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Persona 4 Golden cover art

Persona 4 Golden

ATLUS · SEGA · 2020-06-13

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

RPG

Franchise: Megami Tensei, Persona · Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 19, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 19, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Jun 13, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 19, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 19, 2023 (Xbox One)

A coming of age story that sets the protagonist and his friends on a journey kickstarted by a chain of serial murders.

1,524
playing now
97%
positive of 87k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
87/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
90h
to beat · rushed 60h · completionist 120h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

1,524 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Persona 4, released outside Japan as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, is a 2008 role-playing video game by Atlus. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the Persona series, itself a part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise, and was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in July 2008, North America in December 2008, and in Europe and Australia in March 2009. It was one of the final major exclusives for the system. An enhanced version of the game, Persona 4 Golden, was released for PlayStation Vita in 2012 and received ports to Windows in 2020, and Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in 2023. A full remake of the game, Persona 4 Revival, will be released in February 2027 for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S.

Trailer

Persona 4 Golden trailer thumbnail

Persona 4 Golden - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,524 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,721 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~465/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (15,524 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 6,151 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 1.7M–3.9M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 87,045 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.36 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 46 of 99 observed days · $11.63 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15k15k20202026Week of 2020-06-01: 15,065 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 459 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5,683 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 178 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2,285 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1,636 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,527 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 5,000 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,751 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1,726 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,277 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 988 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 875 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,199 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 925 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,313 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 854 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 674 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 820 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 679 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 508 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 529 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 666 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 797 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 590 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 431 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 599 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 613 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 910 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 580 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 486 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 405 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 524 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 418 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 572 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 488 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 661 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 429 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 537 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 487 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 499 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 360 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 463 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 476 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 347 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 363 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 593 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 660 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 440 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.6k1.0k2026-08-06 21:00 — 1,188 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,136 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,401 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,253 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,305 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,559 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,344 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,391 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,554 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,426 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,113 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,524 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,254 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 1,218 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,641 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,193 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 1,284 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,602 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,636 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,278 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 1,289 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,272 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,511 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,516 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,443 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,361 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,190 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,512 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,524 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$8.822020-06-132026-08-282020-06-13 — best price $16.952020-08-02 — best price $19.992020-09-01 — best price $19.992020-10-01 — best price $19.992020-11-08 — best price $19.992020-12-08 — best price $16.882021-01-13 — best price $15.992021-02-24 — best price $19.992021-03-28 — best price $19.992021-05-02 — best price $13.252021-06-12 — best price $19.992021-09-06 — best price $19.992021-12-11 — best price $19.992022-07-20 — best price $15.992022-12-08 — best price $19.992023-03-20 — best price $15.992023-05-15 — best price $19.992023-07-23 — best price $12.992023-09-22 — best price $12.172023-12-21 — best price $11.102024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-07-04 — best price $11.992024-08-31 — best price $16.392024-11-02 — best price $17.542024-12-23 — best price $17.992025-02-11 — best price $17.882025-04-02 — best price $17.992025-05-28 — best price $19.992025-08-08 — best price $19.992025-10-01 — best price $17.992026-01-11 — best price $16.982026-04-10 — best price $9.642026-06-01 — best price $17.992026-08-10 — best price $9.992026-08-28 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6.8k5582026-05-30 — 699 pageviews2026-06-02 — 751 pageviews2026-06-05 — 952 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6,755 pageviews2026-06-11 — 2,178 pageviews2026-06-14 — 1,602 pageviews2026-06-17 — 1,520 pageviews2026-06-20 — 1,481 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1,214 pageviews2026-06-26 — 1,077 pageviews2026-06-29 — 1,045 pageviews2026-07-02 — 998 pageviews2026-07-05 — 1,340 pageviews2026-07-08 — 1,162 pageviews2026-07-11 — 1,006 pageviews2026-07-14 — 883 pageviews2026-07-17 — 745 pageviews2026-07-20 — 742 pageviews2026-07-23 — 694 pageviews2026-07-26 — 748 pageviews2026-07-29 — 666 pageviews2026-08-01 — 585 pageviews2026-08-04 — 651 pageviews2026-08-07 — 683 pageviews2026-08-10 — 723 pageviews2026-08-13 — 785 pageviews2026-08-16 — 688 pageviews2026-08-19 — 692 pageviews2026-08-22 — 697 pageviews2026-08-25 — 708 pageviews2026-08-27 — 937 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
77.4%
earned "The Other Self"
28.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)32,0947%50
PS Vita (PlayStation)23,71014%50
PS Vita (PlayStation)12,32713%50
Xbox One (Xbox)6,2495%49
PS4 (PlayStation)5,02413%50
PS4 (PlayStation)3,30617%50
Switch (Nintendo)1,9860%0
PS4 (PlayStation)45143%50
PS4 (PlayStation)37035%50

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

RPGJRPGAnimeMysteryColorfulDetectiveEmotionalDating SimStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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