Games like Yakuza: Like a Dragon
If you like Yakuza: Like a Dragon (jrpg, turn-based and crime drama), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Yakuza 0
- In common: story and long sessions
- Difference: more action
When you want a powerful story with lots of fun distractions: each session mixes drama and absurdity.
Final Fantasy IX
- In common: story and long sessions
When you fancy a long, classic adventure to come back to every day, unhurriedly.
DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition
- In common: long sessions and story
When you want a long, laid-back adventure to last several weeks: seeing the whole story through takes around a hundred hours.
OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
- In common: story and progression
When you want a long JRPG you can play chapter by chapter: one rarely runs past two hours.
Persona 5 Royal
- In common: story and long sessions
When you want a long story and a calendar to organise: each in-game day advances your relationships and your team.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- In common: story and long sessions
When you want to lose yourself in a long story and feel that every quest has something to tell. Ideal for whole afternoons.
DRAGON BALL Z: KAKAROT
- In common: long sessions and story
When you fancy a long, stress-free adventure: the story runs around 30-40 hours and doesn't force you to grind.
Mass Effect (2007)
- In common: story and long sessions
When you have dozens of hours for a space opera where your answers nudge you toward idealism or a hard line.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- In common: story and long sessions
When you want a long, moving adventure to come back to every afternoon: each area fits into a session.
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
- In common: story and long sessions
When you have a long afternoon and want to live another life calmly and in detail.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Ichiban Kasuga walks out of prison after 18 years to find his clan has fallen. In Yokohama, street fights become turn-based battles with jobs and objects from your surroundings, mixing mob drama, absurd humour and minigames.
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