Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

Beat 'em up action with gadgets and a former yakuza in hiding

RGG Studio · Published by SEGA · Released Nov 8, 2023

Reviews: Overwhelmingly Positive; 95% of 13K
Recent reviews: Very Positive; 95% of 95 in 30 days
Playing now: 113; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 2 years ago; Dec 15, 2023

What is Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name?

A single-player action-adventure set in Sotenbori, Yokohama, and the Castle, a container ship with a battle arena. As Kazuma Kiryu, who has faked his death and adopted the codename Joryu, you explore city areas, complete missions and minigames, and fight using Yakuza and gadget-based Agent styles.

For you if...

+you like real-time brawling with switchable combat styles
+you enjoy crime drama, comedy, and varied side activities
+you follow Kazuma Kiryu's continuing story

Not for you if...

−you dislike required side content between story missions
−you want to avoid sexual content and violence

What players say

95% of 12,729 reviews are positive · 95% of 95 in the last 30 days

Players most often praise the emotional story and ending, along with the real-time brawler combat. Common complaints target the short campaign's required side-content padding and combat that some find weaker than earlier entries. Several recent players also report crashes and stuttering, including problems when using DLSS or frame generation.

Screenshots and trailer

Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362)
Processor: Intel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 4 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 4 GB or Intel Arc A380, 6 GB
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Storage: 98 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12
Notes: 1080p Low @ 30 FPS w/ Balanced FSR 1.0, requires a CPU which supports the AVX and SSE4.2 instruction set. Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.

OS: Windows 10 1903 (OS Build 18362)
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790, 3.6 GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 3.2 GHz
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX 5700, 8 GB or Intel Arc A750, 8 GB
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Storage: 98 GB available space
DirectX: Version 12
Notes: 1080p High @ 60 FPS w/o FSR, requires a CPU which supports the AVX and SSE4.2 instruction set. Microsoft no longer supports Windows 10 or older versions.

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: Denuvo
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows
Achievements: 62
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards

Steam Deck: Verified

All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
Shows Steam Deck controller icons
In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Full audio: English, Japanese. Text only: Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian.