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The best Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios games

The 7 best games from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, ranked from 1,426 critic and player ratings.

The best Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios game is Yakuza: Like a Dragon, with a critic score of 86/100. Updated November 2026.

Ranked releases span 2012 to 2020.
Average critic score across the 7 ranked games: 82/100.
1,426 critic and player ratings behind this ranking.

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Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
7 games are listed on this page, carrying 1,426 ratings between them.
Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 14 November 2026.

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S Yakuza: Like a Dragon 2020 · 178 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 15% Yakuza: Like a Dragon is a role-playing game developed and published by Sega. Released in 2020, it is the eighth main entry in the Yakuza series. The game introduces a new protagonist, Ichiban Kasuga, and departs from the traditional action combat system, instead featuring turn-based combat with a party of characters. Set in the fictional city of Yokohama, the game follows Kasuga's quest for revenge and his journey through Japan's criminal underworld. 86 /100

Yakuza 0 2015 · 514 ratings · finished by 16% Yakuza 0 is an action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. Serving as a prequel to the Yakuza series, it is set in 1988 Japan during the country's economic bubble era. The game follows two protagonists: Kazuma Kiryu in Tokyo's Kamurocho district and Goro Majima in Osaka's Sotenbori district. Players alternate between their stories as they navigate the criminal underworld, engaging in street fights, managing businesses, and participating in various side activities. The gameplay combines beat 'em up combat with open-world exploration, offering numerous mini-games and side quests. Yakuza 0 was initially released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan in March 2015, followed by a worldwide release on PlayStation 4 in January 2017. It later became available on Windows via Steam in August 2018 and on Xbox One in February 2020. A Director's Cut version is scheduled for release on Nintendo Switch 2 on June 5, 2025. 86 /100

Yakuza Kiwami 2 2017 · 168 ratings · finished by 16% Yakuza Kiwami 2 is a remake of Yakuza 2, and is an action-adventure game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. Combat is based on that previously seen in Yakuza 6. A new "Majima Saga" story scenario features recurring series anti-hero Goro Majima as a playable character. 85 /100

Yakuza Kiwami 2016 · 274 ratings · finished by 16% Yakuza Kiwami is a remake of the 2005 open-world action-adventure game Yakuza. 83 /100

Judgment 2018 · 92 ratings Judgment is an action-adventure game played from a third-person perspective. The game is a legal thriller set in the Yakuza world of Kamurocho and follows private detective Takayuki Yagami as he investigates a serial murder case. It stars Japanese actor Takuya Kimura and employs a fighting system similar to that of Yakuza 0 where players can change into different styles, namely crane-style which is more focused on fighting groups and tiger-style which is more focused on fighting individuals. Additionally, the game features an investigation mode where the player must find traces of the criminal. 83 /100

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life 2016 · 87 ratings · finished by 18% 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. 82 /100

Binary Domain 2012 · 113 ratings · finished by 9% The Machine Age has begun in the immersive and atmospheric squad-based shooter Binary Domain. Regain control of a futuristic Tokyo from an emerging robotic threat in the year 2080. The story starts when Dan Marshall and his squad are sent to bring the robotic community under control as they begin to infiltrate society and slowly take over undetected, leaving humans redundant in their wake. Fighting through the derelict lower levels of the city, players control an international peace-keeping squad that soon starts to question their surroundings and the choices they make. Are the robots becoming more human, or are humans becoming more like machines? Thrilling encounters with these highly intelligent robotic enemies require you to think tactically, make challenging, real-time moral decisions and build up trust with your team mates in order to guide your squad to safety and success. 72 /100

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Yakuza: Like a Dragon currently tops the ranking with a score of 86/100 across 178 ratings. Ranking updated November 2026.

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