The ultimate PlayStation review of 2025

Check out the biggest and best games to have released on PlayStation consoles in 2025, from remakes of classic adventures to touching stories of human connection.

The best open-world games of 2025

Explore new horizons

Immersive, expansive open worlds built to satisfy the wanderlust in us all.

Ghost of Yōtei

Take up arms at the northern edge of feudal Japan as Atsu – a vengeful warrior determined to exact justice for the death of her family at the hands of the Yōtei Six.

A vast frontier: Explore the striking lands around Mount Yōtei on foot or horseback, from its icy peaks to tranquil temples and dense forests.

Tools of the trade: Train with sensei to master five different melee weapons and an arsenal of tools as you develop your unique playstyle.

Built for PS5: With near-instant load times, immersive DualSense wireless controller features and stunning visuals, Ezo comes to life in incredible detail.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

Embark on an inspiring mission of human connection across a post-apocalyptic world to save humanity from extinction.

An all-star cast: Set out on an otherworldly journey with a cast of Hollywood talent, including Norman Reedus, Léa Seydoux and Elle Fanning.

Explore your way: Fabricate unique tools to help you on the road, from floating carriers and performance-enhancing skeletons to rideable coffins.

The future in your hands: Feel the thrill of combat through haptic feedback and steady yourself in-game using the adaptive triggers of the DualSense.

Forza Horizon 5

The world’s greatest driving festival arrives on PlayStation with total freedom across a vast, ever-evolving Mexico.

All terrain: Speed through deserts, jungles and cities in one of the most expansive Forza maps ever created.

Join the club: Customise cars with new body kits, create your own races, challenges and stunts – and share them with the community.

Under the hood: 4K visuals, ray-traced reflections and DualSense features put you squarely in the driver’s seat.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

Henry of Skalitz returns in a vast open-world RPG that blends historical accuracy with cinematic storytelling.

A rich world: Roam an authentic medieval Europe, filled with warm taverns, lush forests and rolling hillsides.

Live by the sword: Deep, skill-based combat rewards precision as you master parries, dodges and deadly combos.

Peak immersion: Learn blacksmithing, alchemy, horse racing, and more – each with dedicated minigames to ground you in 15th century Bohemia.

The best open-world games on PlayStation

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Stay within the world of PlayStation® as you upgrade from a PS4® to a PS5® or PS5® Pro console. PS5 delivers near-instant loading times, enhanced visuals, 3D audio and more. Feel it all with the DualSense^TM wireless controller's haptic feedback and adaptive triggers.¹Over 4,000 PS4 titles are supported on PS5 through backwards compatibility, select games benefit from PS5 upgrades², and PS4 and PS5 users can enjoy cross-generational online play³.

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The best story-driven single-player games of 2025

Stories to last a lifetime

All-new and iconic characters star in these absorbing interactive adventures, each rich in storytelling detail.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Become Indiana Jones in this multi-award-winning adventure set between the classic movies Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Crusade.

Play as Indy: Use your archaeological prowess to solve puzzles, your whip to disarm fascist foes, and your sharp wit to stay alive.

Travel the world: Explore expansive hubs, from the Egyptian pyramids to the Siam jungle, collecting artefacts and foiling enemy plans.

Feel the adventure: The DualSense wireless controller reproduces in-game sensations, and optional 3D audio immerses you in Indy’s every predicament.

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

One of 2025’s most acclaimed games, this fantasy RPG combines dramatic storytelling with a unique blend of turn-based and real-time combat.

Beautiful visuals: Inspired by France’s Belle Époque period, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 also draws from the Final Fantasy series for its striking style.

A memorable cast: Play as a party of volunteers, with each character richly written and possessing unique abilities and motivations.

A quest of life or death: The stakes are high as Expedition 33 must destroy the Paintress, a supernatural being steadily eradicating all humankind.

Mafia: The Old Country

The Mafia series’ trademark crime drama moves to Sicily in the early 1900s for a cinematic origin story.

A life of crime: Play as Enzo Favara, working your way from sulphur mine labourer to a place in the local Cosa Nostra family.

Classic Mob storyline: As the antihero of this gripping tale, you’ll realise love and loyalty are worth killing for.

Period authenticity: Fight with era-accurate firearms and speed across a beautiful open-world map in detailed turn-of-the-century vehicles.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

The classic Yakuza formula takes a surreal, seafaring turn in this spinoff adventure.

Majima’s the man: Play as fan-favourite character Goro Majima in an all-new story that’s more enchanting and boisterous than any before it.

Island-hopping fun: Form a pirate crew and sail the open sea, battling with other ships, or swagger onto dry land to explore varied locations including the city of Honolulu.

Fast-flying fists: Control Majima in over-the-top, real-time combat encounters, feeling every cutlass-swinging combo through the DualSense’s haptics.

The best story-driven single-player games on PlayStation

Ongoing online multiplayer games on PlayStation

Exclusive events and incredible add-ons, seasonal specials and superstar crossovers: if you played online with PlayStation in 2025, you saw it all.

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Minecraft

The classic game of block building and survival tactics enjoyed a terrific 2025, with The Copper Age, Chase the Skies and Spring to Life drops adding new ways to play.

Roblox

From Grow a Garden and Brookhaven RP to Steal a Brainrot and Adopt Me!, Roblox’s millions of players enjoyed a massive variety of user-made games in 2025.

ARC Raiders

The breakout multiplayer shooter of 2025 pits underground human survivors against ARC machines as they scavenge for supplies. New content updates are coming throughout 2026.

Helldivers 2

Super Earth’s finest took the battle to the Terminid Hive Worlds with the Into the Unjust update, while the Helldivers II x Halo: ODST Legendary Warbond brought Helljumpers technology into the fight.

Destiny 2: Year of Prophecy

The Edge of Fate and the Star Wars-themed Renegades updates ensured Destiny 2: Year of Prophecy players fought through a multitude of new scenarios in 2025.

Fortnite

The all-new Blitz mode gave Fortnite a fresh update, and it continued its trademark pop-culture collaborations with the likes of KPop Demon Hunters and The Fantastic Four.

Final Fantasy XIV

Millions of Final Fantasy XIV players witnessed the climax of the game’s Dawntrail story and enjoyed a crossover with Monster Hunter Wilds – and there are many more adventures to come across Eorzea and beyond.

Genshin Impact

Version Luna I has taken Genshin Impact’s Travellers to the new region of Nod-Krai, and many more adventures are coming with its year-long Song of the Welkin Moon series.

Diablo IV

As Diablo IV has moved through seasons 7 to 10, players have enjoyed all-new powers and abilities, unique items aplenty, and content born of Witchcraft and Chaos.

Grand Theft Auto Online

The online citizens of Los Santos have received new properties, vehicles and (totally legitimate, honestly) businesses in 2025 as updates including Money Fronts further expanded the open-world crime extravaganza.

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The best multiplayer games of 2025

Share the excitement

Elbow to elbow on the couch or masterminding while oceans apart, these games didn't let you miss a moment of adrenaline-pumping adventure with your buddies, no matter where you were.

Split Fiction

Discover the power of imagination, in all its marvels and danger, as protagonists Mio and Zoe try to escape fictional worlds of their own creation before their work is stolen by a villainous publisher.

Reinvent yourself: Cast spells to transform each other into sentient cheese wheels, or speed through a cyberpunk city on a gravity bike.

Make memories: Enjoy an action-adventure that’s packed with emotion as Mio and Zoe go from snarky competitors to life-long friends.

Triumph together: With Friend’s Pass, letting one game-owning player invite a partner who doesn't need their own copy, means that your adventure on PS5 starts... now.

Monster Hunter Wilds

Few have set foot in the Forbidden Lands and even fewer will return with its trophies. A land as deadly as it is alive, only those who master every weapon, every skill, and every opportunity to strike will survive to the top of the food chain.

Unpredictable and unique: Get to grips with 14 weapons to discover your own fighting style against all-new and returning beasts.

Welcome to the jungle: Whether you're a bold newcomer or a decorated player, a world of spectacle, challenge and unforgettable fights awaits

Feel every strike: Become one with the hunt with DualSense haptics that shiver with your senses and adaptive triggers that shake with your attacks.

Borderlands 4

Blast onto Kairos and bring home its bounty. To take down the tyrannical Timekeeper, you'll need every weapon that isn't nailed down, and every ally that will stand up to this planet's oppressor.

Who's your hero: Play as one of four Vault Hunters with their own exciting abilities that encourage creative (or destructive) expression.

Air time: New movement mechanics means no stone is left unexploded, as you glide, dash and grapple across a dynamic world.

Co-op chaos: Stomp and shoot from quest to quest with seamless exploration on the PS5, so you and your pals are never playing catch-up.

Battlefield 6

From the heights of the Manhattan Bridge to the terror of Operation Firestorm, Battlefield 6 is back with a boom that shakes the foundations of the series.

Spectacular fidelity: Devastating destruction physics are monumental on PS5, making the dust and debris feel like it's settling in your palms.

New multiplayer modes: Thrilling air, vehicle and infantry combat takes to a new stage in Escalation, or leap feet-first into fan favourites Deathmatch, Domination and King of the Hill.

Revolutionised Portal mode: Stretch that strategic muscle in this sandbox tool that lets you and your competitors sharpen your skills.

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The best new games from beloved franchises in 2025

New thrills in famous series

These games all took the familiar into unfamiliar territory, from legendary platforming heroes getting behind the wheel, to a landmark horror series travelling across the Pacific.

Silent Hill f

This standalone spin-off to the main Silent Hill series transports its unmistakable brand of psychological horror to 1960s Japan.

Small village, big mystery: Explore the seemingly abandoned small mountain town of Ebisugaoka as it succumbs to a terrifying, yet strangely alluring, corruption.

A nightmare worth repeating: Replaying the game rewards you with additional story details, new items and a variety of drastically different endings.

Play your way: Puzzle and combat difficulty are independently scalable, allowing you to tailor the experience to suit your skill level and playstyle.

DOOM: The Dark Ages

The third part of the rebooted DOOM series is a prequel that fuses fantasy, sci-fi and horror for a relentlessly brutal and joyously excessive single-player shooter campaign.

You are the DOOM Slayer: Become a one-man army, utilising versatile firearms and melee weapons to devastate hordes of demons.

Even the odds: Pilot a colossal Atlan war machine and ride the mighty dragon Serrat as the DOOM Slayer takes on the legions of Hell.

Power at your fingertips: Feel the tension and punch of every shot with the DualSense wireless controller’s adaptive triggers and haptic feedback.

Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds

Join your favourite Sonic heroes and villains for a racing spectacular across land, air, sea – and even space.

Race across dimensions: Enter Travel Rings to seamlessly warp into other dimensions. Stay in first place to decide where the race goes next!

Crossover potential: New seasonal DLC expands the roster of racers, vehicles and tracks from the worlds of Minecraft, Pac-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more.

Build your dream machine: Mix and match vehicle parts and add game-changing gadgets to suit your race style. Unlock more components to increase your customisation options.

Elden Ring Nightreign

Revisit the world of Elden Ring in this fast-paced multiplayer game of skill and survival. Fight together, or die alone.

Choose your Nightfarer: Build a team of heroes with two fellow adventurers, combining the Nightfarers’ unique abilities to create a formidable trio.

An unpredictable adventure: Enemies, items, environmental hazards and even bosses change with every Expedition for the ultimate test of adaptability and resolve.

No time to wait: Optimised game textures and the PS5 console’s ultra-high-speed SSD reduces loading times, meaning you can embark on your next Expedition in seconds.

2025's best indie games

Innovation and experimentation is never in short supply in the indie scene, and 2025 saw some truly brilliant and wholly original titles come to PlayStation.

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Push your limits in a beautifully eerie, seamless world in Hollow Knight: Silksong, which will pull you in and reward you for your might.

LEGO® Voyagers

Whether you're brand new or a builder from the beginning, LEGO Voyagers on PlayStation lets you shape your story together, one snap, tumble and roll at a time.

Blue Prince

A roguelike puzzler, rummaging through the riddles of Blue Prince turns familiar rooms into fresh mysteries that take you closer to the secret at the heart of the mansion.

Baby Steps

Frustration, contemplation, satisfaction: just a few words describing the odyssey of Baby Steps, the surreal story of a man determined to climb a distant, distant mountain... dressed as a big baby.

Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

Recruit. Resist. Rewrite the story that your oppressors handed to you in Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector, a tabletop-inspired tale of defiance and community amongst cold stars.

Sword of the Sea

From the studio behind Abzû and The Pathless, bring a barren desert back to lush life in this PS5 adventure, where your hoversword soars smooth as a breeze.

Promise Mascot Agency

Promise Mascot Agency defies every expectation of a business simulator. Manage a roster of sentient mascots as a yakuza who's supposed to be dead and fix up a mysterious town as you do so.

Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

The legacy of Shinobi sharpens to an edge in this 2D action-platformer that challenges you to master its combat, whet your reflexes, and explore every shadowy path.

Tiny Terry's Turbo Trip

Go off road and off beat with this comedic open-world caper about Tiny Terry’s crusade to take himself to space, spectated by the peculiar citizens of Sprankelwater.

1000xRESIST

This award-winning indie is a profound and soulful sci-fi story, questioning what it means to be a part of what remains when everything we knew has been eradicated by an alien plague.

Absolum

A side-scrolling beat ‘em up with roguelite mechanics and multiple paths to follow, Absolum follows four heroes on a fantastical quest to overthrow nefarious wizards.

Deltarune

Now spanning four chapters, Deltarune is a parallel story to Undertale. Many strange characters await you in this mysterious world – and it’s up to you whether they should be battled or befriended.

Dispatch

A superhero workplace comedy with a lot of heart, and where your choices really matter, Dispatch is a narrative adventure from the makers of The Wolf Among Us starring Aaron Paul and Laura Bailey.

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The best remakes of 2025

Classics never go out of style

Remastered, rebuilt, and polished for a new generation – these remakes are just as fun today as when they were first released.

Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater

Discover the origin story of one of stealth-action’s most iconic heroes, rebuilt in Unreal Engine 5 and enhanced with modern features.

Cinematic stealth: Discover a gripping Cold War story of espionage, betrayal and growth originally written and directed by Hideo Kojima.

Guerrilla warfare: Blend into the environment with a dynamic camouflage system, and take down foes with an arsenal of weapons and gadgets.

Old snake, new tricks: Enjoy bonus game modes like Snake Vs Monkey, Secret Theatre, and the tense new online multiplayer experience, Fox Hunt.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

Return to Tamriel and face a crisis of cataclysmic proportions in this complete remake of the fourth Elder Scrolls adventure.

Rediscover Cyrodiil: Explore a stunning open world, from the bustling Imperial City to the demonic plains of Oblivion itself.

Forge your path: Create your own unique class of fantasy hero, be they warrior, mage, rogue, or anything in-between.

The complete story: Discover the complete Oblivion experience with two expansions – Shivering Isles and Knights of the Nine – plus all previously released add-ons.

Ninja Gaiden II: Black

Take on scores of enemy ninja and monstrous fiends in breakneck combat as the iconic Ryu Hayabusa.

Hack-and-slash: Wield katana, kusarigama, tonfa and more in a furious combat system that rewards focus and precision.

Push your limits: Ramp up the intensity in five difficulty modes, each remixing encounters as you strive for the heights of Master Ninja.

Master multiple styles: Play as four different characters across the campaign and Tag Missions, each with their own unique weapons and abilities.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4

Two of the most iconic skateboarding games ever made, seamlessly combined into one sick combo.

Classic parks, new tricks: Drop into every level from THPS3 and 4 with gorgeous modern detail and expanded skater movesets.

The sound of a generation: Ride along to classic skate anthems, including tracks by Motörhead, Run-D.M.C. and Iron Maiden.

Modes for every mood: Complete Solo Tour to boost your abilities, go head-to-head with other skaters in multiplayer, and share your style in Create-A-Park.

The best remakes and remasters on PlayStation