Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties Demo Releasing Today

Sega and Ryū ga Gotoku Studio announced a free demo for Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties. The demo will release for PC on Steam today at 7am Pacific Time, before also arriving on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2 at 9pm Pacific Time. It will feature sections from both the Yakuza Kiwami 3 and the Dark Ties parts of the game, letting players explore parts of Ryukyu, Okinawa as Kazuma Kiryu and Kamurocho, Tokyo as Yoshitaka Mine. The is no save data transfer or completion bonus from the demo to the full game.

Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties is a remake of PlayStation 3 title Yakuza 3, and follows Kazuma Kiryu as he attempts to run an orphanage in Okinawa despite attempts to convert the land it is on into a seaside resort. Dark Ties is a new story following Yoshitaka Mine, who falls in with the yakuza after losing his successful startup company. Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties will release worldwide on February 12, 2026, for PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2.