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Yakuza 6: The Song of Life
Give it 20 hours
Gets good by 20h then rated almost like by veterans
Reach the ending 71% of players who started
Started playing 86% of owners
Steam reviews 93% positive of 8,387
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours 1 in 6 reviews are negative (18%); after 20h it's 1 in 19 (5%).
- The opening is criticised less than in 77% of games we track.
- 71% of players who start reach the ending.
- Most players drop off before “Hiroshiman Shadows” (Completed Chapter 2): only 89% of starters get there.
- 86% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 8,428 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 28.9h for positive, 22.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (85.8% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- Hiroshiman Shadows Completed Chapter 2. Most players quit here 89% −11
- Her Secret Life Completed Chapter 4. 85% −4
- A Dead End Completed Chapter 6. 82% −3
- Priceless Child Completed Chapter 8. 79% −3
- The Secret of Onomichi Completed Chapter 10. 77% −1
- Cycle of Blood Completed Chapter 12. 75% −2
- Thank You. Completed all of the main story. 71% −4
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (59)
story milestone ending side
- Welcome Back Arrived in Kamurocho for the first time. 100%
- A Man's Experience Obtained 1,000 total experience points. 94%
- Just Getting Started Completed 10 items on the Completion List. 90%
- Skill Dabbler Obtained 10 skills. 90%
- Hiroshiman Shadows Completed Chapter 2. 89%
- Feeling the Heat Activated Extreme Heat Mode 10 times. 89%
- Dandling Dragon Experienced the trials of raising a baby. 88%
- A Fighter's Experience Obtained 10,000 total experience points. 86%
- Skill Pro Obtained 25 skills. 85%
- Her Secret Life Completed Chapter 4. 85%
- Life of the Dragon Raised Health to a natural 150. 85%
- Strength of the Dragon Raised Attack to a natural 150. 85%
- Off the Beaten Path Found a secret passage. 84%
- Speed of the Dragon Raised Evade to a natural 150. 83%
- Maybe You Can Do It Completed 31 items on the Completion List. 83%
- A Dead End Completed Chapter 6. 82%
- Not the Brightest Idea Jumped from a dangerously high place. 80%
- Priceless Child Completed Chapter 8. 79%
- Vitality of the Dragon Raised Defense to a natural 150. 78%
- The Secret of Onomichi Completed Chapter 10. 77%
- Cycle of Blood Completed Chapter 12. 75%
- Can of Whoop Ass Engaged enemies while a drink's effect is active. 74%
- Thank You. Completed all of the main story. 71%
- Heat of the Dragon Raised the Heat Gauge to a natural 150. 71%
- Troubleshooter Completed 5 types of Trouble Missions. 64%
- Kiryu Clan Founder Assembled the Kiryu Clan. 62%
- Tell Me a Story Completed 10 substories. 59%
- Pretty Tasty Activated five types of eatery combos. 53%
- Get Out and Stay Out! Made a store employee angry at you. 48%
- Word on the Streets Raised the Kiryu Clan's influence to 10,000. 48%
- Kiryu Clan Captain Reached level 3 in the Kiryu Clan. 40%
- A Dragon's Experience Obtained 100,000 total experience points. 40%
- Limit Breaker Raised all stats to a natural 200. 39%
- You Did It Completed 100 items on the Completion List. 38%
- That's Purrecious Rescued three stray cats. 38%
- This Is My City Completed 20 types of Trouble Missions. 35%
- I'll Have the Calamari Defeated the Emperor Squid. 35%
- Kiryu Clan Patriarch Completed the Clan Creator storyline. 32%
- The Internet's Real Purpose Chatted with both lovely Live Chat ladies. 31%
- Life Through Kiryu's Eyes Walked 30 seconds in first-person mode. 28%
- Play Ball! Won a baseball game. 28%
- Dragon of DoGYMa Experienced every RIZAP training. 27%
- How Fortuitous Pulled "Great Blessing" at the temple. 26%
- Skill Master Obtained all skills. 22%
- Where Everybody Knows Your Name Reached Beloved Customer rank at Snack New Gaudi. 22%
- No Photos! Got surrounded by enemies while trying to take a picture. 20%
- Hero of the Story Completed 40 substories. 19%
- Commemorative Photo Took a photo of Ono Michio-kun. 18%
- Peak Kiryu Raised all stats to a natural 300. 18%
- Amon Defeated Defeated Amon on any difficulty. 17%
- Club Shine Star Requested every hostess. 16%
- Live to Fight Another Day Ran away from 10 encounters successfully. 13%
- Kiryu Clan Enforcer Maxed out a Kiryu Clan leader's stats. 13%
- Story of My Life Completed all substories. 11%
- To Be This Good Takes AGES Played every Club SEGA game. 10%
- What a Player Played every minigame. 8.6%
- Dragon of Legend Completed the game on LEGEND difficulty. 8.3%
- On the Winning Team Achieved 100 victories with the Kiryu Clan. 7.7%
- The Song of Life Obtained all other achievements. 6.3%
Steam page Updated: 2026-10-19.