
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.
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Solid game for sure, its hard not to compare it to Yakuza 0 and find it a bit wanting but I think one would be hard pressed to not enjoy it for the same reasons one might enjoy Zero, fun action bs and j-drama vibes. I'd imagine part of it being a bit weak is because its a remake of the first game, and if there is anything I know about old remakes of old games that got a big reputation, its that its pretty hard to pull it off and stay fateful at the same time. So, I like it. This review helpful? Idk, I'm just chilling, that ending is a rollercoster.
Minigames are fun and the story is decent but the sub stories arent as good as 0. overall a good game and i really like Majima. no crash or stutters.
despite it being very similar to yakuza 0 it's a very nice remaster of the first game and actually looks pretty natural i just wish every game had it like this instead of dragon engine the fighting styles in the game feel like half baked versions of kiryu's from 0 with the only difference being combo speed being at max for the normal 3 and different for dragon style speaking of dragon style it's actually so bad you'd torment yourself if you were to try play the entire game start to finish with it not only does it fart damage you got no heat slow combo speed and 2 light attack combos at most and the only way to upgrade it is by fighting majima no nii-san in specific times in specific ways
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