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Metaphor: ReFantazio exceeded Atlus' expectations on PC

It's also the developer's fastest-selling game to date.
Jonas Mäki Editor Sweden 24 April 2025

As we all know, Atlus is best known for the acclaimed Persona series, which has continued to thrive, and last year gained a lot of new fans thanks to the Persona 3 Remake. But despite this, none of the Persona games are Atlus' fastest-selling titles, as that honour belongs to an entirely new franchise.

We're talking about the Game of the Year nominee Metaphor: ReFantazio, which was released last autumn and received top scores, including from us here at Gamereactor. In a 4Gamer interview (thanks Automaton), the game's director and creative producer Katsura Hashino says that it is the studio's fastest-selling game ever.

In the interview, he also notes that PC gamers are a growing audience for the company and have been for ten years, making Metaphor: ReFantazio Atlus' first role-playing game to come to PC at the same time as consoles. He also reveals (translated with Bing) that it has performed better than expected:

"...it has been downloaded from Steam and Windows PC game store in a scale that exceeded our expectations."

In summary, it seems that we can expect to see more from the Metaphor: ReFantazio universe in the future, and Atlus games being released for PC alongside consoles seems like a no brainer too.

Editor Sweden Jonas Mäki has written for Gamereactor since 2002, becoming an editor in 2007. He covers the video game industry across news, releases and the business side, with a particular interest in sales figures and where the industry is heading.
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