Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.

Very Positive · 90%Very Positive · 90%2024

$69.99

US Steam price, checked 2 h ago

The verdict

A huge, goofy turn-based JRPG with improved combat, lovable characters and a moving Kiryu send-off. Skip it if you hate bloat, long cutscenes, grind, or paid New Game+.

Great for

Fans of Like a Dragon and Yakuza who want a massive, quirky turn-based JRPG with tons of minigames

Main risk

Padded, weaker story with long cutscenes and forced minigames or grind that can feel like a chore

What players love

Improved turn-based combat

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews

“Best turn based combat I ever played. Way better than 7.”
Steam review · 102.1 h played ↗

“Maybe the best turn based combat I've ever played.”
Steam review · 64.6 h played ↗

“The turn-based combat here is the most convenient and interesting of any turn-based game I know.”
Steam review · translated · 140.3 h played ↗

Huge amount of content and minigames

Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews

“This game is packed with so much content , at times it's hard to decide what to do.”
Steam review · 76.5 h played ↗

“This is by far, the lengthiest yakuza game to date. The amount of content is crazy.”
Steam review · 203.9 h played ↗

Lovable characters and humor

Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews

“I fell in love with every single one, even the ones that were introduced later.”
Steam review · 88 h played ↗

“Ichiban is the best main character in the series.”
Steam review · 112.3 h played ↗

Emotional Kiryu farewell and nostalgia

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews

“Kiryu's Life link and bucket list really bring back memories of playthrough the series”
Steam review · 82.9 h played ↗

“a grand, painful and deeply heartfelt farewell to an entire era.”
Steam review · translated · 59.6 h played ↗

Fun Dondoko Island and Sujimon

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews

“Dondoko Island side quest, basically Animal Crossing where you need to build a resort.”
Steam review · 196.4 h played ↗

“You could spend 20+ hours completing the storylines on those 2 side activities alone”
Steam review · 121.4 h played ↗

Fresh Hawaii setting and good soundtrack

Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews

“especially the soundtrack, absolutely top 10 soundtrack/OST of all games.”
Steam review · 126.8 h played ↗

“Hawaii is very fun to explore”
Steam review · 95.7 h played ↗

What players complain about

Weak, bloated story and writing

Mentioned in ~2 in 5 negative reviews

“The story is a big downgrade from Yakuza 7 and I found the ending tedious and uninspired.”
Steam review · 96.3 h played ↗

“the story has an interesting premise that completely drops in writing quality halfway through the game”
Steam review · 48.9 h played ↗

“The main story has dropped the bar a lot. It's long, but absolutely silly and boring.”
Steam review · translated · 92.1 h played ↗

Grindy and bloated pacing

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“the devs need to STOP WITH ALL THIS BRAINLESS GRIND”
Steam review · 34.1 h played ↗

“every time the other team is underclassed because all monsters got buffed. And after every switch you have to grind level in a dungeon.”
Steam review · 43.2 h played ↗

New Game+ and jobs locked behind DLC

Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews

“paywalls for ng plus is shameless”
Steam review · 200.8 h played ↗

“Jerks are selling New Game+ separately from the main game as DLC at 1/3 the game's price.”
Steam review · translated · 16.1 h played ↗

Forced minigames and Dondoko Island

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“Mandatory 2+ hour side-quest mini game right in the middle of the story.”
Steam review · 18.5 h played ↗

“the mini games and mandatory "side" stories began to feel oppressive”
Steam review · 26.1 h played ↗

Ichiban's characterization and tone

Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews

“THE CHARACTER ASSASINATION OF ICHIBAN UPSETS ME TO NO END”
Steam review · 80.2 h played ↗

“Ichiban is ruined and flanderized.”
Steam review · 82 h played ↗

Too many cutscenes and filler dialogue

Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews

“It feels like there is 10 minutes of actual gameplay per 1 hour of overly drawn-out cutscenes.”
Steam review · 20.1 h played ↗

“Wayyyyy too much talking.. atleast 65% of the gameplay is dialog and cutscenes”
Steam review · 4 h played ↗

System requirements

From the Steam store page

Steam Deck: Verified

Minimum

OSWindows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362)

ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 4 GB or Intel Arc A380, 6 GB

Storage82 GB available space

Recommended

OSWindows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362)

ProcessorIntel Core i7-4790, 3.6 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 3.2 GHz

Memory16 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 5700, 8 GB or Intel Arc A750, 8 GB

Storage82 GB available space

OSWindows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362)

ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz

Memory8 GB RAM

GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 4 GB or Intel Arc A380, 6 GB

Storage82 GB available space

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