Judgment

Buy94%

Very Positive · 12k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

RGG Studio · Action · Sep 14, 2022

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Price
$39.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
47
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
9
Full audio2 of 9
Subtitles9 of 9

Should I buy Judgment?

Buy it if you like
  • Story: 204 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 117 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 21 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Gameplay: 112 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Performance: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 12k player reviews · updated

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
67% of themes are praise8% are divided25% are complaints
Story
Players who bring up Story mostly praise it.
204 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The story is pretty serious interesting through all the 13 Chapters while the side story cases are as ridiculous as they need to be, so there is a good balance there.
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
117 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Lastly, being essentially a sequel to Yakuza Kiwami 2 as the next brawler-type game in the series, Judgment ditches the weapon system of Kiwami 2 and goes back to the combat style system that Yakuza 0 introduced and it does it fairly well.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
21 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics are good, they're really good, the environment and town look sharp, and the character graphics are finely detailed.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
20 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Also, if you are a non-Japanese speaker who has been hesitant about playing dialogue-heavy Yakuza games with subtitles only, you will be glad to hear that Judgment’s English voice acting is excellent.
Characters
Players who bring up Characters mostly praise it.
12 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Yagami is such a likeable main character, He's cool without trying too hard, and I liked that he felt more like a normal guy than some unstoppable superhero
Optimization
Players who bring up Optimization mostly praise it.
6 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The performance on my old laptop is also very nice (had to use Lossless Scaling to reach 120fps) and didn ́t experience almost any bug during my 60hrs gameplay, so this speaks very well on the optimization side.

+2 more players loved

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Story204 reviews
Combat117 reviews
Graphics21 reviews
Audio20 reviews
Characters12 reviews
Optimization6 reviews
Steam Deck5 reviews
Interface5 reviews
Divided opinion
Crashes
50% still recommend
Players complain
Gameplay
86% still recommend
Difficulty
73% still recommend
Performance
78% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

  • DualSense Controller Support
  • DualShock Controller Support
  • Full controller support

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows

Valve device support

Steam DeckVerified
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachineVerified

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Prices have been lower
$39.99

The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.

12 months agotoday · $39.99

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