Can you play Like a Dragon: Ishin! on Steam Deck?

❘ Published: 2023-04-03T16:15:33

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The remake of one of the Yakuza’s legendary spin-offs, Like a Dragon: Ishin! has been verified on Steam Deck.

Since its release, Like a Dragon: Ishin! has garnered quite a reputation as one of the best remasters around. It combines the breakneck action of Yakuza, with a feudal era Japan

Of course, it isn’t a Yakuza 7-style game, which is a turn-based JRPG and a massive shift in the series, dropping protagonist Kiryu Kazuma for Ichiban Kasuga.

The Yakuza series has seen only a small amount of spin-offs since its inception in 2005, including a survival horror game, Dead Souls, still locked to the PS3.

It follows Sakamoto Ryōma, but through the avatar of Kiryu, the main protagonist of the Yakuza series. Think of it like a stage play of this man’s life, with some obvious artistic license involved.

It isn’t the first time they’ve set a game in feudal Japan, with a PS3 game Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! missing a release in the west due to the series’ lack of attention at the time.

It joins the pantheon of other Steam Deck-verified games from the series, including Yakuza 0 and the other remakes, Kiwami and 2 Kiwami. This means that there’s very little work needed out of the box to get this game running with Proton.