Top 5 Games To Play While Waiting for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Ryu Ga Gotoku’s newest pirate adventure is releasing on February 20, 2025. Here are 5 games like Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Madlantis in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Image via SEGA)
Madlantis in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii (Image via SEGA)

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is Ryu Ga Gotoku’s newest Yakuza spin-off, featuring the Mad Dog of Shimano, Goro Majima. This time you’ll be facing an adventure unlike any other previous Yakuza game.

The game will have Goro Majima take the role of a pirate captain, as he assembles his pirate crew in search of his lost memories and legendary treasure. Here are five games that could fill the waiting period until this game releases.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is quite similar to Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, and it might not be obvious at first glance. Both have eccentric main characters, who work for good and rip apart their enemies in hordes with over-the-top hack-and-slash combat.

You can use different weapons in Metal Gear, which can be seen as a counterpart to Majima’s different styles of combat, Mad Dog and Sea Dog.

Sea of Thieves

Sea of Thieves has many similarities with Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Both games have players explore an open world in a pirate ship. The difference with Sea of Thieves is that it is a multiplayer game. That means if you have friends to play with, you can band together and explore the vast seas.

Despite being released in 2018, Sea of Thieves still has a fairly active fan base. Any player who wants to explore the seven seas like a true pirate should give this game a try.

Devil May Cry 5

Nero from Devil May Cry 5 (Image via Capcom)
Nero from Devil May Cry 5 (Image via Capcom)

Devil May Cry 5 has many stylistic similarities with Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. Both games have a similar hack-and-slash type gameplay, featuring a singular protagonist taking out multiple foes at the same time. Dante can switch between various styles while in combat, similar to how Majima can switch between Mad Dog and Sea Dog.

Additionally, Devil May Cry 5 is renowned in the action game scene for having a very fluid combat system. Players looking for a good combat-oriented game should definitely try Devil May Cry 5.

Yakuza 0

Goro Majima from Yakuza 0 (Image via Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and SEGA)
Goro Majima from Yakuza 0 (Image via Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and SEGA)

Yakuza 0 is the perfect gateway for a non-Yakuza player to get into the Yakuza games. It features a decently long story, where you play half the game as Majima. Playing this game before Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii can help set up the backstory for Majima.

You should also consider playing any of the further sequels in the Yakuza series, as each has its own charm. Moreover, you will be able to understand the story of Majima even better after playing the previous Yakuza titles.

Assassin’s Creed Black Flag

Lastly, we get to the final game on this list. Assassin’s Creed Black Flag released over a decade ago and still holds up in the gaming community. It was one of the first games to introduce naval warfare with pirates, and further games have just taken inspiration from this old gem.

Black Flag features ship-to-ship combat, and then boarding the enemy ships to fight it out with the crew. These mechanics flow very similarly to how Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has shown itself to be. Of course, the tone for both games looks to be different, but they do have some core similarities that make this game worth a shot.

Those were our Top 5 Games like Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii. What other game are you playing while waiting for Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii?


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