All release dates of the games for PSP

Arcade, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Motorcycle racing

November 19, 1997 → PSP

Futuristic motorcycle races on air bikes take place across tracks winding through muddy swamps, icy slopes, and choppy seas. Courses feature sharp turns, drops, and...

Final Fantasy IV

Role-playing game, In real time, Top-down view, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Tactics, Strategy, Japanese role-playing game

March 24, 2001 → PSP; April 19, 2011 → PSP; April 21, 2011 → PSP; April 28, 2011 → PSP

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Final Fantasy IV is a tactical turn-based strategy role-playing game with anime and fantasy RPG elements. Expect fully voiced dramatic cutscenes, deep, emotionally...

Armored Core: Formula Front - Extreme Battle

Action, Shooter, Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Combat robots

December 12, 2004 → PSP; December 15, 2005 → PSP; March 3, 2006 → PSP; June 9, 2006 → PSP

Metacritic: 66/100

Lumines: Puzzle Fusion

Arcade, Puzzle, Logic

December 12, 2004 → PSP; March 22, 2005 → PSP; March 25, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 73/100

Darkstalkers Chronicle: The Chaos Tower

Action, Fighting, Third-person view, Anime / Manga

December 12, 2004 → PSP; March 24, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 74/100

A fighting game based on the Darkstalkers series, where monsters battle using their own fighting styles and abilities. The roster includes the vampire Demitri...

Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee

Third-person view, Sports game, Golf

December 12, 2004 → PSP; May 3, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP; July 25, 2006 → PSP

Metacritic: 81/100

This golf game lets players choose a character and compete on a variety of courses. Before teeing off, a golfer’s abilities, attributes and appearance can be...

Ridge Racer (2004)

Racing, First-person view, Third-person view

December 12, 2004 → PSP; March 22, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Ridge Racer (2004) is a first-person racing game from the developers of Namco Limited. The main publisher of the game is Namco Limited. In some circles, Ridge Racer...

Metal Gear Ac!d

Strategy, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Turn-based

December 16, 2004 → PSP; March 22, 2005 → PSP; March 24, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 75/100

Metal Gear Ac!d — Before each round, the player can customize the deck of cards that the main characters use. Most of the cards are based on elements spanning...

Dynasty Warriors (2004)

Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval

December 16, 2004 → PSP; March 24, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 62/100

A tactical action game based on Luo Guanzhong’s Romance of the Three Kingdoms, set in ancient China during a period of turmoil. Players fight as one of 42 warriors...

Bust-A-Move

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

December 22, 2004 → PSP

An arcade puzzle game and a spin-off of Bubble Bobble, Bust-A-Move challenges players to clear a field of colored bubbles. Each round begins with bubbles arranged...

Puyo Pop Fever

Strategy, In real time, Puzzle, Anime / Manga

December 24, 2004 → PSP

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 72/100

An arcade puzzle game built around matches in which players link colored Puyos into chains and send nuisance pieces to their opponents. In Fever Mode, the goal is...

Ape Escape Academy

Arcade, Action, Football, Boxing, Golf, Music game, Third-person view, Top-down view, Puzzle, Sports game, Olympics

December 30, 2004 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP; January 17, 2006 → PSP

Metacritic: 51/100

Ape Escape Academy is an arcade collection set in a school for monkeys, where winning minigames allows students to progress through the school years. Challenges...

PoPoLoCrois

Role-playing game, Isometric, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Japanese role-playing game

February 10, 2005 → PSP; November 29, 2005 → PSP; June 16, 2006 → PSP; September 29, 2006 → PSP

Metacritic: 66/100

Need for Speed Underground: Rivals

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

February 24, 2005 → PSP; March 14, 2005 → PSP; May 2, 2005 → PSP; May 12, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Players: 6.6/10

Metacritic: 74/100

Need for Speed Underground: Rivals — fans of illegal racing can now enjoy speed and the absence of obstacles, no matter where they are — in a subway...

Gretzky NHL

Hockey, Third-person view, Top-down view, Sports game

March 14, 2005 → PSP; March 2005 → PSP

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 61/100

An arcade-paced hockey simulation focused on controlling a team on the ice, making precise passes, taking shots and delivering body checks. Gretzky NHL includes...

World Tour Soccer

Third-person view, Sports game

March 14, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 70/100

A football game in which players choose from more than 150 club and international teams and compete in matches and cup competitions. Teams can be led to success at...

Tony Hawk's Underground 2: Remix

Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Skateboards

March 15, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Players: 8.7/10

Metacritic: 83/100

This skateboarding sports game follows Team Hawk as it competes against Team Bam Margera on a no-rules world tour. In Story Mode, players visit cities around the...

NBA

Third-person view, Sports game

March 16, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 57/100

This basketball simulation focuses on NBA games, with fast breaks, precise passing and action around the rim. Single-player options include practice, playoffs and a...

WipEout Pure

Action, Racing, First-person view, Third-person view, Futurism (Future)

March 16, 2005 → PSP; April 7, 2005 → PSP; August 30, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP; July 25, 2006 → PSP

Players: 10/10

Metacritic: 88/100

WipEout Pure combines futuristic anti-gravity racing with combat and the use of high-tech weapons. Players race at high speeds across new circuits and pilot a range...

Ape Escape: On the Loose

Action, Stealth, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Sports game, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval, Snowboard, Table tennis, Adventure

March 17, 2005 → PSP; March 22, 2005 → PSP; May 5, 2006 → PSP; May 10, 2006 → PSP; May 18, 2006 → PSP; July 25, 2006 → PSP

Metacritic: 66/100

This adventure platformer follows a pursuit through time as escaped monkeys threaten to alter history. After the mischievous monkey Specter takes a professor’s...

NFL Street 2

Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, American Football

March 21, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 77/100

This arcade-style American football game brings matches to the streets of Bay City. Players can use walls to pull off maneuvers: receivers run along them, the...

Ridge Racer

Arcade, Racing, In real time, Third-person view

March 22, 2005 → PSP

Players: 9/10

Metacritic: 88/100

Ridge Racer is an exclusive edition of the arcade racing game from the Ridge Racer series for PS Vita. Exciting races at breakneck speed in powerful racing cars and...

Lumines

March 22, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 89/100

Lumines is a music-driven puzzle game about stacking and clearing blocks in time with each level’s musical theme. Combos and chains help build a score, while the...

Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Isometric, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

March 22, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 68/100

This fantasy action RPG follows the struggle to defend Aven, a safe haven and the last stronghold of its people, from an encroaching threat. Heroes form the...

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005

Golf, Third-person view, Sports game

March 23, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 83/100

This golf sports simulation features PGA TOUR events and matches against professional players, including Tiger Woods, John Daly and Vijay Singh. Season Mode follows...

Tony Hawk's Underground 2

Third-person view, Sports game, Skateboards, Stunts

March 23, 2005 → PSP

Players: 7.8/10

This arcade skateboarding game challenges players to perform tricks and complete objectives in 3D environments based on cities and skating areas. Tony Hawk's...

Twisted Metal: Head-On

Action, Racing, Third-person view, Cyberpunk

March 24, 2005 → PSP; November 2, 2005 → PSP

Players: 5.5/10

Metacritic: 79/100

Twisted Metal: Head-On — In terms of plot, the game did not advance in the history of the series. Calypso organizes the next “Grindling of Metal” tournament...

Bleach: Heat the Soul

Arcade, Action, Fighting, Anime / Manga, Fantasy / Medieval

March 24, 2005 → PSP

Bleach: Heat the Soul is an arcade with a mixture of action, fighting, anime or manga and fantasy games from the masters from the studio Eighting Co., Ltd.. The...

FIFA Soccer (2005)

Third-person view, Sports game

March 25, 2005 → PSP; April 25, 2005 → PSP

FIFA Soccer (2005) — The game features the return of Create a Player mode, as well as a new and improved 15-season career mode. The big difference between...

Archer Maclean's Mercury

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

April 6, 2005 → PSP; August 4, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP; September 15, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 75/100

Archer Maclean's Mercury is a third-person strategy game with puzzle elements from the developers of Awesome Studios. The game is published by Ignition...

MLB

Baseball, Third-person view, Sports game

April 12, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 80/100

MLB is a baseball simulation built around fielding, pitching and running the bases. Branch Point technology provides smooth transitions while fielding and moving...

ATV Offroad Fury Blazin' Trails

Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Motorcycle racing

April 19, 2005 → PSP; February 9, 2006 → PSP

Metacritic: 63/100

ATV races take place across varied environments, from snow and ice to mud, water, and grass. ATV Offroad Fury Blazin' Trails features more than 24 ATV models and...

FIFA Soccer 2005

Third-person view, Sports game

April 25, 2005 → PSP

Players: 6.8/10

Metacritic: 78/100

FIFA Soccer 2005 — has 39 national teams. The game does not include the national teams of Japan, which reached the 1/8 of the World Championship in South...

Rengoku: The Tower of Purgatory

Role-playing game, Action, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Cyberpunk

April 26, 2005 → PSP; August 2005 → PSP; February 2, 2006 → PSP; February 9, 2006 → PSP

Metacritic: 43/100

Set in a dark, distant future, this action RPG follows a battle android fighting its way to the top of a vast tower to confront a mysterious enemy. Its world blends...

NBA Street Showdown

Third-person view, Sports game, Stunts, Basketball

April 27, 2005 → PSP; September 1, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 75/100

This arcade basketball game brings NBA stars to street-style three-on-three matches and offers a career in the King of the Court mode, where the goal is to become a...

Smart Bomb

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Puzzle

May 10, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 45/100

This action puzzle game challenges players to defuse sophisticated AI bombs through a series of 3D puzzles. Each bomb consists of modules arranged in tiers...

MVP Baseball

Baseball, Sports game

May 18, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 67/100

A baseball sports game in which a team plays through the season from opening day to the World Series. In Season mode, the player leads a team through the full...

PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient

Strategy, Third-person view, Puzzle

May 26, 2005 → PSP; January 10, 2006 → PSP; July 14, 2006 → PSP; July 6, 2007 → PSP

Metacritic: 69/100

PQ: Practical Intelligence Quotient is a 3D puzzle game that tests problem-solving skills through situations based on everyday life. The PQ score depends on how...

Minna no Golf Portable: Coca Cola Special Edition

Third-person view, Sports game

June 1, 2005 → PSP

Minna no Golf Portable: Coca Cola Special Edition is a third-person sports game from the studio Clap Hanz Ltd.. The main publisher of the game is Sony Computer...

Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion

Role-playing game, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval

June 2, 2005 → PSP; November 15, 2005 → PSP

Metacritic: 68/100

This single-player fantasy role-playing game with a top-down view follows a story set across 3D environments. Legend of Heroes: A Tear of Vermillion uses a...