Games like Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
Closest overall match: Persona 5 (★ 4.3). Quickest to finish: Ys: The Oath in Felghana at about 4 hours.
We compared Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 against every game in our catalog on shared tags, genre, rating, playtime and release era, and these 12 came closest. The strongest common threads are Action-Adventure, 3rd-Person Perspective and JRPG.
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74%
1. Persona 5
Shares lifestyle, 3rd-Person Perspective, Drama, JRPG and Action-Adventure and 2 more tags; same developer; about 60h longer.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 93
- Playtime
- 105h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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57%
2. Shadow of the Colossus
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective and Action-Adventure; about 45h shorter.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 91
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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54%
3. Yakuza 5
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective, Drama, Action-Adventure and Exploration; about 45h shorter.
- Year
- 2012
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 83
- Finish rate
- 87%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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52%
4. Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Shares JRPG and Anime; about 41h shorter.
- Year
- 2005
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 84%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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52%
5. Demon's Souls
About 7h shorter; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2009
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 38h
- Finish rate
- 70%
- Shared genres
- 4, RPG
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51%
6. God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Shares Action-Adventure; about 38h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2010
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 86
- Playtime
- 7h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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51%
7. The Order: 1886
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective, Cinematic, Action-Adventure and Exploration; rated 0.6 lower; about 34h shorter.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 63
- Playtime
- 11h
- Finish rate
- 92%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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50%
8. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Shares Drama, Cinematic, JRPG, Action-Adventure and Anime; about 26h longer.
- Year
- 2024
- Rating
- ★ 4.3
- Playtime
- 71h
- Finish rate
- 91%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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50%
9. Ys Origin
Shares JRPG and Anime; rated 0.5 lower; about 40h shorter; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2006
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 76
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 77%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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49%
10. inFAMOUS 2
About 32h shorter.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 13h
- Finish rate
- 86%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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49%
11. Monster Hunter: World
Shares 3rd-Person Perspective, JRPG, Action-Adventure and Exploration; rated 0.3 lower; about 30h shorter.
- Year
- 2018
- Rating
- ★ 4.0
- Metacritic
- 89
- Playtime
- 15h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4, RPG
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49%
12. Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Rated 0.5 lower; about 29h shorter.
- Year
- 2011
- Rating
- ★ 3.8
- Metacritic
- 80
- Playtime
- 16h
- Finish rate
- 83%
- Shared genres
- 3, 4
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4?
On our similarity model, Persona 5 is the closest match to Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 — shares lifestyle, 3rd-Person Perspective, Drama, JRPG and Action-Adventure and 2 more tags; same developer; about 60h longer.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
Base game data via RAWG.