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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
ERASE YOUR PAST TO PROTECT YOUR FUTURE Once a legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu faked his own death and abandoned his name for the sake of protecting his family. Now, he is thrust into conflict by a mysterious figure attempting to drive him out of hiding.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
52 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Haven't enjoyed a Yakuza game in a long time. This one is real fun and straight to the point.”
“Its a very enjoyable game and the new mechanics is fun for me, the ending also good, im recomending this”
“On a replay, I grew to appreciate this game so much as it's more of a personal character study on Kiryu showing him going through loneliness and depression and how he's forced into this new identity which has us seen a…”
47 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“9/10 🔥🍺 This game was so peak...I enjoyed every second of it—minigames, side stories, coliseum,etc...everything was so damn fun...I even went for 100% and since it’s a short game, nothing really felt boring Yeah there…”
“Haven't enjoyed a Yakuza game in a long time. This one is real fun and straight to the point.”
“Its a very enjoyable game and the new mechanics is fun for me, the ending also good, im recomending this”
21 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“9/10 🔥🍺 This game was so peak...I enjoyed every second of it—minigames, side stories, coliseum,etc...everything was so damn fun...I even went for 100% and since it’s a short game, nothing really felt boring Yeah there…”
“It's a Yakuza/LAD game, so naturally I had a lot of fun playing this! You can kinda tell this was originally meant to be a dlc that got turned into a spinoff title due to the smaller scale (this game took me about 30…”
“Shorter spinoff of the series taking place between Yakuza 6 and 7 (some of running parallel to 7) showing what happened to Kiryu the 6's ending. It's a shorter spinoff, although I kinda did not care that much about side…”
6 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Recently I decided to replay this game and finally get the platinum (my first playthrough was on Game Pass). And I still think that this is one of the best RGG games to date. Visually, the game looks stunning. The story…”
“I absolutely loved the graphics, and the UI is incredibly clean and well-designed. Unfortunately, the story is where it completely falls apart for me. Having spent a lot of time with older titles in the series, I…”
“The only LaD game I've 100%. Definitely one of my top 3 in the franchise. Great visuals, probably the smoothest combat the series had, and a story that doesn't make me want to completely pull my hair out. Joryu was…”
4 of the 104 reviews raise this.
“Recently I decided to replay this game and finally get the platinum (my first playthrough was on Game Pass). And I still think that this is one of the best RGG games to date. Visually, the game looks stunning. The story…”
“A short and sweet love letter to the Yakuza (the -YAKUZA- franchise, not Like A Dragon) up to this point, that ties the events of Yakuza 6's conclusion and what takes place in Yakuza - Like A Dragon (Yakuza 7)…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“just a mess, overall. the ending is good but there is nothing else putting this game above Yakuza 3, 4, 6, judgement, lost judgment. I guess at least its not as bad as kiwami 3 lol”
“I absolutely loved the graphics, and the UI is incredibly clean and well-designed. Unfortunately, the story is where it completely falls apart for me. Having spent a lot of time with older titles in the series, I…”
“9/10 The fighting system is definetaly a downgrade compared to previous installments (and especially to (Lost) Judgement), but it's still OK. It's one of the shorter Yakuza games, I was honestly surprized that it…”
5 of the 104 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“just a mess, overall. the ending is good but there is nothing else putting this game above Yakuza 3, 4, 6, judgement, lost judgment. I guess at least its not as bad as kiwami 3 lol”
“I absolutely loved the graphics, and the UI is incredibly clean and well-designed. Unfortunately, the story is where it completely falls apart for me. Having spent a lot of time with older titles in the series, I…”
3 of the 104 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“I cannot, in good faith, recommend this. It's not a bad game in any sense of the word. But it's so spaghetti coded to the extent it won't work. Major stuttering issues, crashing extremely often, upwards of 5 times a…”
“Amazing game, kinda short, Good Story, Amazing Gameplay, hope they could stick with the beat them up formula for the next LAD games... Driver problems if u have 1000s series gpu u must downgrade the driver like in LAD…”
“had to downgraded my gpu driver just to play this and goon to the amazing 4k ultra hd dolby digital real life softcore porn”
Counted across 104 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 95.3% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Beautiful ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Masterpiece ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐…”
— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played“Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name completely surprised me. This is actually my first Yakuza/Like a Dragon game, and I didn’t expect to get this attached to the story so quickly. There’s something about the way it blends drama, humour, and character moments that…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played“I wasnt sure that Joryu was going to be able to fill in the void that Kiryu left but man did he deliver, sometimes i even forget that im playing as Joryu, their moveset is pretty identical except Joryu can switch to an agent style which have an ability to throw cigarettes on the…”
— a player, Steam review · 31 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Action · Beat 'em up · Action RPG · Action-Adventure · Sexual Content · Story Rich · Violent · Singleplayer · Open World · Martial Arts · JRPG · Comedy (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , Japanese * , Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 62 |
| Official site | https://gaiden.sega.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362) Processor: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 4 GB or Intel Arc A380, 6 GB DirectX: Version 12 Storage: 98 GB available space Sound Card: Windows Compatible Audio Device Additional Notes: 1080p Low @ 30 FPS w/ Balanced FSR 1.0, requires a CPU which supports the AVX and SSE4.2 instruction set. Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.