Games like Yakuza 3 on PlayStation
Closest overall match: Yakuza 4 (★ 4.2). Highest rated: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End at ★ 4.5. Quickest to finish: God of War: Ascension at about 2 hours.
We compared Yakuza 3 against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are Action-Adventure, 3rd-Person Perspective and 1980s.
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90%
1. Yakuza 4
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective, 1980s and Action-Adventure; same developer; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 78
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 4
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66%
2. God of War: Ascension
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective and Action-Adventure; about 10h shorter.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 4
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63%
3. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective and Action-Adventure; rated 0.4 higher; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.5
- Metacritic
- 93
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 4
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58%
4. God of War III
Released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 10h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 4
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58%
5. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 92
- Playtime
- 12h
- Finish rate
- 95%
- Shared genres
- 4
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58%
6. inFamous
About 10h shorter; same release year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 4
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58%
7. God of War II
About 5h longer; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2007
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 17h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 4
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57%
8. Yakuza 5
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective and Action-Adventure; same developer; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 83
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 4
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57%
9. God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Shares Action-Adventure; about 5h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 4
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57%
10. God of War I
Close match on genre and platform.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 94
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 4
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57%
11. Bully
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective and Action-Adventure; about 12h shorter.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.4
- Metacritic
- 87
- Finish rate
- 74%
- Shared genres
- 4
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56%
12. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
About 30h longer.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 42h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Yakuza 3 on PlayStation?
On our similarity model, Yakuza 4 is the closest match to Yakuza 3 on PlayStation — shares 3rd-Person Perspective, 1980s and Action-Adventure; same developer; about 12h shorter; released within 1 year.
Which game like Yakuza 3 is rated highest?
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.5/5 from 3,774 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Yakuza 3 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.