Best way to relive the DBZ story
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot definitely is the best way to experience the story.”
Steam review · 34.6 h played ↗
DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT
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Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%CyberConnect2 Co. Ltd.2020Fighting · Action · RPG
The verdict
A faithful, great-looking interactive retelling of the Dragon Ball Z story with simple, repetitive combat and padded side content. Skip it if you want deep fighting or aren't a fan.
Great for
Dragon Ball fans who want to relive the Z story in an explorable, cinematic action RPG
Main risk
Shallow, repetitive combat and filler quests, plus PC crashes and lost saves for some
What players love
Beautiful visuals and cutscenes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“I liked the animation a lot it really looks good especially the cut scenes.”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗
Nostalgic, faithful to the anime
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“This game is pure nostalgia — if you remember when new episodes were airing in North America, you’re going to love it.”
Steam review · 18.9 h played ↗
Explorable open world and RPG extras
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The RPG elements are a blast, and I had a great time exploring the world, leveling up characters, and collecting items across the map.”
Steam review · 36.7 h played ↗
Fun, flashy combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“Combat is fast, flashy, and satisfying, featuring high-speed aerial battles that emphasize movement, timing, and powerful special attacks.”
Steam review · 75.3 h played ↗
Good DLC and lots of content
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“THE DLC'S HOWEVER ARE EXCELLENT, SPECIFICALLY THE BARDOCK ONE!”
Steam review · 31.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Shallow, repetitive combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the combos are literally spam the attack button. the single attack button.”
Steam review · 15.6 h played ↗
Padded, repetitive side quests and filler
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“it's like you are playing fetch with your dog, but you are the dog.”
Steam review · 13.9 h played ↗
Crashes and fatal errors on PC
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“the game crashes 100 times before making it to Namek”
Steam review · 64.9 h played ↗
Lost saves and save bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“devs never fixed a bug from 6 years ago where your save file randomly vanishes do not waste your money”
Steam review · 3.8 h played ↗
Enemy super armor and spammy AI
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Enemies (all enemies, from the lowliest chump, to Beerus himself) will spend the entire time spamming hyper armor moves that cannot be broken.”
Steam review · 75.6 h played ↗
Story cut down and censored
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“They cut a lot of fights and moments out of the story, Raditz has more animations than the entire Ginyu force and 1st, 2nd, and 3rd form Frieza”
Steam review · 15 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support36 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 SP1 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400 or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 750 Ti or Radeon HD 7950
Storage36 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-3470 or AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 960 or Radeon R9 280X
Storage40 GB available space
OSWindows 7 SP1 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-2400 or AMD Phenom II X6 1100T
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGeForce GTX 750 Ti or Radeon HD 7950
Storage36 GB available space
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