Gripping, emotional story
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“This game has one of the best stories out of any game that I've ever played.”
Steam review · 34.5 h played ↗
Yakuza 0 Director's Cut
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 81%Very Positive · 81%RGG Studio2025Action · Adventure · RPG
$49.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
Yakuza 0 itself is a superb crime drama with great minigames and substories, but this Director's Cut is a pricey, bloated re-release of the delisted original. Skip it at full price if you own the original.
Great for
Newcomers to Yakuza who want a gripping story, funny substories and tons of minigames
Main risk
Paying $50 for a bloated re-release with retcon cutscenes and a dead multiplayer mode
What changed in the last 30 days
50 recent reviews
Recent positive reviews mostly praise the story, combat and minigames, with fewer price-outrage reviews than at launch. Fairly confident, based on the sample.
50 recent reviews
What players love
Tons of addictive minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“the cabaret club management minigame… dude, that thing is dangerously addictive.”
Steam review · 171.3 h played ↗
Fun combat with distinct styles
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Combat was genuinely fun, especially with Kiryu and Majima having completely different styles.”
Steam review · 38.4 h played ↗
Hilarious and memorable substories
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The substories and side content are hilarious.”
Steam review · 171.3 h played ↗
Best starting point for the series
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“it is truly a fantastic way to get into the yakuza series”
Steam review · 104.5 h played ↗
Save anywhere and other QoL fixes
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 positive reviews
“biggest quality of life update - saving wherever and not just phone booths.”
Steam review · 9.9 h played ↗
What players complain about
Overpriced re-release, original delisted
Mentioned in ~2 in 3 negative reviews
“Fun, but $50? Really? The original was $20 and regularly went on sale for $5.”
Steam review · 51.8 h played ↗
Dead, shallow Red Light Raid mode
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“played online for about three days until I couldn't find a server anymore cuz it's dead.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
New cutscenes retcon the story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“First new added cutscene genuinely ruins part of the ending for no reason.”
Steam review · 0.3 h played ↗
Bloated install size
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“unnecessarily bloats the filesize of the original 25gb to almost 90gb now”
Steam review · 1.7 h played ↗
Poor English dub and Russian localization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“Yongyea has to be the laziest "Voice actor" I have ever heard.”
Steam review · 0.2 h played ↗
Technical and graphical issues, low-res UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“this game stutters worse than just about any other game I've played.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support95 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i3-8100,3.6GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 2300X,3.5GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX960,4GB or AMD Radeon RX460,4GB or Intel Arc A380,6GB
Storage95 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i5-8600K,3.6GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 2500X,3.6GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX1070,8GB or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56,8GB or Intel Arc A750,8GB
Storage95 GB available space
OSWindows 11
ProcessorIntel Core i3-8100,3.6GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 2300X,3.5GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce GTX960,4GB or AMD Radeon RX460,4GB or Intel Arc A380,6GB
Storage95 GB available space
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