Persona 6: everything we know so far

Atlus officially confirmed Persona 6 at the Xbox Games Showcase on June 7, 2026, with the reveal landing on the series' 30th anniversary. The teaser is short but unsettling — graveyard imagery, creepy atmosphere, and a very distinct shade of ectoplasm green.

The game is set in modern-day Japan with a brand-new location and cast, so don't expect direct ties to previous entries. The official Xbox listing describes everyday school life — friendships, romance, building memories — sitting on top of something darker: strange rumors, urban legends, and occult incidents. The green color theory, which fans had been running with since a supposed 2017 leak and a Persona 25th anniversary visual featuring a bucket of green paint, turned out to be correct. Persona 6 is confirmed for PC, PS5, and Xbox, and will be available on Xbox Game Pass from day one. The fact that the reveal happened at an Xbox showcase underlines just how far Atlus has moved from its old PlayStation-first approach.

Persona 6 is the first entirely new mainline entry since Persona 5 launched in Japan in 2016 and hit North America in 2017. The decade in between gave fans Persona 5 Royal, Persona 3 Reload, and the upcoming Persona 4 Revival — but no new numbered game. Persona 5 and the Phantom Thieves pushed the series to a level of mainstream popularity it had never seen before, which makes the anticipation for P6 enormous. Switch 2 support hasn't been confirmed — par for the course with Atlus, which tends to hold those announcements back.