The Steam Summer Sale will be in full swing by the time you read this, cutting the prices of hundreds, if not thousands of games on the storefront for a limited time, some of them by quite a bit. That makes it a better time than ever to start the Yakuza series, or pick up where you left off, as every single game in the series has been included in the sale. Well, almost every single game. More on that in a second.
The first five Yakuza games, so Kiwami right up until Yakuza 5's remaster, are all 70 percent off. Each of them is $19.99 at full price but all are available for just $5.99 each in the Summer Sale. That's $100 worth of games for less than $30 if you need all five of them, and a lot of hours of game time if you do plan on starting from the beginning and playing through at least the first five, even without the Animal Crossing and Pokemon clones you get in Infinite Wealth.
Speaking of Infinite Wealth, even the newest game in the Yakuza series, so one of the titles released since its name changed to Like A Dragon in the West, is on sale on Steam. Not the 70 percent discount applied to the first five games since it's so new, but you can currently get it for 30 percent off, down to $48.99 from its usual $70. The game released right before it, provided you don't count spinoffs, is also on sale and has received the heaviest discount of all. 80 percent off for Yakuza: Like A Dragon meaning it's only $11.99 until July 11.
You Don't Need Infinite Wealth To Play Infinite Wealth (Sorry, I'll Show Myself Out)
$49 on Steam
That just leaves Yakuza 6 and Yakuza 0. I bet you're starting to get a little worried about which of those two I've deemed the best in the series — a real all-or-nothing situation. Don't worry, Yakuza 0 is the one I consider to be the best in the main series so far. Unfortunately, that means it's the one that's not on sale, and I'm not entirely sure why. Probably because it's so damn good that Steam and Sega are confident they don't need to cut its price to boost sales, even though it's a nine-year-old game.
$12 on Steam
Yakuza 6 is on sale and is 70 percent off like the five games that come before it. This article alone might reinforce just how intimidating it is to start Yakuza from scratch, especially since it doesn't even mention any of the spinoff games. However, with a Yakuza adaptation coming to Amazon Prime later this year, and the first games in the series available for 70 percent off, now is a great time to start. Before you know it Sega will have released three more games and starting the series will be even more intimidating.
