Yakuza 4 Remastered
Yakuza 4 Remastered
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Yakuza 5 Remastered
Developer RGG Studio
Get ready for a Yakuza experience of unprecedented scale! Follow five characters across five Japanese cities, each trying to achieve their dream. The connections between them bring them together, but the conflict that unfolds is nothing any of them could have predicted. From the Steam store page
279 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
81
LovedLoved
179 positive · 42 negative
95% range 75–86%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 179 | 42 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 14 | 2 | 36 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
4,280 of 4,660 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
81% recommend · 176 yes, 40 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 216 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (6,586 of 7,452 positive).
Players praise the game's ambition and variety, with multiple characters and cities. [1][2][3] Some find the story bloated and convoluted, with unnecessary plot twists. [4][5][6] The game is recommended for series fans, but not as a starting point. [7][8][9]
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- [5]
I love the series as a whole and I'm glad this is on PC but man I hated this specific one. I'd only recommend it if you want to play it once just for the story otherwise watch a recap on YouTube or something. The game is long and full of stupid unnecessary plot lines. I genuinely almost quit the series over this game but I decided to take it slow and it took forever to finish. Play the series though as it's amazing …
- [1]
The most UNDERRATED Yakuza game might have changed my life. It's funny how much I feel like this Yakuza game is one of the most overhated, when in my opinion it's one of the best. Then again, I want to say that this is subjective and that not everyone has to like this Yakuza game, and that's true. Why? Because this Yakuza game doesn’t stand out for its story or its plot twists. It stands out for its characters, …
- [4]
At this point you are probably only playing Yakuza 5 if you are invested in the series. While ambitious to continue using multiple protagonist like Yakuza 4 did to tell its story, unfortunately the main story ends up feeling bloated and convoluted. The story still has many great moments you would expect from this series but in between there is tons of filler such as tons of unnecessary plot twists and forced …
- [11]
If you want a game that just keeps surprising you, Yakuza 5 is an easy recommendation. You get to play multiple characters, each with their own struggles and motivations, so it always feels fresh. One moment you are fighting your way through neon streets, then suddenly you are training to become a J pop idol and realizing you are way more invested in it than expected. The story loves throwing plot twists and it …
- [2]
Yakuza 5 definitely goes all out compared to Yakuza 4 with more cities, more characters, and way more content to dive into. It’s easily the most over-the-top entry so far, but honestly, that’s both a blessing and a curse. The sheer amount of stuff to do is impressive, yet the world somehow feels a bit empty at times. The story tries to be this massive, interconnected epic, but it ends up being overly complicated and …
Summarised from 34 of the 288 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
81% of the 216 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Yakuza 5 Remastered. The complaint that keeps coming up: story is overly long and filled with filler. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Reactions
60 of 279 · most liked firstGE-Proton11-3 Released. Patch notes in spoiler ::: spoiler spoiler This is a hotfix release: - Fixes a bug where the steam desktop global virtual device would still be recognized in-game when wine-wayland was enabled, causing incorrect mappings and double input. Steam Overlay does not work in wine-wayland and subsequently neither does Steam Input since it requires the overlay for profile assignment. (It has always been this way since wine-wayland was added), but now with the desktop profile…
neutral · AI labelView post →GE-Proton11-3 Released. Patch notes in spoiler ::: spoiler spoiler This is a hotfix release: - Fixes a bug where the steam desktop global virtual device would still be recognized in-game when wine-wayland was enabled, causing incorrect mappings and double input. Steam Overlay does not work in wine-wayland and subsequently neither does Steam Input since it requires the overlay for profile assignment. (It has always been this way since wine-wayland was added), but now with the desktop profile…
neutral · AI labelView post →Only two games stand between me and my dream game, Yakuza: Like a Dragon. I’ll need to hit the deck hard with Yakuza 5 Remastered, as it’s the longest game in the main saga.
neutral · AI labelView post →New game time!!! Starting Yakuza 5 Remastered ✨ ♥️「 twitch.tv/stephanie_stone 」
neutral · AI labelView post →18th game beat 👉🏻 Yakuza 5 Remastered! What an amazing experience and definitely one of my favorite entries now! This one is GREAT! It had everything you expect from a Yakuza game and more! As always, I can’t wait to keep going in the series!
positive · AI labelView post →Yakuza 5 Remastered Solid game, I liked the multiple cities even if the first one was kinda boring. Shinada was a stand out, really fun character. And props to the devs for making Haruka's section as involved as the guys despite deviating from the action combat
positive · AI labelView post →The most UNDERRATED Yakuza game might have changed my life. It's funny how much I feel like this Yakuza game is one of the most overhated, when in my opinion it's one of the best. Then again, I want to say that this is subjective and that not everyone has to like this Yakuza game, and that's true. Why? Because this Yakuza game doesn’t stand out for its story or its plot twists. It stands out for its characters, their convictions, their dreams, and its deeply moving and personal philosophy of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having an entire chapter where you play as a 16 year old girl doing QTE dance battles in a game about muscular Yakuza dudes beating each other up was certainly a choice the devs made.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yakuza 5 definitely goes all out compared to Yakuza 4 with more cities, more characters, and way more content to dive into. It’s easily the most over-the-top entry so far, but honestly, that’s both a blessing and a curse. The sheer amount of stuff to do is impressive, yet the world somehow feels a bit empty at times. The story tries to be this massive, interconnected epic, but it ends up being overly complicated and hard to care about in places. I really enjoyed Haruka’s segment, it was such a…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yakuza 5 is the Y0's ancestor and truly the only game that could rival Y0 in how good it is as Y0 type of entry. Y0 is just a perfectly put together yakuza entry. Story, gameplay, combat, it's just chef's kiss, but yakuza 5 is where they went crazy and experimented with everything new in the series and a lot of Y5's content inspired Y0. It's not perfect, some aspects really suck, some are better than Y0, Y5 is a playground where they learned how to Yakuza 0, and damn it they made an…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love the series as a whole and I'm glad this is on PC but man I hated this specific one. I'd only recommend it if you want to play it once just for the story otherwise watch a recap on YouTube or something. The game is long and full of stupid unnecessary plot lines. I genuinely almost quit the series over this game but I decided to take it slow and it took forever to finish. Play the series though as it's amazing but skip this one if that's an option for you lol.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like playing Yakuza, this is one of the best games in the franchise, but not the case IMO if you're not a hardcore Yakuza fan.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From the article: > Come 15th March, the following titles will be removed from Xbox Game Pass on consoles: > Lies of P > Yakuza 5 Remastered > Yakuza 6: The Song of Life > No More Heroes 3 > SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom – Rehydrated > MLB The Show 24 > Evil West > Solar Ash > On the PC side of things, the following games will be removed from the service in the next two weeks: > Evil West > Lies of P > Yakuza 5 Remastered > No More Heroes 3 > Yakuza 6: The Song…
neutral · AI labelView post →Holy smokes, I made it to the finale chapters in Yakuza 5 Remastered!!! So exciting! This game has been a wild ride so I’m excited to see how everything connects now!
positive · AI labelView post →Recommended, but be prepared for a very long journey Yakuza 5 is probably my least favorite entry in the series, yet I still think it's a good game and worth playing if you're a fan of the franchise. One of the highlights for me was the variety of side content. The taxi missions were surprisingly fun and offered a good mix of activities, keeping things fresh throughout Kiryu's chapter. Unfortunately, the dialogue-heavy missions didn't appeal to me nearly as much, and those make up the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At this point you are probably only playing Yakuza 5 if you are invested in the series. While ambitious to continue using multiple protagonist like Yakuza 4 did to tell its story, unfortunately the main story ends up feeling bloated and convoluted. The story still has many great moments you would expect from this series but in between there is tons of filler such as tons of unnecessary plot twists and forced mini-games that are usually relegated to optional side content. The main story is about…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →WHAT TOP 5 YOU SMOKING ON KIRYU? BECAUSE MY TOP 5 IS SHINADA SHINADA SHINADA SHINADA SHINADA
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →KIRYU IS A CAB DRIVER, SIZUKI NINJA, KIRYU DOESNT KNOW HE HAS A GF WHO LIVES IN HIS HOUSE 4 DAYS A WEEK, DIAGO GETS LOST, SAEJIMA WHOOPS A BEARS ASS, PRISON ESCAPE ROUND 2, WASHED UP BASEBALL STAR HOOKS UP WITH OLD STRIPPERS, DRUNK BOSS. 10/10 buy it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you buy and want to play the whole saga I would personally suggest not to do it. The Yakuza saga starting with 0 is like all you can eat chocolate ice cream, but the twist is every time you take a new cone the quality gets worse. Yakuza 0 is peak after that gameplay and story take a nosedive. Yakuza 5 still surprised me in regards of it's gameplay. Unlike all the other entries from 1-4 it actually tries to vary the gameplay. That's why I would still suggest to play this entry as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is crazy, you can be a taxy driver, mountain bear hunter and a girl dancer. Can I remind you, this game is about japanese mafia?
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pretty good, plot is very questionable at times but it makes up for it's fun gameplay and multiple characters They basically improved everything 4 got wrong (Story, Final boss, etc) and made it (almost) the best game in the series as of writing this. (now i wouldn't say it's the best game cus i've played more of the games) Good shiiii
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the worst Yakuza games. The combination of a long, slow, bad and confusing game story does not leave much positive to say about this game. The game mixes too many people with too much going on, which made the game feel boring and shallow. For example, a significant part of the game, you are forced to play as a little girl that dreams of becoming an idol. This does not belong in a Yakuza game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Twitch.tv/LilenneVT I'm totally not addicted to the Taxi Driver mini-game in Yakuza 5 Remastered... Totally not... I'd never... We'll certainly get to plot today, right!? RIGHT!???! #VTuber #VStreamer
neutral · AI labelView post →In the English version of Yakuza 5 Remastered PC, textboxes in Kiryu's chapters are slightly brighter than those of every other playable character, or those of Kiryu in the Japanese version on PC or even English Remastered when playing on PS4.
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neutral · AI labelView post →I have no idea what happens in this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →“Oh, you thought driving a taxi was my actual job? Nah, I just do it for fun. I’m actually the fourth chairman of a yakuza clan.” Trying to binge the entire Yakuza series back-to-back was definitely a terrible idea. By the time I reached Yakuza 5, I was already getting genuinely tired of the constant street fights and the way the game keeps forcing its admittedly impressive, but not always welcome, minigames into the main story. Even if you try to rush through the campaign, the game simply…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For someone touching the series for the first time. This one is the worst by far. The story is far too long and filled with such unnecessary fillers and twists that make me lose interest or get frustrated. The fighting is all the same, even with different characters. And certain characters are just way better than others, feeding imbalance. As much as ive grown to enjoy characters like Haru, the whole Idol story was not needed at all. The Finale is also far too long, and the fight with the guy…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unplayable piece of Haruka gameplay
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →PRIME KIRYU in terms of combat, theres just so many sick moves Kiryu fighting 100 yakuzas was absolutely wild 1 Kiryu vs 100 Gorillas should be the debate Saejima part felt a lil draggy but loved his combat Hated the Haruka part in the beginning but it grew on me later on Loveddd shinada and akiyama Burnt so many hours into this game, overall: 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Maybe I just burnt out, even though I took a month-long break between Yakuza 4 and 5. But still, this is the most tedious and boring game I’ve ever played. I couldn’t care less about Haruka, and Saejima’s part is a pure slog.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great great great great game. just finished it. did all substories and side missions which took about 100 hours ive had so much fun with every yakuza game. some more than others.. (3 got very boring near the end....) 5 may be my favourite out of all ive played (0-5 and 7) each character is very fun, akiyama and saejima feel sooo much more fleshed out in their combat compared to 4. shinada is good but not great. he can be pretty fun in 1v1 fights like with the victory road people but he doesnt…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →honestly so far the worst in the series. saejima's portion is killing my motivation to even finish this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I also decided to play Yakuza 5: Remastered right now LOL. I'm having game hankerings. Starting my New Game Plus playthrough!
neutral · AI labelView post →I think it's time for me to play my RGG game for this year, which will be Yakuza 5 Remastered. I had been delaying it because I was in the process of migrating away from Windows into using Linux instead, and things have been pretty solid so far. What better long term test than playing an RGG game?
neutral · AI labelView post →『龍が如く』シリーズは進化し続けています! This is a wild ride of pure manly bromance macho goodness vibe! Suitable for fun gamer boys, as well as smart gamer girls and cool gamer tomboys!! :3 Keep in mind. The RGG series is not chauvinistic. Though mostly players who enjoyed it are male, lots of female gamers around the world are also huge fans of this awesomely excellent series since the original PS2 version back in December 8, 2005! If you are experiencing audio errors during some of Yakuza 5 cutscenes, try…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →We're playing more Yakuza 5 Remastered! See you soon! twitch.tv/serahbear
neutral · AI labelView post →Yakuza 5 is a mess of a sequel, not only does it fail to surpass its predecessor in Yakuza 4, it has trouble realizing what it wants to contribute to the overall story seeing how many game genres it encompasses across each protagonist. First, you might be fighting random people on city streets, then you might find yourself hunting wildlife in the mountains, or you might even tough out a full combo in a rhythm game. Who was this game really for? How can we invest in so many characters with their…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After playing all the Yakuza games back to back, I unfortunately have felt the tremendous fatigue while playing Yakuza 5. In my honest opinion Yakuza 5’s bloated and lengthy content / campaign is the culprit of bad game design to this day, and the 5th entry was victim to it at such an early stage. Sure you can disguise it with a flashy new engine with improved game mechanics and fighting animations, but at some point everything ends up feeling more like a job and a chore and less of a ..…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Another great Yakuza entry! This is easily the most ambitious game in the series I've played so far, mostly to a positive effect I'd say. There's a lot of variety here, characters, locations, minigames, full side modes for most of the characters that have a solid amount of depth, this game has a lot to offer! Story is solid even if shaky in some places, but I liked it more than 4 on the whole. My heart goes out to you if you're going for 100% though, there is a LOT here, some of the side…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game 19 of 2025 - Yakuza 5 Remastered RGG knocked it out of the park. The combat is smoothed out vs the previous games making it much more fun to play (though boss battles can still be annoying) and the multi-character storyline is handled much better than 4. Easily the best of the series so far.
positive · AI labelView post →tl;dr: brawler, life sim, semi-RPG with five protagonists, a good sized campaign and loads of story sidecontent with its own mechanics and minigames. The series is unique, quirky and shameless, quite unlike what the western devs churn out. A great experience but not a good place to begin your journey with the series (for that, try Yakuza Kiwami - a remake of the first game). Replaying the game after over a decade was an interesting experience. Even two console generations later, it feels like…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you want a game that just keeps surprising you, Yakuza 5 is an easy recommendation. You get to play multiple characters, each with their own struggles and motivations, so it always feels fresh. One moment you are fighting your way through neon streets, then suddenly you are training to become a J pop idol and realizing you are way more invested in it than expected. The story loves throwing plot twists and it honestly feels like it never runs out of them, but it still finds time to be funny…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY YAKUZA 5!!! <3 genuinely one of the best games in the series btw, goated combat & minigames. just wish saejimas part didn’t exist & kiryu/haruka actually got to have their father daughter moments if you don’t like it it’s genuinely the yakuza fatigue, playing from 0 to 5 back to back will make u tired of it around this part especially given how ♥♥♥♥♥♥ long this game is
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the most robust Yakuza games to date. Plenty of mini games, side stories, and substories for a full breath of activities. The story gets better and better. This is a positive review coming from someone who has played them in order to date.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →26. Yakuza 5 Remastered The longest Yakuza game i've played so far. Great story albeit messy in pacing but at the end of the day they still managed to tell a great story. Combat felt really good to me and damn that ending made me tear up.. Side content is fantastic here 8/10
positive · AI labelView post →IT'S PEAK!! Yakuza 5 Remastered has been completed! What a fun game! Had a blast for the entire 75 hours!! #AaronYakuza5
positive · AI labelView post →They asked me to drive a taxi, I said "how fast?" They asked me to fight a bear, I said "how hard?" They asked me to dance for the fate of Kamurocho, I said "how stylish?" They asked me to play baseball, I said "how many homeruns?" They asked me to explain the last chapter of Yakuza 5, I said "ayy lmao idk bogos binted?"
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is very rough around the edges but once again it has playable Akiyama. If you enjoyed playing as Akiyama in Yakuza 4, play this game too.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Wins the fight in the street just to have someone immediately start a fight with you. Then Wins that fight just to happen again [Yakuza 5 moment]
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yakuza 5, "the big one" as you could call it. The longest story in the series pre RPG's with an average story completion time of 36 hours & the longest game in terms of getting all achievements in the entire series with an average time of 152 hours. Five characters, four different cities, four completely unique in-depth character specific minigames, 568 food/drink items, an entire collisum, many different fish, 100 locker keys, a treasure hunt, 20 tourist spots to take photos, garbage to…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yakuza 5 is a great game all the way to the end. The combat system in the games from Yakuza 1 on PS2 to 5 feel the same and each game would slightly improve upon the last games combat but Yakuza 5 feels like they finally perfected this version of it with super tight movement and responsive attacks with new heat actions making it so fun to engage with it. The story is captivating with 5 acts revolving around each playable character (Kiryu, Saejima, Haruka, Akiyama and Shinada) while each act…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Following the multi-protagonist template laid out in its predecessor, *Yakuza 5 Remastered* stands as one of the most ridiculously ambitious entries. Juggling five distinct characters across five cities, it expands the franchise's scope to near-unprecedented levels. For players pushing through the legacy entries, it represents a massive content-rich playground that refines the mechanical clunkiness of the fourth entry while pushing character variety to its absolute limits. World & Atmosphere…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yakuza 5 is the most ambitious Yakuza game i've played up to now, it has more flaws than pros, but i still consider it to be a pretty good game To start with the pros, Chapter 3 introduces an unique mechanic that is surprisingly fun, and i enjoyed as hell, overall, the Plot in this game is probably the most cool plot in the franchise up to now, and it does not even compare with Y4 and Y3 It's also fun as someone who played all the games before to see the change in each character, how they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Never give up. When Yakuza 5 came out, it was easily the most ambitious game RGG had made up to that point, and you can feel it in everything. Five protagonists, five cities, a mountain of side content, new systems, new gameplay styles, more story, more spectacle, more everything. Holy hell, they really went for it. That ambition is both the game’s greatest strength and its biggest weakness. I loved it overall, but the pacing issues are impossible to ignore. Instead of doing what Yakuza 0…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Give a man six hours to finish Yakuza 5... and he will spend the first four hours being an Idol in the Princess League... and then he will spend the last 2 hours fighting because there's 5 million f****ng enemies on every street corner. AND don't even get me started on the last Akiyama fight, whoever made that garbage needs to be thrown into a labor camp, better yet just put him into the fight itself f**k that guy. Yakuza 4 but better in literally every way Yakuza 4's combat is still…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →if the only way to tie the plot together is to have daigo travel to nagoya and solve baseball conspiracies then it's not worth tying together in the first place. what the hell even happened in this game not quite as good as 4 but still fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yakuza 5 is yet another great Yakuza game, with a couple downsides. After playing Y0-4, I finally got to 5 and definitely enjoyed my time. The combat was tight, the music was good and all new and returning characters were great. Typical things RGG always gets right in their games. A few things I didn't like about thr game was: - Assuming you try to do everything, it is LONG. There is A LOT of content. I did every substory, sidestory, all of Haruka's schedule etc and at the end of the game I…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I lived out my idol dreams, a dead lady's dream, a yakuza chairman's dream, another yakuza chairman's dream, ANOTHER yakuza chairman's dream, an ex baseball pro's dream, a tiger's dream sequences in another guy's memory, a lot of chicken's dreams, a hunter's dream, AaAaAaAand probably a lot more dreams when i finally get around to doing the rest of these substories. Saejima is WAY too op but it was still fun. Tiger drop negates all damage. I'm gonna miss you, hitting a finisher and following up…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Saijima's turn in Yakuza 5 Remastered! Part 2 - Chapter 1 begins Also birthday stream 🔴 www.twitch.tv/gamertechau #Twitch #TwitchSky #Streamer 🎮💜 #Yakuza
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