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Persona
Subseries of Megami Tensei
Megami Ibunroku Persona	1999
Persona 4 Golden	2020
Persona 5 Strikers	2021
Persona 4 Arena Ultimax	2022
Persona 5 Royal	2022
Persona 3 Portable	2023
Persona 5 Tactica	2023
Persona 3 Reload	2024

Persona 5 Royal is a JRPG in the Persona series developed by Atlus and published by Sega. It is a port of the 2019 PlayStation 4 game of the same name, which itself is an enhanced re-release of the 2016 game Persona 5. Development of the 2022 release was handled by a team at Sega.^[1]

The game was released on October 21, 2022 on the Microsoft Store and Steam, following an announcement during the Xbox & Bethesda Games Showcase in June 2022.^[2] This version includes the majority of the downloadable content that was included in the original PlayStation 4 release^[3] and has support for frame rates up to 120 FPS and 4K displays.

Persona 5 Royal received overwhelming praise from critics upon release, with the only notable sore point with the PC version being the limited set of graphics options on offer.^[4]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS

Humble Store
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC.
Steam

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.^[5]^[6]

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%APPDATA%\SEGA\P5R\Microsoft\
Steam	%APPDATA%\SEGA\P5R\Steam\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1687950/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Save game data location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\SEGAofAmericaInc.F0cb6b3aer_s751p9cej88mt\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>\
Steam	%APPDATA%\SEGA\P5R\Steam\<user-id>\savedata\
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1687950/pfx/^{[Note 1]}

Decrypted save files from the PlayStation 4 version can be converted.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		Aspect ratios narrower than 16:9 are letterboxed.
Multi-monitor		Pillarboxed to 16:9. Use Flawless Widescreen to enable multi-monitor support with stretched UI.
Ultra-widescreen		Pillarboxed to 16:9. Use Flawless Widescreen to enable ultra-wide support with stretched UI.^{[Note 2]}
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)		Use Zolika's Patch.
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Option not present in Microsoft Store version of the game.^[7]
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		FXAA and SMAA options available.^[8] SSAA up to 200% available via Rendering Scale setting in increments of 25. Enabling SSAA seems to have a detrimental effect on anti-aliasing, causing more jaggies than should be visible compared to native.^[9]
High-fidelity upscaling
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Can be capped to 30, 60 or 120 FPS.^[8] Use P5R FPS Uncapper to remove the cap.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

Input

System settings^{[Note 3]}

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		^[8]
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion		X-axis inversion also available for camera movement.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Requires keyboard for text input (names, etc)
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity		^[8]
Controller Y-axis inversion		X-axis inversion also available for camera movement.

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers		Supported via Steam Input on Steam.^[10] Presents as a Xbox gamepad on the Microsoft Store version.^[11]
DualShock button prompts		Both DualShock 4 and DualSense prompts available natively in Steam version. For the Microsoft Store version, use the Alternate Buttons Prompts mod.
Light bar support
Connection modes	Wired, Wireless DualSense tested

Generic/other controllers		Supported via Steam Input. Not available on Microsoft Store version.
Button prompts		Natively available on the Steam version. For the Microsoft Store version, use the Alternate Buttons Prompts mod.

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Steam Input
Steam Input API support
Official controller preset(s)
Steam Controller button prompts

Key bindings (Keyboard)

Audio

Sound settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Volume sliders available for master volume, music, sound effects, speech and cutscenes.^[8]
Surround sound		5.1 surround sound^[12]
Subtitles		Only affects animated cutscenes.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese				Selecting "Off" in the Japanese voice toggle will switch to English voices.
French
German
Italian
Japanese				Selecting "On" in the Japanese voice toggle will switch to Japanese voice acting.
Korean
Russian				Regularly updated translation from the "Mognet" team, [2].
Spanish

Issues unresolved

Game crashes when trying to save system data when run using Proton

At present, running the game in a Linux environment using Proton may leave the game unable to create the initial system data on first launch, leading to crashing and rendering the game unable to be played.^[13]

This issue does not occur on Steam Deck.

Open Steam with the `-steamdeck` flag.^[14]

Use GE-Proton7-38 or later which fixes the save file issue.^[15]

Download GE-Proton7-38 or later.
Extract to <Steam-folder>/compatibilitytools.d/.
Exit and restart Steam if already running.
Right click on Persona 5 Royal in your Steam library and choose Properties.
Choose Compatibility and select Force the use of a specific Steam Play compatibility tool.
From the dropdown, select the version of GE-Proton that you downloaded in Step 1.
Run the game and saving should now work.

Alternatively, you can use ProtonUp-Qt to download and install the latest version of GE-Proton. Then follow the above steps starting from Step 3.

Shadow quality resets to Middle after every loading screen

Currently, whenever the player goes through a loading screen or battle transition, the shadow quality will default to Middle. It will still show up as whatever was set up before in the graphic settings screen; however, the in-game shadows will behave as if the Middle setting was chosen.

A temporary fix consists of going into the graphic settings and changing the shadow quality to anything, and then back to the desired quality, but the issue will repeat itself again on the next loading screen/transition.^[16]

Install the Fix Shadow Settings mod to fix the shadow settings.

This requires launching the game through the Reloaded tool every time.

Follow the instructions outlined here to install the Reloaded tool and set up Persona 5 Royal for modding.
Install the Fix Shadow Settings mod. You may be able to install the mod directly from Reloaded as well.
Run the game and the settings should stick while using the mod.

Issues fixed

Game won't progress to main menu if you have a non-ASCII character in your Windows profile

Enable Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support.^[17]
Go to Control Panel. Click on "Change date, time, or number formats". Switch to the "Administrative" tab. Click on "Change system locale...". Check "Beta: Use Unicode UTF-8 for worldwide language support". Press OK and allow Windows to restart your system.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	Bullet	^[18]
Audio	Criware	^[19]
Cutscenes	Criware	^[19]

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i7-4790 3.4 GHz AMD Ryzen 5 1500X 3.5 GHz
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	41 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon R7 360 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 760 AMD Radeon HD 7870

A 64-bit operating system is required.

Requires a CPU which supports the AVX and SSE4.2 instruction set.

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1687950/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1687950) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
↑ The hitboxes while playing certain minigames may be offset and cause misses or unintended scoring.
↑ The Button Display option only exists on the Steam version.

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sega is Leading the Development on Persona 5 Royal Remaster - Persona Central - last accessed on 2022-10-22
"Shinji Yamamoto (Atlus producer on P5R Remaster): 'We've made some very detailed adjustments. We optimized the number of the pieces of debris that blow away for each model. Elements like effects, number of projectiles, etc.

Sega was in charge of the development of the remaster (not just matching the resolution to the console). It was a very meaningful project. Multi-platform development isn't easy. This was my fist porting project, and I didn't realize how hard it would be.'"
↑ Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 3 Portable are coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam - last accessed on 2022-09-03
↑ Persona Channel - Update on the Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Windows versions of "Persona 5 The Royal" (Translated by DeepL) - last accessed on 2022-06-27
""This title will include over 40 DLCs sold in the original version of "Persona 5 The Royal", ready to play from the beginning!""
↑ PC Gamer - Persona 5 Royal review - last accessed on 2022-10-21
"Graphical options are limited, but get the job done, and the option to play with 120fps—as well as 30 and 60fps options—adds to P5R's already slick vibe."
↑ Persona 5 Royal on Steam - last accessed on 2022-09-14
"Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: Denuvo"
↑ Verified by User:Fds29 on 2022-10-22
Checked by examining the Microsoft Store version's executable.
↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-10-21
It should be noted that the game appears to have a forced borderless presentation in this version, but this is purely an assumption here.
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 The Mako Reactor - Persona 5 Royal PC Review – Worth the Wait - last accessed on 2022-10-17
↑ [1] - last accessed on 2023-02-07
↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-10-21
Tested using a DualSense controller, no input was detected by the Steam version using DSX to emulate a Xbox 360 controller or a DualShock 4 or by trying to use it natively. Enabling Steam Input was the only solution.
↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-10-21
DualSense works without any emulation software on this version, but uses the Xbox bindings rather than the control scheme for that controller present on console and Steam versions.
↑ Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-10-22
Checked using Razer Surround and using Special K monitor audio output and to check for audio output on every channel in a virtualised 7.1 surround setup.
↑ GitHub - ValveSoftware/Proton - Issue #6255 (Persona 5 Royal) - last accessed on 2022-10-22
↑ GitHub - ValveSoftware/Proton - Comment on Issue #6255 (Persona 5 Royal) - last accessed on 2022-10-23
↑ GE-Proton7-38 Released: Added save file fix for Persona 5 Royal - last accessed on 2022-10-26
↑ Persona 5's Bug Reporting Thread on Steam - last accessed on 2022-10-24
↑ ĐeäTh on Twitter: “Exaggeration aside, @da_wamwoowam pointed out this option to me in the region settings of Windows, which does fi... - last accessed on 2022-10-24
↑ Verified by User:Fds29 on 2022-10-21
Seen via the open source licenses notice.
↑ ^19.0 ^19.1 Verified by User:Fds29 on 2022-10-21
Checked by examining the files inside of the CPK archives.

[Proton_path_note-7] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/1687950/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (1687950) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[Note-8] The hitboxes while playing certain minigames may be offset and cause misses or unintended scoring.

[Note1-12] The Button Display option only exists on the Steam version.

[dev-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sega is Leading the Development on Persona 5 Royal Remaster - Persona Central - last accessed on 2022-10-22
"Shinji Yamamoto (Atlus producer on P5R Remaster): 'We've made some very detailed adjustments. We optimized the number of the pieces of debris that blow away for each model. Elements like effects, number of projectiles, etc.

Sega was in charge of the development of the remaster (not just matching the resolution to the console). It was a very meaningful project. Multi-platform development isn't easy. This was my fist porting project, and I didn't realize how hard it would be.'"

[2] Persona 5 Royal, Persona 4 Golden, and Persona 3 Portable are coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and Steam - last accessed on 2022-09-03

[3] Persona Channel - Update on the Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Windows versions of "Persona 5 The Royal" (Translated by DeepL) - last accessed on 2022-06-27
""This title will include over 40 DLCs sold in the original version of "Persona 5 The Royal", ready to play from the beginning!""

[4] PC Gamer - Persona 5 Royal review - last accessed on 2022-10-21
"Graphical options are limited, but get the job done, and the option to play with 120fps—as well as 30 and 60fps options—adds to P5R's already slick vibe."

[5] Persona 5 Royal on Steam - last accessed on 2022-09-14
"Incorporates 3rd-party DRM: Denuvo"

[6] Verified by User:Fds29 on 2022-10-22
Checked by examining the Microsoft Store version's executable.

[9] Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-10-21
It should be noted that the game appears to have a forced borderless presentation in this version, but this is purely an assumption here.

[mako-10] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 The Mako Reactor - Persona 5 Royal PC Review – Worth the Wait - last accessed on 2022-10-17

[11] [1] - last accessed on 2023-02-07

[13] Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-10-21
Tested using a DualSense controller, no input was detected by the Steam version using DSX to emulate a Xbox 360 controller or a DualShock 4 or by trying to use it natively. Enabling Steam Input was the only solution.

[14] Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-10-21
DualSense works without any emulation software on this version, but uses the Xbox bindings rather than the control scheme for that controller present on console and Steam versions.

[15] Verified by User:Shadowstealer7 on 2022-10-22
Checked using Razer Surround and using Special K monitor audio output and to check for audio output on every channel in a virtualised 7.1 surround setup.

[16] GitHub - ValveSoftware/Proton - Issue #6255 (Persona 5 Royal) - last accessed on 2022-10-22

[17] GitHub - ValveSoftware/Proton - Comment on Issue #6255 (Persona 5 Royal) - last accessed on 2022-10-23

[18] GE-Proton7-38 Released: Added save file fix for Persona 5 Royal - last accessed on 2022-10-26

[19] Persona 5's Bug Reporting Thread on Steam - last accessed on 2022-10-24

[20] ĐeäTh on Twitter: “Exaggeration aside, @da_wamwoowam pointed out this option to me in the region settings of Windows, which does fi... - last accessed on 2022-10-24

[21] Verified by User:Fds29 on 2022-10-21
Seen via the open source licenses notice.

[cpkmiddleware-22] 19.0 ^19.1 Verified by User:Fds29 on 2022-10-21
Checked by examining the files inside of the CPK archives.

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Developers

	Atlus
	P-Studio
Windows	Sega^[1]
Publishers
	Sega
Release dates
Windows	October 21, 2022
Reception
Metacritic	95
OpenCritic	94
IGDB	94
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Third-person
Controls	Direct control, Menu-based
Genres	JRPG
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Japan, Supernatural, Contemporary
Series	Persona