Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Last updated: 2026-01-19
- Innovative and engaging turn-based combat system
- Exceptional story with deep emotional themes
- Balanced humor and drama throughout narrative
- Strong character customization and job system
- Repetitive combat encounters over time
- Unbalanced difficulty spikes in boss fights
Emotions
Frustration17%Excitement8%Amusement8%Joy7%Satisfaction6%
Core metrics
Core business metrics
Steam review mix, revenue model, and refund leakage.
Steam review stats
- Steam rating
- Very Positive (8/10)
- Total reviews
- 35,635
- Positive
- 33,56394.2%
- Negative
- 2,0725.8%
Sales estimations
- Estimated sales count
- 2,355,815
- Estimated revenue
- $47,092,742
- Game price
- $20
- Review → sale ratio
Refund leakage
- Refund-intent reviews
- 330.73%
- Estimated copies lost
- 2,182
- Estimated revenue lost
- $43,618
Review pace
Statistical analysis
Sentiment vs playtime and velocity signals.
Sentiment × Playtime
review counts| Bucket | Neg | Pos |
|---|---|---|
| ≤ 2h playtime | 330.7% Avg playtime 1h | 290.6% Avg playtime 0.9h |
| > 2h playtime | 3608% Avg playtime 44.5h | 4,08090.6% Avg playtime 76.5h |
Velocity
review pace| Avg/day | 2.4 rev/day |
| Last 30d | 14.3 rev/day |
| Quarterly | 127.6 rev/qtr |
| Days covered | 1,895.5 days |
Audience segments
Who is reviewing
Buyer mixes, lifecycle phase, and Steam Deck signals.
Buyer vs key activations
Share of review volume
4,502 total
Organic purchasers3,14269.8%
Voted up: 91%
Key activations1,36030.2%
Voted up: 92%
Honeymoon vs endgame
Based on hours played
4,502 total
First impression0-2h1042.31%
Voted up: 63%
Mid game2-10h53411.9%
Voted up: 86%
Late game10-20h4309.55%
Voted up: 88%
Endgame20h+3,43476.3%
Voted up: 93%
Steam Deck monitor
Deck vs global sentiment
Deck satisfaction
88.3%
Global baseline 91.3%
214 Steam Deck-tagged reviews out of 35,635 total.