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Persona 3 Portable cover art

Persona 3 Portable

ATLUS · SEGA · 2023-01-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureRPGStrategy

Franchise: Megami Tensei, Persona · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 19, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 19, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 19, 2023 (Xbox One), Jan 19, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

If I say there’s an hour “hidden” between one day and the next... would you believe me? Master the power of the heart, Persona, and uncover the tragic truth of the Dark Hour.

164
playing now
81%
positive of 5.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

164 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Persona 3, released outside Japan as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, is a 2006 role-playing video game developed by Atlus. It is the fourth main installment in the Persona series, which is part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. It was originally released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in 2006 and in North America in 2007. It has received several enhanced re-releases and ports: Persona 3 FES, an extended version featuring a new playable epilogue and other changes, was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in 2007 and worldwide in 2008. A PlayStation Portable version, Persona 3 Portable, was released in Japan in 2009, North America in 2010, and Europe in 2011, and ported to the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in 2023. Persona 3 Reload, a remake of the core game and epilogue, was released in February 2024 for Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S, with a Nintendo Switch 2 release occurring in October 2025.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 164 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 348 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~44/week).
  • · Review velocity up 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,672 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 114k–257k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,709 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.53 at GameBillet (2025-10-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 47 of 80 observed days · $1.46 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20232026Week of 2023-01-01: 1,215 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 457 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 359 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 182 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 357 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1921012026-08-11 19:00 — 121 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 118 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 152 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 153 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 101 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 137 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 170 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 151 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 152 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 156 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 115 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 137 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 142 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 105 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 120 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 176 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 140 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 149 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 192 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 110 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 166 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 180 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 105 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 115 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 144 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 122 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 138 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 168 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 164 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$8.532023-01-102026-08-282023-01-10 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $13.912023-04-21 — best price $19.992023-05-08 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $13.242023-07-30 — best price $14.502023-08-29 — best price $13.992023-09-21 — best price $12.192023-11-22 — best price $12.992023-12-24 — best price $11.992024-02-06 — best price $12.992024-03-26 — best price $19.992024-06-11 — best price $17.792024-10-03 — best price $17.592024-11-04 — best price $19.992024-12-16 — best price $15.492025-01-24 — best price $14.312025-03-03 — best price $14.392025-03-19 — best price $17.592025-04-28 — best price $17.592025-05-09 — best price $15.992025-06-03 — best price $17.752025-07-24 — best price $19.992025-08-25 — best price $19.992025-09-30 — best price $19.992025-11-16 — best price $19.992025-12-19 — best price $15.892026-02-12 — best price $8.992026-03-19 — best price $8.962026-04-20 — best price $18.992026-05-22 — best price $8.962026-06-07 — best price $16.982026-07-16 — best price $19.992026-08-21 — best price $8.972026-08-28 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3.5k6492026-05-30 — 705 pageviews2026-06-02 — 748 pageviews2026-06-05 — 827 pageviews2026-06-08 — 3,507 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,437 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,261 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1,166 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1,409 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,251 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,171 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1,110 pageviews2026-07-02 — 1,104 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,096 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1,026 pageviews2026-07-11 — 996 pageviews2026-07-14 — 1,168 pageviews2026-07-17 — 795 pageviews2026-07-20 — 787 pageviews2026-07-23 — 754 pageviews2026-07-26 — 854 pageviews2026-07-29 — 695 pageviews2026-08-01 — 681 pageviews2026-08-04 — 681 pageviews2026-08-07 — 676 pageviews2026-08-10 — 802 pageviews2026-08-13 — 840 pageviews2026-08-16 — 772 pageviews2026-08-19 — 733 pageviews2026-08-22 — 883 pageviews2026-08-25 — 753 pageviews2026-08-27 — 762 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

36
achievements tracked
74.9%
earned "The Other Self"
23.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)5,3825%35
Steam (Steam)4,0068%36
PS4 (PlayStation)2,67719%36
PS4 (PlayStation)1,83825%36
Switch (Nintendo)1,2040%0
PS4 (PlayStation)34242%36
PS4 (PlayStation)34143%36

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

Player tags

RPGDarkJRPGAnimeMysteryEmotionalDating SimStory RichSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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