PlayStation 5 is gearing up for another exciting year in 2025, with games that are already capturing gamers’ attention. From PlayStation exclusives to highly anticipated sequels, these 20 PS5 games are set to be the talk of the gaming community.
The Blix team has carefully researched the latest gaming trends, community discussions, and expert opinions to bring you this list of the most exciting games on the horizon. Keep reading to discover the titles that are sure to keep you coming back to your PS5 all year long.
For those interested in playing with their friends, we have an article: Best Co-op Games to Play With Friends in 2025.
If you’d like to know the best games on Nintendo this year, check out Top 15 Nintendo Switch Games to Play in 2025. If you’re an Xbox player by chance, we also have the Top 20 Xbox Multiplayer Games to Play in 2025 article for you.
Contents
- 1 In-Depth Look at the 20 Best PS5 Games to Play in 2025
- 2 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- 3 Stellar Blade
- 4 Dune: Awakening
- 5 DOOM: The Dark Ages
- 6 The First Berserker: Khazan
- 7 Elden Ring Nightreign
- 8 Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- 9 Monster Hunter Wilds
- 10 Marvel’s Wolverine
- 11 Age of Mythology: Retold
- 12 Silent Hill 2 Remake
- 13 Dragon’s Dogma 2
- 14 Helldivers 2
- 15 Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
- 16 Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- 17 Black Myth: Wukong
- 18 Ninja Gaiden 4
- 19 Judas
- 20 Tekken 8
- 21 Two Point Museum
- 22 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) – Top PS5 Games in 2025
In-Depth Look at the 20 Best PS5 Games to Play in 2025
| Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | Silent Hill 2 Remake |
| Stellar Blade | Dragon’s Dogma 2 |
| Dune: Awakening | Helldivers 2 |
| DOOM: The Dark Ages | Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores |
| The First Berserker: Khazan | Assassin’s Creed: Shadows |
| Elden Ring Nightreign | Black Myth: Wukong |
| Death Stranding 2: On the Beach | Ninja Gaiden 4 |
| Monster Hunter Wilds | Judas |
| Marvel’s Wolverine | Tekken 8 |
| Age of Mythology: Retold | Two Point Museum |
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Developer: Square Enix
- Genre: Fighting game, Adventure game, Action role-playing game
- Release Date: February 29, 2024
- Price: $69.99
- Metacritic Score: 92
It is the second installment in Square Enix’s Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy. It continues the tale of Cloud Strife and his allies. The game lets players leave Midgar to explore a world filled with iconic locations like the Grasslands, Junon, and Cosmo Canyon.
The main experience is a story-driven RPG featuring cinematic missions, open-world exploration, and intense battles.
Active Mode is for folks who like action. You’re fully in control — moving around, dodging, attacking, switching characters on the fly. It’s all real-time, so you’re in the thick of every fight. But it’s not just button mashing—you build up a special bar (the ATB gauge), and when that’s full, you can slow things down to pick powerful skills, spells, or items.
Classic Mode is more chill and perfect if you’re into that old-school Final Fantasy flavor. Instead of controlling everything, your character moves and attacks automatically. You just step in to choose abilities or cast spells when your ATB bar is ready.
Stellar Blade
Stellar Blade
- Developer: SHIFT UP Corporation
- Genre: Action-adventure game, Role-playing Video Game, Fighting game, Adventure
- Release Date: April 26, 2024
- Price: $69.99
- Metacritic Score: 81
We play as Eve, a highly skilled warrior sent to reclaim Earth from the deadly alien creatures known as the Naytiba, which have driven humanity to the brink of extinction. Eve can upgrade abilities, discover hidden lore, and interact with NPCs in a semi-open world filled with side quests and upgrades.
The combat system rewards accuracy, with mechanics inspired by Devil May Cry, NieR: Automata and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. As a Sony-published title, it’s optimized for next-gen hardware, featuring fast load times, haptic feedback, and 3D audio.
Dune: Awakening
Dune: Awakening
- Developer: Funcom
- Genre: Massively multiplayer online game, Survival game
- Release Date: May 20, 2025
- Price: TBA
- Metacritic Score: TBD
Dune: Awakening is highly anticipated by the community, it mixes survival elements with MMO gameplay. The game’s accurate depiction of Arrakis, along with its dynamic environment and cooperative features, has attracted much attention from the gaming community.
Players must build shelters against sandstorms, maintain their stillsuits, and master desert traversal to avoid colossal sandworms.
Players can align with major houses such as Atreides and Harkonnen, each offering unique rewards like equipment, vehicles, and building pieces. A third faction is planned to be introduced post-launch.
At launch, four distinct classes — Mentat, Trooper, Swordsman, and Bene Gesserit — will be available. Players can access a Character Creator & Benchmark Mode to customize their avatars and test system performance, with creations transferable to the full game upon launch.
DOOM: The Dark Ages
DOOM: The Dark Ages
- Developer: id Software
- Genre: First-person shooter
- Release Date: May 13, 2025
- Price: $69.99
- Metacritic Score: TBD
DOOM: The Dark Ages is basically DOOM if it time-traveled back to the medieval era and just went full psycho with it. Instead of running around high-tech Mars labs like in DOOM 2016 or Eternal, here you’re in this dark, ancient world.
You’re still the Doom Slayer, but this time, you look like some absolute medieval warlord version of him. You’re not just blasting demons with plasma rifles, and you also have medieval weapons like axes.
From what people are saying, it’s supposed to explain more about the origins of the Doom Slayer too — like who he really was before he became this unstoppable demon hunter.
It’s kinda shaping up to be a mix of brutal action and deep lore, which sounds honestly sick.
The First Berserker: Khazan
The First Berserker: Khazan
- Developer: Neople
- Genre: Action role-playing game, Fighting, Adventure
- Release Date: March 27, 2025
- Price: $59.99
- Metacritic Score: 78
You’re Khazan, he saved the empire, and how did they thank him? They betrayed him, sliced his damn tendons, and left him to die like a dog.
But instead of dying, man makes a deal with this creepy sword ghost thing — yeah, like a whole cursed spirit called the Blade Phantom — and boom, he’s back on his feet, pissed off, and looking for everyone who crossed him.
Combat is not button-mashing — you must time your hits, read your enemy, and parry just right to break their stamina bar and go wild on them.
It ain’t just “fight and win.” You meet shady allies, make tough choices, and you might get different endings depending on how you play. You can even upgrade your gear, choose skills, and all that good RPG stuff.
Elden Ring Nightreign
Elden Ring Nightreign
- Developer: FromSoftware Inc.
- Genre: Role-playing, Survival
- Release Date: May 30, 2025
- Price: $39.99
- Metacritic Score: TBD
You and two homies are dropped into this dark, twisted world called Limveld — it’s not the Lands Between anymore, this is its own messed up zone.
The twist? You have three in-game days to survive and push through this cursed world that shrinks over time, like a Soulsborne battle royale. It’s roguelike too, so every run is different — random maps, random loot, and when you die? You start over but keep some stuff.
You don’t make your own character like Elden Ring — instead, you pick from 8 classes, each with their own weapons, skills, and style. Kinda like picking your fighter in a MOBA or something.
There’s actual team synergy, status effects, weapon scaling — it’s deep, but doesn’t take itself too seriously. Real “jump in with the boys and try not to die” energy.
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Developer: Kojima Productions Co., Ltd.
- Genre: Action
- Release Date: June 26, 2025
- Price: $69.99
- Metacritic Score: TBD
It’s the sequel to Kojima’s crazy masterpiece from a few years back, and it looks even weirder but somehow cooler.
You’re back as Sam Porter Bridges — good ol’ Norman Reedus — but now it’s not just about delivering Amazon packages across America anymore, lol. He’s with this squad called Drawbridge, and they’re trying to rebuild the world… again.
But the world is even stranger now. Tons of crazy weather stuff like floods, earthquakes, whole damn cities moving around. It’s like nature’s out for blood.
You still get all that asynchronous multiplayer stuff too, where you can leave things behind for other players, which was honestly kinda wholesome in the first game.
Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds
- Developer: Capcom
- Genre: Fighting, Adventure, Hack and slash
- Release Date: February 28, 2025
- Price: $69.99
- Metacritic Score: 88
The whole world is different now — it’s not just “go to map, kill monster.” Nah, the entire zone is alive. You got monsters hunting each other, herds running around, freaking sandstorms, and lightning storms hitting mid-fight… it’s like you’re stuck in the middle of nature, losing its mind.
You’re riding this creature called a Seikret now — think weird demon-horse vibes — and you can even fight while riding it. You don’t have to teleport back to camp and waste time like in World. You just chill on your mount, swap that Greatsword out for a Bow, and keep brawling.
The monsters are not dumb anymore, they gang up on you, some ambush others, and depending on the weather and time of day, different beasts show up.
And the whole game looks BEAUTIFUL, like movie-level graphics.
Marvel’s Wolverine
Marvel’s Wolverine
- Developer: Insomniac Games
- Genre: Action game, Open world, Nonlinear gameplay
- Release Date: 2025
- Price: TBA
- Metacritic Score: TBD
It’s being developed by Insomniac Games, the same folks behind Marvel’s Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank. This game is a PS5 exclusive, and while there’s no official release date yet, it’s expected to launch sometime in 2025 or 2026 . The game is set in the same universe as Insomniac’s Spider-Man titles, so there might be some cool crossovers or references.
While we haven’t seen actual gameplay footage yet, the reveal trailer sets a mature, gritty tone. Given Wolverine’s character, anticipate brutal, fast-paced combat that leverages his claws and healing factor. The game aims to deliver a darker experience compared to Insomniac’s Spider-Man series.
Age of Mythology: Retold
Age of Mythology: Retold
- Developer: World’s Edge, Forgotten Empires, Tantalus Media, CaptureAge, Virtuos
- Genre: Real-time strategy
- Release Date: July 12, 2024
- Price: $29.99
- Metacritic Score: 86
This is a modern remake of the classic 2002 real-time strategy game, bringing back the mythological battles between gods, monsters, and mortals with updated graphics and gameplay.
The game adds the Chinese pantheon with the Immortal Pillars expansion, alongside the Greek, Norse, Egyptian, and Atlantean gods. It introduces the Arena of the Gods mode, featuring 35 mythic skirmishes for solo or cooperative play and offering new features like auto-economy systems and multi-use god powers with cooldowns enhance the gameplay experience.
On March 4, 2025, Age of Mythology: Retold made its debut on the PlayStation 5, accompanied by its first expansion, Immortal Pillars. Launching simultaneously with the base game, this expansion introduces the Chinese pantheon, featuring 12 new gods such as Fuxi, Shennong, and Nüwa. It also includes a nine-mission campaign and mythical creatures like the Yazi and Zhuque, offering players fresh challenges and strategic possibilities.
Silent Hill 2 Remake
Silent Hill 2 Remake
- Developer: Konami
- Genre: Horror
- Release Date: October 8, 2024
- Price: $69.99
- Metacritic Score: TBD
Remember the original one? That game used to mess with your head, and the remake takes that same creepy vibe but throws it into modern-day graphics and gameplay. It’s like they polished every shadow, every weird hallway, every screechy noise—and somehow made it worse. In a good way.
They switched up the camera too, like in Resident Evil 2 Remake. Makes it feel way more personal when something starts crawling out of the fog.
James, the main dude? He’s even more emotional now. You can feel his guilt and confusion. The remake really leans into psychological horror—like it’s not just scary monsters, it’s guilt, trauma, all that mental messiness. This is the perfect way to experience one of the best horror stories in gaming.
Dragon’s Dogma 2
Dragon’s Dogma 2
- Developer: Capcom
- Genre: Action role-playing game, Adventure game, Fighting game
- Release Date: March 21, 2024
- Price: $69.99
- Metacritic Score: 86
So imagine this: you’re dropped into this insane fantasy world, and you’re the “Arisen”—basically this chosen warrior with a literal dragon problem. The thing ripped your heart out and ran away.
The game doesn’t treat you like a baby. No giant glowing arrows telling you where to go, no “press X to win” nonsense. It just drops you into the world and is like, “Alright, good luck.” And you’re like, “Wait… what?”.
The world is massive, you’re climbing up some random cliff and find a hidden cave with loot… or death. You have a squad called Pawns. They’re not just random AI — they actually learn how you fight and help you out in smart ways. Combat is fun too, you’ve got vocations, which are like your classes. Wanna be a sword-swinging beast? Done. Prefer raining fire from the skies as a mage? Got you.
If you enjoyed games like Elden Ring, Skyrim, or the original Dragon’s Dogma, this one is like that, but enhanced.
Helldivers 2
Helldivers 2
- Developer: Arrowhead Game Studios
- Genre: Third-person shooter
- Release Date: February 8, 2024
- Price: $39.99
- Metacritic Score: 82
It is the sequel to the 2015 title Helldivers. In it, we play a part of elite forces called Helldivers that protect the Super Earth from aliens. We complete missions and fight alien factions: Terminids and Automatons.
It’s just straight-up chaos, but in the best way. You can accidentally shoot your own teammates, the enemies don’t stop coming, and half the time you’re calling in airstrikes that land two feet from your own face. But when you actually manage to survive and exfil together? It feels legendary.
You can play in a stack up to four-player cooperative play. A key feature is the Stratagems system, which enables players to call in resources like airstrikes and turrets during missions using specific command sequences.
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores
- Developer: Guerrilla, Nixxes Software
- Genre: Action-adventure, Survival Horror
- Release Date: 21 Mar, 2024
- Price: $19.99
- Metacritic Score: 81
So first off, it’s still an action RPG in third person. You’re not playing strategy or turn-based; it’s full-on real-time combat.
You’re shooting arrows, setting traps, throwing spears, all while dodging huge robot monsters. There’s a machine that breathing fire and looks like a robot Godzilla.
It’s not just mindless fighting either. You need to scan enemies for weak spots, swap arrow types in mid-fight, using those slow-motion dives — it feels super slick once you get into it.
there’s this new character, Seyka — she’s dope. She actually keeps up with Aloy, like finally someone that isn’t just following her around. They build this bond too… lowkey Aloy catches feelings, we didn’t expect it, but it hits.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
Assassin’s Creed Shadows
- Developer: Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec
- Genre: Role-playing Video Game, Action-adventure game, Platform game, Adventure
- Release Date: March 20, 2025
- Price: $69.99
- Metacritic Score: 81
Have you seen the trailer for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows? We’re finally getting feudal Japan. We’re talking about legit samurai, shinobi, and the whole vibe.
Players experience the intertwined narratives of two protagonists: Fujibayashi Naoe (a nimble shinobi specializing in stealth and agility, with weaponry Katana, Kusarigama, Tanto) and Yasuke (a formidable samurai known for his strength and combat prowess, with an arsenal of Long Katana, Naginata, Kanabo, Teppo, and Bow).
And what’s sick is you can switch between them — so if you wanna sneak around and ghost people? Naoe’s is your best choice. Wanna kick the door down and wreck everything? Yasuke’s is the character for you.
The world has changing weather, full-on castles, bamboo forests, and all that ancient Japanese goodness. Imagine Ghost of Tsushima meets Assassin’s Creed but with two playstyles.
Black Myth: Wukong
Black Myth: Wukong
- Developer: Game Science
- Genre: Action role-playing game, Adventure game, Fighting game
- Release Date: August 20, 2024
- Price: $59.99
- Metacritic Score: 81
We play as a monkey warrior—kind of like Sun Wukong from that old “Journey to the West” legend—but they turned it into a dark, gritty action game.
You’re swinging this staff, flipping around, turning into animals mid-fight — like you can literally clone yourself or turn into a giant bug to sneak through areas. It’s so slick. And the bosses? Mad, huge, and freaky. One of them is this zombie tiger monk thing that straight-up screams at you like it’s in a horror movie.
Visually, it’s INSANE. Forests, temples, snow — everything feels like a fantasy movie.
The only thing is, it’s kinda tricky. Like, “you died 10 times to the same boss” is hard. But it’s that good kind of hard where you’re like, “Okay nah, I got this next run.”
Ninja Gaiden 4
Ninja Gaiden 4
- Developer: Team Ninja, PlatinumGames, PlatinumGames Inc. / Team NINJA / KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.
- Genre: Fighting game, Hack and slash, Platform game, Action-adventure game, Adventure
- Release Date: 2025
- Price: TBA
- Metacritic Score: TBD
We know it’s been like forever since the last real one, but they are finally bringing it back — and it’s not just a remake or some mobile waste. This one’s new, full game, and it looks wild.
So get this — you don’t just play as Ryu this time. They got this new guy, Yakumo, a young ninja with dark powers. He can manipulate blood or something, turning it into weapons mid-fight. But, Ryu Hayabusa is still in it, he’s not gone. He’s older now, but still an absolute unit. It’s kinda like passing the torch, but Ryu still throws hands.
Combat? It looks fast like OG Ninja Gaiden speed — flipping, slicing, decapitating fools in style. It’s giving Devil May Cry energy, but way more raw. Blood everywhere.
The setting is kind of Tokyo, but chaotic and futuristic. Ninjas run through burning buildings, and demons pop off—full anime-level madness.
Judas
Judas
- Developer: Ghost Story Games
- Genre: Shooter Video Game, Adventure game, Adventure
- Release Date: TBA
- Price: TBA
- Metacritic Score: TBD
The same guys did BioShock, but it looks more trippy. You play as a girl called Judas, who gets into trouble and is stuck on a spaceship that falls apart.
The ship is controlled by AI, and our hero needs to survive there. To do this, you have guns and some ability powers. You can freeze or blast your opponents using a dual-wield system from BioShock.
The story actually changes depending on what you do. For example, if you betray someone, it affects how the game plays out.
The game will be released for the PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S, but as of April 2025, a release date has yet to be announced.
Tekken 8
Tekken 8
- Developer: Bandai Namco Studios
- Genre: Fighting game, Action game, Adventure game
- Release Date: January 26, 2024
- Price: $59.99
- Metacritic Score: 90
This is one of the most popular games in the world, no need to talk much about the plot, and it doesn’t require a lot of introduction. In this version, we have a new Heat System that acts as a power boost, impowering your moves. They’ve also revamped the Rage system, making it feel more strategic when you’re trying to turn the fight around at the last moment.
This time, there are 32 characters available, with a mix of iconic characters like Kazuya and Jin, as well as newcomers who can deliver powerful moves, there’s plenty of variety to keep the experience fresh.
Additionally, there’s a new Arcade Quest Mode, combining tutorial elements and story mode. Here, you can train and learn new moves while unlocking rewards. Furthermore, they’ve introduced Fight Lounge, a multiplayer hub where you can relax, interact, and have fun with friends.
Two Point Museum
Two Point Museum
- Developer: Two Point Studios
- Genre: Simulation Video Game, Strategy Video Game, Indie game, Casual game, Strategy
- Release Date: February 27, 2025
- Price: $39.99
- Metacritic Score: 84
Imagine being the curator of your own museum, where you control exhibits on topics like prehistory, the supernatural, space, and aquatic life.
Your team embarks on expeditions to discover rare artifacts, ensuring each one is displayed in its perfect setting—no dinosaur fossils next to UFOs!
You’ll host exciting events and guided tours to engage visitors and boost your museum’s success. Plus, a sandbox mode lets you unleash your creativity and design an extraordinary museum without limits.
The challenge lies in balancing your budget, keeping your staff motivated, and ensuring every visitor leaves with a smile. If you’ve ever dreamed of bringing a museum to life, this is your chance!
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) – Top PS5 Games in 2025
Is Marvel’s Wolverine an open-world game?
Yes, Marvel’s Wolverine is an open-world action game developed by Insomniac Games. The narrative will explore Wolverine’s lore in a self-contained story, offering a fresh experience in the Marvel gaming universe without direct ties to other Marvel games.
What kind of gameplay can we expect from Stellar Blade?
Stellar Blade delivers fast-paced combat inspired by games like Devil May Cry, NieR: Automata, and Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. As Eve, players will experience action-adventure gameplay, exploring a semi-open world filled with side quests, upgrades, and alien combat.
Is Dune: Awakening a multiplayer game?
Yes, Dune: Awakening combines MMO and survival gameplay, allowing players to team up in the dynamic world of Arrakis. Players can join factions like Atreides or Harkonnen, engage in co-op survival gameplay, and experience the harsh desert environment while evading sandworms.
Will there be any PS5 game remakes in 2025?
Yes, Silent Hill 2 Remake is one of the most anticipated PS5 remakes in 2025. It stays true to the original survival horror game but introduces next-gen graphics, enhanced psychological horror, and improved gameplay mechanics powered by Unreal Engine 5 for a more immersive experience.
Will Judas have a single-player or multiplayer mode?
Judas is focused on a single-player narrative experience.
How will Age of Mythology: Retold differ from the original?
Age of Mythology: Retold is a remaster of the classic game, featuring updated graphics and new civilizations. It introduces a Chinese pantheon expansion with new gods like Fuxi and Shennong, plus new mythical creatures, missions, and strategic gameplay options for a fresh experience.
