In 2017, Project Re:Fantasy developer Atlus released Persona 5, a game that forever changed the direction of the studio and finally helped establish it as one of the biggest mainstream JRPG studios outside of Japan, despite countless cult classics preceding it. In recent years, the game has been followed by other JRPGs such as Shin Megami Tensei 5 and the recent Soul Hackers 2. It has even seen an expanded re-release in the form of Persona 5 Royal, however in 2017, Atlus announced its next big IP, a game from some of the most key minds behind Persona 5: Project Re:Fantasy.