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Games like Shenmue I & II

D3T · 2018 · 88 % positive of 2,945

24 games that play like Shenmue I & II and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Shenmue III, Yakuza Kiwami (Legacy) and Yakuza 0.

Player tags

  • Adventure
  • Open World
  • Story Rich
  • Martial Arts
  • Classic
  • Action
  • RPG
  • Atmospheric

At a glance

What games like Shenmue I & II have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Shenmue I & II: Story Rich (19 of 24), Open World (16) and RPG (15).
  • They came out between 2007 and 2026, 21 of them after Shenmue I & II (2018).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Yakuza 0 (95 % positive of 73,481).
  • 11 games both play and look like Shenmue I & II, among them Shenmue III, Yakuza Kiwami (Legacy) and Yakuza 0.

By gameplay

Plays like Shenmue I & II

Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

More matches

  1. Yakuza 0 Director's Cut82 % positive of 2,086
  2. Yakuza: Like a Dragon94 % positive of 33,262Shared: Open World · Story Rich · RPG
  3. Echoes of Yi : Samsara61 % positive of 407Shared: Martial Arts · RPG · Third Person
  4. Evoland Legendary Edition80 % positive of 2,438Shared: RPG · Retro · JRPG
  5. DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT93 % positive of 54,680Shared: Open World · Story Rich · RPG
  6. Way of the Samurai 380 % positive of 692Shared: Open World · Story Rich · RPG
  7. 古龙风云录58 % positive of 8,718Shared: Open World · Story Rich · Martial Arts
  8. Path of Kung Fu74 % positive of 4,632Shared: Open World · Story Rich · Martial Arts
  9. DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition93 % positive of 10,043Shared: Open World · Story Rich · RPG
  10. Jade Empire™: Special Edition75 % positive of 1,939Shared: Story Rich · Martial Arts · Classic
  11. Infinity Strash: DRAGON QUEST The Adventure of Dai45 % positive of 374Shared: Story Rich · RPG · JRPG
  12. The Legend of The Sacred Stone EX94 % positive of 310Shared: Story Rich · RPG · Third Person

By look

Looks like Shenmue I & II

Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

More matches

  1. Onimusha: Warlords93 % positive of 2,913
  2. Sleeping Dogs94 % positive of 17,084
  3. Yakuza 095 % positive of 73,481
  4. Bully: Scholarship Edition84 % positive of 36,334
  5. Shenmue III73 % positive of 1,312
  6. Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Legacy)95 % positive of 16,661
  7. Zero Escape: Zero Time Dilemma82 % positive of 4,347
  8. FINAL FANTASY VIII88 % positive of 9,072
  9. No More Heroes80 % positive of 1,913
  10. Max Payne89 % positive of 14,653
  11. Cold War69 % positive of 282
  12. Beyond Good and Evil™86 % positive of 3,426

How these matches work

Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.

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