Persona 3 Portable

Persona 3 Portable

Steam Deck Verified

ATLUS · RPG · Jan 19, 2023

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $9.99.

81%
Very Positive
6k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 95 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 35 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 19 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 6k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
56% of themes are praise33% are divided11% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The last thing I should mention is that I played this game from the perspective of the male protagonist so when talking about story elements, I will be referring to him.
95 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Fantastic soundtrack, with some really good tunes to listen to
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
The game has a lot of replayability allowing you to choose between a male and female protagonist (female is exclusive to the portable version) changing dialog a bit.
35 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
This doesn’t apply much to those who don’t care about difficulty in games, but it does effectively ruin the game balance and puts it more in the players favor.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I played a massive chunk of it on my Steam Deck, and something about that format beautifully translated to the nostalgic feeling of playing it on the PSP.
9 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love5 themes
Story and characters95 reviews
Audio41 reviews
Gameplay35 reviews
Difficulty11 reviews
Steam Deck9 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Graphics28 reviews
57%
Interface7 reviews
57%
Controls7 reviews
71%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat19 reviews
74%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $9.99.

3 points recordedtoday · $19.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
81%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
36
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.