A post-apocalyptic world where you bargain with demons as much as you fight them, and every choice seals a fate.

When the community decides on instinct, SMT V: Vengeance stands ahead of 84% of games. High, and the detail backs it up. Fun explodes, ahead of 95% of titles, on a few votes but the trend is strong. The art style follows, ahead of 84% of the others, true to Atlus's razor-sharp look, though that verdict rests on a single vote, so take it as an early signal. The desert island pick and controller feel stay solid, near the top. What dips is the urge to rediscover it and the soundtrack, closer to average, on few votes. No real tension here: instinct and analysis point the same way, toward an RPG that fires you up.

Next to more contemplative JRPGs, this enhanced version bets on tense combat and the addictive pull of its exploration loops. You start it for one session, you lose the night.

So who's it for? You, if you love a deep combat system, a stylized world, and that loop that won't let you put the controller down. Much less if what you want above all is a story that shatters you or a soundtrack that follows you everywhere.