
Every Yakuza: Like a Dragon Game Ranked
Yakuza: Like a Dragon spans 15 critic-rated games on CriticDB, released between 2009 and 2025. The highest-rated is Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (91) and the lowest is Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (79). Across 559 critic reviews, the series averages 84, and Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has drawn the most reviews. Next up is Stranger Than Heaven, due on January 15, 2027.
Highest ratedLike a Dragon: Infinite Wealth 91
Series average84
Made byRyu Ga Gotoku Studio, Sega Games
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Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
9164 critic reviews·Jan 25, 2024·SegaPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1“2024 picks up right where 2023 left off with a banger of a title in Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth. Anyone who likes big, meaty RPGs should give this one a whirl.”
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Yakuza 5
897 critic reviews·Dec 5, 2012·SegaPS3“While dragged down by pacing issues and boundary restrictions, this is still the biggest and best the series has ever been.”
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Yakuza 0
8735 critic reviews·Mar 11, 2015·SegaPCPS3PS4Xbox One“With a great story and a wide selection of crazy mini-games, Yakuza 0 is worth a look for series fans and newcomers alike.”
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Yakuza: Like a Dragon
8656 critic reviews·Jan 15, 2020·Sega GamesPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1“Sega reassures fans and newcomers alike that change is for the better, ushering Yakuza into the ninth generation with confidence.There's an old saying: “you can never go home again”, and in some sense it applies to…”
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Yakuza 3
866 critic reviews·Feb 25, 2009·SegaPS3“The third installment in the Yakuza franchise is set in modern times, situated two years after Yakuza 2 and set in Osaka and Okinawa.”
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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
8528 critic reviews·Dec 7, 2016·SegaPCPS4Xbox One“When the issues of a game are minor and stomped on by its greatness.”
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Yakuza 0: Director's Cut
8525 critic reviews·Jun 4, 2025·SegaPCPS5Xbox X|SSwitch 2“When the story gets going, it’s a lot of fun. There are twists and turns, epic fights with sick attacks, and genuinely interesting characters.”
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Yakuza Kiwami 2
8442 critic reviews·Dec 6, 2017·SegaPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +2“Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a contender for the best game in this consistently excellent series. Its crime drama story of family, love, revenge, and pride will have you hooked.”
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Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii
8273 critic reviews·Feb 20, 2025·SegaPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1“Like a Dragon (aka Yakuza) has finally jumped the Shark in its latest semi-sequel, epilogue, spinoff thing Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. If you”
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Judgment
8135 critic reviews·Dec 12, 2018·SegaPCPS4PS5Xbox X|S“Judgment tinkers with the Yakuza template enough that it provides something for fans, as well as those who have always thought about visiting Kamurocho.”
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Lost Judgment
8144 critic reviews·Sep 23, 2021·SegaPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1“Lost Judgment is a very story-driven, and very much a Japanese game. It follows a path carved by the original game pretty closely.”
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Like a Dragon: Ishin!
8156 critic reviews·Feb 20, 2023·SegaPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1“It's finally here! It's been almost a decade since Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin! released exclusively in Japan on PS3 and PS4, with Western fans begging for a localisation effort all the while.”
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Yakuza Kiwami
8034 critic reviews·Jan 20, 2016·Deep SilverPCPS3PS4Xbox One +4“Yakuza Kiwami is a worthy remake of the original game, but may leave fans hungry for more side content and minigames.”
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Yakuza 4
806 critic reviews·Mar 7, 2010·SegaPS3“Kiryu! Kiryu! He's our man, if he can't do it, Saejima can! Saejima, Saejima, he's our dude, if he couldn't do it, Tanimura could! Tani, Tani, he's our guy. If he can't do it, let Akiyama try! Aki, Aki, he's so hot!”
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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
7948 critic reviews·Nov 8, 2023·SegaPCPS4Xbox OnePS5 +1“A relatively short side-story it may be, but Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is a blistering chapter in Kiryu's journey, a Yakuza 6 epilogue that brilliantly tees up what's next, while delivering on…”
Expansions & DLC
Add-ons, expansions and bundles, not included in the ranking.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon games in release order
- 2005Yakuza—
- 2006Yakuza 2—
- 2008Ryuu ga Gotoku Kenzan!—
- 2009Yakuza 386
- 2010Yakuza 480
- 2010Kurohyou: Ryuu ga Gotoku Shinshou—
- 2011Yakuza: Dead Souls—
- 2012Kurohyou 2: Ryuu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen—
- 2012Yakuza 589
- 2014Ryuu ga Gotoku Ishin!—
- 2015Yakuza 087
- 2016Yakuza Kiwami80
- 2016Yakuza 6: The Song of Life85
- 2017Yakuza Kiwami 284
- 2018Yakuza Online—
- 2018Judgment81
- 2020Yakuza: Like a Dragon86
- 2020Streets of Kamurocho—
- 2021Lost Judgment81
- 2023Like a Dragon: Ishin!81
- 2023Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name79
- 2023Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth Special Trial Version—
- 2024Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth91
- 2025Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii82
- 2025Yakuza 0: Director's Cut85
- 2026Dark Ties—
- 2026Yakuza Kiwami 3—
- Coming Jan 15, 2027Stranger Than Heaven—



