List of best-selling Sega Saturn games

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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 commercially successful 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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