Yakuza 0 similar games & best alternatives

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Yakuza 0

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One • 2018

Should you play it?

SEGA’s legendary Japanese series finally comes to PC. Fight like hell through Tokyo and Osaka as junior yakuza Kiryu and Majima. Take a front row seat to 1980s life in Japan in an experience unlike anything else in video gaming, with uncapped framerates and 4K resolutions. A legend is born.

What works

  • Engaging and emotional story
  • Varied and satisfying combat
  • Rich side content and minigames
  • Authentic 1980s japan atmosphere
  • Strong character development

Things to keep in mind

  • Combat can feel repetitive or unfair at times
  • Some minigames and business systems are grind-heavy
  • No autosave system
  • Camera issues reported
  • Requires controller for best experience

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Fable - The Lost Chapters

  • Yakuza 3 Remastered

  • Yakuza 4 Remastered

  • Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

  • Yakuza Kiwami

  • Cyberpunk 2077

Less status-driven

Games that feels like Yakuza 0 but with less focus on status and recognition

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • PAGUI打鬼

  • Vampyr

  • Venetica - Gold Edition

  • Sunday Gold

  • Like a Dragon: Ishin!

Less intimate

Games that feels like Yakuza 0 but with less focus on close relationships

  • Stellar Blade™

  • Marvel's Spider-Man 2

  • Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered

  • Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition

  • BioShock™

  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within™

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Yakuza Kiwami

  • Yakuza 4 Remastered

  • Yakuza Kiwami 2

  • Yakuza 3 Remastered

  • Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

Similarity map

How to compare these games

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Each card is a nearby game on the similarity map, compared with Yakuza 0. Swipe sideways to move between games. Titles already listed in What to play next are left out.

  • Cover and title: open that game’s page.
  • What works / keep in mind: the same highlights as the desktop comparison panel.
  • Bars: the main motivational differences versus this game.
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).

Swipe to compare nearby games with Yakuza 0. These titles are not in What to play next.

Yakuza 0: Less representative of its motivational profile, with noticeable differences. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Status. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Survival.

Last update: 21/08/2026