Persona 5 Royal
Intense overall intensityWhat's in it
Strong profanity appears in dialogue during heated and dramatic moments.
Turn-based battles against demonic 'Shadows' with gun and melee attacks and some blood; stylized rather than gory.
Partial nudity in hot-spring and bathhouse scenes and some revealing outfits; nothing explicit shown.
On-screen cigarette smoking by adult characters, a back-alley clinic offering experimental medicine, and references to alcohol.
Story centers on adult abuse of power, corruption, blackmail, trauma, and grief, including a teacher's exploitation of students.
The player leads vigilante 'Phantom Thieves' who infiltrate mental worlds to steal 'treasures' and change criminals' hearts.
The game opens with the protagonist drugged, beaten, and coerced into a confession during a police interrogation.
A teacher's sexual harassment and coercion of students is referenced and drives an early story arc.
A student attempts suicide by jumping from the school building, shown on-screen.
Suggestive dialogue, flirtation, and fan-service moments at a bathhouse and beach, plus a comedic adult-shop scene; innuendo-level.
One story dungeon is a casino themed around slot machines and gambling puzzles played with in-game tokens.
Some dungeons feature unsettling, distorted imagery, but there is no sustained horror.
Heavy tarot Major Arcana symbolism and the summoning of demon- and myth-based entities called Personas.
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What it is
Persona 5 Royal is a single-player turn-based Japanese RPG in which you play a high-school student in modern-day Tokyo who, by day, attends class and builds friendships, and by night enters a supernatural realm to battle demonic 'Shadows.' Combat is stylized but includes gunplay, melee, and some blood, and demons are summoned as 'Personas' drawn from myth and religion. The mature story deals with heavy adult subject matter: abuse of authority, corruption, blackmail, trauma, and grief, including a teacher's sexual exploitation of students (referenced) and a supporting character's on-screen suicide attempt. Milder content includes strong language, cigarette smoking and references to alcohol and experimental medicine, bathhouse and beach fan-service with partial nudity and innuendo, and a casino-themed dungeon with slot and card-game imagery. There are no microtransactions and no online or chat features.
How it's framed
The game frames its protagonists as rebellious 'Phantom Thieves' who forcibly reform corrupt adults, presenting their vigilante crime as justice against abusers of power; its darkest content—abuse, suicide, and corruption—is treated as serious, sympathetic drama rather than being glorified or played for shock.
Details
- Developer
- ATLUS
- Publisher
- SEGA
- Released
- Oct 20, 2022
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