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Yakuza Kiwami 2 (2017)

Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios

Remake of Yakuza 2

Nintendo Switch 2 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 4 · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One · Xbox Series X|S

4.16 from 901 ratings

3480 members have it in their collection · 104 playing now · 1731 backlogged · 464 wish listed

How long? Main story 28h · with extras 37h · 100% 74h (from 68 logged playthroughs)

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.
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Details

Developers
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios
Publishers
Sega, Sega Games
Genres
Adventure, Role-playing (RPG)
Themes
Action
Franchises
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Series
Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Events
RGG SUMMIT 2025 + RGG DIRECT 2025, Nintendo Direct 9.12.2025, Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase 7.31.2025
Steam
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Release dates

  • Dec 07, 2017 (Japan) PlayStation 4
  • Aug 28, 2018 (Europe) PlayStation 4
  • Aug 28, 2018 (North_America) PlayStation 4
  • May 09, 2019 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Jul 29, 2020 (North_America) Xbox One
  • Jul 30, 2020 (Worldwide) Xbox One
  • Nov 13, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch 2
  • Dec 08, 2025 (Full Release) (Worldwide) PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S

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Rating distribution

5 stars
331
4 stars
421
3 stars
118
2 stars
19
1 star
10
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Community All Reviews Statuses

GabrielCalin

Status GabrielCalin Nov 1, 2025

It's my first review on this site.

I did not actually finish entirely this game, although I've marked it as finished.

Reason: the game is great (4 stars without a doubt) but the final battle involves some serious bad treatment from the developers. So, I'm hitting Riu. I'm beating him really bad, I don't even need to use healing items. …

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It's my first review on this site.

I did not actually finish entirely this game, although I've marked it as finished.

Reason: the game is great (4 stars without a doubt) but the final battle involves some serious bad treatment from the developers. So, I'm hitting Riu. I'm beating him really bad, I don't even need to use healing items. Then, suddenly, I have to quickly press some random key. And surprise, if you don't hit it, it doesn't matter that your life is full, that I have so many healing items in my inventory that I could survive battling an entire army. You simply lose. And have to start over again. Spend another 5 minutes just to get to the point where you don't press the correct key and you lose. This is in some way a lack of respect from the developers and I refuse to be treated like this, so I decided to quit.

4 starts though. Good game in general. A bit repetitive though.

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Nova09

Status Nova09 Sep 30, 2021

Dont read it If you haven't finished the game thats a major spoilerDA FUK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TERADA IS ALIVE!!!!!!!!!! THATS THE BIGGEST PLOT TWIST I HAVE EVER SEEN

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Nova09

Status Nova09 Sep 12, 2021

Yakuza might have some of the coolest characters in the gaming history

I mean look at those faces of the characters Their whole Badass history is just written on their face

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Arcade

Status Arcade Jun 30, 2021

This was a significant step up from Kiwami 1. Some boss fights were shite, but for the most part they were generally badass. Last 2 boss fights are perfect examples of how bad and how good they can get, respectively.

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yyninja

Status yyninja Aug 21, 2020

Overall pretty enjoyable experience. Having only played 0 and Kiwami 1 so far, Kiwami 2 is leagues better than Kiwami 1 but worse than 0. Going to cut short of writing a review because if you played Yakuza 0 or Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza Kiwami 2 is kind of the same thing (in a good way).

The good stuff is mostly …

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Overall pretty enjoyable experience. Having only played 0 and Kiwami 1 so far, Kiwami 2 is leagues better than Kiwami 1 but worse than 0. Going to cut short of writing a review because if you played Yakuza 0 or Yakuza Kiwami, Yakuza Kiwami 2 is kind of the same thing (in a good way).

The good stuff is mostly in the first half where the drama is tense, the side stories are hilarious (albeit not as involved as Yakuza 0) and the action is goofy dumb fun with a lot of physics effects. Cabaret club is back with some nice nods to Yakuza 0's cabaret club plot. The Majima Construction minigame is OK. It's an RTS defense game. It's honestly a bit mindless, there isn't much thinking involved other than to use abilities once in awhile and top off any characters low on health.

The bad parts of the game is towards the end where the story meanders into a confusing mess. The game has plot twists for the sake of plot twists. It over complicates the story and there is little pay off. The story boils down to two men having a fight to the death because they both have dragon tattoos and need to prove who is the stronger dragon.

Strangely enough, I found the Majima Saga plot much more enjoyable. It's fairly short lasting about 2 hrs but there's some heartwarming moments when Majima reunites with Makoto from Yakuza 0.

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