Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life

Developers
	Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Windows	QLOC
Publishers
	Sega
Engines
	Dragon Engine
Release dates
Windows	March 25, 2021
Reception
Metacritic	82
OpenCritic	85
IGDB	82
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC, Sponsored
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Brawler, Mini-games, Open world
Sports	Baseball, Fishing
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Japan
Series	Yakuza (Like a Dragon)

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is an open world action game in the Yakuza (Like a Dragon) series originally released in 2016 as a PlayStation 4 exclusive. It was developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio while the PC port was handled by QLOC.

On December 11, 2020, it was announced that Yakuza 6: The Song of Life would come to PC on March 25, 2021 following the Yakuza Remastered Collection, which was scheduled to be released in January 2021. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life was the last remaining title to be ported for the whole main series to have made its way to PC.

Yakuza 6: The Song of Life is distributed through Microsoft Store and Steam, and also included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GOG.com
Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam

Monetization

Type

Notes

Sponsored

The game includes numerous in-game product placements: Imaraya, a confectionery company selling azuki bean products, is featured on billboards and stores. Ikinari Steak appears in the form of restaurants. APA Hotel is featured in one of the story missions and also as a hotel. ESP Guitars is featured on billboards. Sony billboards are seen throughout the city, and the protagonist's phone is a Sony Xperia.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Clan Creator Card Bundle	Contains exclusive cards for the Clan Creator mini-game. One healing consumable, two experience items and in-game currency are also included as a bonus.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Sega\Yakuza6\
GOG.com	%APPDATA%\Sega\Yakuza6_GOG\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\SEGAofAmericaInc.Yakuza6PC_s751p9cej88mt\LocalCache\Local\SEGA\Yakuza6\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1388590/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\1388590\remote\
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\56296606511683989\Storage\Shared\Files\
Microsoft Store
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1388590/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings

Advanced graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		Cutscenes are pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio. See Ultra-widescreen to remove the pillarboxing up to 32:9.
Ultra-widescreen		Cutscenes are pillarboxed to a 16:9 aspect ratio. See Ultra-widescreen to remove the pillarboxing up to 32:9.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Adjustable with a slider between +25 and +75.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Fullscreen also available.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Labeled as Texture Filtering.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, SMAA and SSAA up to x2 available.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Some cutscenes are pre-rendered at 30 FPS. The Virtua Fighter 5 mini-game is capped at 60 FPS. Limit options of 30, 60, 120, and Unlimited.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Ultra-widescreen

Use a trainer to remove pillarboxing from cutscenes
Download the Yakuza 6 superwide & multi-monitor cutscenes fix. Extract the contents of the archive to any location. Run the Yakuza 6 Ultrawide.exe file. Press F8 during gameplay to toggle pillarboxing on and off. The trainer needs to be run before starting the game. Supports Microsoft Store versions.

Use a mod to remove pillarboxing from cutscenes
Download the Yakuza 6 Letterbox Removal For Ultrawide. Extract the contents of the archive to the <path-to-game>\data. Letterbox Artworks setting must be set to ON for this mod to work. Incompatible with Microsoft Store versions.

Input

Game settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Some keys cannot be remapped.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		Available as a slider from -5 to 5.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X-axis inversion is also available. Separate options for third and first person camera. Setting also affects controller input.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Some buttons cannot be remapped.
Controller sensitivity		Available as a slider from -5 to 5.
Controller Y-axis inversion		X-axis inversion is also available. Separate options for third and first person camera. Setting also affects mouse input.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		Button prompts flickers (Keyboard/Mouse button icons will be prioritized), Camera Controls conflictions and certain gameplay functions (like Sprinting) doesn't work correctly while Gamepad and Keyboard/Mouse Inputs is in use at the same time.

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)		Official presets for Dualshock 4, Xbox 360/One and Steam controller available.
Steam Controller button prompts		Uses Xbox button prompts
Cursor detection

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  Keyboard/Mouse bindings (1/3)

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  Keyboard/Mouse bindings (2/3)

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  Keyboard/Mouse bindings (3/3)

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  Gamepad bindings (1/3)

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  Gamepad bindings (2/3)

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  Gamepad bindings (3/3)

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Sliders for Master, Music, Effects, Dialog, and Cinema volume.
Surround sound		5.1 and 7.1 with options to adjust each speaker's angles.
Subtitles		Karaoke lyrics are always shown.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Japanese Kanji and Romaji lyrics are displayed in Karaoke.
Traditional Chinese				Traditional Chinese lyrics are displayed in Karaoke.
Japanese				Japanese Kanji lyrics are displayed in Karaoke. Two selectable font types are available.
Korean				Fan translation — see Korean Localization. Korean lyrics are displayed in Karaoke.
Brazilian Portuguese				Fan translation — Brazil Alliance.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus Puyo Puyo, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Audio	Criware
Cutscenes	Criware

Shin Ryu Mod Manager (SRMM)

Mod manager for PC versions of Yakuza (Ryu Ga Gotoku) series games.

Fully compatible with the Steam, GOG and Microsoft Store/Gamepass releases.

Yakuza 6 Restoration Patch

Restores licensed music that was cut from the western version of Yakuza 6.

Use restoration patch
Download Yakuza 6 Licensed Music Restoration Patch. Unpack the files to <path-to-game> and overwrite when prompted.

Enabling High Resolution Characters Textures

A simple mod that replaces textures for characters during gameplay with textures from cutscenes.

High Resolution Font for Yakuza 6

Replaces the font in the game with the same official higher resolution text font for better 4K experience.

Korean Localization

Fan-made 100% complete Korean localization mod.

Notes

• Created for Steam version Patch 3 (dated 2021-05-06), but can be made to work with later Steam versions.
• May also work with the GOG version (tested only briefly).
• Replaces the existing Traditional Chinese localization in the game files.
• Explicitly compatible with the music restoration patch.

Known issues

• Minor typos and inconsistencies compared to official Korean localizations of previous games in the series.
• First mod variant crashes when adjusting game settings (graphics, audio, etc.) at title menu.
  • No crash occurs when adjusting settings while in game.
  • Second mod variant is unaffected.
• Crash during the final cutscene of some hostess missions.
  • Temporarily set language to English as a workaround.
• Most Clan Creator codes are not recognized.
  • Temporarily set language to English as a workaround.
  • Clan leaders may need to be reassigned afterwards.

Installation and usage

Download the mod from one of the links in the release announcement. There are two mod variants meant to differ only cosmetically in the logo shown on the game startup screen. The second variant (두번째 버전 [YAKUZA6]) is nevertheless recommended due to a UI crash bug in the first variant. Unpack the files. Afterwards, depending on the mod variant, run Ryu6 - KorPatch Ver 1.00 [타이틀 변경].exe or Ryu6 - KorPatch Ver 1.00.exe. Despite appearances, this is not an installer but a nonstandard self-extracting archive containing the actual mod files. Follow the prompts to select an output folder (i.e. a temporary location) and "install" (unpack) the actual mod files. From the output folder, copy only data to <path-to-game>\data. Overwrite when prompted. Do not copy other files. They appear to be from an outdated Steam version and will only cause problems. Optionally, make a separate compressed copy of data from the mod files first to facilitate future reinstalls. To activate the mod, set the game language to Traditional Chinese. Steam and GOG Galaxy users can do this via the per-game settings in either launcher. For the GOG version, if GOG Galaxy is unavailable, <path-to-game>\goggame-1086074447.info may be manually edited: Change "English" in line 5 to "Chinese (Traditional)" exactly, including "s. Change "en-US" in line 7 to "zh-Hant" exactly, including "s. As an aside, "Japanese"/"ja-JP" is the combination that sets the game language to Japanese. Linux users can also follow these steps by running the self-extracting archive using Wine. Note that the Korean-language prompts may not render properly, and unpacking the mod files may fail if the output path (or the path to the self-extracting .exe itself) contains Korean characters.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-3470 AMD FX-6300	Intel Core i7-6700 AMD Ryzen 5 2600
System memory (RAM)	4 GB	6 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit system is required.

CPU AVX support is required.

Runs on Windows 7 and 8.1 despite minimum Operating System requirements