Sony’s Playstation 5 continues to be the best-selling console of the current generation and for good reason. This latest iteration of a long-standing line has awed users with its graphical prowess while having a ton of existing and upcoming games. However, the biggest problem gamers are facing with the PS5 is actually getting their hands on one. That being said, there are some lucky few among you who have managed to grab a PS5 off the virtual shelves. If you’re among that lot, we have compiled a list of the best PS5 games you can play right now.
This list not only contains current PS5 games but some amazing upcoming games that are scheduled to release soon. Use the table below to check out the list and jump to your favorite.
Best PS5 Games
ReturnalDemon’s SoulsResident Evil: VillageRatchet and Clank: Rift ApartSpider-Man: Miles MoralesHITMAN 3Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s CutSackboy: A Big AdventureThe PathlessAssassin’s Creed ValhallaLife is Strange: True ColorsFar Cry 6Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarYakuza: Like a DragonDEATHLOOPBest Upcoming PS5 Games
God of War: RagnarokHorizon: Forbidden WestGhostwire: TokyoElden RingDying Light 2: Stay Human
ReturnalDemon’s SoulsResident Evil: VillageRatchet and Clank: Rift ApartSpider-Man: Miles MoralesHITMAN 3Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s CutSackboy: A Big AdventureThe PathlessAssassin’s Creed ValhallaLife is Strange: True ColorsFar Cry 6Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold WarYakuza: Like a DragonDEATHLOOP
God of War: RagnarokHorizon: Forbidden WestGhostwire: TokyoElden RingDying Light 2: Stay Human
Best PS5 Games
1. Returnal
Returnal comes as an amazing addition to the PS5 roster. This third-person psychological horror shooter revolves around Selena, a space pilot who crash lands on an alien planet called Atropos. The protagonist tries to make sense of this foreign world around her as she makes her way through strange artifacts and old architecture. However, Returnal shocks the player when Selena discovers a corpse, of herself.
Release Date – Apr 30, 2021
Built from the ground up for the PS5, Demon’s Souls takes gamers back to the bleak and horrifying world that inspired the Dark Souls series and its massive success. You are a lone warrior whose sole purpose is to traverse through the land and defeat The Old One who is the main villain of Demons Souls.
Publisher, Developer – Sony Interactive, Bluepoint Games
If you’re a Resident Evil veteran, Village is the horrifying new version that has gained immense popularity of late. Like RE7, Village is a first-person survival horror game set three after the previous one and continues Ethan Winter’s story. When Ethan’s wife is gunned down and his daughter Rosemary taken by Chris Redfield, Ethan finds himself in a dark and mysterious eastern European village. He must make his way through the village while battling the four different mutant lords including the massively popular Lady Alcina Dimitrescu that has stolen the hearts of many gamers.
Resident Evil Village largely follows the same mechanics as its predecessors with the inventory system being the same where players can organize items including weapons and supplies. Village has been revered for its immersive horror setting along with a satisfying story. Horror fans should check RE Village out and get ready for jumpscares.
4. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart
Coming from a long line of games, Ratch and Clank: Rift Apart continues the duo’s journey from back in Into the Nexus. Rift Apart has Ratch having repaired the Dimensionator so that he can find his missing family. The game takes place in an alternate universe which appears after a scuffle breaks out between Ratchet and Dr. Nefarious and the Dimensionator is damaged. Ratchet and Clank must team up along with a new Lombax ally called Rivet and defeat Dr. Nefarious who has now been mistaken as Emperor Nefarious.
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Need we say anything about Spiderman? Miles Morales is the second installment in Marvel’s Spiderman that immediately became loved by gamers all over. The game focuses on Miles, as he moves to Harlem after being trained by the previous game’s hero Peter Parker. Miles must now come off on his own and protect New York as it comes under threat. Many new and previous characters make appearances including popular supervillains like Rhino, Kingpin, and the classic J. Jonah Jameson.
Watch the trailer: YouTube
Putting an end to the World of Assassination franchise and the eighth game in the overall series, HITMAN 3 is a stealth game that follows Agent 47 as he returns to his extremely risky job of hunting down a top-secret organization that controls the world. This third-person game follows along the tracks of previous ones where the player is put in different locations and must take assassinate the given target.
Release Date – Jan 20, 2021
While you may have played Ghost of Tsushima on your Playstation 4, the PS5 version brings about a fantastic set of improvements. Now running at 4K 60FPS, Ghost of Tsushima’s entire map looks even more beautiful than ever. However, that’s not all. The game also brings with it full Dual Sense features and the PS5’s loved 3D audio.
Release Date – Aug 20, 2021
Another laid-back fun game, Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a platformer game that has 3D platforming as its main mechanic. A Big Adventure is a spinoff of the LittleBigPlanet series that contained various games including the main LBP Trilogy. The game is set in Craftworld in a cute little village called Loom where Sackboy is introduced along with other sackpeople.
Publisher, Developer – Sony Interactive, Sumo Digital
Fans of Annapurna Interactive already know that the publisher has a habit of releasing games that provide a very enchanting experience and The Pathless is no different. Developed by Giant Squid, the same company that created the loved adventure game Abzû, The Pathless is a third-person adventure game. The main character is the Hunter an archer, who must find a way to lift the curse off the island.
Movement in the game is powered by Hunter’s own dash meter that can make her swiftly move across the island. The Dash meter can be filled by shooting Talismans. Moreover, an eagle follows Hunter around and when needed can fly her across areas. The Hunter and the eagle also encounter cursed spirits who try to separate them from time to time. However, the different thing about The Pathless is that it doesn’t have a mini-map. According to the devs, the game is focused on players finding their own path and hence they don’t need a map. So if you’re looking for something different or already know Annapurna’s works, try out this PS5 game.
10. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
Some say competition to the Witcher 3, some say a completely new RPG experience, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is Ubisoft’s newest entry into a franchise that has spanned eleven other games and become the childhood of many. AC Valhalla is set around the Viking invasion of Britain and centers on Eivor Varinsdottir, a Viking warrior who must unite various fellow Viking clans in a fight against the other Anglo kingdoms. Valhalla gives the player the option to choose between a female or male Eivor or play them both alternatively. In the modern timeline controlling Eivor, the player is Layla Hassan who relieves Eivor’s memories.
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Players interested in graphic adventures will be glad to know that the popular Life is Strange franchise has another addition in form of Life is Strange: True Colors. This fifth installment focuses on Alex Chen, a person gifted with the supernatural ability to absorb and control others’ emotions. The story revolves around finding out the truth about her brother’s death who supposedly died in an ‘Accident’.
Watch the trailer: YouTube
We covered Far Cry 6 as one of the best E3 upcoming games and we stand by it. Far Cry 6 is a first-person shooter set in the tropical nation of Yara. As it is with the Far Cry series, the main theme of the game is centered around one player against the much more powerful villain with overtones of revolution. However, this time your capacity for creating chaos is twofold with the addition of new elements that make this game extremely enticing.
Release Date – Oct 7, 2021
The latest addition to the COD Franchise is Black Ops Cold War and takes place between COD: Black Ops and Black Ops 2 timeline. Inspired by some actual events, the first-person shooter has you playing ‘Bell’ a soldier who is recruited by CIA officer Russell Adler into a task force to hunt down a USSR extremist group in the early 1980’s Cold War Era.
Publisher, Developer – Activision, Treyarch, Raven Software
Chances are, you’re not familiar with the Yakuza series. If that’s the case, don’t worry because while Yakuza: Like a Dragon is the eighth release in the Yakuza series, it starts with a new protagonist and his own new story. You play Ichiban Kasuga a member of the Yakuza who is imprisoned for 18 years and then betrayed by his own former boss. Kasuga must go on a journey to become a hero and find out the reason for this betrayal.
Like a Dragon departs from the older game’s real-time fighting and goes for a turn-based combat system. Turn-based combat becomes a blend of careful analyzing the fight and funny incidents as you see Kasuga eating a rice cake to heal himself in real-time. Environmental damage is also a big thing in Yakuza as players can pick up nearby items and smash them onto their enemies. Set in Yokohama, the game is a good combination of action and story with crass humor as a sidedish. Easily a game you can add to your PS5 collection.
15. DEATHLOOP
This is another game roguelike lovers can get their hands on. Deathloop is a first-person shooter set on the mysterious land of Blackreef. You are Colt, an assassin who is caught in a time loop and looking for a way to get out of it. Colt will need to take out 8 targets to break the loop. However, it must be done before the day is over otherwise you are thrown right back to the beginning.
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Now that we have covered the best PS5 games you can play right now, let us give you a rundown of our favorite upcoming PS5 games that we are excited about. These games make up a bigger collection of the 20 Best Upcoming Games Announced at E3 2021. Check all of them out to get hyped even more.
After remaining elusive for so long, the Sony PlayStation Showcase 2021 revealed details about the upcoming God of War: Ragnarok. Set years after the previous GOW, Ragnarok will follow Kratos and a now teenage Loki (Atreus). Loki has now grown up and wants answers about the world and how to stop Ragnarok. However, Kratos remembers his past and forbids him, fearing a fight with the gods. God of War Ragnarok features the same pulse-pounding action gamers are used to.
Release Date – 2022
Touted to be one of the most anticipated PS5 games, Horizon Forbidden West is a beautiful masterpiece that has us watching the gameplay trailer over and over again. This third-person game continues its focus on Aloy, a brave huntress exploring the dangerous lands known as the Forbidden West. Forbidden West will see Aloy on a quest to this strange land to find the source of a mysterious plague that kills brutally.
Publisher, Developer – Sony Interactive, Guerrilla Games
This is your chance to become a ghosthunter and fight back the deadly spirits. Ghostwire: Tokyo is set in well, Tokyo and revolves around an age where nearly all of the city’s inhabitants have mysteriously vanished. You are a person gifted with supernatural abilities who has to hunt down these deadly threats and claim back the city and its populace.
Fans of Tango Gameworks will recognize the studio’s work in Ghostwire from its creepy atmosphere and detailed art of the spirits. Ghostwire: Tokyo takes the best horror notes from the studio’s previous successes like The Evil Within and takes it two steps further. The recently released gameplay trailer shows the player battling it out with various ghouls, some of which you might even recognize. We think we saw Slender man too. So if you want an unsettling yet badass experience, check out Ghostwire Tokyo.
4. Elden Ring
If you loved Demon’s Souls then you will fall in love with Elden Ring much faster. Vaguely a part of the Bandai Namco Souls series, Elden Ring is a third-person fantasy RPG hitting PS5 soon. This melee combat game is set in a dark yet rich universe where the Elden Ring, the source of the Erdtree, has been shattered. As the protagonist in the game, you will embark on a mission to slay anyone who stands in your journey to become the Elden Lord.
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If you’ve just come back from the city of Harran after finishing Dying Light, there’s good news waiting for you. The upcoming survival horror Dying Light 2 is an upcoming survival horror game. It encompasses the same parkour elements of its predecessor but adds a whole bunch of new elements to it along with a riveting story. Dying Light 2 will focus on Aiden Caldwell, a man set in a broken city that has humanity on the edge of extinction.
