Best Games for PlayStation 5 of 2025

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic

November 20, 2024

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 75/100

The return to the post-apocalyptic world of Chernobyl. Players can finally roam the large open seamless world, containing iconic elements from the original trilogy...

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view, Historical, Exploration, Open world, Medieval era, Crafting

February 4, 2025

VGTimes: 9.7/10

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

A role-playing action game from the first person in the vast open world of Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 is a direct continuation of the 2018 game and offers a return...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Role-playing game, Adventure, Third-person view, Turn-based, Post-apocalyptic, Fantasy

April 24, 2025

VGTimes: 8.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Atmospheric role -playing game with an unusual setting and dynamic step -by -step battles. In the center of the plot is a mysterious artist whose gloomy tradition...

Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon

Action, Role-playing game, Third-person view, Adventure, Fantasy, Open world

March 30, 2023

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The game is based on the board game of the same name, which is a dark reimagining of the legends of King Arthur. The game takes place on the island of Avalon, which...

Dispatch

Adventure, Business / Management, Comics, Indie, Tactics, Casual game, Comedy

October 22, 2025

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

An adventure from the authors of The Wolf Among Us and Tales from the Borderlands. The plot tells about a superhero whose mecha armor was broken by his worst...

Ready or Not

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Tactics

December 18, 2021

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place in the cramped slums of an alternative America, where economic collapse has greatly affected the differences between social groups of people...

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered

Role-playing game, Adventure, First-person view, Third-person view, Fantasy, Remake

April 22, 2025

Players: 7.3/10

Metacritic: 81/100

Modern rethinking of a cult role -playing game, recreating the atmosphere of the original at a new level. Syrodil comes to life again with updated graphics...

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration

December 9, 2024

VGTimes: 9.2/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 87/100

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle is an immersive first-person adventure simulator, where an engaging story is woven into a well-developed game world with freedom...

Hollow Knight: Silksong

Arcade, Action, Adventure, Platformer, Indie, Side view

September 4, 2025

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

A sequel to the hardcore action platformer Hollow Knight. The game takes you to a new world — the fallen kingdom of Pharlum, where silk and song rule. Here, Hornet...

Abiotic Factor

Action, First-person view, Science fiction, Shooter, Collectible card game (CCG), Cooperative (co-op), Online, Crafting, Old school, Post-apocalyptic, Sandbox, Survival

May 2, 2024

Players: 9.4/10

Metacritic: 88/100

The GATE network of secret laboratories is engaged in research in all areas, including the paranormal. One day, one of the experiments ends in a massive failure...

Assassin's Creed Shadows

Action, Stealth, Third-person view, Open world, Medieval era

March 20, 2025

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 82/100

Medieval open-world stealth action in the Assassin's Creed series. The game takes place in 1579 in feudal Japan, where the stories of Naoe, a skilled shinobi...

Silent Hill f

Action, Adventure, Horror, Third-person view, Mysticism / Supernatural

September 25, 2025

VGTimes: 8.4/10

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 84/100

A full-fledged sequel to the cult horror series Silent Hill. The action takes place in the 1960s in the Japanese town of Ebisugaoka. The story tells of a schoolgirl...

Forza Horizon 5

Arcade, Racing, Simulation, First-person view, Third-person view

November 5, 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Metacritic: 92/100

A new part of the popular racing car simulator, which takes place in the vastness of Mexico with vibrant landscapes, dynamic weather and changing seasons. The huge...

Split Fiction

Action, Adventure, Platformer, Third-person view, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

March 6, 2025

VGTimes: 9.5/10

Players: 8.6/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Cooperative action from the creators Its Takes Two and a way out, where magic is intertwined with technology, and unexpected turns change reality in the eyes. The...

Battlefield 6

Action, Shooter, Online, First-person view, Tactics

October 10, 2025

VGTimes: 4.8/10

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 83/100

Battlefield 6 — a multiplayer first-person shooter, the thirteenth game in the main series. The developers returned to the beloved formula with four classes and...

Dying Light: The Beast

Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration, Open world

September 18, 2025

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 77/100

The story-driven spin-off of the Dying Light 2 Stay Human series with an open world and drivable vehicles. The game takes place in an entirely new location...

Satisfactory

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy, Construction

June 8, 2020

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 91/100

Adventure action from the creators of Goat Simulator and Sanctum. The player takes on the role of an engineer sent into space to work on a large-scale and...

ARC Raiders

Shooter, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Cooperative (co-op)

October 30, 2025

VGTimes: 9.0/10

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 86/100

Network extraction shooter ARC Raiders combines arcade gameplay and a post-apocalyptic setting of "machine uprising." Players venture from an underground shelter to...

Blue Prince

Puzzle, First-person view, Adventure

April 10, 2025

VGTimes: 8.8/10

Players: 8.5/10

Metacritic: 89/100

The action of the game unfolds in the mysterious mansion of Mount-Holly. Gamer explores different rooms where he solves puzzles. You can find useful items that help...

Deltarune

Role-playing game, Adventure, Top-down view, Indie

October 31, 2018

Players: 8.8/10

An RPG from Toby Fox, the creator of Undertale. The story centers on Chris, an ordinary schoolboy who, together with a classmate, accidentally finds himself in a...

Mafia: The Old Country

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view

August 8, 2025

Players: 7.1/10

Metacritic: 73/100

The game is set in the violent underworld of Sicily in the 1900s. Enzo Favara tries to prove his worth to the Cosa Nostra in a time when the stiletto was a mortal...

Doom: The Dark Ages

Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Medieval era, Demons

May 15, 2025

VGTimes: 8.2/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 84/100

Doom: The Dark Ages is a single-player first-person shooter with action elements, set in a dark medieval fantasy world. It is the third game in the modern Doom...

Astroneer

Action, Strategy, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

February 6, 2019

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 71/100

Single-player sandbox in an open world with elements of adventure, action, and third-person view, Astroneer allows players to feel like astronauts of the 25th...

Cronos: The New Dawn

Action, Shooter, Adventure, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Science fiction, Survival horror

September 5, 2025

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 78/100

An atmospheric horror with survival elements from the creators of the remake of Silent Hill 2, the events of which unfold in a gloomy future world that has...

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, First-person view

October 21, 2025

VGTimes: 7.4/10

Players: 6.9/10

Metacritic: 63/100

An atmospheric first-person RPG set in a dark, oppressive version of modern-day Seattle, where vampires secretly rule the politics, streets, and shadow economy. A...

Elden Ring Nightreign

Third-person view, Adventure, Action, Open world, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Cooperative (co-op), Online

May 30, 2025

VGTimes: 7.0/10

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 80/100

A standalone action RPG set in the Elden Ring universe with co-op mode for 3 players. Gamers explore a modified version of Limgrave (a combination of familiar...

Age Of Empires 2: Definitive Edition

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Historical

November 14, 2019

Players: 8.3/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Re-release of the classic real-time strategy Age Of Empires 2. Includes remastered 4K graphics, improved AI, updated audio and many new campaigns. There are dozens...

The Outer Worlds 2

Role-playing game, Action, Shooter, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future)

October 29, 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 81/100

The game takes place on the new colony of Arcadia, where rifts threaten the destruction of all humanity. An agent of the Earth Authority finds himself at the center...

Wuthering Waves

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy

May 23, 2024

Players: 8.4/10

Metacritic: 72/100

Anime-style role-playing action game in the spirit of Genshin Impact. The game's story begins with a devastating event known as the "Ruin," which led to the...

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach

Action, Stealth, Simulation, Online, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic

June 26, 2025

VGTimes: 6.8/10

Players: 8.1/10

Metacritic: 90/100

A sequel to the cult action game from Hideo Kojima, which once again intertwines philosophy, science fiction, and an unconventional approach to gameplay. The action...

Red Dead Redemption

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Open world

May 18, 2010

Players: 7.9/10

Metacritic: 95/100

The events of the game take place in America in 1911, in which the Wild West, as such, had almost collapsed, and technologies like cars and machine guns had already...

Borderlands 4

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Comedy

September 11, 2025

VGTimes: 7.2/10

Players: 6.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The game takes place six years after Borderlands 3. The setting is the never-before-seen planet Kairos. For a long time, this distant world was cut off from the...

Little Nightmares 3

Adventure, Horror, Online, Platformer, Side view, Cooperative (co-op)

October 10, 2025

Players: 7.2/10

Metacritic: 70/100

Low and One are trying to get out of Nowhere. They joined forces to survive in a dangerous world full of illusions and shadows. The main feature of the sequel is...

Frostpunk 2

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Post-apocalyptic, Survival

September 17, 2024

Players: 6.3/10

Metacritic: 83/100

The sequel takes place 30 years after the events of the original. The ground is still covered in a deadly frost. The era of steam has passed — now oil becomes...

Tormented Souls 2

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Indie, Survival horror

October 23, 2025

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 78/100

The game takes place after the events at the Wildberger Clinic shown in the first part. The younger sister of the main character, Caroline, was struck by a...

Monster Hunter Wilds

Role-playing game, Action, Adventure, Hunting / Fishing, Third-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Open world, Fantasy

February 28, 2025

VGTimes: 7.3/10

Players: 7.5/10

Metacritic: 89/100

An exciting journey into a world where nature dictates its own rules, and hunting becomes the art of survival. Forbidden lands covered with secrets are constantly...

Rust

Action, Adventure, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Crafting

February 8, 2018

Players: 7.7/10

Metacritic: 66/100

Rust has come a difficult path from the alpha version of another DayZ clone in 2013 to an independent survival simulator. The basics of the game are standard for...

Age of Empires 4

Strategy, In real time, Isometric

October 28, 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Metacritic: 81/100

A historical real-time strategy where the development of civilization intertwines with large-scale battles and politics. The action spans key eras of the Middle...

CarX Street

Racing, Simulation, MMO, Open world

April 22, 2022

Players: 7.2/10

The spiritual successor to the old Need for Speed parts, dedicated to illegal racing. The game features a huge city, Sunset City, filled with many different...

The Alters

Adventure, Futurism (Future), Survival, Science fiction, Third-person view, Crafting

June 13, 2025

VGTimes: 8.7/10

Players: 9.2/10

Metacritic: 85/100

Simple worker Jan Dolski finds himself on an uninhabited planet. Since the hero has no assistants, he begins to create alters — other versions of himself...