After a strange incident, the Phantom Thieves wander into a bizarre realm where its citizens are living under tyrannical oppression. Surrounded by a military group named Legionnaires, they find themselves in grave danger until a mysterious revolutionary named Erina rescues them and offers an enticing deal in exchange for their help.

What truth lies behind Erina and the deal she offers to the Phantom Thieves?  

Persona 5 Tactica features an all-new story, the return of fan-favorite characters, and brand-new allies and foes. Join the group as they lead an emotional revolution in this thrilling combat adventure!

Overthrow your enemies with powerful Personas, an assortment of weapons, and wipe them out with style in this fresh new tactical RPG from the Persona 5 game.

ATLUS shared new details about Persona 5 Tactica, breaking down the tactical gameplay, diving into the interactive stage elements, Charge and Sub-Persona battle mechanics, weapon creation, unique enemies, difficulty levels and more.

Introducing Unique Enemies

• Encounter an increasingly diverse variety of enemies as the story progresses
• Go toe-to-toe against the Sumo-maton as it hurls enemies at you
  • The Sumo-maton wreaks havoc in the ring of battle by tossing any unit in range--friend or foe
• Marvel at the beautiful Guarded Geisha as she blocks your ranged, melee, and skill attacks
  • The Guarded Geisha is ready to block any incoming head-on attack with her elegant and handy parasol
• Hunt for the Slimy Shinobi as it dispatches clones of itself across the battlefield
  • The Slimy Shinobi will sneakily create clones of itself on the battlefield to confuse you
• Test your mettle with the variety of powerful enemies awaiting you

Experience a Wide Array of Interactive Stage Elements

Stages are also filled to the brim with unique interactive elements.

Fight your way through different stages with gameplay elements like​ surveillance cameras that call in enemies if you step into their line of sight​ or elevators that move parts of the stage up and down when you press a switch. ​You can use some elements to gain the upper hand in battle, like Dash Squares that let you leap across elevated parts of the stage or explosive barrels that go off with a bang after taking a set amount of damage.

Hold Back From Fighting to Charge

Don’t lose your head in the heat of battle, play it cool like a real Phantom Thief.

​If a character takes no action during a battle, then at the end of your turn that character will begin to charge. ​During your next turn, they’ll be powered up and ready for action. Carefully position yourself to lure out enemies and gain a charge for a smart play.

Each character’s charge has different effects, so be sure to try them all.

Everyone Can Equip Their Own Sub-Persona

All Phantom Thieves can equip a Sub-Persona.

Equipping a Sub-Persona will raise that character’s stats. You can also use that Persona’s unique and inherited skills. Sub-Personas not only have active skills that you can use SP to ​activate, they also have passive support skills that automatically ​activate in battle.

Search for the perfect character and Sub-Persona combo.

Create New Weapons in the Velvet Room

The Velvet Room has a new service! In addition to the usual Persona fusions,​ you’ll be able to fuse two Personas to create a weapon.

You can combine certain Personas in order to create new unique weapons. These weapons are superior to what you can buy in the shop. It'll give you an advantage to create many different weapons, so be sure to use this feature often.

Savor Hard-Fought Victories on High Difficulty Levels

When playing on Hard or higher difficulty levels, the strength of enemy attacks as well as their HP will increase, and your attacks can now hit your own party members as well. If you don’t pay attention when using wide-range attacks, you might find your party members have low HP without the enemy even touching you.

However, you can retry as many times as you want, so be sure to test out different strategies.

Key Features:

• An Emotional Revolution: Lead an uprising of the heart in a brand-new storyline that takes place in Persona’s iconic universe.
• Build Your Dream Squad: Assemble a team of beloved heroes to fight oppressive armies in thrilling turn-based combat.
• Dynamic Combat: Overthrow your enemies with powerful Personas, an assortment of weapons, and wipe them out with style!

Fans can pre-order the physical and digital editions of the game for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch (physical only) and PC via Windows and Steam.

Pre-order Bonus Information:

Launch Edition Contains (Physical Only - $59.99)

• Free Orpheus Picaro + Izanagi Picaro DLC (pre-order only)
• Free Gift – Set of two exclusive coasters at GameStop (while supplies last at participating retail stores)

Digital Deluxe Edition Contains (Digital Only - $79.99)

• Free Orpheus Picaro + Izanagi Picaro DLC (pre-order only)
• Free Repaint Your Heart Challenge Pack (MSRP: $19.99)
• Free Weapon Pack (MSRP: $7.99)
• Free Picaro Summoning Pack + Raoul Persona (MSRP: $9.99)

Persona 5 Tactica is coming to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, PC (Steam), Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on Nov. 17, 2023, and it's also coming to Game Pass.