The fantasy role-playing game Metaphor: ReFantazio from the publisher Atlus and developers from Studio Zero had barely even been released when it had already pleased its creators with the achieved level of popularity.
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As it became known from the official Japanese press release, the total shipments and digital sales of Metaphor: ReFantazio on the day of its release, October 11, have already exceeded 1 million copies worldwide.
The result achieved makes Metaphor: ReFantazio the fastest-selling game in Atlus history. The previous record holder was Persona 3 Reload (a remake of Persona 3) – it reached a million copies sold in the first week of release.
Users of the ResetEra forum also noticed that on the release day, Metaphor: ReFantazio set a personal record for Atlus games for peak online play on the Steam digital distribution service.
According to official Steam statistics, Metaphor: ReFantazio attracted 61,969 concurrent players at launch. Until recently, Atlus’s best result on the site was 45 thousand people for Persona 3 Reload.
Metaphor: ReFantazio was released on PC (Steam, Microsoft Store), PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X and S. On the eve of the release, the project received high marks from journalists (91-93% on Metacritic) and a hefty demo version.
The game was created with the participation of the leading developers of Persona – director Katsura Hashino, artist Shigenori Soejima and composer Shoji Meguro.