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Metaphor: ReFantazio
Developer ATLUS
Metaphor: ReFantazio is a 2024 role-playing video game developed by Studio Zero and published by Sega. Metaphor: ReFantazio was first announced under the working title Project Re:Fantasy in December 2016, with no further information revealed until 2023, and was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S by Atlus in Japan and by Sega internationally on October 11, 2024. A Nintendo Switch… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
705 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
83
LovedLoved
380 positive · 80 negative
95% range 79–86%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 380 | 80 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 89 | 12 | 142 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
18,845 of 20,391 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
82% recommend · 235 yes, 53 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 288 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (39,020 of 43,561 positive).
Many players praise the story, characters, and music. [1][2][3] Some reviewers find the game too long and padded. [4][5][6] Several players compare it favorably to the Persona series. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [17]
As a long time Atlus fan, this is the only game where I had stopped playing right at the start of the final dungeon, uninstalled the game, and was glad to never bother with it again. it's not a bad game by any means, but I find it baffling that it gets such an overwhelmingly positive reception, despite having plenty of flaws both in story and gameplay. The main reason that I'm so disappointed by it, is because that …
- [7]
If I had to describe Metaphor to someone who's only played Persona: Metaphor is like if they took everything you dislike about the Persona series, got rid of it, and improved the gameplay. That's not to say that Metaphor doesn't have its fair share of issues, (it really does) but it was a great experience nonetheless. First things first, Metaphor looks amazing. There's not much I can say since the UI, the character …
- [1]
Time Marches On, and the Age of a New King draws nearer... Metaphor: ReFantazio is a refreshing experience that preserves the charm of Persona. I was very excited for this game, especially knowing the studio behind Atlus’ masterpieces was returning with an entirely new journey built on the same formula we love. Now that I’ve finished Metaphor, I can say the studio truly succeeded in their new adventure First of all, …
- [16]
this is a cautious recommendation. the gameplay is very enjoyable, especially with the harder bosses, but the biggest thing holding me back from a more enthusiastic recommendation is how mind numbing the plot is. the themes are so basic for what the story is acting like its saying. for a game so intertwined with politics they try soooooooo ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ hard to be as apolitical as they can so they just talk about hope or …
- [2]
I love this game, peak story, peak gameplay and peak characters. If you like any persona games, you should give it a try!
Summarised from 34 of the 398 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Metaphor: ReFantazio sits at 83% positive across 460 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Metaphor: ReFantazio received "universal acclaim" from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic, while 98% of critics recommended the game, according to OpenCritic. The Verge praised the game's handling of the themes of racism and discrimination, finding it tackled such subjects with "refreshing nuance". The Washington Post called it the "year’s smartest, most exciting video game", praised its political relevance, and gave it 4/4 stars. On the flip side, Inverse mentioned issues with Persona elements and dungeon repetition, while XboxEra noted flaws in story aspects and handholding tendencies. Metaphor ReFantazio sold one million units on the same day it launched, becoming…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 705 · most liked firstMetaphor is my game of the year. i asked director Hashino a very specific question. He replied, “To be honest, you asked a question that really hits the core. I’ve done many interviews, and I haven’t had a question like this.” www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
positive · AI labelView post →Having Video Games as a job and choosing to play Metaphor is certifiably insane because I'm committing to like... two and a half full"work weeks" for one game lmao
positive · AI labelView post →GOTY nominees for The Game Awards -Astro Bot -Balatro -Black Myth Wukong -Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree -Final Fantasy VII Rebirth -Metaphor: ReFantazio Vote: thegameawards.com
neutral · AI labelView post →Metaphor is a good game
positive · AI labelView post →Drumroll please! IGN's Game of the Year is... Metaphor: ReFantazio! See why this fantasy RPG snagged our highest honor and check out the other nominees here: bit.ly/3BHz8kf #IGNAwards
neutral · AI labelView post →I've been playing Metaphor lately, so far it could be one of my fav game this year. Here's some Hulkenberg artwork I did last week! #metaphor #メタファー
positive · AI labelView post →Metaphor ReFantazio was going to be the cover story of the August 2024 Game Informer magazine, but they were shut down before it could be released. Since the Game Informer team is back, they are able to share what the cover art would have been! www.gameinformer.com/2025/05/02/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →The nominees for Game Of The Year at The Game Awards 2024 are: Astro Bot Balatro Black Myth: Wukong Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Metaphor: ReFantazio
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t know what the next game to achievement hunt should be… Ezio Collection Metaphor Star Wars Outlaws Some OTHER game?
neutral · AI labelView post →GameSpot’s Game of the Year for 2024 is Metaphor: ReFantazio, a brilliant game that tackles heavy themes with empathy and optimism, and proves that Atlus/Team Zero remain one of the best in the business when it comes to RPGs. www.gamespot.com/articles/met...
neutral · AI labelView post →Metaphor: ReFantazio was such a good game... I love Gallica and Fairies so much! #FanArt | #Expansion | #Ass | #Art | #Atlus | #MetaphorRefantazio
positive · AI labelView post →Has anyone ever played a game that was bad, and then got surprised at how it feels to play a good game after? I (stupidly) committed to finishing a game I hated, and then when I moved to Metaphor: ReFantazio I was shocked at what it was like to play a game that was super good!
positive · AI labelView post →I hope future games adopt Metaphor ReFantazio’s hybrid turn-based model. Giving the players an option to one hit weaker enemies and avoid a battle was a game changer for me. I really liked that. (I’m very aware other games did this before metaphor)
positive · AI labelView post →METAPHOR REFANTAZIO 1st ANNIVERSARY!! I will never shut up about this game. For real one of the best RPGs I've ever played. #fanart #metaphor #メタファー #metaphorrefantazio I have a louis piece coming soon but cant post it just yet bc reasons 😌
positive · AI labelView post →that game really was a Metaphor: ReFantazio
neutral · AI labelView post →Persona 3 protagonist goes on an adventure with Persona 4 protagonist and Mitsuru Kirijo in order to defeat Griffith. Noiceee.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →recent metaphor draws!! Finished the game and still have so many feelingsss 😭🙏 #metaphor
positive · AI labelView post →i evoked a lot of Buddhist imagery throughout my Metaphor review, as does the game. thank you so much!
positive · AI labelView post →I've enjoyed Metaphor Refantazio well enough up to this point, but now that I've recruited the coolest character in the game I'm compelled to see it through to the end.
positive · AI labelView post →Recently beat Metaphor ReFantazio Great game
positive · AI labelView post →This very visibly affected Metaphor, which sucks cause that's the best game that team ever made.
positive · AI labelView post →Metaphor ReFantazio is IGN's Game of the Year. 2024 was a great year for RPG fans.
neutral · AI labelView post →Atlus has launched an official "Atlus Game Music" YouTube channel featuring OSTs from Persona, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Shin Megami Tensei, Soul Hackers, and more! www.youtube.com/@atlusgamemu...
neutral · AI labelView post →Metaphor ReFantazio won the "Grand Award" at the Japan Game Awards 2025. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom won last year. This is the Japanese Game Awards Game of the Year.
neutral · AI labelView post →Metaphor REFantazio was a phenomenal game imo
positive · AI labelView post →Metaphor: Refantazio won best RPG at the Game Awards. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth really might not win anything tonight.
neutral · AI labelView post →metaphor refantazio spoilers 100% REAL baswill real in game #主バジ #metaphorrefantazio #metaphor
neutral · AI labelView post →Drew Gallica from Metaphor. Probably one of my favorite characters in the game. #pixelart #ドット絵 #metaphor #メタファー
positive · AI labelView post →These accolades for Metaphor: ReFantazio! 🏆 ◾ @ign.com 2024 Game of the Year ◾ @gamespot.com 2024 Game of the Year ◾ @thegameawards.com Best RPG, Best Narrative, and Best Art Direction ◾ @metacritic.com “Must-Play” game …and more! Start your adventure today: atlus.link/Metaphor-ReF...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally beat Metaphor, and I emphasize *finally* because that game is too long. (it's really good though)
neutral · AI labelView post →50h later, yeah I love this game a lot #metaphor #metaphorRefantazio
positive · AI labelView post →The amazingly beautiful Metaphor ReFantazio official game guide by Future Press has arrived! The photo was taken very quickly because the book weighs 2.4kg - my lifting exercise for the day. 😄
neutral · AI labelView post →Okay, Metaphor might actually be my Game of the Year. It's basically free therapy for me.
positive · AI labelView post →Happy 1st anniversary to this game that I hold dear in my heart 🥳🎉 #メタファー #MetaphorReFantazio #Metaphor #art
positive · AI labelView post →If I had to describe Metaphor to someone who's only played Persona: Metaphor is like if they took everything you dislike about the Persona series, got rid of it, and improved the gameplay. That's not to say that Metaphor doesn't have its fair share of issues, (it really does) but it was a great experience nonetheless. First things first, Metaphor looks amazing. There's not much I can say since the UI, the character designs, Archetypes, enemies, etc. speak for themselves. Personally, I think…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A portrait of Will from Metaphor: ReFantazio! Had the pleasure of playing this game over the Summer - absolutely recommend it! #TraditionalArt #Metaphor #MetaphrReFantazio
positive · AI labelView post →A game with a deep philosophical story with badass turn-based gameplay and deeply rich and well written characters >>>> #MetaphorReFantazio
positive · AI labelView post →Metaphor won Best Narrative at The Game Awards!
neutral · AI labelView post →#MetaphorReFantazio 🎨 finally started playing the game last week and love it!
positive · AI labelView post →You cannot play this purely single-player game without an internet connection for some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ reason. This makes absolutely zero sense. If you were planning to buy this game for a mobile device like a SteamDeck, don’t.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Metaphor winning IGN’s and Gamespot’s Game of the Year? Hell yea fuck yea
positive · AI labelView post →I have incredibly mixed feelings about this game. On paper, it has all the ingredients to be exactly the kind of thing I love. Yet, across the 70+ hours it took to beat, I never stopped feeling forced to keep playing. I picked it up on release day in October 2024. It took me over a year to clock those 70 hours, and I did it almost entirely out of a sense of obligation... though I still don't know why! The gameplay is standard SMT/Persona fare. The cast is colorful, sure, but they lack the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The votes are in and Backloggd's 2024 Game of the Year has been chosen! 👑 Metaphor: ReFantazio 👑 Checkout all results at: www.backloggd.com/goty/2024/re...
neutral · AI labelView post →Repost some Metaphor with my OC, I miss this game
positive · AI labelView post →Well it's official, I started Metaphor ReFantazio as my next game 😳
neutral · AI labelView post →in conclusion STOP getting into modding and ffxiv socmed discourse every week and PLAY a different game such as Metaphor: ReFantazio (2024)
positive · AI labelView post →As a long time Atlus fan, this is the only game where I had stopped playing right at the start of the final dungeon, uninstalled the game, and was glad to never bother with it again. it's not a bad game by any means, but I find it baffling that it gets such an overwhelmingly positive reception, despite having plenty of flaws both in story and gameplay. The main reason that I'm so disappointed by it, is because that this is a new IP, which meant that they could go wild and do whatever they…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game of the Year nominee Metaphor: ReFantazio is now 42% off for Black Friday www.eurogamer.net/metaphor-ref...
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally starting Metaphor 💖 how much do you think I am going to love this game??
neutral · AI labelView post →🏆 game of the year 2024 【 #thegameawards #FF7R #metaphor #メタファー 】
neutral · AI labelView post →Metaphor is not trying to be a Persona game. Metaphor is not tying to be a SMT game. Metaphor takes the best aspects of Persona, the best of SMT, and throws them into a classic high fantasy setting. Once again I think Atlus craft fantastic experience with Metaphor
positive · AI labelView post →I love this game. #metaphor #metaphorrefantazio
positive · AI labelView post →Earlier this year I finished Metaphor: ReFantazio, a game with a bunch of really interesting ideas. In the end, I didn't like it. In this...review? I guess it's a review. I attempt to analyse how Metaphor undermines all the interesting ideas it starts with. medium.com/@lozangenet/...
negative · AI labelView post →I'm finally done with this game. It had plenty of fun and interesting moments, I won't deny that. Soundtrack is pretty nice. Characters are charming and fun at times. But man, at a certain point, maybe around two thirds of the way through, I was ready for things to wrap up. But it just kept dragging on and on. A lot of the content I had gone through at that point hadn't really been amazing (particularly side dungeons / side quests), but I was willing to push through most of the time. Near the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is the very embodiment of what one might call an “eight-out-of-ten” title. Nowadays, we are inundated with blogs, websites, magazines, and YouTube videos that dispense extravagant scores, yet everyone seems to have forgotten what truly defines a masterpiece and what, conversely, constitutes a mediocre work. This game stands precisely in the middle ground. It teeters on the edge of brilliance, a single step away from greatness, yet it lacks perhaps the most vital quality of any true…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally started Metaphor: ReFantazio and it's an absolute masterpiece of a game
positive · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☑ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The very first thing that struck me about Metaphor - the voice acting - is a perfect encapsulation of why this game is so good. Within minutes of starting, I knew I was in for a real treat. See, my biggest grievance with high fantasy settings is a long-standing one: the studios’ neverending compulsion to cast American actors who “can do accents”, which end up being serviceable at best and inevitably ruin any sense of believability or immersion. Hearing actual regional British dialects…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I just finished Metaphor: ReFantazio. Such a good game
positive · AI labelView post →Metaphor ReFantazio is coming to Xbox Game Pass on May 29.
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