Yakuza: Like a Dragon similar games & best alternatives

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One • 2020

Should you play it?

Become Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking yakuza grunt left on the brink of death by the man he trusted most. Take up your legendary bat and get ready to crack some underworld skulls in dynamic RPG combat set against the backdrop of modern-day Japan.

What works

  • Engaging story and characters
  • Diverse and humorous side content
  • Innovative turn-based combat with timing elements
  • Large, vibrant open world to explore
  • Strong party dynamics and customization

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can become repetitive and grind-heavy
  • Difficulty spikes requiring leveling grind
  • Long cutscenes and pacing issues
  • Some balancing issues with jobs and skills
  • Minor ui and control annoyances

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Mass Effect™ Legendary Edition

  • Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

  • The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki

  • Atelier Resleriana: The Red Alchemist & the White Guardian

  • The Outer Worlds 2

  • Marvel's Midnight Suns

Less social

Games that feels like Yakuza: Like a Dragon but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • FINAL FANTASY XVI

  • Hell is Us

  • Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

  • Vampyr

  • FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE INTERGRADE

  • The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Yakuza: Like a Dragon but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Fate/Samurai Remnant

  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy

  • Beyond Good and Evil™

  • Dying Light: The Beast

  • .hack//G.U. Last Recode

  • Saints Row IV: Re-Elected

More competitive

Games that feels like Yakuza: Like a Dragon but with more competition against others

  • DARK SOULS™ III

  • Where Winds Meet

  • STAR WARS™ Battlefront™ II

  • Resident Evil 5

  • Champions Online

  • Granblue Fantasy: Relink

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Yakuza Kiwami 2

  • Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

  • Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

  • Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

  • Judgment

Similarity map

How to use the graph

Similarity map

Each dot is a game placed from its motivation profile relative to this page’s game. Direction shows which motivation differs most; distance along that axis shows how large the gap is.

  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
  • Direction: each axis is a main motivational difference vs this game (e.g. more / less competitive).
  • Distance on an axis: how large that difference is (ring scales show +/− points).
  • Coloured chips: click to highlight games that mainly differ on that motivation; click again to reset.
  • Dotted line: link between this page’s game and the one selected for comparison.
  • Hover a dot to preview that game in the panel on the right; click to keep that comparison.
  • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom.

How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

Yakuza: Like a Dragon: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Status, Story, Leadership.

Last update: 04/08/2026