Yakuza Kiwami similar games & best alternatives

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Yakuza Kiwami

Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2019

Should you play it?

SEGA’s critically-acclaimed entry that started a legend. Become Kazuma Kiryu, an up-and-coming yakuza who takes the fall for the murder of a crime boss, only to emerge from prison ten years later to a changed world. Remastered from the ground up, now in 4K and uncapped framerates on PC.

What works

  • Engaging story with emotional depth
  • Smooth and satisfying combat system
  • Varied side quests and minigames
  • Majima everywhere adds humor and challenge
  • Well-realized city environment

Things to keep in mind

  • Some boss fights are frustrating or repetitive
  • Majima everywhere can become tedious
  • Story pacing and character shifts feel uneven
  • Less content and minigames compared to yakuza 0
  • Some outdated design elements from original game

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Batman™: Arkham Origins

  • Yakuza 5 Remastered

  • Hitman: Absolution™

  • DmC: Devil May Cry

  • Batman: Arkham City - Game of the Year Edition

  • Batman™: Arkham Knight

Less competitive

Games that feels like Yakuza Kiwami but with less competition against others

  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut

  • Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

  • BioShock™

  • BloodRayne 2: Terminal Cut

  • Ghostwire: Tokyo

  • GYLT

Choose your own criteria ->

From the same developer

From the same developer, ranked by motivational fit.

  • Yakuza 5 Remastered

  • Yakuza 0

  • Yakuza Kiwami 2

  • Yakuza 4 Remastered

  • Yakuza 3 Remastered

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  • 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).
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  • 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 Kiwami. These titles are not in What to play next.

Yakuza Kiwami: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Competition, Status, Violence.

Last update: 21/08/2026