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Yakuza Kiwami

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Fighting Role-playing (RPG) Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Adventure Action Open world

Yakuza Kiwami is a Fighting / Role-playing (RPG) game released on January 21, 2016 for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and 5 more. Yakuza: Kiwami is an enhanced remake of the original Yakuza game for PlayStation 2, not just an HD port. While the original PS2 release also had English voice-acting for western release, this PS4 rema…

80
User Score
273 ratings
83
Critic Score
22 reviews
January 21, 2016
Released 3940 days ago
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Hype
Xbox Series X|S PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Nintendo Switch 2 PC (Microsoft Windows) PlayStation 5 Xbox One Nintendo Switch

About

Yakuza: Kiwami is an enhanced remake of the original Yakuza game for PlayStation 2, not just an HD port. While the original PS2 release also had English voice-acting for western release, this PS4 remake only retains Japanese voice-acting for authenticity with available subtitles for other countries.

Storyline

The story starts in 1995 in Kamurocho, a place modeled after Kabukicho, a red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Streets, places, and and many of the licensed stores and cafes look the same as in real life, while non-licensed just look very similar but not the same and are called different. Kiryu Kazuma, known as a Dragon of Dojima family, is not one to be trifled with. Along with Nishiki and Yumi, he was adopted from the Subflower orphanage by a high-ranking and influential Yakuza. Ever since, the three acted like blood siblings and were unseparable. Things turned south when Yakuza leader took Yumi against her will and Nishiki went to confront him. Kiryu arrived to late to interfere and knowing Nishiki is not as strong as he pretends, and without him noone could take care of very ill Yumi, he took the blame for the murder. Even police inspector Date didn't believe Kiryu's confession, his hands were tied by higher-ups and the police decided to close the case as quickly as possible and let the rest be handled by Yakuza internally.

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Release Dates by Platform

PlayStation 4 Worldwide
Jan 21, 2016
PlayStation 4 Worldwide
Jan 21, 2016
PlayStation 3 Worldwide
Jan 21, 2016
PlayStation 4 Worldwide
May 26, 2016
PlayStation 4 Worldwide
Aug 29, 2017
PlayStation 4 Worldwide
Aug 29, 2017
PlayStation 4 Worldwide
Aug 29, 2017
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Feb 19, 2019
Xbox One Worldwide
Apr 22, 2020
Nintendo Switch Worldwide
Oct 24, 2024
Nintendo Switch 2 Worldwide
Nov 13, 2025
PlayStation 5 Worldwide
Dec 8, 2025
Xbox Series X|S Worldwide
Dec 8, 2025

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Game Info

Developer
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Publisher
Deep Silver, Sega Games
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Third person
Themes
Action Open world

Multiplayer

Languages

Audio / Voice
Japanese
Text / Subtitles
English, English, Japanese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Traditional), Korean, Chinese (Traditional), French, French, Italian, Italian, German, German, Spanish (Spain), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Russian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Simplified), Spanish (Mexico)

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