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Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name leans Execution (Practiced Mastery). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Role-playing (RPG), Hack and slash/Beat 'em up - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
12 games like Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (1 vs 2) - Some hunting and weather randomness, lightly hidden.
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (1 vs 2) - Some loot and patrol randomness.
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: reads (1 vs 0) - thugs and bosses follow fixed patterns
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (1 vs 2) - Some loot and alchemy variance
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 6) - Parry timing and combo execution in combat
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Both lean on execution about the same (5 vs 5). Biggest difference: variance (1 vs 2) - Sister-gathering waves add randomness.
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 4) - Hitbox-based combat needs timing but lenient.
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 6) - Parry and stance timing carry duels and standoffs
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Both lean on reads about the same (1 vs 1). Biggest difference: execution (5 vs 6) - Parkour traversal and melee timing demanding.
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- Released
- 2023
- Developer
- Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios
- Franchise
- Yakuza: Like a Dragon
- Platforms
- Series X|S, PS4, PC, PS5, XONE
- Modes
- Single player
- IGDB critics
- 80/100
- IGDB users
- 77/100