ActionAdventureRPG
Yakuza 0
Give it 3 hours
Gets good by 3h almost every game dips in hours 2–3
Fully opens up by 20h rated like by long-time players
Reach the ending 30% of players who started
Started playing 93% of owners
Steam reviews 95% positive of 77,791
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 3 reviews are negative (31%); after 20h it's 1 in 50 (2%).
- Fully opens up by hour 20.
- 30% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “New Allies, New Foes” (Complete Chapter 2): only 55% of starters get there.
- 93% 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 78,043 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 51.2h for positive, 19.9h 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 (93.2% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- New Allies, New Foes Complete Chapter 2. Most players quit here 55% −45
- A Matter of Life or Death Complete Chapter 4. 46% −9
- Time to Say Goodbye Complete Chapter 6. 40% −6
- When It All Goes Wrong Complete Chapter 8. 36% −4
- The Big Reveal Complete Chapter 10. 34% −2
- A Familiar Name Complete Chapter 12. 33% −1
- Painful Reunion Complete Chapter 14. 32% −1
- Lamb in the Lion's Den Complete Chapter 16. 32%
- Awakened and Unleashed Complete the Final Chapter. 30% −2
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (55)
story milestone ending side
- Nostalgic for the 80s Visit Kamurocho in December 1988. 100%
- Whip It Good Get five or more play bonuses fighting a single enemy. 79%
- A Wise Investment Purchase ten or more abilities. 63%
- Who Ya Gonna Call? Pick up a telephone card. 62%
- New Allies, New Foes Complete Chapter 2. 55%
- Tell Me a Story Complete 10 substories 50%
- A Matter of Life or Death Complete Chapter 4. 46%
- President Kiryu Get started with Real Estate Royale 43%
- ...I Did It for the Achievement Watch a sexy video. 41%
- Time to Say Goodbye Complete Chapter 6. 40%
- A Host of Hostesses Get started with Cabaret Club Czar 39%
- Make It Rain Throw away money on the street 37%
- When It All Goes Wrong Complete Chapter 8. 36%
- The Big Reveal Complete Chapter 10. 34%
- High Roller Spend one billion yen 34%
- Mr. Shakedown Takedown Defeat Mr. Shakedown for the first time. 33%
- A Familiar Name Complete Chapter 12. 33%
- Painful Reunion Complete Chapter 14. 32%
- Lamb in the Lion's Den Complete Chapter 16. 32%
- Awakened and Unleashed Complete the Final Chapter. 30%
- Talk of the Town Get over 1,000 fans in any area 25%
- Hero of the Story Complete 40 substories 24%
- The Promised Land Get 100% share in any area 24%
- Lucky Star Get a top-grade item from a Dream Machine 23%
- Big Hair in the Crosshairs Defeat the yakuza with an afro on the highway. 21%
- Call Me Go on a date with a girl you met at the telephone club. 18%
- The Glamorous Life Purchase the most expensive property 16%
- Rich Taste Treat a homeless man to a ¥20,000 bottle of booze. 16%
- Say You Wanna Dance Complete every disco song on any difficulty. 16%
- We Built This City Complete the Real Estate Royale storyline. 15%
- Half the Battle Get over 50% on your Completion List 15%
- Worked Hard for the Money Throw away a total of five million yen. 15%
- Training in Style Complete one training mission with each master. 14%
- Walking On Sunshine Complete the Cabaret Club Czar storyline. 14%
- Welcome to the Jungle Get the best weapon search results report. 13%
- You're Still Number One Max out the level of a platinum hostess 12%
- The Dragon of Pocket Circuit Win all Pocket Circuit races. 12%
- Business Etiquette 101 Impress Oda with your perfect manners. 9.2%
- Hitting the Bottle Suffer the full force of Reina's attack. 8.3%
- It Takes Two Defeat 3 foes using co-op moves with Oda or Tachibana. 7.8%
- Best Served Cold? Take more than 15 minutes bringing the takoyaki. 7.0%
- Smooth Criminal Successfully negotiate ideal terms with Yamagata. 6.4%
- Master of Style Obtain all abilities for every style. 5.5%
- Generosity of Strangers After you become undisputed king of an area, get someone to light a cigarette for you on the street. 5.3%
- They Won't Mind Steal Nikkyo Consortium funds from their safe. 3.6%
- Story of My Life Complete all substories 3.4%
- Amon Defeated Defeat So and Jo Amon. 3.4%
- Prizefighter Defeat 30 or more opponents in Endless Rout. 3.1%
- Stuff of Legend Complete the main story on Legend Difficulty 2.5%
- What a Player Play every minigame. 2.5%
- Eye of the Dragon and Tiger Obtain all equipment parts. 2.4%
- Perfectionist Get 100% on your Completion List 2.1%
- Cat Scratch Fever Win ten bets on three-round tournaments at JCC. 2.1%
- Just Beat It Complete all Climax Battles. 2.1%
- Where It All Began Obtain all other achievements 1.6%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-17.