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Metaphor: ReFantazio

ATLUS · SEGA · 2024-10-10

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 11, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Oct 11, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 11, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Oct 11, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 12, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

After his assassination, the will of the late king decrees the next monarch to be elected by the people. Forge bonds and win over a kingdom divided in this award-winning fantasy RPG with turn-based and action combat, party customization with powerful Archetypes, and hours of exploration.

Metaphor: ReFantazio is an Action, Adventure, and RPG game released in 2024, priced at $69.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 43146 reviews).

1,473
playing now
90%
positive of 44k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
109
twitch viewers (latest)
5.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
94/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
86/100
IGDB user rating (104 ratings)
71
Nexus mods (207k downloads)
4.71★
PlayStation Store rating (22,949 ratings)
93/100
opencritic · mighty · 98% recommend · from 175 critics
92h
to beat · rushed 78h · completionist 147h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$69.99
steam price (US)

1,473 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Metaphor: ReFantazio is a 2024 role-playing video game developed by Studio Zero and published by Sega. Metaphor: ReFantazio was first announced under the working title Project Re:Fantasy in December 2016, with no further information revealed until 2023, and was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S by Atlus in Japan and by Sega internationally on October 11, 2024. A Nintendo Switch 2 version will be released on November 12, 2026.

Trailer

Metaphor: ReFantazio trailer thumbnail

Metaphor: ReFantazio - Official Trailer | Game Awards 2023

≈220,959 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,473 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 853 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~107/week).
  • · Review velocity up 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (4,125 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 872k–2.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 43,623 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$69.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $24.84 at Fanatical (2026-08-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $69.99 · on sale 45 of 92 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3.8k3.8k20242026Week of 2024-10-11: 3,765 positiveWeek of 2024-10-11: 360 negativeWeek of 2024-10-18: 2,031 positiveWeek of 2024-10-18: 268 negativeWeek of 2024-10-25: 1,287 positiveWeek of 2024-10-25: 156 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 986 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2024-11-08: 689 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 62 negativeWeek of 2024-11-15: 613 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-11-22: 1,623 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-11-29: 1,862 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-12-06: 372 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 451 positiveWeek of 2024-12-13: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-12-20: 452 positiveWeek of 2024-12-20: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-12-27: 521 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-01-03: 420 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 327 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-01-17: 252 positiveWeek of 2025-01-17: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-01-24: 233 positiveWeek of 2025-01-24: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-01-31: 237 positiveWeek of 2025-01-31: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 208 positiveWeek of 2025-02-07: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-02-14: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-21: 174 positiveWeek of 2025-02-21: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 132 positiveWeek of 2025-02-28: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-03-07: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-03-07: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-03-14: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 127 positiveWeek of 2025-03-21: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-28: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-03-28: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-04-04: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 125 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 118 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 100 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 115 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-11: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 73 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 80 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-09-19: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-10: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-10-31: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-07: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-11-14: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-21: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-28: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-12-05: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-12: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-12-19: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-12-26: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 107 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 89 positiveWeek of 2026-01-09: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 96 positiveWeek of 2026-01-16: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-01-23: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-30: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-02-13: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 99 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-03-13: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-20: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 62 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-04-03: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-10: 47 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-04-17: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-24: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-05-08: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-05-08: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-15: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-05-22: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-29: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-05: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-06-05: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-12: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-12: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-19: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-06-19: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-06-26: 87 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-07-03: 98 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-07-10: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-07-17: 97 positiveWeek of 2026-07-17: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-24: 80 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-07-31: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 91 positiveWeek of 2026-08-14: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-21: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-28: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3.3k1.0k2026-09-15 12:00 — 1,374 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,316 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,144 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,584 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,918 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,360 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 1,044 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,227 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,485 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 2,329 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 2,069 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,536 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1,513 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,351 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 2,320 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,712 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 2,382 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,745 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 1,681 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 2,359 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 2,512 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,748 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 1,473 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
38k1.1kOct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 38,300 · peak 85,194Nov 2024 — avg 11,558 · peak 29,676Dec 2024 — avg 8,747 · peak 14,198Jan 2025 — avg 6,944 · peak 13,292Feb 2025 — avg 4,264 · peak 8,166Mar 2025 — avg 2,482 · peak 4,150Apr 2025 — avg 2,268 · peak 3,983May 2025 — avg 2,109 · peak 3,705Jun 2025 — avg 1,871 · peak 3,838Jul 2025 — avg 2,058 · peak 3,731Aug 2025 — avg 1,484 · peak 2,890Sep 2025 — avg 1,494 · peak 2,920Oct 2025 — avg 1,705 · peak 3,396Nov 2025 — avg 1,549 · peak 3,101Dec 2025 — avg 1,883 · peak 3,014Jan 2026 — avg 2,120 · peak 3,584Feb 2026 — avg 1,557 · peak 2,941Mar 2026 — avg 1,331 · peak 2,452Apr 2026 — avg 1,147 · peak 1,977May 2026 — avg 1,341 · peak 2,367Jun 2026 — avg 1,523 · peak 3,344Jul 2026 — avg 2,191 · peak 4,131Aug 2026 — avg 1,975 · peak 3,638
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
42422026-09-222026-10-142026-09-22: 10 new positive2026-09-22: 1 new negative2026-09-23: 9 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-24: 11 new positive2026-09-24: 3 new negative2026-09-25: 6 new positive2026-09-25: 1 new negative2026-09-26: 14 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 11 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 42 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 7 new positive2026-09-29: 5 new negative2026-09-30: 14 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 9 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-02: 6 new positive2026-10-02: 4 new negative2026-10-03: 17 new positive2026-10-03: 4 new negative2026-10-04: 21 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 10 new positive2026-10-05: 3 new negative2026-10-06: 13 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 18 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 13 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 4 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-11: 16 new positive2026-10-12: 21 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 12 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 14 new positive2026-10-14: 1 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$69.99$24.842024-06-082026-10-092024-06-08 — best price $62.642024-07-31 — best price $69.992024-10-14 — best price $60.892024-11-27 — best price $45.472024-12-05 — best price $60.892024-12-21 — best price $45.492025-01-12 — best price $59.162025-01-25 — best price $41.402025-02-07 — best price $69.992025-03-06 — best price $44.362025-03-19 — best price $60.892025-03-31 — best price $62.992025-04-15 — best price $43.372025-04-27 — best price $69.992025-05-06 — best price $62.992025-05-20 — best price $69.992025-06-26 — best price $37.762025-07-11 — best price $60.892025-08-05 — best price $37.782025-08-25 — best price $41.952025-09-23 — best price $38.492025-10-09 — best price $38.492025-11-03 — best price $34.992025-11-20 — best price $30.802025-12-17 — best price $34.992026-01-10 — best price $62.492026-02-17 — best price $31.472026-03-05 — best price $34.992026-03-26 — best price $69.992026-04-22 — best price $35.002026-05-06 — best price $62.492026-05-31 — best price $69.992026-06-09 — best price $69.992026-07-16 — best price $62.492026-08-11 — best price $24.842026-08-24 — best price $69.992026-09-25 — best price $69.992026-10-09 — best price $69.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4.5k5912026-05-30 — 754 pageviews2026-06-03 — 647 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2,285 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,647 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,128 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,138 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,060 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,017 pageviews2026-07-01 — 943 pageviews2026-07-05 — 891 pageviews2026-07-09 — 863 pageviews2026-07-13 — 824 pageviews2026-07-17 — 697 pageviews2026-07-21 — 768 pageviews2026-07-25 — 638 pageviews2026-07-29 — 606 pageviews2026-08-02 — 784 pageviews2026-08-06 — 605 pageviews2026-08-10 — 762 pageviews2026-08-14 — 706 pageviews2026-08-18 — 808 pageviews2026-08-22 — 765 pageviews2026-08-26 — 772 pageviews2026-08-30 — 862 pageviews2026-09-03 — 820 pageviews2026-09-07 — 767 pageviews2026-09-11 — 615 pageviews2026-09-15 — 704 pageviews2026-09-19 — 648 pageviews2026-09-23 — 733 pageviews2026-09-27 — 873 pageviews2026-10-01 — 726 pageviews2026-10-05 — 638 pageviews2026-10-09 — 654 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

1.9k122026-09-30 22:34 — 275 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 189 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 403 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 639 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 339 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 200 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 365 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 365 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 331 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 376 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 197 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 320 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 481 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 347 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 323 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 314 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 282 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 339 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 246 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 337 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 364 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 221 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 153 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 200 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 87 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 323 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 201 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 1,622 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 47 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 113 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 927 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 665 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 60 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 35 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 109 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
89%
earned "Allies United"
36.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCamera ComfortAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support8 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2024-10-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)19,93619%44
Steam (Steam)17,3196%44
Xbox Series, Windows (Xbox)10,3475%44
PS4 (PlayStation)1,70130%44

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeFantasyColorfulAdventureAction RPGStory RichDark FantasySingleplayer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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