Metaphor ReFantazio with Low CPU Usage, Poor Performance and FPS Drops

The creators of Persona and Shin Megami Tensei series have released a sneak peek of their latest game, Metaphor: ReFantazio, with a prologue demo available now ahead of its full release on October 11th. The game will be playable on PS4, PS5, Xbox series S|X, and PC. Unfortunately, some PC players are experiencing bugs, such as low sound levels and bad performance with constant stuttering. Let’s see if there’s a fix.

Metaphor ReFantazio – Bad Performance Explained

It seems inevitable these days. – almost every new PC game or port suffers from poor optimalization. Sadly, Metaphor: ReFantazio demo is no exception, with gamers reporting FPS drops and other performance problems.

Some people have speculated that those issues stem from inefficient CPU utilization. It seems the game is primarily relying on a single CPU core, which can significantly bottleneck performance, leading to frame rate drops and other gameplay hiccups.

Luckily, there is a tweak you can try:

1. Launch the game and then open Task Manager by pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete.
2. Go to “Details” tab, and right-click on Metaphor.exe.
3. Click on “See Affinity”. If all cores are checked, untick them, leaving only the first core ticked, and click “OK”.
4. Rick-click on Metaphor.exe again, select “Set Affinity”, tick all cores, and click “OK”

As discussed in this Steam thread, this workaround has helped many players, though it must be repeated each time you start the game.

Metaphor: ReFantazio

October 11, 2024

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