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Persona 3 Portable

ATLUS · SEGA · 2023-01-18

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureRPGStrategy

Franchise: Megami Tensei, Persona · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.

Persona 3 Portable is an Adventure, RPG, and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Very Positive (81% of 5738 reviews) sentiment.

122
playing now
81%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (2.1k downloads)
4.62★
PlayStation Store rating (2,653 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

122 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 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.

Trailer

Persona 3 Portable trailer thumbnail

Persona 3 Portable - Official Launch Trailer

≈638,400 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 122 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 5% of 29,161 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 116k–260k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,787 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$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 43 of 78 observed days (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

28002026-09-15 15:00 — 139 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 109 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 103 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 187 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 121 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 99 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 174 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 129 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 246 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 173 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 183 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 195 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 229 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 230 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 175 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 185 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 132 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 163 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 237 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 170 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 102 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 207 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 122 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.2k67Jan 2023Aug 2026Jan 2023 — avg 2,226 · peak 3,403Mar 2023 — avg 497 · peak 819May 2023 — avg 344 · peak 592Jul 2023 — avg 306 · peak 461Sep 2023 — avg 213 · peak 362Nov 2023 — avg 144 · peak 254Jan 2024 — avg 239 · peak 356Mar 2024 — avg 161 · peak 268May 2024 — avg 86 · peak 159Jul 2024 — avg 72 · peak 120Sep 2024 — avg 91 · peak 173Nov 2024 — avg 71 · peak 136Jan 2025 — avg 90 · peak 150Mar 2025 — avg 82 · peak 138May 2025 — avg 80 · peak 132Jul 2025 — avg 115 · peak 216Sep 2025 — avg 69 · peak 119Nov 2025 — avg 67 · peak 112Jan 2026 — avg 93 · peak 131Mar 2026 — avg 94 · peak 166May 2026 — avg 117 · peak 194Jul 2026 — avg 162 · peak 258Aug 2026 — avg 135 · peak 218
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$8.532023-01-102026-10-092023-01-10 — 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 $8.972026-10-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2.9k6432026-05-30 — 705 pageviews2026-06-03 — 657 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2,915 pageviews2026-06-11 — 1,437 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1,152 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1,298 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,251 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1,061 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1,045 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,096 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1,041 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1,666 pageviews2026-07-17 — 795 pageviews2026-07-21 — 820 pageviews2026-07-25 — 816 pageviews2026-07-29 — 695 pageviews2026-08-02 — 683 pageviews2026-08-06 — 657 pageviews2026-08-10 — 802 pageviews2026-08-14 — 810 pageviews2026-08-18 — 707 pageviews2026-08-22 — 883 pageviews2026-08-26 — 738 pageviews2026-08-30 — 994 pageviews2026-09-03 — 727 pageviews2026-09-07 — 1,008 pageviews2026-09-11 — 820 pageviews2026-09-15 — 848 pageviews2026-09-19 — 716 pageviews2026-09-23 — 734 pageviews2026-09-27 — 935 pageviews2026-10-01 — 779 pageviews2026-10-05 — 689 pageviews2026-10-09 — 702 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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGDarkJRPGAnimeMysteryEmotionalDating SimStory RichSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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