Lovable characters and social links
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Every Phantom Thief feels real, layered, flawed, lovable, you build bonds not because the game tells you to, but because you want to.”
Steam review · 118.7 h played ↗
Persona 5 Royal
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Overwhelmingly PositiveOverwhelmingly Positive · 96%ATLUS2022JRPG · Turn-Based Combat · RPG
The verdict
A massive, stylish JRPG blending school life sim and dungeon crawling, with a beloved cast and soundtrack. Skip it if you dislike heavy dialogue, 100+ hour pacing, or Denuvo.
Great for
Players who enjoy long story-driven JRPGs, character bonds, and stylish music and UI
Main risk
Huge amount of dialogue and padding that feels like a visual novel with little real gameplay
What players love
Gripping, emotional story
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“The themes throughout the story never fail to land their mark, and some of them hit real close to home for me.”
Steam review · 641 h played ↗
Excellent jazzy soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“There isn’t a single bad track in the entire game.”
Steam review · 148 h played ↗
Stylish art direction and UI
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I have never seen another game that's so confident in being itself. Whoever suggested the artstyle for this game deserves a raise.”
Steam review · 641 h played ↗
Huge, long game worth the hours
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“At first you're going to complain about how long it is, at the end you're going to be left wishing it was longer.”
Steam review · 227.1 h played ↗
Great entry point and satisfying combat
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“If you want to get into the Persona series, PLAY THIS GAME It is by far the best one to start of with”
Steam review · 96.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Boring, shallow combat and dungeons
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the combat is so repetitive and boring”
Steam review · 13.2 h played ↗
Too little real gameplay, like a visual novel
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“80% of it feels like a Japanese high school simulator packed with repetitive dialogue and social activities, and maybe 20% or less, is actual turn-based gameplay”
Steam review · 55.3 h played ↗
Bloated, repetitive dialogue
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“It's like the characters are vomiting non stop the same obvious stuff. It has so much filler it's truly unbelievable.”
Steam review · 147.2 h played ↗
Too long and overstays its welcome
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“It's a 100+ hour game that is 50 hours too long.”
Steam review · 118 h played ↗
Slow start with endless tutorials
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“the first 6 hours are endless interruptions and tutorials”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
Denuvo blocks offline play
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“Denuvo causes the game to be unplayable on the Steam Deck if it's not connected to the internet.”
Steam review · 17.5 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support41 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4790, 3.4 GHz | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 3.5 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB | AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB
Storage41 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4790, 3.4 GHz | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 Ghz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 760, 2 GB | AMD Radeon HD 7870, 2 GB
Storage41 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel Core i7-4790, 3.4 GHz | AMD Ryzen 5 1500X, 3.5 GHz
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti, 2 GB | AMD Radeon R7 360, 2 GB
Storage41 GB available space
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