Lost Judgment
Lost Judgment is an action-adventure game that blends detective work, narrative-driven exploration, and dynamic combat. Players take on the role of a private detective investigating cases across urban…
Lost Judgment is an adventure developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, released 24 September 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It currently starts at $11.99 at Steam. The main story takes about 29 hrs to finish.
What Lost Judgment is
Lost Judgment is an adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and released in 2021. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Dragon Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
December 2021, Tokyo district court. Akihiro Ehara stands accused of groping a woman on a crowded train. A bystander’s video footage of his attempt to flee the scene and subsequent apprehension is all over the news, and public outcry demands a maximum sentence. “Three days ago, a dead body was found in an abandoned building in Yokohama. Have you identified it yet?” he proclaims as confusion cuts through the court room. His defense lawyer, Saori Shirosaki, has no doubt that crucial details of the situation have been overlooked, as Ehara was not even tried for the murder. She contacts detective Takayuki Yagami to investigate this further. How could Ehara have committed two crimes at once? Was…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, mystery and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 56 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series
Lost Judgment is the 55th of 91 entries we hold in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series. The next entry was Lost Judgment: School Stories Expansion Pack in 2021. Its critic score of 81 is almost exactly the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is Yakuza 0: Director's Cut at 88.
How it was received
Lost Judgment holds a critic score of 81 out of 100. That places it above 73% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 7 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 84, across 55 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 29 hrs. At its current cheapest price of $11.99, that works out to about $0.41 per hour of the main story.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-3470, 3.2 GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1200, 3.1 GHz, 8 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960, 2 GB or AMD Radeon RX 460, 2 GB. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 60GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $11.99 at Steam, 70% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Lost Judgment launched on 24 September 2021, within three weeks of Deathloop, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Far Cry 6 and Death Stranding: Director's Cut. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Deathloop, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Far Cry 6, Death Stranding: Director's Cut.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Lost Judgment yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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