Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth has logged the Yakuza collection’ greatest ever launch on Steam, with greater than 4 instances the participant depend of earlier mainline entry Yakuza: Like a Dragon.
Infinite Wealth, which arrived January 26 as the eight mainline Yakuza sport, achieved a peak concurrent participant depend of 46,161 throughout its launch weekend, in comparison with the seventh mainline entry’s peak of 9,535 concurrent gamers, in line with SteamDB.
The earlier file was held by spin-off Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Title, which launched in November 2023, however even this was at simply 13,737 peak concurrents and subsequently blown out of the water by Infinite Wealth.
These are the solely comparable numbers for the Yakuza collection, nevertheless, as all earlier video games solely launched on Steam after their preliminary releases on console. However the progress from Yakuza: Like a Dragon to Infinite Wealth actually suggests a big enhance in reputation of the collection general.
Infinite Wealth takes the collection outdoors of Japan for the first time as protagonists Ichiban Kasuga and Kiryu Kazuma arrive in Hawaii and, naturally, quickly grow to be concerned in a complicated net of felony underworld shenanigans.
It options the Yakuza collection’ greatest map to this point and lets gamers grow to be a samurai, surfer, and housekeeper because it continues the distinctive mix of dramatic crime thriller and fully wacky aspect content material, this time together with what’s mainly a complete Pokémon sport.
Writer Sega has induced some frustration, nevertheless, as Infinite Wealth’s New Sport Plus mode is unique to the Deluxe and Final variations of the sport, which are available at $15 and $40 dearer respectfully.
In our 9/10 evaluate, IGN stated: “Sprawling, enthralling, and filled with dynamic brawling, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t simply the greatest turn-based Like a Dragon sport, it’s one in all the biggest video games in the complete collection.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.