Stranger Than Heaven
Stranger Than Heaven is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and published by Sega. The game follows a multi-decade story across five eras and five cities, centered on men…
Time until release
Stranger Than Heaven is an adventure developed by Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, releasing 15 January 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Stranger Than Heaven is
Stranger Than Heaven is an unreleased adventure game in development at Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, currently scheduled for 15 January 2027. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Dragon Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
1915. A young man leaves life in San Francisco behind. Our story begins as a young boy sneaks aboard a mysterious ship in the dead of night. His name? Makoto Daito. Born to an American father and a Japanese mother. Five eras, five cities—one huge journey across Japan. Each modeled after real locations of their respective eras. 1915, Kokura, Fukuoka. 1929, Kure, Hiroshima. 1943, Minami, Osaka. 1951, Atami, Shizuoka. 1965, Shinjuku, Tokyo. Witness the evolution of Japanese culture and entertainment across the decades. In 1915—before modern entertainment reached Japan—players can enjoy the risqué pastimes of drinking, gambling, and pleasure buying in Kokura, Fukuoka, a town bustling with…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series
Stranger Than Heaven is the 91st of 91 entries we hold in the Yakuza: Like a Dragon series. It arrived 11 months after Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties: Ryukyu Gal Gang Customization Pack. It is the most recent released entry in the series.
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