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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax

Arc System Works · SEGA · 2022-03-16

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Franchise: Persona · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view, Text

Releases: Aug 28, 2014 (Xbox 360), Nov 21, 2014 (PlayStation 3), Mar 17, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 28, 2013 (Arcade), Mar 17, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Mar 16, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

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Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is an Action game released in 2022, priced at $29.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 4701 reviews).

99
playing now
88%
positive of 4.7k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (9 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (41 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (14 downloads)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (1,551 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$29.99
steam price (US)

99 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax is a 2013 fighting video game co-developed by Arc System Works and P-Studio and published by Atlus. It was first released for arcades with later ports for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2014 and Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Windows in 2022. A direct sequel to Persona 4 Arena, the game is a spin-off from the Persona series, itself part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise. Gameplay follows standard fighting game conventions, with matches between two characters with individual movesets, and special expendable abilities.

Trailer

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax trailer thumbnail

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈343,963 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 99 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 284 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,525 reviews).
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 94k–212k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,701 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.52 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 45 of 83 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20222026Week of 2022-03-01: 1,160 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 365 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

145362026-09-14 22:00 — 48 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 36 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 57 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 48 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 76 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 67 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 36 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 53 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 84 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 132 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 94 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 76 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 110 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 95 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 100 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 101 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 72 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 85 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 141 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 70 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 109 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 128 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 88 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 99 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.4k47Mar 2022Aug 2026Mar 2022 — avg 1,448 · peak 5,628May 2022 — avg 129 · peak 267Jul 2022 — avg 82 · peak 175Sep 2022 — avg 73 · peak 159Nov 2022 — avg 52 · peak 119Jan 2023 — avg 80 · peak 172Mar 2023 — avg 71 · peak 154May 2023 — avg 65 · peak 139Jul 2023 — avg 76 · peak 134Sep 2023 — avg 58 · peak 115Nov 2023 — avg 51 · peak 118Jan 2024 — avg 52 · peak 109Mar 2024 — avg 112 · peak 238May 2024 — avg 76 · peak 162Jul 2024 — avg 86 · peak 150Sep 2024 — avg 90 · peak 259Nov 2024 — avg 78 · peak 169Jan 2025 — avg 90 · peak 166Mar 2025 — avg 84 · peak 160May 2025 — avg 80 · peak 143Jul 2025 — avg 93 · peak 156Sep 2025 — avg 55 · peak 119Nov 2025 — avg 60 · peak 130Jan 2026 — avg 77 · peak 146Mar 2026 — avg 53 · peak 100May 2026 — avg 66 · peak 129Jul 2026 — avg 95 · peak 169Aug 2026 — avg 85 · peak 159
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$7.822021-12-102026-08-242021-12-10 — best price $29.992022-03-21 — best price $23.932022-06-30 — best price $19.992022-08-17 — best price $29.992022-11-15 — best price $23.992023-01-05 — best price $23.992023-03-23 — best price $23.992023-05-05 — best price $14.992023-07-21 — best price $14.992023-08-25 — best price $14.992023-09-22 — best price $13.172023-11-29 — best price $10.242024-01-08 — best price $26.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-06-12 — best price $26.582024-07-31 — best price $29.992024-08-31 — best price $24.592024-10-19 — best price $8.992024-12-04 — best price $29.992025-01-25 — best price $9.002025-03-07 — best price $7.912025-04-28 — best price $26.992025-05-22 — best price $8.032025-07-10 — best price $26.992025-08-25 — best price $29.992025-10-15 — best price $7.822025-12-03 — best price $26.392026-01-12 — best price $29.992026-03-04 — best price $25.482026-04-11 — best price $26.992026-05-09 — best price $26.992026-06-07 — best price $25.482026-07-18 — best price $26.882026-08-21 — best price $8.072026-08-24 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

340882026-05-30 — 129 pageviews2026-06-03 — 123 pageviews2026-06-07 — 340 pageviews2026-06-11 — 244 pageviews2026-06-15 — 202 pageviews2026-06-19 — 255 pageviews2026-06-23 — 197 pageviews2026-06-27 — 184 pageviews2026-07-01 — 195 pageviews2026-07-05 — 208 pageviews2026-07-09 — 180 pageviews2026-07-13 — 131 pageviews2026-07-17 — 157 pageviews2026-07-21 — 150 pageviews2026-07-25 — 157 pageviews2026-07-29 — 114 pageviews2026-08-02 — 100 pageviews2026-08-06 — 138 pageviews2026-08-10 — 115 pageviews2026-08-14 — 128 pageviews2026-08-18 — 141 pageviews2026-08-22 — 121 pageviews2026-08-26 — 134 pageviews2026-08-30 — 141 pageviews2026-09-03 — 125 pageviews2026-09-07 — 122 pageviews2026-09-11 — 128 pageviews2026-09-15 — 111 pageviews2026-09-19 — 139 pageviews2026-09-23 — 123 pageviews2026-09-27 — 128 pageviews2026-10-01 — 111 pageviews2026-10-05 — 115 pageviews2026-10-08 — 125 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
67.9%
earned "The P-1 CLIMAX Begins!"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)18,7212%61
Steam (Steam)6,6151%51
PS4 (PlayStation)4,6676%51
Xbox 360 (Xbox)2,0063%60
Switch (Nintendo)3790%0

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

2DJRPGAnimeFunnyActionArcadeColorfulFighting2D FighterStory Rich

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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