Best PS5 & PS4 Games — Page 19
Expert-reviewed PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 games, scored out of 10.
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- 481
Top rated on PlayStation
- 01God of War (2018)Santa Monica Studio's God of War is a reboot that re-evaluates its protagonist and its genre, delivering an emotionally…9.7Outstanding
- 02Persona 5 RoyalPersona 5 Royal refines an already exceptional JRPG to an unassailable standard, blending deep social simulation with s…9.7Outstanding
- 03UndertaleUndertale is a foundational critique of the RPG genre itself, one that weaponizes player choice to deliver an unforgett…9.7Outstanding
The Case of the Golden Idol
Adventure gameThe Case of the Golden Idol is a brilliant and brutal detective game that respects its audience's intelligence. It forces you to think, not just click...Outstanding9.0Wildermyth
RPG gameWildermyth is a triumph of procedural generation, weaving tactical RPG mechanics into a storytelling engine so potent it creates legitimate emotional ...Outstanding9.2NORCO
Adventure gameNORCO is a corrosive and beautiful Southern Gothic journey that uses the point-and-click format to explore the ghosts of industrial capitalism. It ear...Outstanding9.4The Forgotten City
Adventure gameThe Forgotten City has grown well beyond its origins as a mod, with a script and moral dilemmas so sharp that talking your way through the city proves...Outstanding9.2Thumper
Action gameThumper is a grueling, hypnotic, and masterfully executed descent into aural and visual chaos — one of the very best games in its category. It's an es...Outstanding9.5Firewatch
Adventure gameFirewatch is a well-crafted narrative game built on sharp writing and a genuinely resonant central relationship. Its painterly world and strong voice ...Good7.6PowerWash Simulator
Simulation gamePowerWash Simulator turns mundane labor into a digital meditation, and its core loop is genuinely satisfying — but the repetition wears thin, the Swit...Mixed6.7Chicory: A Colorful Tale
Adventure gameChicory: A Colorful Tale masterfully uses a simple coloring-book mechanic to tell one of the most resonant stories about creativity and mental health ...Outstanding9.2
Sable
Adventure gameSable trades combat and conflict for a meditative, visually striking pilgrimage that stands apart from the open-world crowd, even if its technical per...Great8.1Inscryption
Adventure gameInscryption fuses psychological horror with genre-bending design, a game that plays its players with the same ruthless ingenuity they use to play its ...Outstanding9.5VA-11 Hall-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action
Adventure gameVA-11 Hall-A swaps cyberpunk's usual high-octane action for a bar towel and a shaker, delivering a poignant, sharply written narrative experience. It'...Great8.2A Short Hike
Adventure game"A Short Hike" proves how much minimalist game design can accomplish, showing that a compelling experience doesn't require high stakes, sprawling maps...Outstanding9.5Hades
Action gameHades is superbly designed, blending a fiendishly addictive combat loop with narrative and character depth most AAA games can only dream of. It sets a...Outstanding9.7Stumble Guys
Action gameA free, cross-platform party royale built on a borrowed formula, Stumble Guys gets the basics right but leans on luck and pushy monetization; it is ha...Mixed6.5Celeste
Action gameCeleste weaves a profoundly human story about mental health into a pixel-perfect, brutally challenging platformer, and its fusion of the two is what m...Outstanding9.7Subnautica
Adventure gameSubnautica builds its atmospheric design and narrative progression around psychological tension rather than difficulty, creating one of the most engro...Outstanding9.2Return of the Obra Dinn
Adventure gameReturn of the Obra Dinn is a singular, demanding, and utterly brilliant piece of detective work that trusts its player completely. It's an unforgettab...Outstanding9.6Hollow Knight
Action gameHollow Knight is a pilgrimage into a beautifully broken world. It is the definitive modern Metroidvania, a harrowing, unforgettable experience that se...Outstanding9.6Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons
Action gameA moving, inventive fable whose dual-character control scheme isn't a gimmick but the very soul of its story about brotherhood, sacrifice, and loss. I...Great8.7Door Kickers: Action Squad
Action gameDoor Kickers: Action Squad is a sharply focused tactical arcade shooter with a brutally satisfying loop of run-and-gun violence. It's a demanding, wel...Great8.1Endling - Extinction is Forever
Adventure gameEndling is a mechanically simple but emotionally punishing survival adventure that uses its stripped-down gameplay to deliver a bleak interactive fabl...Good7.8World of Goo 2
Adventure gameSixteen years after the original, World of Goo 2 returns with its physics-based charm intact, expanding the formula with clever new mechanics. It's a ...Good7.8Vampire Survivors
Action gameVampire Survivors strips the modern roguelite down to its bones and rebuilds it into one of the most compelling and dangerously addictive feedback loo...Outstanding9.3LIMBO
Action gameLIMBO's minimalist design still works, as its stark, monochromatic world and brutal physics puzzles create an atmosphere so oppressive and compelling ...Outstanding9.2
