Mobile gacha game Persona 5: The Phantom X was a big deal in parts of Asia for a hot minute last year, and it looks like it’s days away from stealing the wallets of players worldwide.
Over on the official Atlus West social media accounts, the company’s started teasing a new Persona 5 adjacent project, while SEGA’s recent financial reports note that the spin-off is launching in Japan later this summer. A livestream is planned for later this week.
In its X (or Twitter) post, Atlus included an emoji of an owl, alluding to Lufel from The Phantom X, a kind of alternative to Morgana.
Think you dropped this… 🦉
Stay tuned! pic.twitter.com/OA1KGYYimU
— Official ATLUS West (@Atlus_West) May 12, 2025
We know that alongside its international version, publisher Perfect World is also plotting a console release, and it seems inevitable it’ll be available on the PS5, given the popularity of other gacha games on the system, like Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail.
For those who don’t know, this free-to-play game functions very similar to Persona 5, hitting the same social and dungeon crawling beats – however, the original game’s calendar is replaced with an energy system, which obviously replenishes as time passes in the real-world.
The turn-based battle system remains similar, and the original Persona 5 development team has helped out on art and other aspects.
We think this could be a moderate hit on the PS5, then – if nothing else, the brand recognition alone should help encourage more people to try it out.
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As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.