A masterclass in action design, Yakuza Kiwami 2 delivers an unforgettable experience from start to finish.
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Very Positive on Steam (95% positive from 18K reviews)
Highly rated by 408 players
No significant drawbacks reported
Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a 2017 action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It is a remake of the 2006 video game Yakuza 2 for the PlayStation 2, the second remake in the Yakuza series following 2016's Yakuza Kiwami. It was developed using the Dragon Engine, previously used for Yakuza 6. The game was released for PlayStation 4 on December 7, 2017 in Japan, and worldwide on August 28, 2018. It was released for Windows worldwide on Steam on May 9, 2019 and released for Xbox One on July 30, 2020. A version for cloud-based platform Amazon Luna was released on January 19, 2023. It was released on 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 18d ago
A real man is ought to be a little stupid - a quote from this game that will live on in my mind for the rest of my life.
Wanted to like this game. Amazing graphics...and that's it. The combat is flashy but less satisfying than the arcade-like combat in yakuza zero and yakuza kiwami legacy. Should have seen the signs when the dev team started making these games into turn based combat games in new installments. This is the first yakuza marking the downfall of combat in the series.
It took some time getting use to the Dragon Engine and I do have a couple of gripes but this is still a good game that's worth checking out.
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