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Bloons TD 6 vs Persona 5 Royal

Bloons TD 6 is a sandbox strategy game from Ninja Kiwi (2018) while Persona 5 Royal is a JRPG RPG game from ATLUS (2022).

Bloons TD 6

2018 · Ninja Kiwi

8.8GamingPickz Score

$13.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Persona 5 Royal

2022 · ATLUS

8.8GamingPickz Score

$59.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Bloons TD 6 under Sandbox and Strategy. In contrast, it files Persona 5 Royal under JRPG and RPG.

Bloons TD 6

The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

Description from its Steam store page

Persona 5 Royal

Lead the Phantom Thieves of Hearts in this award winning, stylish turn-based RPG filled with dungeon crawling, party customization, strategic combat, and Persona fusion. Explore Tokyo, build relationships, battle Shadows, and infiltrate the minds of the corrupt to make them change their ways!

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Bloons TD 6Persona 5 Royal
GamingPickz Score8.8/108.8/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (97%, 394,354)Overwhelmingly Positive (96%, 138,589)
Critic aggregateNo aggregate95/100
Price$13.99$59.99
Install size2 GB41 GB
Steam Deckplayableverified
Released20182022
DeveloperNinja KiwiATLUS

Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.

Bloons TD 6 vs Persona 5 Royal, point by point

Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.

  1. Genre and premise

    Bloons TD 6Sandbox strategy game
    Persona 5 RoyalJRPG RPG game

    What each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.

  2. How it plays

    Bloons TD 6Tower Defense, Strategy, Online Co-Op
    Persona 5 RoyalJRPG, Story Rich, Turn-Based Combat

    The tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.

  3. Reception

    Bloons TD 6Score 8.8 · 97% on Steam
    Persona 5 RoyalScore 8.8 · 96% on Steam · 95 critic

    The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.

  4. Content and scale

    Bloons TD 6394,354 reviews · 3 add-ons · 2 GB
    Persona 5 Royal138,589 reviews · 41 GB

    Reach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.

  5. Price

    Bloons TD 6$13.99
    Persona 5 Royal$59.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Bloons TD 6Playable
    Persona 5 RoyalVerified

    Valve's own Deck compatibility rating.

Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.

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Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The cheaper right now: Bloons TD 6 ($13.99)
  • Better on a Steam Deck: Persona 5 Royal (verified)
  • Lighter on storage: Bloons TD 6 (2 GB)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Bloons TD 6 (394,354 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

SingleplayerGreat Soundtrack

Where they differ

Bloons TD 6 is also

Tower DefenseStrategyMultiplayerOnline Co-OpCo-opFamily Friendly

Persona 5 Royal is also

JRPGStory RichTurn-Based CombatAnimeRPGDating Sim

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Bloons TD 6 is demanding, for players who want a challenge. Persona 5 Royal is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Bloons TD 6Persona 5 Royal
Minimum GPUOpenGL 2.0 compatibleNvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Minimum CPU1.5GhzIntel Core i7-4790, 3.4 GHz
Minimum RAM4 GB8 GB
Install size2 GB41 GB

Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Bloons TD 6 · Persona 5 Royal.

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Bloons TD 6 and 1 for Persona 5 Royal. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Bloons TD 6 and Persona 5 Royal in scope?

Bloons TD 6 has drawn 394,354 Steam reviews, ships 3 add-ons and installs in 2 GB. Persona 5 Royal has drawn 138,589 Steam reviews and installs in 41 GB.

Is Bloons TD 6 or Persona 5 Royal better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Bloons TD 6 rates higher (8.8 to 8.8). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.

Which is cheaper, Bloons TD 6 or Persona 5 Royal?

Bloons TD 6 is cheaper right now at $13.99, against $59.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.

Do you rank one above the other for a fee?

No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.

How we compare, and what we will not do

The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.

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