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RGG Studio · 2020 · Windows

Steam: 94 % positive of 33,262 reviews, as of Oct 18

Become Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking yakuza grunt left on the brink of death by the man he trusted most. Take up your legendary bat and get ready to crack some underworld skulls in dynamic RPG combat set against the backdrop of modern-day Japan.

24 games that play like Yakuza: Like a Dragon and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Yakuza Kiwami (Legacy), Yakuza 0 and Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Legacy).

Player tags

  • RPG
  • Adventure
  • Action
  • Turn-Based Combat
  • JRPG
  • Story Rich
  • Turn-Based
  • Open World
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Plays and looks like Yakuza: Like a Dragon

These games are close to it by gameplay and by look, so they appear in both lists below.

By gameplay

Plays like Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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

More matches

  1. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties62 % positive of 3,585
  2. DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT93 % positive of 54,680Shared: RPG · JRPG · Story Rich
  3. Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition87 % positive of 45,496Shared: RPG · JRPG · Story Rich
  4. Persona 4 Golden97 % positive of 78,346Shared: RPG · Turn-Based Combat · JRPG
  5. Judgment94 % positive of 9,743Shared: Crime · Drama · Third Person
  6. Lost Judgment94 % positive of 7,666Shared: Crime · Drama · Third Person
  7. DRAGON QUEST® XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age™ - Definitive Edition93 % positive of 10,043Shared: RPG · Turn-Based Combat · JRPG
  8. Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen88 % positive of 46,686Shared: RPG · JRPG · Story Rich
  9. Persona® 5 Strikers88 % positive of 16,316Shared: RPG · JRPG · Story Rich
  10. Tales of ARISE87 % positive of 34,782Shared: RPG · JRPG · Story Rich
  11. Nioh: Complete Edition79 % positive of 34,892Shared: RPG · JRPG · Nudity
  12. ASTLIBRA Revision95 % positive of 26,958Shared: RPG · JRPG · Drama

By look

Looks like Yakuza: Like a Dragon

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

More matches

  1. TEKKEN 783 % positive of 92,807
  2. Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition93 % positive of 69,029
  3. Yakuza 3 Remastered80 % positive of 9,131
  4. TEKKEN 854 % positive of 61,068
  5. Max Payne 386 % positive of 57,076
  6. Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster81 % positive of 3,434
  7. Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii90 % positive of 6,646
  8. Street Fighter V67 % positive of 43,651
  9. PAYDAY 289 % positive of 663,082
  10. Like a Dragon: Ishin!82 % positive of 5,503
  11. Shenmue I & II88 % positive of 2,945
  12. Street Fighter™ 685 % positive of 56,666

At a glance

What games like Yakuza: Like a Dragon have in common

  • The tags they share most often with Yakuza: Like a Dragon: JRPG (19 of 24), RPG (18) and Story Rich (13).
  • They came out between 2016 and 2026, 16 of them after Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020).
  • Best rated by Steam players: Persona 4 Golden (97 % positive of 78,346).

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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