Yakuza 0

Yakuza 0

Developers
	Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio
Windows	Lab42
Windows	Hardlight
Publishers
	Sega
Release dates
Windows	August 1, 2018
Reception
Metacritic	86
OpenCritic	86
IGDB	86
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, Sponsored
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Brawler, Mini-games, Open world, RPG
Sports	Bowling, Pool or snooker
Art styles	Realistic
Themes	Contemporary, Japan
Series	Yakuza (Like a Dragon)

Yakuza 0 is a singleplayer third-person open world action game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. It is a prequel to Yakuza and is part of the Yakuza (Like a Dragon) series.

Originally released in 2015 on PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, the game was ported to PC by Lab42 and Hardlight and released on August 1, 2018.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

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

Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM was removed on March 11, 2019.

Monetization

Type	Notes
Sponsored	Suntory drinks are featured in the various bars in game including their own branded drinks, as well as foreign brands. Pizza-La is featured in a substory and Fuji Soba, Ringer Hut, Don Quijote, Maharaja Disco, and SEGA Hi-Tech Land arcades (Now Club SEGA) are real-life restaurants, stores, and entertainment venues appearing in game. The Karaoke minigame uses Joysound software.

Version differences

In-game magazine covers were altered in Microsoft Store version and can't be viewed. Some of the texture, texts and audios were altered in Microsoft Store version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%APPDATA%\Sega\Yakuza0\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\SEGAofAmericaInc.Yakuza0PC_s751p9cej88mt\LocalCache\Local\Sega\Yakuza0
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/638970/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
GOG.com	%LOCALAPPDATA%\GOG.com\Galaxy\Applications\55966314534907843\Storage\Shared\Files\
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\SEGAofAmericaInc.Yakuza0PC_s751p9cej88mt\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>\
Steam	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\638970\remote\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/638970/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Graphics settings.

Advanced Settings (1/2).

Advanced Settings (2/2).

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor		[citation needed]
Ultra-widescreen		Forced 16:9 for cutscenes, use Remove Letterbox Artworks Mod to remove cutscene letterboxing. Alternativly, support can be enabled through graphics.ini editing.
4K Ultra HD		Maximum display resolution is 4096x4096
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Labeled as Texture Filtering.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA, up to 8x SSAA
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Capped at 240 FPS. Changeable in graphics.ini. Minigames capped 60fps. Some scenes are pre-rendered at 30 FPS. An option to have in-game cutscenes run at a full framerate is available.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Ultra-widescreen

Edit graphics.ini to remove all ultrawide borders

Locate graphics.ini in %APPDATA%\Sega\Yakuza0\. Edit the TargetAspectX value to 43 and TargetAspectY value to 18 for 3440x1440 [other resolutions may require slightly different values]. Save the file and launch game. Run the game at your native monitor resolution. Ajust UI Scale settings to correct over-stretched UI. Offset value will change depending on resolution and personal preference, however offsetting the scale by 1 is usually accurate to original 16:9 UI scaling. Errors can be corrected through verifying integrity through Steam or setting values back to default, however a backup is always recommended.

Post-processing

Use Yakuza Kiwami 3D Vision Fix
Toggles for black bars, HUD, depth of field, SSAO, and bloom presets.

Increased Level-of-Detail & draw distances

Distances can be increased beyond the settings menu maximum via the LodMod patches
Also includes optional patches to remove first-person blur, depth-of-field, & low-quality models. Works only with the Steam release.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers
PlayStation button prompts		Cross, Circle and Square prompts are incorrectly mapped for the V2 controller. Can be fixed by enabling PlayStation Configuration Support in Steam.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	, , Wired, Wireless (Bluetooth) Wireless Adapter untested. V1 does not support Bluetooth.

Generic/other controllers

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback		XInput only.
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Hook input (legacy mode)
Official controller preset(s)		DualShock 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One presets are present. Steam Controller defaults to the DualShock 4 preset.
Steam Controller button prompts		Controller prompts are Xbox prompts by default
Cursor detection

Cursor appearing in-game

The cursor is constantly in the game

Remove ingame cursor icon
Download No cursor icon mod. Unpack the files to the installation folder and overwrite when prompted. Notes Replaces in game cursor icon with fully transparent texture. Doesn't remove system cursor in borderless mode.

Disable Xbox 360 Controller Vibration

Download and extract the two files in Disable 360 Rumble to same folder as game exe.

Enable PlayStation Prompts on XInput Controllers

PlayStation Prompts For Non DS4 controllers[citation needed]
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Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		See Separate volume controls.
Surround sound		5.1
Subtitles		Karaoke lyrics are always shown.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio		The "Catfight Club" and Karaoke minigames contain licensed music, are optional and thus, can be avoided.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				Japanese Kanji and Romaji lyrics are displayed in Karaoke.
Simplified Chinese				Fan translation, download.
Traditional Chinese				Traditional Chinese lyrics are displayed in Karaoke. Microsoft Store version only. Fan translation available.
French				Fan translation by Yakuza RGG France In video description.
Italian				Fan translation, download.
Japanese				Japanese Kanji lyrics are displayed in Karaoke. Two selectable font types are available.
Korean				Korean lyrics are displayed in Karaoke. Microsoft Store version only.
Polish				Fan translation, download.
Brazilian Portuguese				Translation by Brazil Alliance. Download.
Russian				Translation by Bydlo-Vydro Team (+ Google Translate). Download this. Extract to the game folder and overwrite exiting files.
Russian				Translation by Siberian Studio. Only for patrons.
Spanish				Fan translation, Download 1 & Download 2 & Download 3.
Turkish				Fan translation, Download.

Separate volume controls

Tweaking volume controls
Go to the configuration file(s) location. Open audio.ini. Change these volume options to your liking. MasterVolume="1.000" MusicVolume="1.000" SFXVolume="1.000" SpeechVolume="1.000" Notes 1.000 is equal to 100%; 0.500 is equal to 50%, etc.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		2	Versus Bowling, Darts, Disco, Pool
LAN play
Online play		2	Versus Cee-lo, Mahjong, Poker

VR support

3D modes	State	Notes
Nvidia 3D Vision		See Helix Mod: Yakuza 0 - Kiwami.

Issues fixed

Microstutters and small freezes ingame

Disable Windows Game Mode on Windows 10
The following fix is for older versions of Windows 10 where Game Mode was known to affect the runtime of games. Recent versions of Game Mode no longer affect the currently running game, and should not cause stutter, but if you are interested in troubleshooting, here is how you disable Game Mode: Enter Windows Settings > Gaming > Game Mode. Switch it to off

Toggle Refresh Rate/VRR/G-SYNC

On some systems, the game can exhibit stutters no matter if you are in a certain kind of gameplay, menu, or cut-scene, which appear as brief freezes at semi-regular intervals. The issue can occur regardless of other settings, open applications, and game graphics options, and is easily noticed on the start screen as well as save loading screen before you launch the game, or shortly after starting. If you notice this issue, this can be worked around by toggling your screen refresh rate, G-SYNC, FreeSync, or some other kind of VRR technology and relaunching the game after your PC is configured to your monitor. For example, if you are running the game on a 4K TV or monitor at 120hz, change your TV to 60hz and back to 120hz. If that does not work, try disabling G-Sync or VRR in your graphics settings and/or your screen and then re-enable it. Starting the game again after this may have alleviated your stuttering/freezing issue.

Inventory corruption

Sometimes, the game will fail to save, and this can cause items in your inventory to become corrupted. If the game does not display 'save complete' at the bottom right of the screen, continue trying to save until it does save successfully, and your inventory should be fixed. It is recommended to keep multiple saves in case it is not fixed by a successful save, however.

Issues unresolved

Karaoke replay loading screen lag

When replaying karaoke cinematics, the white loading screen may appear for too long, causing the cutscene itself to show a few seconds into the song, unlike in console versions where the cinematic is revealed almost immediately.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

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.

Restore licensed music

Restores two cut licensed songs "Bubble" and "Kurenai" by Shonan no Kaze. One track is used in the intro cutscene and opening credits, the other in the ending credits.

High Resolution Characters

Replaces the textures ingame with the higher quality textures from cutscenes for major characters.

HD Font

Replaces the main font used in the game for an edited, higher-resolution (400%), font. It mainly changes dialogue and menu text.

Kaplas's ParTool

Tools for unpacking the par archives and modding the PC version of Yakuza 0.

Mahjong Numbers Mod

This mod replaces Mahjong tile faces with those from Yakuza 5 Remastered, adding English numbers to the number tiles and letters to wind and dragon tiles.

Install
Download Mahjong Numbers Mod. Extract it and copy to <path-to-game>\media\. Overwrite files when prompted.

Yakuza 0 rebalanced

Rebalances the game, making it harder.

Yakuza 0 Oldschool + Shenmue Music Mod

Adds music from the first three Yakuza games, with optional Shenmue music in free roam.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-3470 AMD FX-6300
System memory (RAM)	4 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	28 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 AMD Radeon HD 6870

A 64-bit operating system is required.