Infinite Wealth Has the Yakuza Sequence’ Finest Steam Launch

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth has logged the Yakuza collection’ largest ever launch on Steam, with greater than 4 occasions the participant depend of earlier mainline entry Yakuza: Like a Dragon.

Infinite Wealth, which arrived January 26 because the eight mainline Yakuza recreation, 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 keeping with SteamDB.

The earlier report 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 due to this fact blown out of the water by Infinite Wealth.

These are the one comparable numbers for the Yakuza collection, nevertheless, as all earlier video games solely launched on Steam after their preliminary releases on console. However the development from Yakuza: Like a Dragon to Infinite Wealth actually suggests an enormous enhance in reputation of the collection general.

Infinite Wealth takes the collection outdoors of Japan for the primary time as protagonists Ichiban Kasuga and Kiryu Kazuma arrive in Hawaii and, naturally, quickly develop into concerned in a posh net of prison underworld shenanigans.

It options the Yakuza collection’ largest map thus far and lets gamers develop into a samurai, surfer, and housekeeper because it continues the distinctive mix of dramatic crime thriller and fully wacky facet content material, this time together with what’s principally a whole Pokémon recreation.

Writer Sega has brought about some frustration, nevertheless, as Infinite Wealth’s New Recreation Plus mode is unique to the Deluxe and Final variations of the sport, which are available at $15 and $40 costlier respectfully.

In our 9/10 evaluate, IGN mentioned: “Sprawling, enthralling, and full of dynamic brawling, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth isn’t simply the very best turn-based Like a Dragon recreation, it’s one of many best video games in the whole collection.”

Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.