13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim for Nintendo Switch Debuts with 27k Copies Sold in Japan

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The Nintendo Switch port of the Vanillaware sci-fi adventure game, 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim, was released last week on April 14, 2022, and sales tracker Famitsu reports that 27,199  physical copies were sold during the first week.

This Famitsu estimated sales data for 13 Sentinels in Japan are of sales ranging from April 11 to April 17, 2022.

Having sold 27,199 copies on the Switch in Japan, this represents 7,409 copies less than the original PS4 release in November 2019, which sold 34,608 units at launch.

Debuting with underwhelming sales on the PS4 that disappointed the developers, 13 Sentinels went on to surpass expectations with strong word of mouth. Two months after its initial release in Japan, in January 2020, the game had reached 100k copies shipped (digital copies included). Three months later in April 2020, it reached 130k copies shipped in Japan, and 200k copies 17 months later in September 2021.

Following the original game’s worldwide release, 13 Sentinels ended up reaching 500k total copies shipped globally in November 2021, two years after the initial launch.

Vanillaware Opening Sales Comparison

A comparison to the Japanese opening sales (followed by lifetime sales) of all previous Vanillaware games by Famitsu Sales, via Games Data Library.

  1. [PS3+PSV] Dragon’s Crown (Atlus) {2013-07-25} — 184,537 / 275,061
  2. [PS4+PS3+PSV] Odin Sphere Leifthrasir (Atlus) {2016-01-14} — 81,786 / 140,904
  3. [PSP] Grand Knights History (Marvelous AQL) {2011-09-01} – 63,672 / 114,094
  4. [PS2] Odin Sphere (Atlus) {2007-05-17} – 60,820 / 96,280
  5. [PSV] Muramasa Rebirth (Marvelous AQL) {2013-03-28} – 39,248 / 84,216
  6. [PS4] 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Atlus) {2019-11-28} – 34,608 / 87,601
  7. [NSW] 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim (Atlus) {2022-04-14} – 27,199 / NEW
  8. [WII] Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Marvelous AQL) {2009-04-09} – 23,900 / 45,825
  9. [PS2] GrimGrimoire (Nippon Ichi Software) {2007-04-12} – 14,865 / 36,586
  10. [PS4] Dragon’s Crown Pro (Atlus) {2018-02-08} – 9,759 / 25,467
  11. [PS4] 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim – Music and Art Clips {2019-03-14} — 5,345 / 5,345
  12. [NDS] Kumatanchi (Dimple Entertainment) {2008-09-25} – 3,500 / 5,567

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim was released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan on November 28, 2019. The game was released in Traditional Chinese and Korea on March 19, 2020 and in North America and Europe on September 22, 2020. It was released for Nintendo Switch on April 12, 2022 in the West and April 14, 2022 in Japan.

— Famitsu