How many copies has Yakuza sold?
27.7 million copies across the series as of 2024, and accelerating: the most recent games are the biggest.
Sega's reported milestones tell the shape of the story: 9.3 million copies by 2016, the year before Zero reached the West; over 19 million by 2022; and 27.7 million as of 2024. A series that nearly stopped being exported has tripled its lifetime sales in eight years.
THE LEDGER
Entry by entry, as reportedYakuza (2005) · 1,000,000+
A Japanese phenomenon with a Western shrug: the million was earned almost entirely at home.
Yakuza 0 (2015) · 2,000,000+
The prequel that doubled as a relaunch; the first entry whose Western sales were a story in themselves.
Kiwami / Kiwami 2 · 1.5M / 1.3M
Remakes outselling several original releases, evidence that the post-Zero audience went backwards through the catalogue.
Judgment / Lost Judgment · 1M / 2M
The spin-off doubling between entries, on a star's likeness and a day-one worldwide launch.
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (2020) · 3,500,000+
The best-selling single entry in the series: the turn-based gamble, the new hero, the new city, all vindicated in one number.
Infinite Wealth (2024) · 1,000,000 in a week
The fastest seller in series history: a million shipped and sold in its first seven days, worldwide, simultaneously.