Nintendo still featured it as its own article.
I’ve seen the game on the store. It looks stupidly simple and I don’t understand how it got on this list.
It’s cheap, is probably why. I thought you’d be more surprised by Minna de Kuuki Yomi in #9.
I have no idea what that one is.
I’m not sure I know what it is myself: