Look after yourself with this selection of acclaimed PS4 & PS5 games perfect for soothing mind, body and soul.
Colourful and cosy
Take time for relaxation with these low-intensity experiences.
Perfect for: Laughing out loud to colourful slapstick comedy
This ‘comedy slapformer’ casts the player as a travelling salesman running bizarre errands for the townsfolk of Barnsworth. Meet preposterous people in surreal situations throughout a puzzle-platformer where the jokes keep coming.
Perfect for: Soaring over surreal landscapes at your own speed
Become a flying shepherd and herd strange yet adorable creatures that glide right alongside you. Discover weird and rare animals and charm them into joining your airborne flock, flying solo or sharing the experience with online friends.
Perfect for: Exploring a sci-fi world with no dangers to bother you
Embark on a gentle journey across beautiful landscapes in this narrative-driven exploration adventure. Seek your missing sister, helping new friends along the way, with no combat and no death to worry about.
Perfect for: Feeling very satisfied with a job well done
Indulge in methodical yet fantastical clean-‘em-up fun around the dirt-covered town of Muckingham, with your trusty power washer for company. Blast away grime and feel great, solo or with friends, and enjoy Tomb Raider and SpongeBob SquarePants DLC.
Perfect for: Destressing with a ghostly dog
Explore the circumstances of your own death in a charmingly realised and distinctly quirky world full of gentle puzzles and friendly islanders. Learn of a local legend that could be more than mere make-believe, and about its volcanic potential.
Adventure and exploration
Transport yourself to incredible worlds, far from the everyday.
Perfect for: Taking a relaxed wander through the world of Horizon
The beautiful environments of the Horizon series are recreated in LEGO form in this fun-filled journey through a brick-built wilderness. Fight solo or with friends, customise your look and enjoy a light-hearted take on Aloy’s much-loved adventures.
Perfect for: An unbridled sense of adventure
While the fights in Elden Ring will test you, the inimitable world of The Lands Between will transport you. If you're looking for an open-ended adventure where curiosity is your closest companion, few games are as immersive or rewarding.
Perfect for: Open-world adventuring with a cosy twist
Play as Nikki as she explores the fantastical nations of Miraland alongside her companion Momo. Collect and wear amazing outfits that grant Nikki magical abilities and allow you to reach new locations, or simply relax in these calming surroundings.
Perfect for: Losing yourself amid long-forgotten secrets
Feel every step as you guide a nameless nomad towards a looming mountaintop and what awaits there. Brave scorching heat and biting colds as you ascend, using ancient magic to soar through the skies. And you just might meet a stranger or two along the way.
Perfect for: Building friendships in a lavish fantasy land
From the makers of Persona comes a new adventure across a unique fantasy world where your protagonist must lift a curse from the kingdom’s lost prince. Awaken previously unrealized powers and form strong bonds with your party as you battle powerful foes.
Imagination and expression
Enjoy games that give you the freedom to make whatever your heart desires.
Perfect for: Seeing your most imaginative creations come to life
A groundbreaking release, Minecraft’s creative mode allows players to build anything with the game’s fantastical array of blocks, from magical castles to runaway rollercoasters. Share your projects with friends and collaborate to create the incredible in this sandbox classic.
Perfect for: Living a fantasy life among Disney favourites
Take on quests and fun activities in this life-sim that lets you head out for adventure alongside the likes of WALL-E, Moana and Goofy. Build your perfect neighbourhood, pick your unique outfit and personalise your experience with thousands of decorative items.
Perfect for: Rebuilding civilisation, one block at a time
One of the world’s most popular RPG series fuses with the block-building genre and the results are magical. Battle, build and harvest in the charming single-player campaign or build big projects in the online sandbox mode for up to 4-players.
Perfect for: Testing the limits of your imagination
A game universe where anything is possible. Join a growing community of artists, game creators and filmmakers, and let your imagination flourish.
Perfect for: Crafting while surviving
Build your ultimate LEGO home base and recruit villagers to help you survive the night – or relax in Creative mode and enjoy the freedom to build whatever your imagination desires.
Mind and body
Give your mental and physical faculties a special kind of gaming work-out.
Perfect for: Feeling like a rhythm-action superhero
Don your PS VR or PS VR2 headset, grab your twin laser sabres and prepare to slice and dice to the rhythm. Zone out and work up a sweat in a neon-hued virtual space.
Perfect for: Exercising to invigorating pop hits
Featuring a tracklist full of global smashes, Just Dance 2024 Edition makes exercising fun with its Workout mode, allowing you to track the calories you’re burning off with your sweet moves.
Perfect for: Keeping the beat across a variety of modes
This kinetic rhythm game lets you play it how you like. Customise your look, play solo or in local multiplayer (up to four players), and pick between on-screen sessions with DualSense motion controls or full PS VR2 immersion for an added physical workout.
Perfect for: Picturing a path through amazing landscapes
Redefine reality in this puzzler where your pictures – photos, sketches, paintings – become real, reshaping the world around you to provide new routes to explore and bridges to new areas. Follow a player-driven narrative or simply enjoy the puzzles.
Perfect for: Seeing colourful cartoon characters jump into the real world
Embark on a magical adventure as Jot in this game where a storybook comes to life. Jump between 2D and 3D worlds, battling enemies and solving puzzles as you try to save your friends from the wicked Humgrump.
Time and place
Relive the wonder and magic of some of gaming's greatest eras.
Perfect for: Experiencing 30 years of PlayStation history
With his PS5-styled mothership wrecked, ASTRO and the bot crew are scattered across the galaxies. Time to ride your Dual Speeder across more than 50 planets full of fun, danger and surprises, each one full of PlayStation icons in bot form.
Perfect for: Beating those levels you could never best before
Don't be fooled by the modern makeover; this is still the original Crash Bandicoot trilogy, right down to the old-school difficulty. Do you still have what it takes?
Perfect for: Continuing a journey that’s both familiar and fascinatingly new
The second entry in the Final Fantasy VII remake project follows Cloud and his companions as they leave Midgar in pursuit of the mysterious Sephiroth. Explore a beautiful land, battle challenging foes and take part in exciting minigames as this famous Final Fantasy story takes new shape.
Perfect for: Grinding out high scores, just like we used to
Drop back into the most iconic skateboarding games of all time, rebuilt in crisp HD but still featuring all the pro-skaters, levels and tricks from the original PS1 essentials.
Perfect for: Playing a puzzle all-timer across the decades
Celebrate 40 years of Tetris with over 15 playable games as well as the all-new Tetris Time Warp. Tetris Forever features titles previously unreleased outside of Japan, multiplayer options and documentary content on the game's extraordinary history.
Friends and family
Share the fun with co-operative multiplayer games to connect to those closest to you.
Perfect for: Teaming up to beat the odds
An adventure this big deserves more than one hero. In this sweet handmade platformer, team up with up to three Sackpals locally or online to save Craftworld from Vex.
Perfect for: Understanding the importance of communication
There's no such thing as a quiet co-op game of Overcooked!, because talking (ok, shouting) is vital to keep your kitchen cooking. Get the original hit party game and it's critically acclaimed follow-up in one package!
Perfect for: High-speed multiplayer thrills
Pick from a selection of iconic DreamWorks characters – including Shrek, Puss in Boots and Kung Fu Panda’s Po – and strap in for colourful and chaotic rides across 20 movie-themed tracks.
Perfect for: Hijinks with (not-so) heavy loads
Grab your pals for some slapstick action in this physics-based, dimensions-spanning party game sequel where moving into a new place isn’t so much stressful as it is superbly surreal.
Perfect for: Jump scares for older players
Invite your bravest loved ones over for an interactive experience that’ll have your nerves jangling. Vote on key decisions that will determine the fate of characters played by an all-star cast including Justice Smith, David Arquette, Ariel Winter and Brenda Song.
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