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Best PlayStation 5 Games 2025

56 Mighty-tier games on PlayStation 5 for 2025.

These were the standout PlayStation 5 releases of 2025, ranked by OpenCritic Top Critics score. Notable entries include Doom: The Dark Ages (211 reviews) and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (203 reviews).

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Hades II cover

1. Hades II

OpenCritic: 94/100 (134 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cover

2. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

OpenCritic: 92/100 (203 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Hollow Knight: Silksong cover

3. Hollow Knight: Silksong

OpenCritic: 91/100 (118 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Split Fiction cover

4. Split Fiction

OpenCritic: 91/100 (183 reviews)

Adventure Platform Puzzle Multiplayer Co-operative
Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter cover

5. Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

OpenCritic: 90/100 (84 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Turn-based strategy (TBS) Single player
Öoo cover

6. Öoo

OpenCritic: 90/100 (7 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach cover

7. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach

OpenCritic: 90/100 (185 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Single player
Blue Prince cover

8. Blue Prince

OpenCritic: 89/100 (116 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Monster Hunter Wilds cover

9. Monster Hunter Wilds

OpenCritic: 89/100 (203 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
Kingdom Come: Deliverance II cover

10. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

OpenCritic: 89/100 (170 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player
Sektori cover

11. Sektori

OpenCritic: 89/100 (16 reviews)

Arcade Indie Shooter Single player
Shujinkou cover

12. Shujinkou

OpenCritic: 89/100 (16 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo cover

13. Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo

OpenCritic: 88/100 (50 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Monster Train 2 cover

14. Monster Train 2

OpenCritic: 88/100 (52 reviews)

Card & Board Game Indie Strategy Single player
The Talos Principle: Reawakened cover

15. The Talos Principle: Reawakened

OpenCritic: 88/100 (29 reviews)

Adventure Indie Puzzle Single player
Battle Suit Aces cover

16. Battle Suit Aces

OpenCritic: 88/100 (8 reviews)

Adventure Card & Board Game Indie Single player
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles cover

17. Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

OpenCritic: 88/100 (117 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Tactical Single player
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance cover

18. Shinobi: Art of Vengeance

OpenCritic: 87/100 (141 reviews)

Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Platform Single player
Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker cover

19. Sea of Stars: Throes of the Watchmaker

OpenCritic: 87/100 (26 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer
ARC Raiders cover

20. ARC Raiders

OpenCritic: 87/100 (95 reviews)

Shooter Multiplayer Co-operative
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector cover

21. Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector

OpenCritic: 87/100 (79 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Ghost of Yotei cover

22. Ghost of Yotei

OpenCritic: 87/100 (161 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Dispatch cover

23. Dispatch

OpenCritic: 87/100 (118 reviews)

Adventure Point-and-click Strategy Single player
Sword of the Sea cover

24. Sword of the Sea

OpenCritic: 87/100 (50 reviews)

Adventure Indie Single player
Lumines Arise cover

25. Lumines Arise

OpenCritic: 86/100 (69 reviews)

Arcade Indie Music Single player Multiplayer
The Alters cover

26. The Alters

OpenCritic: 86/100 (113 reviews)

Adventure Simulator Single player
Yakuza 0: Director's Cut cover

27. Yakuza 0: Director's Cut

OpenCritic: 86/100 (53 reviews)

Adventure Fighting Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Single player Multiplayer
Absolum cover

28. Absolum

OpenCritic: 86/100 (104 reviews)

Adventure Fighting Indie Single player Multiplayer
Silent Hill f cover

29. Silent Hill f

OpenCritic: 86/100 (176 reviews)

Adventure Puzzle Single player
Doom: The Dark Ages cover

30. Doom: The Dark Ages

OpenCritic: 86/100 (211 reviews)

Shooter Single player
Earthion cover

31. Earthion

OpenCritic: 86/100 (28 reviews)

Arcade Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack cover

32. Atelier Ryza Secret Trilogy Deluxe Pack

OpenCritic: 86/100 (35 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG)
Zoe Begone! cover

33. Zoe Begone!

OpenCritic: 86/100 (10 reviews)

Arcade Platform Shooter Single player
Bionic Bay cover

34. Bionic Bay

OpenCritic: 86/100 (45 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Lies of P: Overture cover

35. Lies of P: Overture

OpenCritic: 86/100 (48 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist cover

36. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist

OpenCritic: 85/100 (68 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time cover

37. Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time

OpenCritic: 85/100 (52 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Heretic + Hexen cover

38. Heretic + Hexen

OpenCritic: 85/100 (36 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Shooter Single player Multiplayer
Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake cover

39. Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake

OpenCritic: 85/100 (101 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
Two Point Museum cover

40. Two Point Museum

OpenCritic: 85/100 (125 reviews)

Indie Simulator Strategy Single player
Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater cover

41. Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

OpenCritic: 85/100 (153 reviews)

Adventure Shooter Tactical Single player
Wizard of Legend 2 cover

42. Wizard of Legend 2

OpenCritic: 85/100 (8 reviews)

Adventure Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player Multiplayer
Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road cover

43. Inazuma Eleven: Victory Road

OpenCritic: 85/100 (23 reviews)

Role-playing (RPG) Sport Single player Multiplayer
Wizordum cover

44. Wizordum

OpenCritic: 84/100 (10 reviews)

Indie Puzzle Shooter Single player
Despelote cover

45. Despelote

OpenCritic: 84/100 (41 reviews)

Adventure Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Skate Story cover

46. Skate Story

OpenCritic: 84/100 (78 reviews)

Adventure Arcade Indie Single player
Jurassic World Evolution 3 cover

47. Jurassic World Evolution 3

OpenCritic: 84/100 (50 reviews)

Simulator Strategy Single player
Soulstone Survivors cover

48. Soulstone Survivors

OpenCritic: 84/100 (5 reviews)

Arcade Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Indie Single player
Two Point Museum: Fantasy Finds cover

49. Two Point Museum: Fantasy Finds

OpenCritic: 84/100 (8 reviews)

Indie Simulator Strategy Single player
Strange Antiquities cover

50. Strange Antiquities

OpenCritic: 84/100 (24 reviews)

Adventure Indie Point-and-click Single player
PowerWash Simulator 2 cover

51. PowerWash Simulator 2

OpenCritic: 84/100 (56 reviews)

Indie Simulator Single player Multiplayer
Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark cover

52. Gal Guardians: Servants of the Dark

OpenCritic: 84/100 (22 reviews)

Adventure Platform Single player Multiplayer
Ys X: Proud Nordics cover

53. Ys X: Proud Nordics

OpenCritic: 84/100 (50 reviews)

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Single player
EA Sports College Football 26 cover

54. EA Sports College Football 26

OpenCritic: 84/100 (40 reviews)

Simulator Sport Single player Multiplayer
Constance cover

55. Constance

OpenCritic: 84/100 (30 reviews)

Adventure Indie Platform Single player
Abiotic Factor cover

56. Abiotic Factor

OpenCritic: 84/100 (6 reviews)

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG) Single player Multiplayer