2024 was a big year forAtlus; it saw the release of the remakePersona 3 Reload,the expandedShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance,and new titlesUnicorn OverlordandMetaphor Re:Fantazio.2025 is shaping up to be just as busy a year, as the studio has already teased that they have multiple major announcements - possibly including the long-awaitedPersona 6.However,Atlusis no stranger to busy years, as releasing multiple major titles in a single year has been a common strategy for the studios.
Multiple-Release Years Are Often Standard For Atlus
Since its inception in 1986, Atlus has often worked at a seemingly breakneck pace to release multiple titles in a single year. Even its first full year of operation, 1987, was such a year, seeing the release ofDigital Devil Story: Megami Tenseiand an NES spinoff of the filmThe Karate Kid.Since then, Atlus has had several busy years, with these being some of the most prominent and packed with releases:
Atlus Team Members Have Hinted At A Busy 2025
In afeature published by 4gamer, multiple Atlus team members indicated that they were working on titles they were very excited about, and could not wait to share with the public. One spokesperson in particular, 2nd Creative Department member Kazuhisa Wada, said “2025 is a year where [Atlus will] carefully steer the helm of several large-scale projects” and “the collective mass of these projects is enormous.”
While Wada’s statement does not necessarily mean that all of these “large-scale projects” will be released in 2025, it is highly likely that at least one will. Atlus has consistently released at least one game per year since its founding. Even during the slowdown during and post COVID-19 pandemic,Atlus launchedPersona 5 Strikersand the remaster ofShin Megami Tensei III: Nocturnein 2020,Shin Megami Tensei Vin 2021, andSoul Hackers 2in 2022. The busy, release-packed 2024 and presumably equally busy 2025 are not Atlus working at some unheard-of breakneck pace - but rather a return to form after the pandemic-related slowdown.
As for what Atlus will be releasing in 2025, that is currently a mystery. One major possibility is aWestern release forPersona 5: The Phantom X,which began its life as a mobile game available only in certain regions. DLC forMetaphor: ReFantaziois also a possibility.Persona 6or the next main lineShin Megami Tenseititle releasing in 2025 seems unlikely, but not impossible - and, at the very least, fans could see an announcement of either game.
Other projects that fans have theorized may be on the horizon for Atlus are re-masters ofPersona 1,thePersona 2duology, and theRaidou Kuzunohagames, as well as a fullPersona 3 Reload-style remake ofPersona 4.Of course, it’s also very possible that Atlus is planning to launch another new IP, especially withhow wellMetaphor: ReFantaziowas received.
