Persona 5
- All time rank:
- 84
- 2010s rank:
- 31
- 2016 rank:
- 4
- Developers:
- Atlus , P Studio
- Platforms:
- PS3 , PS4
- Year of release:
- 2016
- Genres:
- Action , Adventure , Role-playing (RPG) , Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- IGDB Link:
- https://www.igdb.com/games/persona-5
The story focuses on the 16-year-old protagonist after he is transferred to Syujin High School in Tokyo, Japan. Staying with friends of his parents, he meets up with problem child Ryuji Sakamoto, the withdrawn Ann Takamaki, art student Yusuke Kitagawa, and a talking, shape-shifting cat-like creature known as Morgana.
During the protagonist's time there, feeling suppressed by their environment, the five form a group known as the "Phantom Thieves of Hearts", working together to explore the "Palace", a castle created by the hearts of people, and steal ill intent from others' hearts to help them: during this quest, they confront adult authority figures opposing them, along with a greater enemy revealed by their activities.
Persona 5, a turn-based JRPG with visual novel elements, follows a high school student with a criminal record for a crime he didn't commit. Soon he meets several characters who share similar fates to him, and discovers a metaphysical realm which allows him and his friends to channel their pent-up frustrations into becoming a group of vigilantes reveling in aesthetics and rebellion while fighting corruption.
from IGDB.comAll Time Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| British GQ | The 100 greatest video games of all time, ranked by experts | 2023 | 64 |
| Digital Trends | The 50 best video games of all time | 2023 | 51 |
| Game Informer | The Top 300 Games of All Time | 2018 | 105 |
| GAMINGbible | The Greatest Video Games Of All Time | 2020 | 49 |
| GamingBolt | Top 30 Video Games of All Time | 2022 | 13 |
| GLHF | The 100 best video games of all time, ranked | 2022 | 11 |
| The best 100 games of all time, ranked | 2023 | 10 | |
| IGN | Top 100 Video Games of All Time | 2018 | 81 |
| Top 100 Video Games of All Time | 2019 | 78 | |
| The Top 100 Video Games of All Time | 2022 | 81 | |
| SVG | 98 Best Video Games Of All Time Ranked | 2022 | 34 |
| WatchMojo | Top 100 Best Video Games of All Time | 2023 | 44 |
Decade Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culture of Gaming | CoG’s Top 20 Games of the Decade | 2020 | 1 |
| DualShockers | The 50 Best Video Games of the Decade (2010-2019) | 2019 | 26 |
| Gamer.nl | De 100 beste games van het decennium | 2019 | 84 |
| GAMINGbible | GAMINGbible's Greatest Games Of The Decade | 2019 | 19 |
| HeadStuff | The Best Games Of The Decade | 2019 | 1 |
| IGN | The Best Games of the Decade | 2020 | 1 |
| Slant Magazine | The 100 Best Video Games of the 2010s | 2019 | 89 |
| The Young Folks | The Young Folks’ Top 50 Video Games of the 2010s | 2019 | 29 |
| Thrillist | The 20 Best Video Games of the 2010s | 2020 | 1 |
| USgamer | USG's Top 100 Games of the Decade | 2020 | 54 |
Miscellaneous Lists
| Publication | List | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edge | The 100 Greatest Games of Edge's Lifetime | 2023 | 96 |
| WatchMojo | Top 30 Video Games of the Decade | 2024 | 10 |