ActionAdventureRPG
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 35h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 43% of players who started
Started playing 78% of owners
Steam reviews 94% positive of 37,765
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 4 reviews are negative (28%); after 35h it's 1 in 25 (4%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 43% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “Time to Talk” (Completed Chapter 9) and “Thank You” (Completed the final chapter): from 59% to 43% of starters.
- 78% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 37,896 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 296 reviews: 59.5h for positive, 17.9h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (78.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- For the Family Completed Chapter 1. 100%
- Rock Bottom Completed Chapter 2. 94% −6
- Heroes and Villains Completed Chapter 3. 89% −5
- Soap on a Rope Completed Chapter 4. 78% −11
- Smoked Completed Chapter 5. 69% −9
- Ignition Completed Chapter 6. 67% −2
- Three Spiders Completed Chapter 7. 63% −4
- The Statesman Completed Chapter 8. 62% −1
- Time to Talk Completed Chapter 9. 59% −3
- Thank You Completed the final chapter. Most players quit here 43% −16
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (63)
story milestone ending side
- For the Family Completed Chapter 1. 100%
- Rock Bottom Completed Chapter 2. 94%
- Heroes and Villains Completed Chapter 3. 89%
- Awakening Dragon Reached level 10 with Kasuga. 89%
- Soap on a Rope Completed Chapter 4. 78%
- Fight on the Sidewalk! Someone got run over by a car in battle. 71%
- Stories to Tell Completed 10 substories. 70%
- Smoked Completed Chapter 5. 69%
- Treasure Displeasure A creep crawled out of a safe for the first time. 68%
- Ignition Completed Chapter 6. 67%
- Three Spiders Completed Chapter 7. 63%
- The Statesman Completed Chapter 8. 62%
- Gear Fanatic Collected over 100 pieces of gear. 61%
- I Wanna Be the Very Best Registered over 100 Sujimon to the Sujidex. 61%
- Rising Dragon Reached level 30 with Kasuga. 59%
- Time to Talk Completed Chapter 9. 59%
- Illuminations Completed Chapter 10. 55%
- New Digs! Moved Kasuga's company into a new office. 55%
- The Dragon Stirs Completed Chapter 11. 54%
- Friends on the Force Maxed Adachi's Bond Level. 53%
- Romance of the 10 Pieces Made 10 pieces of gear at Romance Workshop. 51%
- Aggressive Executive Bought up over 10 companies. 50%
- Like a Dragon Reached level 50 with Kasuga. 50%
- Friends Like Sisters Maxed Saeko's Bond Level. 49%
- End of an Era Completed Chapter 12. 49%
- Friends From Work Maxed Eri's Bond Level. 48%
- Presidential Power Raised Kasuga's company into the top company in Yokohama. 48%
- Stories to Live Completed 20 substories. 48%
- Fate of Our Fathers Completed Chapter 13. 47%
- The Torch is Passed Completed Chapter 14. 46%
- Gear Hoarder Collected over 200 pieces of gear. 45%
- Heir to the Legend Beat the Sotenbori Battle Arena. 45%
- Romancing the Forge Fully upgraded Romance Workshop's equipment. 44%
- Career Counseling Changed all four party members to jobs different from their default jobs and won a battle. 43%
- Thank You Completed the final chapter. 43%
- Can Quest Hero Beat all the can-collecting courses. 43%
- Professional Raised 1 job's rank to max. 43%
- Gotta Catch 'Em All Registered over 200 Sujimon to the Sujidex. 42%
- A New Legend Raised Part-time Hero Member Rank to Senior Hero. 41%
- Certified Genius Obtained over 10 certificates from the vocational school. 40%
- Master of Trades Raised 3 jobs' ranks to max. 39%
- Friends in Low Places Maxed Nanba's Bond Level. 37%
- Sound Character Raised one of Kasuga's personality stats to max. 34%
- Friends With Familiar Faces Maxed Joon-gi Han's Bond Level. 33%
- Job Hopper Changed Kasuga to three different jobs other than his starting job. 32%
- Friends in the Gang Maxed Zhao's Bond Level. 28%
- Jack of All Trades Raised 7 jobs' ranks to max. 28%
- Man About Town Played over 10 minigames. 27%
- Stories of the Streets Completed 40 substories. 25%
- Make That Money Exceed 10 billion yen in capital for Kasuga's company. 25%
- Ryu Ga Gotoku Reached level 70 with Kasuga. 23%
- Playing With Fire Entered into intimate relationships with over two female characters. 19%
- Life Experiences Changed Kasuga to eight different jobs other than his starting job. 19%
- Super Human Raised all of Kasuga's personality stats to max. 17%
- Pound It Called for Poundmates 30 times. 15%
- Sleep Sheep Slapper Watched all the movies at the theater without falling asleep. 13%
- Pop the Cork Beat all Dragon Kart cups and rival races. 13%
- A New Hero Raised Part-time Hero Member Rank to Executive Hero. 13%
- Fulfiller of Dreams Completed the last dungeon in Premium Adventure. 12%
- Food for Thought Viewed more than 20 Table Talk scenes. 9.2%
- Honk-Honk Hero Found all the people who will give you a honk-honk. 7.5%
- Victory of the Millennium Beat the True Final Millennium Tower. 5.6%
- The New Dragon Obtained all achievements. 4.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-18.