ATLUS has announced a new game in the Persona world: Persona5: The Phantom X is coming on June 26th to both PC and mobile.
The team says that it’s “an all-new adventure set in the colorful and engrossing world of the legendary Persona series, launching on PC and mobile in Summer 2025.”
On top of that, ATLUS (and Sega) has released a description, as follows: “Encompassed in the unique turn-based RPG gameplay and setting of Persona 5, players will lead a double life as a student and a Phantom Thief with a brand-new protagonist and band of Phantom Thieves. During the day, players will build up life experience as a student and engage in various activities such as hanging out with your friends and part time jobs, while at night, they will sneak into the cognitive dungeons to steal Treasures and change the twisted desires of corrupt adults! ”
Check out the announcement video below:
Here’s the key “gameplay features” from the latest press release:
- All new story of Phantom Thieves – Players will embark on an adventure as an entirely new protagonist, alongside new Phantom Thieves members. Set in a mysterious Tokyo where desires have been lost, a completely new story unfolds.
- Return to Life as a Student – Players can build up life experience through part-time jobs and extracurricular clubs, while participating in new mini-games unique to Persona5: The Phantom X.
- Experience The Thrilling Phantom Thief Life – Venture into the shadows to strengthen Personas, explore side dungeons and battles, which are jam-packed with new game play such as a new PvE mode The Velvet Trials, new palaces, new Mementos and new Guild feature, which allows players to interact with one another in-game.
- Engaging New Side Stories – Various original side stories written and supervised by ATLUS will be at players’ fingertips via the Synergy System, which can be experienced by building close relationships with various characters. Plus NPC events and other side stories will be available!
- New Charming Characters – Players can journey as a completely brand-new protagonist with a new band of Phantom Thieves, including multiple Phantom Idols and their Persona.
- Familiar Faces from Original Persona 5 Characters – In addition to Persona5: The Phantom X-exclusive characters, fan favorites from the original Persona 5 such as Joker and the other Phantom Thieves will be available in special contracts!
The game is in development by ATLUS but in partnership with Perfect World, the team behind the likes of One Punch Man: World, Tower of Fantasy, and other titles.
Persona5: The Phantom X is coming on June 26th to both PC (via Steam) and mobile.
