
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.
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Got delisted lol Aside from that Kiwami 2 is a pretty interesting game. It's the remake of the second ps2 game. I've only played that till chapter 5, but even playing that little, I can see why some people hate this game. The original's combat is really smooth, and some small things they changed are baffling, like taking away a small city and some weird aesthetic changes, like how one fight originally had reflective floor and the arena got surrounded by a lot of yakuza cheering on got removed from K2. But still, as a game on itself is pretty fun. This was my favorite game to 100% from the series till Y6. Something about the dragon engine feels charming to me, even tho I feel that the combat here is a downgrade, it's still fun. The substories were memorable, and the side content was good. There was some minigames I disliked like the gravour photo session and Bouncer missions, which became repetetive after a while. Aside from that, it's still a good Yakuza game, and an important part to Kiryu's story.
Pretty good game and it runs fine on my steam deck (needed to lower the graphics settings to "normal" so it didn't kill my battery lmao). It's a shame no one can buy this anymore.
I really like Yakuza Kiwami 2. But that is mostly for the story, because as flashy as the dragon engine is here, it is still very much in its clunky infancy. But hey, Tiger drop negates all damage.
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