Persona 3 Portable
Give it 7 hours
What the data shows
- In the first 2 hours almost 1 in 2 reviews are negative (41%); after 35h it's 1 in 11 (9%).
- Fully opens up by hour 35.
- 22% of players who start reach the ending.
- The biggest drop-off is between “The Other Self” (Awaken as a Persona-user) and “Monorail Inspection Complete” (Defeat the Priestess): from 100% to 59% of starters.
- 75% of owners got the first achievement.
When it gets good
Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.
before it gets good opening up fully opened up
Based on all 5,870 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 295 reviews: 34.8h for positive, 7.8h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.
Where players quit
Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (74.7% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.
- Started playing 100%
- The Other Self Awaken as a Persona-user. 100%
- Monorail Inspection Complete Defeat the Priestess. Most players quit here 59% −41
- A New Persona-User Defeat the Emperor and Empress. 46% −13
- Hotel Investigation Squad Defeat the Hierophant and Lovers. 39% −7
- Bunker Debunked Defeat the Chariot and Justice. 35% −4
- Paulownia Mall Power Control Defeat the Hermit. 32% −3
- No More Bets Defeat the Fortune and Strength. 30% −2
- Settled the Score Defeat the Hanged Man. 28% −2
- To Live is to Oppose Death Defeat Nyx Avatar. 22% −6
- The Great Seal Defeat Nyx. 22%
story milestone ending biggest drop-off
Story milestones were labeled by AI from achievement names and descriptions; mistakes are possible.
All achievements (36)
story milestone ending side
- The Other Self Awaken as a Persona-user. 100%
- Advantage Mine Enter a battle with Player Advantage. 82%
- Fashion Plate Fight a battle in costume. 60%
- Monorail Inspection Complete Defeat the Priestess. 59%
- Tactical Fighter Exploit enemy weaknesses 100 times. 55%
- Grasping at Greed Defeat a Golden Hand. 51%
- Skilled Commander Perform 50 All-Out Attacks. 47%
- Persona Memory Bank Summon a Persona from the Compendium. 47%
- A New Persona-User Defeat the Emperor and Empress. 46%
- S.E.E.S. the Day Rescue a missing person. 42%
- Hotel Investigation Squad Defeat the Hierophant and Lovers. 39%
- True Supporter Max out a Social Link. 38%
- Going Nova Deal over 999 damage in 1 attack. 36%
- Bunker Debunked Defeat the Chariot and Justice. 35%
- Displaying Adaptability Switch Personas 5 times in 1 battle. 35%
- Head of the Class Rank #1 in your class on an exam. 34%
- That Special Someone Enter a special relationship with someone. 33%
- Paulownia Mall Power Control Defeat the Hermit. 32%
- Flawless Max out all social qualities. 31%
- No More Bets Defeat the Fortune and Strength. 30%
- Settled the Score Defeat the Hanged Man. 28%
- The Nose Doesn't Always Know Experience a fusion accident. 26%
- Fusion Expert Perform 50 Persona fusions. 25%
- Bond Maniac Max out 10 Social Links. 25%
- Granter of Your Desires Buy 5 things from Tanaka's Amazing Commodities. 23%
- Special Fusion Expert Use 4 or more Personas in a special fusion. 23%
- Moderate Bookkeeper Register over 50% of the Compendium. 22%
- To Live is to Oppose Death Defeat Nyx Avatar. 22%
- The Great Seal Defeat Nyx. 22%
- The Reaper Becomes the Reaped Defeat The Reaper. 16%
- Social Butterfly Max out all social links. 7.5%
- Thorough Bookkeeper Complete the Persona Compendium. 6.0%
- One Who Has Proven Their Power Defeat Margaret. 5.8%
- A Cut Above Defeat Elizabeth or Theodore. 5.1%
- A Pair of Wild Cards Beat the game with each protagonist. 4.8%
- The Answer to Life Earn all achievements. 3.6%