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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life cover art

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

RGG Studio · SEGA · 2021-03-25

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ActionAdventure

Franchise: Yakuza: Like a Dragon · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 08, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Mar 25, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 25, 2021 (Xbox One)

Step into Japan's criminal underworld in this explosive action brawler starring legendary yakuza, Kazuma Kiryu, who is hellbent on unraveling the truth around his daughter's tragic accident.

88
playing now
93%
positive of 8.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
82/100
critic score (18 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (87 ratings)
40h
to beat · rushed 30h · completionist 49h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

88 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

In Yakuza 6, Kazuma Kiryu will find out exactly how much people are willing to sacrifice for family - be those ties through blood or bond - when he investigates a series of shadowy events that involve the ones he holds closest to his heart. Fresh out of a three-year prison sentence, an older and weathered Kiryu comes to find out that his surrogate daughter, Haruka, has gone missing from the orphanage he looks after. The trail leads him to his old stomping grounds in Kamurocho, where he discovers that she has been struck by a car and now lies in a coma. To make matters worse, Kiryu learns that (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 88 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 520 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 166k–373k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,289 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$4.99
GOG$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.99 at Microsoft Store (2023-01-03)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 50 of 105 observed days · $6.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39939920212026Week of 2021-03-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 203 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 317 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

152612026-08-07 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 67 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 108 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 83 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 94 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 109 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 89 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 111 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 109 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 77 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 77 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 95 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 82 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 68 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 85 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 63 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 70 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 113 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 72 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 68 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 112 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 83 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 91 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 152 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 82 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 76 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 104 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 102 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 88 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.752021-03-252026-08-302021-03-25 — best price $15.792021-04-21 — best price $15.592021-05-19 — best price $19.992021-06-06 — best price $17.882021-08-06 — best price $11.992021-11-03 — best price $19.992021-12-22 — best price $12.382022-04-14 — best price $10.592022-07-15 — best price $10.992022-09-16 — best price $10.992022-11-22 — best price $5.492023-01-06 — best price $15.582023-03-24 — best price $15.582023-08-28 — best price $9.992023-09-30 — best price $17.992024-01-16 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $5.992024-05-14 — best price $19.992024-07-08 — best price $17.992024-08-10 — best price $18.392024-09-17 — best price $17.992024-10-30 — best price $6.292024-12-06 — best price $17.542025-01-30 — best price $5.352025-03-20 — best price $10.492025-05-05 — best price $17.992025-07-14 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $10.992025-11-17 — best price $17.992026-01-03 — best price $19.992026-02-20 — best price $19.992026-04-01 — best price $17.752026-05-07 — best price $9.992026-06-10 — best price $9.192026-07-23 — best price $17.992026-08-29 — best price $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

3502026-08-26 20:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 22:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-26 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 02:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-27 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-27 12:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-27 14:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-27 15:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-27 17:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

59
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "Welcome Back"
40.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

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

2 supported languages: English, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)20,02025%59
Steam (Steam)7,11315%59
Xbox One (Xbox)5,9718%59
Windows (Xbox)1,21111%59

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

RPGJRPGCrimeDramaActionComedyViolentAdventureAction RPGOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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