which order to play the yakuza games in on steam?

[Tony Soprano]

thanks.

[Snake]

Seems like the consensus is that you should start with 0, which is first in the story timeline.

Next go Kiwami and Kiwami 2, which are remakes of Y1 and Y2.

Next 3, 4 and 5 remastered, and finally 6, which wraps up the Kiryu saga / global plotline.

I started with 0 and loved it so much, I bought the rest of the games up to 6. Looking forward to the full ride!

[Lar Dass]

This ^

[HoloLiveSonic™]

...why do people don't rememeber number orders nowadays..

[Hit]

Originally posted by HoloLiveSonic | ホロ住むソ:

...why do people don't rememeber number orders nowadays..

What?
If someone is new to the series, ofc they'd ask the playing order. A title in a franchise that includes the number zero doesn't necessarily mean you play it before everything else.

[Snake]

I spent 30 minutes looking up the series and order and that the Kiwamis were remakes of the two old games, but of course there's always a weeb with an anime avatar who has to act like a smart-ass.

[Snake]

I spent 30 minutes looking up the series and order and that the Kiwamis were remakes of the two old games, but of course there's always a weeb with an anime avatar who has to act like a smart-ass.

[zorocancor]

Originally posted by HoloLiveSonic | ホロ住むソ:

...why do people don't rememeber number orders nowadays..

...Why do people don't remember sagas like Metal Gear Solid or Devil May Cry exists nowadays...

[Lar Dass]

Originally posted by Kennast:

Originally posted by HoloLiveSonic | ホロ住むソ:

...why do people don't rememeber number orders nowadays..

...Why do people don't remember sagas like Metal Gear Solid or Devil May Cry exists nowadays...

Although MGS series has its story focuses on 2 protagonists in 2 different story/timelines so it cant apply here. Yakuza 0-6 is primarily focused on Kiryu's story and kiryu being the primary protagonist, hence why 6 is ending his arc and ichiban takes over in yakuza 7
MGS has big boss and naked snake so despite the numbers being in the wrong order it can be forgiven since there are 2 completely different stories, but the same premise can still be counted, which is to play the series in chronological timeline order, which would be starting with 3 and ending with 4, but even then the amount of retcon would be too much to even make much sense anyways, so its a good thing yakuza focused on one prequel and ended it there

[Punished Rusty Shackleford]

Just be patient with Yakuza 3. Even the developers acknowledged that the game isn't the best they could have done.