Huge variety of content and minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“you can be a taxy driver, mountain bear hunter and a girl dancer.”
Steam review · 95.3 h played ↗
Yakuza 5 Remastered
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%RGG Studio2021Beat 'em up · Action · Adventure
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A huge, ambitious five-protagonist Yakuza with great combat and loads of side content, but bloated, badly paced and sometimes crash-prone. Skip it if you tire of long cutscenes.
Great for
Series fans who want a huge, varied game with lots of side content and minigames
Main risk
Story and pacing drag over a very long runtime, with constant fights and launch crashes
What changed in the last 30 days
32 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite the game refusing to launch unless Steam is offline, plus crashes without autosave. Others complain about chore-like length. Moderate confidence.
32 recent reviews
What players love
Likable cast of five protagonists
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“each character is very fun, akiyama and saejima feel sooo much more fleshed out in their combat compared to 4.”
Steam review · 105.5 h played ↗
Strong, refined combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“Yakuza 5 feels like they finally perfected this version of it with super tight movement and responsive attacks”
Steam review · 50.9 h played ↗
Cinematic, emotional finale
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Plus the Final Boss sequence is easily my favourite so far in the series.”
Steam review · 50.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bloated, slow pacing and padding
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews
“It drags SO much I haven't completed a single side activity in the past few hours.”
Steam review · 33.8 h played ↗
Convoluted, weak story and twist villain
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Y5's story, however, is so ridiculously convoluted that I had more or less completely lost track of the story after part 3”
Steam review · 68.6 h played ↗
Saejima and Haruka sections feel like slogs
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Then, Haruka's section is also horrendous, you get thrown into 'teenage girl becomes a pop star simulator'”
Steam review · 35.1 h played ↗
Excessive random enemy encounters
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 negative reviews
“Can't even walk 2 steps without forced repetitive combat.”
Steam review · 8.7 h played ↗
Crashes on launch and no autosave
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“It started crashing on startup and the only way to fix it is to switch Steam to offline mode, which disables achievements.”
Steam review · 9.7 h played ↗
Enemies block constantly, frustrating bosses
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“Suffers from Chronic Blockuza Syndrome. All the enemies do is block”
Steam review · 56.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support32.5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-4350
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770, 1 GB
Storage32.5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-3770 | AMD FX-8350
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 570, 1 GB | AMD Radeon HD 6950, 2 GB
Storage32.5 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-4350
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTS 450, 1 GB | AMD Radeon HD 5770, 1 GB
Storage32.5 GB available space
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