Rhythm Heaven Groove Did Not Relinquish First Place in Japan and Surpassed an Important Milestone

Rhythm Heaven Groove topped the Japanese sales chart for the second consecutive week, selling 126,073 copies.

Famitsu published the weekly game sales ranking in Japan for the period from July 6 to July 12. Rhythm Heaven Groove once again took the lead, confidently maintaining its first place.

Top 10 sales for the week:

1. Rhythm Heaven Groove (Nintendo Switch) — 126,073 copies (total 519,451)
2. Magical Girl Witch Trial (Nintendo Switch) — 21,283
3. Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream (Nintendo Switch) — 20,827 (1,457,949)
4. Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced (PS5) — 17,152
5. Echoes of Aincrad (PS5) — 16,092
6. Digimon Story: Time Stranger (Switch 2) — 15,644
7. Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok (Switch 2) — 12,544
8. Digimon Story: Time Stranger (Nintendo Switch) — 11,251
9. Crazy Chain: Elpis no Kusari (Nintendo Switch) — 9874
10. Powerful Pro Baseball 2026–2027 (Nintendo Switch) — 8917 (168,513)

Rhythm Heaven Groove maintained its leadership and surpassed the 500,000 copies sold mark, confirming its status as a hit in the Japanese market.

Interestingly, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, which became a hit in many charts and countries, only reached fourth place in Japan at launch.