Gripping, emotional story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“has an incredible story that had me in tears a few times.”
Steam review · 87.2 h played ↗
Yakuza 0
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 95%Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio2018Beat 'em up · Action · RPG
The verdict
A sprawling, funny and emotional 1980s crime drama with huge side content and satisfying brawling. Skip it if you dislike long cutscenes or clunky controls; the PC version has save bugs.
Great for
Story-driven players who like brawlers, silly side quests, minigames and 1980s Japan atmosphere
Main risk
Slow, cutscene-heavy pacing and clunky combat, plus save bugs that can lose progress
What players love
Huge amount of fun side content and minigames
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“I've spent more time building my businesses and trying to hook up with every girl at the calling booth than playing the game.”
Steam review · 202.9 h played ↗
Balance of serious drama and absurd humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“This game is such a perfect mix of serious, gut-punching narrative and silly, out-of-pocket bits.”
Steam review · 106.3 h played ↗
Great 1980s atmosphere and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the Kabuki-cho and Dotombori vibes in Yakuza 0 are miraculously spot-on.”
Steam review · 47.8 h played ↗
Excellent starting point for the series
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Yakuza 0 is a fantastic starting point for anyone looking to get into the series.”
Steam review · 73.5 h played ↗
Fun combat with multiple fighting styles
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“This game has one of the best unique combat i've ever seen in a game, battle style switching has blown me away with how versatile it is”
Steam review · 65.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Save bugs and lost progress
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“If you buy this game, SAVE OFTEN. Or else you'll lose tons of progress to these stupid glitches.”
Steam review · 162.7 h played ↗
Clunky, repetitive combat and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Yakuza is primarily a brawler, and it's the clunkiest brawler I've ever played.”
Steam review · 11.6 h played ↗
Too many long cutscenes and slow pacing
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“half the playtime is cutscenes, most of the gameplay is pointless and its grindy to no end.”
Steam review · 154.6 h played ↗
Crashes, freezes and controller issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 negative reviews
“the game just would not stop crashing. Almost every major cutscene would freeze”
Steam review · 48.1 h played ↗
Grindy, tedious side content
Mentioned in ~1 in 19 negative reviews
“the hardest part abt the game is the disco gamemode most of my hours are there”
Steam review · 61.2 h played ↗
Inventory and equipment glitch
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“There's a glitch where equipped weapons, gear and accessories randomly get replaced by weird stuff like food items and fishing rods.”
Steam review · 19.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support
Minimum
OSWindows 7 64Bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 | AMD FX-6300
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 560 | AMD Radeon HD 6870
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64bit
ProcessorIntel Core i7-6700, 3.4 GHz / AMD Ryzen 7 1700, 3.7 GHz
Memory16 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 1070, 8 GB / Radeon RX Vega 56, 8GB
OSWindows 7 64Bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 | AMD FX-6300
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 560 | AMD Radeon HD 6870
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