Persona 4 Revival
Upcoming video game
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Persona 4 Revival[a] is an upcoming role-playing video game developed by P-Studio and published by Atlus. It is a remake of Persona 4 Golden (2012), itself an expanded version of Persona 4 (2008), the fifth main installment of the Persona series, itself a part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise.
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| Developer | P-Studio |
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| Composer | Ryota Kozuka |
| Series | Persona |
| Engine | Unreal Engine |
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| Release | February 18, 2027 |
| Genres | Role-playing, social simulation |
| Mode | Single-player |
As with the original game, the protagonist is a high school student who moves to the fictional Japanese countryside town of Inaba. During his year-long stay, he and a group of friends are entangled in an investigation into mysterious murders; in doing so, he begins to harness the power of Persona, a physical manifestation of one's psyche that is strengthened in battle by forging bonds with others, and finds out about the existence of the mysterious "Midnight Channel".
Following the Persona franchise's push into global popularity with the release of Persona 5 (2016), Atlus had expressed interest in fully remaking their older titles for modern platforms, including Persona 4. The project entered development amidst the success of their previous remake, Persona 3 Reload (2024). The game was officially announced in June 2025. Revival is a faithful reproduction of Persona 4 Golden's story, enhanced both graphically and mechanically to bring the title in parity with Persona 5 Royal and Persona 3 Reload, alongside the adjacent game Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024), before the release of Persona 6. Ryota Kozuka, who had composed music for the original Persona 4, returned to compose new music, which includes rearranged tracks from Shoji Meguro's original soundtrack, for Persona 4 Revival, while vocalist Shiori Sasaki will perform the vocal tracks.
Persona 4 Revival is scheduled to release for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S on February 18, 2027.
Gameplay
Persona 4 Revival retains the game's characteristic hybrid of traditional role-playing and social simulation gameplay, but is overhauled aesthetically, graphically and mechanically to integrate systems and features that were created for subsequent entries since the original Persona 4's release, specifically deriving from quality-of-life improvements first implemented in Persona 5 (2016) and Royal (2019), Persona 3 Reload, and the adjacent game Metaphor: ReFantazio (both 2024).[1] Revival is an adaptation of Persona 4 Golden, retaining that version's narrative and gameplay additions from the beginning, as opposed to Reload, which left out some of the additional content of the Persona 3 games at launch.[2]
Plot
Development
In July 2022, Atlus conducted a consumer-led survey in Japan gauging interest in potential remakes and re-releases of past games from the publisher. During a livestreamed broadcast of the poll results, Atlus revealed that Persona 4 (2008) was the fourth most-requested title to be remade among 74.8% of participants.[3] One of the top-voted games, Persona 3 (2006), received a high-definition remake for modern platforms titled Persona 3 Reload in 2024.[4] Reload became the fastest selling title in the Persona series upon crossing one million units sold in a week, as well as the publisher's fastest-selling title as a whole until Metaphor: ReFantazio later that year.[5][6] The success of Reload created internal interest in immediately pursuing a similar project for Persona 4, which P-Studio producer Kazuhisa Wada considered a game that held a "personal place" in his heart for turning Persona into a successful, well-regarded franchise upon its original release.[7] Wada also thought Revival to be a project that would be "fresh and surprising" for both newcomers and long-time fans of the original game.[8]
Persona 4 Revival remakes existing character models, environment design and other assets to be more aesthetically consistent with subsequent games in the series, such as Persona 5 (2016) and the preceding remake Persona 3 Reload (2024).[9] As with Reload, the original Japanese cast from prior iterations of Persona 4 will reprise their respective roles,[10] while the English dub will feature an entirely new voice cast.[11][12]
Release
The web domain "p4re.jp" was registered by Atlus in March 2025, prompting online speculation of its connection to a potential Persona 4 remake, with the abbreviation matching the naming convention used for the official Japanese website for Persona 3 Reload.[13][14] The game's existence was alluded to by numerous actors associated with the franchise, including Yuri Lowenthal, Erin Fitzgerald and Amanda Winn-Lee, throughout late May and early June 2025; the actors announced that they were not asked to reprise their respective roles as Persona 4 characters Yosuke Hanamura, Chie Satonaka and Yukiko Amagi in the remake, which by that point was still unacknowledged by Atlus.[15][16] Persona 4 Revival was subsequently announced with a teaser trailer during Microsoft Gaming's Xbox Games Showcase event on June 9, 2025.[17][18] The announcement was accompanied by a message from P-Studio producer Kazuhisa Wada.[19] In an investor relations presentation, Sega Sammy Holdings listed Persona 4 Revival as slated to launch "in or after" its fiscal year 2027 period, which takes place between April 2026 and March 2027.[20][21]
Persona 4 Revival is scheduled to release on February 18, 2027 for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S. From launch, the game will be playable on Xbox Game Pass Ultimate and PC Game Pass, and will also support Xbox Play Anywhere on Windows and Xbox Series X/S.[22][23]
Reception
Pre-release
IGN noted criticism of the game's reveal centered around the lack of game content shown and lack of Nintendo Switch 2 as a platform.[24]