Games set in Japan sorted by release date

Old PC games set in Japan, as you can imagine, are mainly set during the medieval era and often involve sword wielding samurais, ninjas or martial artists of some kind.

Most popular Japan games

Fairy Nights

adventureWindows XP/98/95

Nippon Safes, Inc.

adventureDOS

Nobunaga's Ambition

strategyDOS

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Karateka

DOS19864.1/5 Broderbund

Karateka is a martial arts themed action / fighting game released by Broderbund in 1986 for DOS. Karateka is the first game designed by Jordan Mechner, the father of the Prince of Persia franchise. Karateka was also published for Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, C64, MSX, NES, ZX Spectrum.
Ninja

DOS19862.5/5 Acclaim Entertainment
Shogun

DOS19863.4/5 Virgin Interactive
Last Ninja

DOS19883.6/5 System 3
Nobunaga's Ambition

DOS19883.7/5 KOEI
Budokan: the Martial Spirit

DOS19894.2/5 Electronic Arts
James Clavell's Shogun

DOS19894.2/5 Infocom
Nobunaga's Ambition 2

DOS19893.9/5 KOEI
Sword of the Samurai

DOS1989protected4/5 MicroProse Software
Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance

DOS19903.5/5 System 3
Shadow Knights

DOS19903.7/5 Softdisk Publishing
Conquest of Japan

DOS19924.1/5 Impressions Games
First Samurai

DOS19923.9/5 Vivid Image
Nippon Safes, Inc.

DOS1992freeware3.6/5 Dynabyte
Nobunaga's Ambition 6

DOS19943.8/5 KOEI
Fairy Nights

Windows XP/98/952000NSFW4/5 Milky House