Persona 5

Overview

Persona 5 is a 2016 role-playing video game developed by P-Studio. The game is the sixth installment in the Persona series, itself a spin-off from the Megami Tensei franchise. Published by Atlus in Japan and North America, and Deep Silver in PAL territories, it was released for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in Japan on September 15, 2016 and worldwide on April 4, 2017. An enhanced version featuring new content, Persona 5 Royal, was released by Atlus for PlayStation 4 in Japan on October 31, 2019, while parent company Sega published the game worldwide on March 31, 2020. Royal was released on the PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and Windows on October 21, 2022.

As with previous games in the series, the party battles enemies known as Shadows using physical manifestations of their psyche known as Personas. The game incorporates role-playing and dungeon crawling elements alongside social simulation scenarios. Set in modern-day Tokyo, the story follows a player-named high school student, referred to by his codename Joker. After being framed for assault and put on probation, the protagonist relocates to the fictional neighborhood Yongen-Jaya and transfers to a new school. Over the course of a school year, he and other acquainted students awaken to a special power, becoming a group of secret vigilantes referred to as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts. The group explores a supernatural realm born from humanity's subconscious desires nicknamed the Metaverse, in order to steal malevolent intent from the hearts of adults. Its themes revolve around attaining freedom from the limitations of modern society; the story was strongly inspired by picaresque fiction, and the party's Personas were based on literary outlaws and rebels.

First announced in 2013, Persona 5 was developed by P-Studio, an internal development division within Atlus, at the time led by game director and producer Katsura Hashino. Along with Hashino, returning staff from earlier Persona games included character designer Shigenori Soejima and music composer Shoji Meguro. Work on the game began during Persona 4's development and commenced into full production after the release of Catherine in 2011. Initially slated for a late 2014 release date, Persona 5 saw several delays due to being unfinished.

Official trailer

Trailer. Watch on YouTube

Screenshots

Game details

Genres

Role-playing (RPG), Adventure

Developer

P Studio

Publisher

Atlus USA, Deep Silver

Series

Persona

Engine

Gamebryo

Platforms

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4

Age rating

ESRB M

Modes

Single player

Yes

Local multiplayer

No

Online multiplayer

No

Co op

No

Age ratings

ACB

MA 15+

GRAC

19+

USK

16

PEGI

16

CERO

C

CLASS IND

14

ESRB

M

Release dates

Editions

Buy this game

Trophies

Trophies49

Platinum possibleYes

Platinum

1

Gold

3

Silver

5

Bronze

40

Total

49

Points

1320

Platinum time

70 hours

Playthroughs for platinum

2

New Game Plus

Yes, trophies and progress carry over

Missable trophies

14

• Legendary Phantom Thief Earn all trophies. Platinum 16.37% of players
• Castle of Lust Falls Complete the Castle Palace. Bronze 26.04% of players
• Museum of Vanity Closes Complete the Museum Palace. Bronze 24.63% of players
• Bank of Gluttony Goes Bankrupt Complete the Bank Palace. Bronze 23.75% of players
• Pyramid of Wrath Collapses Complete the Pyramid Palace. Bronze 23.12% of players
• Spaceport of Greed Destroyed Complete the Spaceport Palace. Bronze 22.52% of players
• Casino of Jealousy Shut Down Complete the Casino Palace. Bronze 22.06% of players
• Cruiser of Pride Sinks Complete the Cruiser Palace. Bronze 21.67% of players
• The True Trickster Complete Mementos. Bronze 21.51% of players
• A New Journey See the ending. Gold 21.48% of players
• Phantom Thieves Formed Form the Phantom Thieves. Bronze 25.89% of players
• Merciless Executioner Perform 50 Persona fusions. Bronze 21.66% of players
• Execution Leading to Rebirth Perform a Guillotine execution. Bronze 26.28% of players
• Passionate Listener Hear 250 of Futaba's navigation lines. Silver 19.21% of players
• The Ultimate Strike Deal over 999 damage in a single attack. Bronze 22.12% of players
• Perfect Combination Perform 50 All-out Attacks. Bronze 24.05% of players
• Precise Insight Exploit enemy weaknesses 100 times. Bronze 25.89% of players
• A Phantom Thief's Duty Obtain a Treasure Demon. Bronze 23.89% of players
• Beyond Rehabilitation Defeat the twins. Gold 16.83% of players
• My Best Partner Enter a special relationship with someone. Bronze 22.62% of players
• Soul of Rebellion Obtain the Persona Arsene. Bronze 29.53% of players
• Mask Collector Complete the Persona Compendium. Silver 16.79% of players
• Mask of an Honor Student Rank first place on your exams. Bronze 21.44% of players
• A True Confidant Max out one Confidant. Bronze 23.11% of players
• Great Phantom Thieves Convene Max out all Confidants. Gold 17.66% of players
• Power That Connects Perform a Baton Pass 3 times in a single turn. Bronze 21.21% of players
• I Am Thou Obtain a Persona through negotiation. Bronze 27.84% of players
• Countless Masks Obtain 30 Personas through negotiation. Bronze 23.31% of players
• The Sneaking One Ambush the enemy 50 times. Bronze 26.06% of players
• A Unique Rebel Defeat the Reaper. Silver 19.76% of players
• Drink Fanatic Buy every kind of drink from vending machines. Bronze 19.84% of players
• True Talent Max out all social stats. Bronze 20.69% of players
• Nominating the Twins Perform a Group Guillotine execution. Bronze 21.96% of players
• Atop Countless Sacrifices Perform a Gallows execution. Bronze 23.51% of players
• A Sublime Experiment Perform an Electric Chair execution. Bronze 22.56% of players
• Through One's Sentence Learn a new Persona skill through Lockdown. Bronze 20.84% of players
• Competent Negotiator Successfully rescue a hostage from an enemy's threat. Bronze 23.05% of players
• Skilled Gunman Defeat 3 or more enemies at once with a single round of bullets. Bronze 21.61% of players
• Beginner Phantom Thieves Complete 5 requests. Bronze 23.93% of players
• A Perfect Job Complete all requests. Silver 17.68% of players
• My Backyard Unlock all hangout spots. Bronze 20.22% of players
• Guardian of the Pond Catch the Guardian of the fishing pond. Bronze 18.71% of players
• Aggressive Searcher Obtain 150 items from searchable objects in Palaces. Bronze 23.41% of players
• Under-the-Table Goods Customize a gun. Bronze 22.1% of players
• Craftworker Create all types of infiltration tools. Bronze 18.71% of players
• Bookworm Read all books. Bronze 18.53% of players
• One Who Rebels Against a God Create Satanael. Silver 17.07% of players
• Golden Finger Complete all video games. Bronze 19.14% of players
• The City's Hard Hitter Hit a home run at the batting cages. Bronze 21.59% of players

Space and patches

Space neededAbout 16.6 GB

Playable today

Playable offline todayYes

Single-player only, with no online features.

Online

Plays offlineYes

Credits

Publisher

Atlus USA, Deep Silver

Developer

P Studio

Released

2017-04-04

Age rating

ESRB M

Region

US

Time to beat

about 119.2 hours