NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension
Skip · Strategy · 2016
Steam Deck UnsupportedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 19, under the fair line, at $59.99.
- Reviews▼
- 71% of 1,104
- Genre rank
- Top 74% Strategy
Holding it back: Reviews, Length unknown
Why
Watch this gameOne alert when a sale makes it a BANGER.
Time and effort
- Achievements
- 29
Price and sales
- Sales
- 28 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $23.99 June 2017
- Sale every
- 119d last August 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 152 now
- Cheaper than
- 1% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 37% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
85% start to 14% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
28 discounts in the 10 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 17 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 12 weeks ago.
It is pricier than 99 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 63 percent. Among the games that feel like it, NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Souzou ($24.99, scores 72) beats it on value, while it beats Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII ($59.99, scores 3).
More about NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension
This site sampled 361 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 1 was written by a buyer who refunded it, sampled from reviews written May 2020 to October 2026.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Not discounted in any of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 85 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
- How long it takes to beat isn't in our data. The score is docked for the missing length.
About the game
In the simulation game series "Nobunaga's Ambition", players aim to unify Japan in the troubled times of the Warring States era. In this release we include "Officer Play" for the first time in the series, allowing players to advance from retainer to Castle Lord and then on to Daimyo.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, VRAM 128MB over, 5 GB of storage. Windows only.
No data upstream: length (HowLongToBeat), critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
NOBUNAGA'S AMBITION: Sphere of Influence - Ascension scores 19/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. Length is not in our data, so the score is docked. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/375450/nobunaga-s-ambition-sphere-of-influence-ascensionReviews set the ceiling. With no length in our data, value sits at a neutral middle whatever the price, and the BANG Score is docked until a real length is known. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.