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January 18, 2023

Persona 3 Portable

Strategy Visual Novel Adventure

Summary

Built for tacticians who crave layered systems, Persona 3 Portable re-emerges as a hybrid of Strategy, RPG, Adventure, and Visual Novel design from developer Atlus, released January 18, 2023. Calendar-based life sim decisions feed directly into turn-based encounters in Tartarus, where precision matters: exploiting affinities for One More turns, managing SP economy, and optimizing Persona fusion create a tight loop of mastery. Social Links function as stat multipliers and fusion amplifiers, rewarding efficient routing and expert planning. The portable-first UI accelerates command inputs on PC, keeping combat tempo high and decision density higher. Narrative branches, including the female protagonist route, invite lore analysis and theorycrafting, while enemy patterns and boss resistances encourage advanced builds and meticulous party composition. For readers browsing strategy games reviews or RPG games reviews, it lands neatly among RPG games like Persona 5 without losing its own distinct identity.

Developers

Atlus

Publishers

Atlus
Ghostlight
SEGA

Genres

Strategy
Visual Novel
Adventure
RPG

Platforms

Xbox Series Xs
Nintendo Switch
Xbox Series
Playstation 4
Xbox One
Xbox Series Sx
Windows
Pc
Psp
Pc Microsoft Windows

Release Date

January 18, 2023

Metacritic Score

84

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