Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is the series’ biggest ever Steam launch

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth has earned the largest launch on Steam for any game released by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio.

Infinite Wealth was released last week to hugely positive reviews, making it the best-received game in series history. That appears to have translated to Steam success, as the game has seen more concurrent players than any other game in its developer’s history.

According to independent Steam data aggregator SteamDB (collated by ResetEra user Mocha Joe), Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth ranks highest with over 30,000 peak concurrent users, followed by Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name.

The full ranking of Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Steam releases is:

1. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth      30,741
2. Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name     13,737
3. Yakuza: Like a Dragon     9535
4. Yakuza 0               8985
5. Like a Dragon: Ishin!        8461
6. Judgment            5606
7. Yakuza Kiwami   3473
8. Yakuza 2 Kiwami               3229
9. Yakuza 3 Remastered      2740
10. Lost Judgment   2269
11. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life              1635
12. Binary Domain   1077
13. Yakuza 4 Remastered      913
14. Yakuza 5 Remastered      852

Released on January 26, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is mainly set in Hawaii (rather than the series’ usual Japanese locations), and features both Yakuza: Like a Dragon protagonist Ichiban Kasuga and the series’ original protagonist Kazuma Kiryu.

VGC’s Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth review says the game is “the series at its very best”, calling it a “can’t-miss RPG”.

“Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth is one of the best RPGs we’ve played in years,” we concluded. “Excellent combat, a wonderful cast of characters, and a willingness to be incredibly weird make it absolutely unmissable.

“Not only that, but it’s so full to the brim with things to do, we could have probably spent another three weeks with it and not finished everything.”