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====Steam and resurgence (2010s)==== In the 2010s, Japanese RPGs have been experiencing a resurgence on PC, with a significant increase in the number of Japanese RPGs releasing for the [[Steam (service)|Steam]] platform. This began with the 2010 release of doujin/indie game ''[[Recettear]]'' (2007) for Steam,<ref name="pcgamer-japan">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/how-japan-learned-to-love-pc-gaming-again/|title=How Japan learned to love PC gaming again|first=Wes|last=Fenlon|date=10 April 2017|publisher=}}</ref> selling over 500,000 units on the platform.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale|url=http://steamspy.com/app/70400|website=[[Steam Spy]]|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref> This led to many Japanese doujin/indie games releasing on Steam in subsequent years.<ref name="pcgamer-japan"/> Beyond doujin/indie titles, 2012 was a breakthrough year, with the debut of [[Nihon Falcom]]'s ''[[Ys (series)|Ys]]'' series on Steam and then the Steam release of [[From Software]]'s ''[[Dark Souls]]'', which sold millions on the platform. Other Japanese RPGs were subsequently ported to Steam, such as the previously niche ''[[Valkyria Chronicles]]'' which became a million-seller on the platform, and other titles that sold hundreds of thousands on Steam, such as the 2014 localization of ''[[The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky]]'' (2014) and ports of numerous ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' games. Japanese developers have been increasingly considering Steam as a viable platform for the genre, with many Japanese RPGs available on the platform.<ref name="pcgamer-japan"/> By 2015, Japan had become the world's fourth largest [[PC game]] market, behind only [[China]], the [[United States]], and [[South Korea]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=PC games revenue to hit $42 billion in 2020 - DFC|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2016-08-02-pc-games-revenue-to-hit-usd42-billion-in-2020-dfc|website=[[GamesIndustry.biz]]|accessdate=August 2, 2016}}</ref> The Japanese game development engine [[RPG Maker]] has also gained popularity, with hundreds of games being created with it and released on Steam by the late 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The surprising explosion of RPG Maker on Steam|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-surprising-explosion-of-rpg-maker-on-steam/|website=[[PC Gamer]]|date=April 12, 2017|language=en}}</ref>
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