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50 free Persona Games trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Atlus built Persona out of one well-liked idea: the high-school setting of Shin Megami Tensei If... The 1996 original was a PlayStation sleeper hit, but it was Persona 3, with its Evokers and Social Links, that turned a Megami Tensei spin-off into the franchise that now outsells its parent. Persona 4 moved the murders to a sleepy town near Mount Fuji, Persona 5 put masked thieves in Tokyo, and Persona 3 Reload sold a million copies in a week. These 50 questions cover all of it: the Velvet Room and its Twin Peaks inspiration, Igor's Frankenstein-named assistants, the colour schemes Shigenori Soejima picked for each game, Shoji Meguro's acid-jazz score, Arc System Works and the fighting-game spin-offs, Persona Q, Strikers, Royal and Golden, and the Joker who turned up in Super Smash Bros. Easy questions cover Evokers, Teddie and Morgana; the expert tier asks about localization choices, vocalists and the city Persona 2 takes place in. Every answer is cited to a page we checked, with a short explanation so you learn something even when you miss. Play it solo or use it for a JRPG night.
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Q 01Which company primarily develops the Persona series?
Atlus
Atlus has developed every mainline Persona game since the 1996 original, Revelations: Persona; Sega acquired the studio in 2013.
Q 02Persona is a spin-off of which larger Atlus franchise?
Megami Tensei
It grew out of the well-received high-school setting of Shin Megami Tensei If... on the Super Famicom.
Q 03Revelations: Persona, the 1996 original, was released for which console?
PlayStation
Revelations: Persona launched on Sony's PlayStation in 1996 and reached North America the same year; a PSP remake with a new localization followed in 2009.
Q 04What is the gun-like device Persona 3's cast fire at their own heads to summon Personas?
An Evoker
An Evoker is the pistol-shaped device SEES members fire at their own heads; the gesture of facing death lets them summon their Personas.
Q 05What is the hidden time anomaly that SEES investigates in Persona 3?
The Dark Hour
The Dark Hour is a hidden hour at midnight when most people turn into coffins and Shadows roam; SEES, the Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad, fights through it.
Q 06What is the name of the tower that serves as Persona 3's main dungeon?
Tartarus
Tartarus is the towering dungeon that rises where Gekkoukan High stands each night; SEES climbs its shifting floors, grouped into blocks, toward the top.
Q 07Persona 4 takes place in which fictional rural town?
Inaba
Inaba is the sleepy countryside town where the hero spends a year with his uncle Dojima; its Junes department store and foggy nights anchor the murder mystery.
Q 08In which city is Persona 5 set?
Tokyo
Persona 5 is set in Tokyo; real districts such as Shibuya and Shinjuku appear by name, and the hero lives above Cafe Leblanc in fictional Yongen-Jaya, modelled on Sangen-Jaya.
Q 09What do Persona 5's vigilante students call their group?
The Phantom Thieves of Hearts
The Phantom Thieves of Hearts infiltrate Palaces in the Metaverse and steal a corrupt adult's 'treasure', forcing a change of heart; a calling card announces each heist.
Q 10What is the codename of Persona 5's protagonist?
Joker
Joker is the codename given to Persona 5's player character; he can be renamed, wears a white mask and black coat in the Metaverse, and is voiced by Xander Mobus in English.
Q 11Which friendly creature in a hollow bear costume guides Persona 4's party?
Teddie
Teddie is the bear-suited resident of the TV world who guides the Investigation Team through the fog; his Japanese name is Kuma, simply 'bear'.
Q 12Which cat-like creature joins Joker, Ryuji and Ann as a founding Phantom Thief?
Morgana
The ending reveals Morgana was created to lead the Phantom Thieves into the depths of Mementos.
Q 13Which game introduced the Social Link system to the series?
Persona 3
Persona 3 introduced Social Links in 2006: friendships ranked one to ten that strengthen Personas fused in the matching Arcana; in Japanese they are called 'Community'.
Q 21Who designed the characters of the third, fourth and fifth mainline Persona games?
Shigenori Soejima
Shigenori Soejima designed the casts of the third, fourth and fifth mainline Persona games, plus the chibi cast of Persona Q; he joined the studio in 1995.
Q 22Who designed the characters of the original Persona and the Persona 2 duology?
Kazuma Kaneko
Kaneko handed the series to his protégé so he would not imprint his own style on it, and to give him experience.
Q 23Which director led Persona 3, 4 and 5 at Atlus?
Katsura Hashino
Katsura Hashino directed the third, fourth and fifth mainline Persona games, after making his directorial debut with the 2003 RPG Nocturne.
Q 14What is the enhanced Social Link system in Persona 5 called?
Confidants
Persona 5 renames Social Links as Confidants; each ranked relationship unlocks practical abilities, such as Takemi's discount medicine or Kawakami's extra free time.
Q 15Which colour defines Persona 5's interface and art direction?
Red
Red is Persona 5's signature colour, splashed across its menus, battle screens and logo; the previous two games had used blue and yellow respectively.
Q 16Which composer is most associated with the Persona series?
Shoji Meguro
Shoji Meguro composed the scores of the third, fourth and fifth Persona games, mixing J-pop, rock and jazz; he went freelance in 2021 after 26 years at the studio.
Q 17Which recurring track is the theme of the Velvet Room?
"Aria of the Soul"
'Aria of the Soul' is the operatic soprano-and-piano piece that plays in the Velvet Room; it has returned, lightly rearranged, in every mainline Persona game since the 1996 original.
Q 18Who is the long-nosed old man who runs the Velvet Room?
Igor
In Persona 5 the Igor players meet for most of the game is actually Yaldabaoth, who has imprisoned the real one.
Q 19The Velvet Room was based on a location from which TV series?
Twin Peaks
The Velvet Room was modelled on the Black Lodge of Twin Peaks, the 1990 TV series' otherworldly waiting room; it reshapes itself to match each guest's psyche.
Q 20Igor and his Velvet Room assistants are named after characters from which novel?
Frankenstein
The Velvet Room staff are named from Frankenstein: Elizabeth Lavenza, Margaret Saville, Justine Moritz and Caroline Beaufort are all characters in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel.
Q 24Which new Atlus department did Hashino found after Persona 5 shipped in 2016?
Studio Zero
Studio Zero was founded in December 2016 as a new internal team for fantasy role-playing games; it remade Catherine as Full Body before shipping its first original game, Metaphor: ReFantazio.
Q 25Which fighting-game studio co-developed Persona 4 Arena?
Arc System Works
Arc System Works, the studio behind Guilty Gear and BlazBlue, co-developed Persona 4 Arena, a 2012 2D fighting game that continues the story of Persona 4 and SEES.
Q 26Persona Q blends the series with which first-person dungeon-crawler franchise?
Etrian Odyssey
It was the first Persona game built for a Nintendo platform, and its team mixed Etrian Odyssey IV and Persona staff.
Q 27Persona 5 Strikers crosses the series with which Koei Tecmo franchise?
Dynasty Warriors
Persona 5 Strikers is a Dynasty Warriors-style action crossover co-developed by Omega Force, the Koei Tecmo studio behind that series; its story begins half a year after Persona 5.
Q 28What major option did Persona 3 Portable add to the game?
A female protagonist
Choosing her swaps Elizabeth for a male attendant, Theodore, and changes some Social Link stories.
Q 29Persona 4 Golden was originally released for which handheld?
PlayStation Vita
Persona 4 Golden launched on the PlayStation Vita in 2012, adding the new character Marie, extra Social Links and a winter chapter; it later came to PC in 2020.
Q 30Which new Phantom Thief does Persona 5 Royal add?
Kasumi Yoshizawa
Kasumi Yoshizawa, a gymnast transfer student, joins the party as Violet in Persona 5 Royal's added third semester; Hifumi Togo had been planned as a thief but was cut from the original game.