Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles took Metroid Dread down to second place during its week of release in Japan.
The game, launched for PS4 and PS5 on October 14, had enough copies sold to surpass Metroid Dread. With a total of 115,036 copies sold (94,849 for PS4 and 20,187 for PS5), the Demon Slayer title developed by CyberConnect2 took the number 1 and number 3 spots. Of course, Metroid Dread remained strong by itself with 22,221 copies sold, against five launched titles that week.
Other titles released that week were: The Idolm@ster Starlit Season (PS4 version; at #4), Back 4 Blood (PS4 version; at #5 and PS5 version at #13), Monark (Switch version at #6 and PS4 version at #17), and Earth Defense Force 3 (Switch version at #11).
Check out the rest of the Top 20 titles for the mentioned week.
Japan Game Sales Ranking: October 11-17, 2021
Rank | System | Title | Publisher | Release Date | Weekly Copies | Total Copies |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | PS4 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles | Aniplex | October 14, 2021 | 94,849 | 94,849 |
2 | NSW | Metroid Dread | Nintendo | October 8, 2021 | 22,221 | 109,019 |
3 | PS5 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles | Aniplex | October 14, 2021 | 20,187 | 20,187 |
4 | PS4 | The Idolm@ster Starlit Season | Bandai Namco Entertainment | October 14, 2021 | 15,597 | 15,597 |
5 | PS4 | Back 4 Blood | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | October 12, 2021 | 13,112 | 13,993 |
6 | NSW | Monark | FuRyu | October 14, 2021 | 10,521 | 10,521 |
7 | PS4 | Far Cry 6 | Ubisoft | October 7, 2021 | 9,917 | 44,136 |
8 | NSW | Minecraft | Nintendo | June 21, 2018 | 9,648 | 2,234,813 |
9 | NSW | Mario Kart 8 Deluxe | Nintendo | April 28, 2017 | 9,615 | 4,095,124 |
10 | NSW | Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Nintendo | December 7, 2018 | 9,402 | 4,460,356 |
11 | NSW | Earth Defense Force 3 for Nintendo Switch | D3 Publisher | October 14, 2021 | 7,713 | 7,713 |
12 | NSW | Ring Fit Adventure | Nintendo | October 18, 2019 | 6,928 | 2,869,579 |
13 | PS5 | Back 4 Blood | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | October 12, 2021 | 6,010 | 7,134 |
14 | NSW | WarioWare: Get It Together! | Nintendo | September 10, 2021 | 5,718 | 150,684 |
15 | NSW | Animal Crossing: New Horizons | Nintendo | March 20, 2020 | 5,579 | 6,903,298 |
16 | NSW | Pokémon Sword & Shield | Nintendo | November 15, 2019 | 5,307 | 4,163,595 |
17 | PS4 | Monark | FuRyu | October 14, 2021 | 5,242 | 5,242 |
18 | NSW | Momotaro Dentetsu: Showa, Heisei, Reiwa mo Teiban! | Konami | November 19, 2020 | 5,234 | 2,399,794 |
19 | PS4 | Lost Judgment | Sega | September 24, 2021 | 4,954 | 145,788 |
20 | NSW | Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury | Nintendo | February 12, 2021 | 4,366 | 904,796 |
[Source]: Famitsu: Game Sales – [Archive (2021.Oct.24)].