List of best-selling Sega Saturn games

This is a list of best-selling video games for the Sega Saturn home video game console. The Saturn’s library comprises over 1,000 titles, including ports of arcade games as well as original console-exclusive games. The best-selling franchise on the system is the Virtua Fighter series, with Virtua Fighter 2 selling 2.5 million copies.

The Sega Saturn was released on November 22, 1994, in Japan and on May 11, 1995, in the United States. The console was a commercial success in Japan, selling 5.57 million units, but it failed to replicate the success of the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in North America and Europe, where it sold 1.8 million and 1 million units, respectively.

List

Game Copies sold Release date[a] Genre(s) Developer(s) Publisher(s)
Virtua Fighter 2 2.5 million[b] November 30, 1995 Fighting Sega AM2 Sega
1.5 million[3]
  • November 22, 1994
  • July 14, 1995
 Fighting Sega AM2 Sega
Sega Rally Championship 1.2 million[4] November 15, 1995 Racing Sega AM3 Sega
Virtua Cop 1.1 million[c] November 24, 1995 Light gun shooter Sega AM2 Sega
Daytona USA 1 million[d] April 1, 1995 Racing Sega AM2 Sega
Grandia 1 million[6] December 18, 1997 Role-playing Game Arts Entertainment Software Publishing
Fighters Megamix 600,000[5] December 21, 1996 Fighting Sega AM2 Sega
Sakura Wars 550,000[5] September 27, 1996
Red Company Sega
Enemy Zero 500,000[7] December 13, 1996 Survival Horror Warp Warp
Nights Into Dreams 500,000[5] July 5, 1996 Action Sonic Team Sega
Sakura Wars 2: Thou Shalt Not Die 500,000[8] April 4, 1998
Red Company Sega
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 470,000[5] December 25, 1995 Role-playing Atlus Atlus
Fighting Vipers 450,000[5] August 30, 1996 Fighting Sega AM2 Sega
Virtual On: Cyber Troopers 430,000[5] November 8, 1996 Fighting Sega AM3 Sega
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge 430,000[5] February 23, 1996 Fighting Capcom Capcom

Notes

  1. ^ Only the initial release date on this platform is listed.
  2. ^ Virtua Fighter 2 sales breakdown:
    • Sales by August 1996 – 2,000,000[1]
    • December 1996 Bundle – 500,000[2]
  3. ^ Virtua Cop sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 620,000[5]
    • United States – 500,000[2]
  4. ^ Daytona USA sales breakdown:
    • Japan – 540,000[5]
    • United States – 500,000[2]

References

  1. ^ "NiGHTS ON SEGA SATURN FLYING OFF RETAIL SHELVES". Archived from the original on December 20, 1996.
  2. ^ a b c "NEXT Generation 28".
  3. ^ https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_1996-01-10:_Sega_captures_dollar_share_of_videogame_market_--_again
  4. ^ "DICE: Mizuguchi Talks Artistry and Commerce in Concert".
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)".
  6. ^ "Grandia 2 review - Sega Dreamcast - Bordersdown (NTSC-uk)". Archived from the original on September 9, 2012.
  7. ^ "Warp Interview". Sega Saturn Magazine. No. 32. Emap International Limited. June 1998. p. 43.
  8. ^ "Sakura Wars Strikes the Dreamcast". October 19, 1999.
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