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Persona 5 Royal vs Terraria

Persona 5 Royal is a JRPG RPG game from ATLUS (2022) while Terraria is an action-adventure open-world game from 505 Games (2011).

Persona 5 Royal

2022 · ATLUS

8.8GamingPickz Score

$59.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

Terraria

2011 · 505 Games

8.7GamingPickz Score

$9.99

Steam: Overwhelmingly Positive

What each one is

Steam files Persona 5 Royal under JRPG and RPG. In contrast, it files Terraria under Action-Adventure and Open-World.

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

Terraria

Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

Description from its Steam store page

At a glance

Persona 5 RoyalTerraria
GamingPickz Score8.8/108.7/10
Steam ratingOverwhelmingly Positive (96%, 138,589)Overwhelmingly Positive (97%, 1,550,032)
Critic aggregate95/10083/100
Price$59.99$9.99
Install size41 GB
Steam Deckverifiedverified
Released20222011
DeveloperATLUS505 Games

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

Persona 5 Royal vs Terraria, 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

    Persona 5 RoyalJRPG RPG game
    TerrariaAction-adventure open-world game

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

  2. How it plays

    Persona 5 RoyalJRPG, Story Rich, Turn-Based Combat
    TerrariaOpen World Survival Craft, Sandbox, Survival

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

  3. Reception

    Persona 5 RoyalScore 8.8 · 96% on Steam · 95 critic
    TerrariaScore 8.7 · 97% on Steam · 83 critic

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

  4. Content and scale

    Persona 5 Royal138,589 reviews · 41 GB
    Terraria1,550,032 reviews · 2 add-ons

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

  5. Price

    Persona 5 Royal$59.99
    Terraria$9.99

    Read live from Steam and subject to change.

  6. On a Steam Deck

    Persona 5 RoyalVerified
    TerrariaVerified

    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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01000100PlayersPopularity

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.

Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.

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Which to pick, by what you want

  • The higher-rated of the two: Persona 5 Royal (GamingPickz Score 8.8)
  • The cheaper right now: Terraria ($9.99)
  • The safer bet by weight of reviews: Terraria (1,550,032 reviews)

What they have in common

Both are tagged by Steam players with:

RPGSingleplayerAdventure

Where they differ

Persona 5 Royal is also

JRPGStory RichGreat SoundtrackTurn-Based CombatAnimeDating Sim

Terraria is also

Open World Survival CraftSandboxSurvival2DMultiplayerPixel Graphics

Tags players apply to one game and not the other.

Difficulty and who each is for

By the tags players apply, Persona 5 Royal is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. Terraria is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.

System requirements, side by side

Persona 5 RoyalTerraria
Minimum GPUNvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti
Minimum CPUIntel Core i7-4790, 3.4 GHz2.0 Ghz
Minimum RAM8 GB2.5 GB
Install size41 GB

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

Accessibility features

Steam store pages declare 1 accessibility feature for Persona 5 Royal and 1 for Terraria. A declaration is a floor, not a review.

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Common questions

How different are Persona 5 Royal and Terraria in scope?

Persona 5 Royal has drawn 138,589 Steam reviews and installs in 41 GB. Terraria has drawn 1,550,032 Steam reviews and ships 2 add-ons.

Is Persona 5 Royal or Terraria better?

By the GamingPickz Score, Persona 5 Royal rates higher (8.8 to 8.7). 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, Persona 5 Royal or Terraria?

Terraria is cheaper right now at $9.99, 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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