
Fans of the action genre will find plenty to enjoy in Yakuza Kiwami.
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Verdict
93%
Steam
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IGDB
Verdict score based on confidence-adjusted Steam reviews?
Very Positive on Steam (93% positive from 23K reviews)
Compelling narrative and story
Rich open world to explore
Outstanding soundtrack
No significant drawbacks reported
Yakuza Kiwami is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It is a remake of Yakuza, the first game in the Yakuza series, originally released on the PlayStation 2. Yakuza Kiwami was released on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan on January 21, 2016, and on PlayStation 4 in Europe and North America on August 29, 2017. It was also ported to Windows via Steam worldwide on February 19, 2019, to Xbox One on April 21, 2020, to Amazon Luna on December 22, 2022, to Nintendo Switch on October 24, 2024, and to Nintendo Switch 2 on November 13, 2025. Versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released on December 8, 2025.

Runs well on modern hardware.
Last updated 2d ago
One of my favourite games I have played in recent years, this is my second time playing through it and I first played it on the PS5 back in 2023, this is a super fun, emotional and comedic journey, I love the fighting and all the sub stories that are going on, you can really see how much love they put into this game and the world they have built, absolutely amazing voice acting and brilliant writing too, its fun to explore the city and play the minigames such as bowling and go to the arcade, levelling up and unlocking news moves is satisfying too. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys story based games, the only thing I would warn people about is that this game relies on subtitles for people who do not understand Japanese, if that is fine then I do highly recommend it! Absolutely amazing game, cannot wait to play more in the series.
I feel it like it should go without saying that you'd need to play the first Yakuza game before this one as it makes the storyline much more impactful. So many twists and turns, excited to start playing the next series. I can't wait to see what happens next for Kiryu-san!!! *^.^*
(Game played, and platinum'd on GOG because I'm not buying the new version) Platinum wasn't as hard as compared to Yakuza 0, but it still has it's ups and downs (P.S. ♥♥♥♥ legend difficulty, and ♥♥♥♥ the car chase sequence)
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