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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

RGG Studio · SEGA · 2023-11-08

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Yakuza: Like a Dragon · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 09, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 09, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Nov 09, 2023 (Xbox One), Nov 09, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 09, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

ERASE YOUR PAST TO PROTECT YOUR FUTURE Once a legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu faked his own death and abandoned his name for the sake of protecting his family. Now, he is thrust into conflict by a mysterious figure attempting to drive him out of hiding.

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is a 2023 Action and Adventure game priced at $12.49, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 12720 reviews).

168
playing now
95%
positive of 13k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (50 ratings)
442
Nexus mods (289k downloads)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (13,563 ratings)
17h
to beat · rushed 12h · completionist 37h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.49
steam price (US)

168 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is a 2023 action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It is a spin-off of the Like a Dragon series. Taking place during the events of Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020), Like a Dragon Gaiden focuses on the series' original protagonist, Kazuma Kiryu, as he embarks on a new adventure in Osaka under the guise of a secret agent.

Trailer

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name trailer thumbnail

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name - Official Launch Trailer

≈148,942 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 168 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 751 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~94/week).
  • · Review velocity down 23% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,213 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,607 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 254k–572k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 12,720 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$49.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.20 at GameBillet (2026-09-17) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $49.99 · on sale 49 of 90 observed days · $38.79 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.1k4.1k20232026Week of 2023-11-01: 4,101 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 532 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

261582026-09-14 21:00 — 104 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 87 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 151 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 108 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 129 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 149 players2026-09-22 19:00 — 101 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 94 players2026-09-25 10:00 — 116 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 156 players2026-09-28 01:00 — 73 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 85 players2026-09-30 16:00 — 134 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 71 players2026-10-03 07:00 — 148 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 205 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 102 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 139 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 221 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 123 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 190 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 223 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 108 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 168 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.8k126Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 3,763 · peak 13,737Dec 2023 — avg 909 · peak 1,967Jan 2024 — avg 798 · peak 1,929Feb 2024 — avg 426 · peak 986Mar 2024 — avg 251 · peak 559Apr 2024 — avg 187 · peak 562May 2024 — avg 223 · peak 631Jun 2024 — avg 136 · peak 464Jul 2024 — avg 201 · peak 473Aug 2024 — avg 129 · peak 258Sep 2024 — avg 177 · peak 622Oct 2024 — avg 197 · peak 728Nov 2024 — avg 257 · peak 651Dec 2024 — avg 238 · peak 498Jan 2025 — avg 259 · peak 553Feb 2025 — avg 266 · peak 649Mar 2025 — avg 215 · peak 489Apr 2025 — avg 153 · peak 357May 2025 — avg 178 · peak 405Jun 2025 — avg 126 · peak 381Jul 2025 — avg 204 · peak 484Aug 2025 — avg 130 · peak 354Sep 2025 — avg 152 · peak 355Oct 2025 — avg 206 · peak 464Nov 2025 — avg 142 · peak 320Dec 2025 — avg 266 · peak 570Jan 2026 — avg 256 · peak 596Feb 2026 — avg 216 · peak 477Mar 2026 — avg 162 · peak 391Apr 2026 — avg 132 · peak 305May 2026 — avg 136 · peak 312Jun 2026 — avg 165 · peak 347Jul 2026 — avg 135 · peak 307Aug 2026 — avg 163 · peak 417
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$49.99$11.202023-06-082026-10-142023-06-08 — best price $49.992023-12-09 — best price $43.492024-01-16 — best price $49.992024-02-22 — best price $44.992024-05-02 — best price $29.492024-05-30 — best price $44.992024-07-22 — best price $46.492024-08-13 — best price $24.992024-09-16 — best price $29.992024-10-08 — best price $43.492024-11-08 — best price $43.942024-12-06 — best price $43.492025-01-09 — best price $46.492025-02-04 — best price $47.492025-03-20 — best price $18.792025-04-27 — best price $49.992025-05-09 — best price $19.992025-07-25 — best price $15.752025-09-04 — best price $49.992025-10-16 — best price $15.992025-11-20 — best price $17.492025-12-19 — best price $14.892026-02-12 — best price $13.742026-03-19 — best price $13.462026-04-13 — best price $13.742026-05-07 — best price $14.992026-06-06 — best price $47.492026-06-26 — best price $14.792026-08-13 — best price $12.492026-09-09 — best price $49.992026-10-14 — best price $49.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4411482026-06-03 — 208 pageviews2026-06-07 — 441 pageviews2026-06-11 — 287 pageviews2026-06-15 — 262 pageviews2026-06-19 — 213 pageviews2026-06-23 — 260 pageviews2026-06-27 — 315 pageviews2026-07-01 — 276 pageviews2026-07-05 — 240 pageviews2026-07-09 — 189 pageviews2026-07-13 — 236 pageviews2026-07-17 — 161 pageviews2026-07-21 — 161 pageviews2026-07-25 — 194 pageviews2026-07-29 — 170 pageviews2026-08-02 — 180 pageviews2026-08-06 — 178 pageviews2026-08-10 — 175 pageviews2026-08-14 — 235 pageviews2026-08-18 — 249 pageviews2026-08-22 — 313 pageviews2026-08-26 — 232 pageviews2026-08-30 — 260 pageviews2026-09-03 — 251 pageviews2026-09-07 — 229 pageviews2026-09-11 — 181 pageviews2026-09-15 — 201 pageviews2026-09-19 — 198 pageviews2026-09-23 — 212 pageviews2026-09-27 — 206 pageviews2026-10-01 — 180 pageviews2026-10-05 — 214 pageviews2026-10-09 — 148 pageviews2026-10-12 — 198 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
84.4%
earned "Hidden Dragon"
46.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)15,67455%62
Xbox Series, Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)11,35116%61
Steam (Steam)6,57529%62
PS4 (PlayStation)4,79063%62

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

GoreJRPGActionComedyViolentAdventureAction RPGOpen WorldStory RichBeat 'em up

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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