Persona 3 Reload

This page is for the 2024 remake of the original PlayStation 2 game. For the re-release of the reworked Portable version, see Persona 3 Portable.

Persona 3 Reload

Developers
	Atlus
	P-Studio
Windows	Xeen
Publishers
	Sega
Engines
	Unreal Engine 4
Release dates
Windows	February 2, 2024
Reception
Metacritic	89
OpenCritic	89
IGDB	92
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Turn-based
Perspectives	Cinematic camera, Third-person
Controls	Direct control, Menu-based
Genres	JRPG
Art styles	Anime
Themes	Japan, Supernatural
Series	Persona

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
Megami Ibunroku Persona: Ikuu no Tou Hen	2023
Persona 5 Tactica	2023
Persona 3 Reload	2024

Persona 3 Reload is a JRPG in the Persona series developed by Atlus and published by Sega. It serves as a remake of the 2006 PlayStation 2 game Persona 3 and is also the first game in the Persona series to use the Unreal Engine.

The game was released on February 2, 2024 on the Microsoft Store and Steam, following an announcement in June 2023. While the game includes improvements to the gameplay and presentation to make it more alike Persona 5 Royal, it also forgoes content that was introduced in the previous re-releases of Persona 3, Persona 3 FES and Persona 3 Portable.

Upon release, Persona 3 Reload was praised as a faithful, yet improved, remake of the original Persona 3. While the game natively does not support some features such as ultra-widescreen display, fixes were made available by the modding community shortly following release.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
		Digital Deluxe Edition and Digital Premium Edition also available.
Humble Store		Digital Deluxe Edition and Digital Premium Edition also available.
Microsoft Store		Xbox Play Anywhere. Included with Xbox Game Pass for PC. Digital Deluxe Edition and Digital Premium Edition also available.
Steam		Digital Deluxe Edition and Digital Premium Edition also available.

All versions require Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM.

Version differences

Pre-orders included the Persona 4 Golden BGM Set.

Digital Deluxe Edition includes the Digital Artbook and Digital Soundtrack applications.

Digital Premium Edition includes the Digital Artbook and Digital Soundtrack applications, and content sets containing music, costumes and Personas from Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	Several cosmetic downloadable content packs are available for purchase.
One-time game purchase	The game requires an upfront purchase to access.
Subscription gaming service	Available via Xbox Game Pass for PC.

DLC and expansion packs

The Expansion Pass DLC is free-to-own for Microsoft Game Pass Ultimate subscribers until 31 January 2025.

Name	Notes
Persona 4 Golden BGM Set	Adds music tracks from Persona 4 Golden. Only available for pre-orders.
Persona 4 Golden Persona Set	Adds additional Personas from Persona 4 Golden.
Persona 4 Golden Yasogami High Costume Set	Adds character costumes based on the school uniforms seen in Persona 4 Golden.
Persona 5 Royal BGM Set	Adds music tracks from Persona 5 Royal.
Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 1	Adds additional Personas from Persona 5 Royal.
Persona 5 Royal Persona Set 2	Adds additional Personas from Persona 5 Royal.
Persona 5 Royal Shujin Academy Costume Set	Adds character costumes based on the school uniforms seen in Persona 5 Royal.
Persona 5 Royal Phantom Thieves Costume Set	Adds character costumes based on the Phantom Thieves outfits seen in Persona 5 Royal.
Expansion Pass	Includes exclusive music tracks from Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal as well as upcoming DLC Velvet Costume & BGM Set and expansion pack Episode Aigis -The Answer-.

Essential improvements

Lyall's P3RFix

Allows to skip intro videos, set a manual framerate lock, uncap menu framerate, set custom resolution scaling, fixes menu resolution, implements ultrawidescreen support & more.

Skip intro videos

Use Lyall's P3RFix
By default, the mod will skip intro logos and the opening sequence, but can be configured to not skip one of these or additionally also skip the main menu and go directly to the save selection. Enabling this will attempt to enable network features by default. Open P3RFix.ini. Configure the SkipLogos and SkipTo lines as desired. Save and close the file.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\P3R\Saved\Config\WinGDK
Steam	%LOCALAPPDATA%\P3R\Saved\Config\WindowsNoEditor
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2161700/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Microsoft Store	%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\SEGAofAmericaInc.L0cb6b3aea_s751p9cej88mt\SystemAppData\wgs\<user-id>\
Steam	%APPDATA%\SEGA\P3R\Steam\<user-id>\
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2161700/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud
Xbox Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		AAspect ratios wider than 16:9 are pillarboxed. Use Lyall's P3RFix to remove the pillarboxing in gameplay and fix HUD, FOV and Aspect Ratio. Use No Cinematic Bars to remove letterboxing in cutscenes.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		8x
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Forced TAA. SSAA up to 200% available via Rendering Scale setting in increments of 25. Custom scale can be set with Lyall's P3RFix.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Frame rate can be limited to 30, 60 or 120 FPS. Menus are locked to 60 FPS, and some menu animations are tied to the frame rate. Some dialogue may be delayed on the 120 FPS mode. Use Lyall's P3RFix to remove the lock in the menus, set a custom framerate lock and fix the delays.
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the engine page to force native HDR output, or the glossary page for other alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)		Ray traced reflections set per scene. Labelled as Reflections in the game options.

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unreal Engine 4 page for more details.

Ambient Occlusion (AO)

The grid pattern from the low-quality SSAO

By default, the game uses lowest quality SSAO, which results in grid-like patterns. That is intentional, however, some users may be sensitive to this kind of effect.

Force higher quality SSAO
Download UE4SS and unpack it to <path-to-game>\P3R\Binaries\Win64 (or <path-to-game>\Content\P3R\Binaries\WinGDK on the Microsoft Store version). Extract this archive to the same folder. Notes If already using UE4SS for another script, do not extract mods.txt and instead append P3RAO : 1 to the existing file.

Reflections

If RT Reflections are enabled, the game still falls back to SSR Reflections in places such as Tartarus.

Some places that have reflections with Ray Tracing, don't have reflections at all with RT Reflections off.

Force RT Reflections everywhere[citation needed]
Download UE4SS and unpack it to <path-to-game>\P3R\Binaries\Win64 (or <path-to-game>\Content\P3R\Binaries\WinGDK on the Microsoft Store version). Extract this archive to the same folder. Notes If already using UE4SS for another script, do not extract mods.txt and instead append P3RRT : 1 to the existing file.

Use SSR where RT is applicable[citation needed]
Go to game's config folder. Open Engine.ini. Add following lines at the end: [SystemSettings] r.RayTracing.Reflections.Hybrid=1 Save the file.

Disable RT per-device[citation needed]
Go to game's config folder. Open Engine.ini. Add following lines at the end: [SystemSettings] r.RayTracing=0 Save the file.

Input

Game system settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		Some buttons can not be remapped.
Mouse acceleration		Negative mouse acceleration is present when the camera is able to be adjusted.
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support		Requires keyboard for text input. Steam version requires Steam Input to be enabled.
Controller remapping		Some buttons can not be remapped.
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts		Listed as Type 3 button prompts.
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers		DualShock 4, DualSense
PlayStation button prompts		Listed as Type 1 button prompts for DualShock 4 and Type 2 button prompts for DualSense.
Light bar support
Adaptive trigger support
DualSense haptic feedback support
Connection modes	Wired Microsoft Store version does not support Bluetooth connection.[citation needed]

Generic/other controllers		Nintendo Switch Pro Controller is supported via Steam Input.
Button prompts		Listed as Type 4 button prompts.

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

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

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  Key remapping (keyboard)

Audio

Audio settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate sliders for Master, BGM, Sound Effects and Voice volume.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		By default, game pauses when out of focus. Use Lyall's P3RFix to disable.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

On the Microsoft Store version, the interface language is tied to the current Windows System language. See below for a workaround.

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Turkish

Changing interface language on the Microsoft Store version

On Steam, user can easily change the interface language by changing an option in Properties. On the Microsoft Store version, however, such an option does not exist.

Changing interface language via the commandline

Open <path-to-game>\Content\UE4CommandLine.txt. On the newline, add Culture= with the desired language code: en for English; zh-Hans for Simplified Chinese; zh-Hant for Traditional Chinese; fr for French; de for German; it for Italian; ja for Japanese; ko for Korean; pl for Polish; pt-BR for Brazilian Portuguese; ru for Russian; es for Spanish; es-419 for Latin American Spanish; tr for Turkish. Save the file. The game should use the inputted language now.

Issues unresolved

Shader compilation stutter

The game may noticeably stutter during gameplay.

Crashing on startup

Disable secondary monitors.

Adjust display aspect ratio to 16:9

Issues fixed

Settings changes not persisting

Settings, such as graphics options, are tied to the current save game and will not persist until the game has been saved.

Save the game after making changes to settings

Frame rate in menus locks to 30 FPS

On some hardware configurations, the frame rate of menus locks to 30 FPS when the frame rate cap has been set to 120 FPS in the graphics options, instead of operating at 60 FPS as intended.

Use Lyall's P3RFix

Low resolution interface elements

Running the game at higher resolutions appears to leave the game's interface elements running at a lower resolution.

Use Lyall's P3RFix
Notes Can also be used for supersampling to get rid of the menu jaggies by changing the Multiplier option in the [Render Texture Resolution] section.

Random framerate drops/stuttering for a short period

The game randomly drops framerate to an unpleasant level in the middle of gameplay. Cause is unknown.

Disable multiplane overlay[citation needed]

Other information

Mods

GameBanana

NexusMods

Persona 3 Reload Essentials

Mod loader with miscellaneous improvements to the modding possibilities.

Use Non-VP9 Movies

Makes the game use the uncompressed, non-VP9, version of movies.

Full DLC Rework

Adjusts the Personas from the DLC to make all of their skills an appropriate power relative to the level that they can be fused at.

Controller UI Overhaul

Improves the game's controller button prompts, with a focus on accuracy and legibility.

AI Tactics Fixes

Fixes AI's in-combat behavior to make it more logical for the given situation and fixes regressions, that weren't present in Persona 5 Royal.

Theurgy Description Fix

Reworks the descriptions of everyone's Theurgy Gauge characteristic to make them clearer and more concise.

Addresses a mistranslation of Akihiko and Mitsuru's Theurgies.

Bond Growth Wording Fix

Fixes the wording for when a Social Link isn't ready to level up, which originally may imply that you cannot progress the social link at the current point in the story.

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	12

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

	Middleware	Notes
Physics	PhysX	v3.4.0
Audio	Criware

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-2300 AMD FX-4350	Intel Core i7-4790 AMD Ryzen 5 1400
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	30 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti AMD Radeon HD 7850 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 12 compatible	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 AMD Radeon R9 290X 4 GB of VRAM

A 64-bit operating system is required.