An enhanced version of the game, Persona 4 Golden, was released for PlayStation Vita in 2012 and Windows in 2020. It is also regarded as one of the greatest games of all time. Persona 4 received critical acclaim, with praise given towards the gameplay, story, characters, and music. The game's music was primarily written by Shoji Meguro, with vocals performed by Shihoko Hirata.

The North American package of the game was released with a CD with selected music from the game, and, unlike Persona 3, the European package also contained a soundtrack CD.

The release of the game in Japan was accompanied by merchandise such as character costumes and accessories. During the localization, numerous alterations to names and cultural references were made to preserve the effect through translation, but some Japanese cultural references were altered or removed. The developers added many in-game events to prevent the game from becoming stale. The rural setting was based on a town on the outskirts of Mount Fuji and intended as a ''nowhere' place' and is the central setting to have players sympathize with the daily life of the characters. The plot of Persona 4 was inspired by the work of mystery novelists owing to its murder mystery premise.

The game features a weather forecast system with events happening on foggy days to replace the moon phase system implemented in the previous games. During his year-long stay, he becomes involved in investigating mysterious murders while harnessing the power of summoning Persona. The player-named protagonist is a high-school student who moved into the countryside from the city for a year. Persona 4 takes place in a fictional Japanese countryside and is indirectly related to earlier Persona games. It was re-released as a PlayStation 2 Classic for the PlayStation 3 in April 2014. It is chronologically the fifth installment in the Persona series, itself a part of the larger Megami Tensei franchise, and was released for the PlayStation 2 in Japan in July 2008, North America in December 2008, and Europe in March 2009, as one of the final major exclusives for the system. Persona 4, also known as Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4, is a role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus.

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