As the PlayStation 5 enters its sixth year, it has built a formidable and diverse library of epic adventures, mind-bending puzzlers, and visually stunning shooters. Whether you are a long-time owner or just unboxed your console, here are the 15 absolute best titles you need in your PS5 collection this year.
1. Astro Bot
Sony’s luscious 3D platformer strands the eponymous space robot on a distant planet with hundreds of adorable companions. You must defeat a colorful array of bosses to rebuild your mothership.
Why we love it: “It’s one of the best platformers I’ve ever played – and, as a child of the 90s, I truly have played a ton of them.”
2. Baldur’s Gate 3
This towering landmark of the RPG genre provides players with almost as much narrative and imaginative freedom as a tabletop D&D adventure.
Why we love it: “Bustling with life, brimming with scope, and bursting with imagination.”
3. Blue Prince
Upon inheriting your family’s mansion, you are challenged to find the hidden Room 46. Every night the layout shuffles, sending you back to the beginning in this brilliantly mind-bending puzzle game.
Why we love it: “You’ll scribble down hints and set goals for future runs, or take copious screenshots of the artefacts found throughout.”
4. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Set in a land inspired by Belle Epoque France, this multi-award-winning RPG tasks heroes with defeating a cruel God. It features astonishing style and genuine emotional weight.
Why we love it: “From combat to enemy design to music, I appreciated Clair Obscur’s flair for the epic.”
5. Death Stranding 2
Hideo Kojima shifts his metaphysical post-apocalypse thriller to Australia. Sam must track down his kidnapped Bridge Baby while reconnecting society and saving the environment.
Why we love it: “Combat feels punchier, the world map more handcrafted, missions more varied.”
6. Demon’s Souls
Before Dark Souls, there was this original hack-and-slash masterwork. This gorgeous PS5 remake carefully updates the visuals and combat of the dark, dread-filled Boletaria.
Why we love it: “One of the most quietly significant games of the 00s has been transformed here into a visually incredible, endlessly rewarding dark fantasy.”
7. Elden Ring
A grandiose fantasy opera filled with spectacular landscapes and seemingly insurmountable bosses. Complete with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC, it is an incredibly engrossing open world.
Why we love it: “This is a massive world, astonishingly rendered… It is an unrivalled feat of design and inventiveness.”
8. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
The second installment in Square Enix’s reimagining of a classic. Mixing real-time and turn-based combat, Cloud Strife and his team stalk ever closer to Sephiroth in this rejuvenated 21st-century epic.
Why we love it: “Longtime fans will hungrily slurp up every morsel of sugary fan service here.”
9. Ghost of Yotei
The highly anticipated sequel to Ghost of Tsushima follows a new protagonist, Atsu, on a bloody and gorgeous quest for revenge in historical Japan.
Why we love it: “Even hours and hours in, I still feel a flicker of excitement whenever Atsu purposefully draws her sword at the beginning of a battle.”
10. God of War Ragnarök
Kratos and his teenage son Atreus explore the frozen landscapes of Scandinavia to find a lost god and prevent the end of the world in this gripping mythological adventure.
Why we love it: “There haven’t been many interpretations of ancient mythology as gripping, detailed and imaginative as this.”
11. Arc Raiders
A sci-fi extraction shooter set on a ruined planet. Players must team up to defeat aggressive robots or turn on each other for valuable loot. It is set to absolutely dominate co-op gaming in 2026.
Why we love it: “After every successful extraction, I want to jump right back in for more… close calls, accidental explosions and terrifying sprints.”
12. The Last of Us Parts I and II Remastered
Follow Ellie and Joel through the brutal, post-apocalyptic United States in search of a cure for a zombifying fungal infection. Fully updated for the PS5, these games remain industry landmarks.
Why we love it: “A bludgeoning experience, as exhausting, moving and invigorating as my first playthrough.”
13. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Peter Parker and Miles Morales team up to save New York City from Venom and a cabal of legendary supervillains.
Why we love it: “It is a genuine pleasure to play something that has been so lovingly envisaged, and which is so true to its source material.”
14. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Two furry heroes warp seamlessly across a multiverse to defeat an evil galactic emperor in this visually astounding escapade.
Why we love it: “Everything you do feels good and showers you with sensory feedback, whether visually, aurally or through the controller’s haptic rumble.”
15. Returnal
After crash-landing on a hostile alien planet, Selene must fight her way out of a nightmarish, merciless time loop.
Why we love it: “It’s unforgiving and sometimes dispiriting, but also intriguing, mysterious and just glorious to play.”
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