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Sony's PlayStation 4 is an incredibly powerful console and is arguably the company's greatest achievement to date – that is, until the highly-anticipated PS5 arrives. Regardless of whether you're playing on the original PS4 or the more advanced PS4 Pro, you'll need an exceptional library of the best PS4 games to make the most of Sony's spectacular console.
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Luckily for you Sony's first-party titles are unrivalled, offering the likes of Marvel's Spider-Man, Horizon Zero Dawn and God of War exclusively on the PlayStation 4. Not to mention upcoming exclusives such as Death Stranding, Ghost of Tsushima and The Last of Us: Part 2, expected to be released over the next few years. There's also a whole host of wonderful third-party titles on the platform from both AAA and indie developers.
To help you decide which games you should fill your PlayStation 4 library with, we've put together this list of the best PS4 games of all time – all of which are available to buy right now. We've even included whether or not they support the PS4 Pro's enhanced resolution and detail in 4K and HDR.
We've tried to include the best PS4 games from every genre – indie, racing, action, shooter, adventure, and more. But if nothing here takes your fancy, check back in with us in a few weeks – with every new release we're updating and revising our choices.
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What is the most popular PS4 game? Well, your tastes might not match everyone else's, but everything on the list below is on Game's bestseller list, so you know you're getting one of the top titles.
What's the best PS4 game to buy right now? Again, that'll depend on your tastes. For MCU lovers, Spider-Man is a no-brainer. FIFA 19 is our top pick for those who like playing football games, and God of War is a beautifully-made narrative RPG (with plenty of combat too).
What are the best PS4 exclusives? In this list, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, God of War and Spider-Man are some of the top-ranking PS4 exclusives available right now.
Is PlayStation better than Xbox? We've put the two consoles head-to-head in our PS4 vs Xbox One comparison, where we cover everything you'd need to know about each console – though you can also see if our round-up of best Xbox games tempt you over the PS4 titles below.
Can I download PS4 games? Yes, most will be available for digital download alongside physical sales. Sony's PlayStation Now service also allows you to stream or download from a library of 1,000 titles for a monthly or annual subscription.
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Apex Legends
Apex Legends is another contender vying for the battle royale crown. Developed by Respawn Entertainment and set in the Titanfall universe, Apex Legends is a squad-based battle royale shooter where teams of three go up against 57 other players to try to gather loot and be the last person (or squad) standing.
However, unlike Fortnite and PUBG, Apex Legends sees players take on one of eight classes, each represented by a unique character (imagine Fortnite mixed with Overwatch and you’ll be on the right track.)
Apex Legends is the perfect battle royale game for those who enjoy the genre's premise but can't get onboard with Fortnite's building or PUBG's competitiveness - and it's free. Plus, different classes and abilities make for a more dynamic experience overall.
Not sure it's for you? Check out our full Apex Legends review.
PS4 Pro Support? No.
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the most recent edition to the epic Assassin's Creed RPG franchise. Odyssey is set during the Peloponnesian War and sees you stepping into the sandals of either Alexios or Kassandra as they try to uncover the truth about their history while navigating the turbulent world of Ancient Greece as a mercenary.
Odyssey is a graphically stunning PS4 game which will take you to the heart of Ancient Greece – easily securing it a place in our collection of the best PlayStation 4 games. Just make sure you have the time to play it because there's over 100 hours of content to enjoy here.
Check out our Assassin's Creed Odyssey review diary for more.
PS4 Pro Support? PS4 Pro enhanced.
Battlefield 1
In Battlefield 1 for the PlayStation 4, DICE takes players back in time to World War One and by doing so completely rejuvenates the once stagnating franchise.
Battlefield 1's historical setting helps it to stand apart from the rest of the modern military shooters on the market, with all new weapons, vehicles, and level designs that feel fresh and capture the chaos and brutality of war.
The game offers a poignant and entertaining single-player campaign that sets a new standard for first-person shooter. Broken into six sections, each following a different character and front line location, the campaign never feels dull or repetitive.
The single player campaign even feeds neatly into Battlefield 1's multiplayer mode which, while familiar, also benefits from the much-needed breath of life that the change in setting gives.
Graphically impressive, entertaining, and sometimes touching, Battlefield 1 is a return to form for the series.
Check out our full Battlefield 1 review.
PS4 Pro support? Increased resolution and detail.
Bloodborne
From Software's enigmatic and notoriously challenging Souls titles all hold critical and fan acclaim, but none are as stylistically interesting as the quasi-Industrial era Bloodborne.
It plays like an RPG set indelibly on a hidden difficulty mode with all the helpful text pop-ups removed – which is to say it requires more than a modicum of patience from the player.
But that's the point: in Bloodborne for the PS4, you get out what you put into it. Victory's all the more rewarding when you've watched your enemy, memorized his attack patterns, struck at the opportune moment and prevailed via the game's impeccable melee combat.
PS4 Pro support? No.
Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Crash Bandicoot is one of the classic gaming IPs and a revered figure on the PlayStation platform. We were absolutely delighted, then, when he made his debut in a PlayStation 4 game with the remaster of the N. Sane trilogy.
If you like your nostalgia in big dollops, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane trilogy is a remaster well worth picking up. This is the same levels, gameplay, and the iconic music is still there but it's been given a lovely new lick of paint.
At TechRadar we think it's a great example of the way classic games should be resurrected.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 1140p at 30fps.
Control
The dark horse of 2019, Remedy Entertainment's Control is an action-adventure with a difference.
Control sees you stepping into the shoes of Jessie Faden, the newest director of the clandestine Federal Bureau of Control (FBC) - a Government agency which researches, and ultimately aims to control, paranormal activity. But Jessie’s new role has a few issues not exactly laid out in the job description, including the uprising of a paranormal force known only as the Hiss.
The affinity with which Remedy has courted multiple difficult genres both in film and in games with Control and still managed to deliver a mind-bending story evocative of True Detective and Twin Peaks is absolutely remarkable.
Here's what we said in our full Control review:
'Control feels like what would happen if David Lynch licked a Petri dish full of Jungian psychology and SCP entries. The resulting hallucination would be Remedy’s latest mystery. It’s the videogame that connoisseurs of absurd cinema and the surreal have been waiting for.'
PS4 Pro support? No.
Dauntless
Dauntless is a new free-to-play title in the vein of Monster Hunter World from Phoenix Labs.
Jumping into the boots of a customized slayer, your job is simple: accept quests, hunt Behemoths, get paid and do it over again.
Forward-thinking additions like cross-play at launch and a stacked battle pass make Dauntless an enticing world to jump into, and one that’ll only grow in the months and years to come.
All told, there’s more content in Dauntless, a free-to-play title, than many full-priced titles in today’s market. It doesn’t have the depth of Monster Hunter, but it offers a much more accessible jumping on point with inventive monster designs and exciting but easy to learn combat. It’s free, so what have you got to lose?
Check out our full Dauntless review.
PS4 Pro support? No.
FIFA 19
FIFA is, for many console owners, a highly anticipated annual event. The latest and arguably greatest instalment in the football sim series has arrived in the form of FIFA 19, and it's straight into our list of the best PS4 games.
Whether you're looking to play against others online, build up a management career on your own or play a cinematic story mode that'll give you an insight into the dramatic life of a premier league footballer, FIFA has a game mode just for you.
The best thing is, there's always more than enough to throw yourself into and agonize over until the next game rolls around with further incremental improvements to convince you to upgrade.
You can read our full review of FIFA 19 right here and make sure you're the best on the pitch using our tips and tricks guide.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 4K and HDR.
Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age
Final Fantasy 12 is one of the most under appreciated and anomalous Final Fantasy games, first released in 2006. With this remake, Square Enix gives players a chance to take a second look at the game, this time running much more smoothly, with fewer obvious faults and cracks.
In The Zodiac Age you'll find a beautiful game world, fast and exciting combat, and a sweeping storyline that's an example of the JRPG genre at its best. Whether you're a fan of Final Fantasy or not, 12 is enough of a series outlier that it's a good place to dip in and see what you might be missing. It's a PlayStation 4 exclusive, too.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 2560x1440 resolution.
Fortnite Battle Royale
Fortnite Battle Royale has had a meteoric rise since its release in 2017, and it's not hard to see why. The free-to-play battle royale PS4 game offers players an energetic and enjoyable online multiplayer experience , with a concept that pretty simple to get to grips with: just be the last person standing.
Constant content updates keep Fortnite feeling fresh over a year since its launch so it easily gets a place on the best PlayStation 4 games list.
You can check out our definitive Fortnite Battle Royale review here.
PS Pro support? Yes – 60 fps.
Grand Theft Auto V
Not only is it the best sandbox game on the PlayStation 4 platform, GTA V is also the best golf game, the best tennis sim, the undisputed virtual yoga champ, one of the best racers.. it's even a pretty serviceable MMO.
We're used to scale and scope from Grand Theft Auto, but what Trevor, Franklin, and Michael bring us is a staggeringly well-realised city seen from three entirely different perspectives.
Trevor, the maniacal rampage killer whom we discover to be in all of us when we play a Rockstar game; Franklin, the classic rags-to-riches character with street smarts and the ability to pull off a bandana; and Michael, the troubled criminal with a dysfunctional family and a beer gut to show for his life of violence.
However you play GTA V – a multiplayer muckabout, a story-driven third-person actioner, a flight sim – it reveals itself to be the best game on both this generation and the last. One of the very best PS4 games.
PS4 Pro support? No.
God of War
One of the most highly anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusives of 2018, God of War definitely lived up to the hype. Taking Kratos from Greek to Norse mythology, making him a father, and focusing on narrative as well as completely revamping combat has made God of War a welcome refresh for the franchise.
In our full review, we called God of War 'the best game in the series' for many reasons, but the stand-out is that this is a game with heart and it's not to be missed if you're interested in the best PS4 games.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 4K at 30 fps and HDR.
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice is developer Ninja Theory's first attempt at publishing its own game and it's quite an achievement. The game follows Senua, a Celtic warrior suffering from psychosis who travels to Hell to rescue her lost lover.
The game uses an interesting mix of binaural audio and innovative visual techniques to communicate Senua's experience with her psychosis to the player, resulting in a game that's likely to be quite different from anything else you've played recently.
Disturbing, insightful and extremely enjoyable to play, this is a game worth taking a look at if you're interested in the best PS4 games.
You can read all about our experience with the motion capture tech behind Hellblade.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. Dynamic resolution adaption for stable frame rates.
Horizon Zero Dawn
Horizon Zero Dawn is the first-party open-world game that Sony has desperately needed. While Uncharted and The Last of Us have long given PS4 players a fantastic linear experience, Horizon Zero Dawn – developed by Guerrilla Games – gives you the keys to a massive, detail-rich and utterly jaw-dropping open world.
Set in an aesthetically prehistoric post-apocalyptic environment inhabited by robot dinosaurs, the game puts players in the shoes of Aloy, who hunts these creatures and scraps them for parts. It's part Jurassic Park, part 10,000 B.C. and part Asimovian sci-fi epic all rolled into one.
Once you get through the sprawling campaign, check out The Frozen Wilds DLC that sends Aloy up north to the frozen wastes of The Cut, the home of the Banuk Tribe. The Frozen Wilds elevates an already exceptional PS4 game and is well worth the price of entry.
Check out our full Horizon: Zero Dawn review.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 4K, 30fps and HDR support.
Kingdom Hearts 3
Kingdom Hearts 3 is finally here. Just 14 years after Kingdom Hearts 2, Square Enix has blessed us with the latest core game in the franchise which sees Disney and Final Fantasy coming together in a fantasical and charming adventure.
If you're a fan of a fun, action-packed RPG which doesn't take itself too seriously then Kingdom Hearts could be for you. But be prepared, the story can be a bit tricky to wrap your head around.
Still not convinced? Then check out our Kingdom Hearts 3 review.
PS4 Pro Support? Yes. HDR and 4K at 60fps.
Life is Strange
Life is Strange is an episodic graphic adventure which tells the story of Max, who moves back to her hometown and reunites with her best friend Chloe – someone who is a bit more rebellious than she remembers.
On top of trying to navigate the difficulties of teenage life, Max discovers that she has the ability to rewind time at any moment and only she can prevent a storm on its way to destroy her hometown.
Rather than focusing on combat, the crux of Life is Strange is the choices Max (AKA you) makes and the effect these choices have on the overall story.
A stunning PS4 game for those who appreciate an engaging story. The prequel, Life is Strange: Before the Storm, is equally mesmerizing.
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PS4 Pro support? No.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Okay, so Hideo Kojima's last game for Konami – and his last ever Metal Gear game – might be a little tough for the MGS n00b to get to grips with, but it's still one of the best stealth-action games ever crafted. It's undoubtedly worth a spot on our list of the best PS4 games.
The open-world shenanigans will satisfy all your behind-enemy-lines / Rambo fantasies and probably confuse you with crazy plot twists and a million characters all with the same gravel-toned voices.
But hey, that's all part of its charm, right?
PS4 Pro support? No.
Monster Hunter: World
Monster Hunter is a classic franchise that's been going for a long time, but with its return to console it's been given a new lease of life and dragged kicking and screaming into 2018.
Whether you want to play solo or team up with a group of up to three friends, this game has you enter a stunning game world that feels genuinely dynamic and alive in order to hunt down monsters. For research, of course.
There's a learning curve here, and the Dark Souls-style combat has the potential to frustrate, but this is the most accessible Monster Hunter game we've seen in years. If you've been looking for a chance to break into the series, this is it.
In our Monster Hunter World review we called the game 'a bold and confident new chapter' and gave it a 'play it now' recommendation. Thinking of becoming a Monster Hunter yourself? Make sure you check out our full survival guide.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. Can choose between 60 FPS, 4K resolution, or prioritized graphics. All with HDR support.
Mortal Kombat 11
If fighting games are more your thing then you know that you can't go wrong with Mortal Kombat - and the latest addition to the series is bloodier than anything we've seen before.
Mortal Kombat 11 doesn't stray too far from what has cemented the franchise as a leader in fighting games, except you can expect better graphics, smoother combat and more graphic fatalities.
If you're looking for a fighting game with a bit of bite then Mortal Kombat 11 is probably for you, as it's definitely the best the genre has to offer on PS4. Plus, new DLC is on the way that will continue to keep the tile fresh.
PS4 Pro Support? Yes. Option to play 4K at 60 FPS.
NieR: Automata
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If you want to play a game that will feel different to anything else you've played recently, we heartily recommend NieR: Automata as one of the best PS4 games right now.
Though it's a sequel to 2010 game Nier, you don't have to have played the first game to enjoy this one. Set in a dystopian future, the story of the game revolves around a war between machines created by alien invaders and the remnants of humanity. Humanity has fled Earth to seek refuge on the Moon, but has sent combat droids down to fight for them.
You play as one of these droids, 2B, accompanied by another droid called 9S. Combat in this game is intensely satisfying, the game world is stunning with a huge sense of scale, and the story is strange (sometimes to a fault) but incredibly entertaining. You won't be disappointed, trust us.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 1080p at 60 fps.
Night In The Woods
Night in the Woods is an unconventional side-scrolling adventure game that follows on 20 year-old Mae, who drops out of college to move back home with her parents.
With a story based on dialogue choices and tasks, it's a classic coming-of-age tale, with stunning minimalist graphics and laugh-out-loud interactions that will leave you completely hooked on this charming indie game.
PS4 Pro Support? No.
Overcooked 2
Fans of the original Overcooked will not be disappointed by the second instalment in the chaotic couch co-op series, with all new challenges, recipes, and characters to take on with up to three other people.
This time your task is to defeat the 'Un-Bread' (zombie baked goods) that have taken over the Onion Kingdom, by battling through brand new recipes including sushi, pizza, and burgers in increasingly chaotic kitchens. To add to the frantic fun, you must battle obstacles including random fires, collapsing floors, and interfering passers by, all while getting your orders out to the pass in time.
Things get complicated incredibly quickly, and relationships, friendships, and family bonds will be tested as you work together to complete your recipes on time, making it a fun and challenging couch co-op game that will make you truly understand the meaning of 'too many cooks spoil the broth'.
PS4 Pro support? No.
Overwatch
Overwatch has without a doubt been one of our favorite games to come out in the past few years.
It's a classic team arena shooter from Blizzard, setting two six-person teams of wildly different characters against each other in a bright and cartoonish science fiction universe.
Great graphics, tight maps, and a good roster of characters to enjoy playing. Overwatch is good old fashioned fun and we thoroughly recommend it.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 1080p with 60 fps. 4K UI overplay.
Red Dead Redemption 2
Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption 2 took 2018 by storm, giving us the gun-toting, western open-world we were hoping for. You play as Arthur Morgan, a gunslinger in the notorious Van Der Linde gang as he navigates the trials and tribulations of the changing west.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is certainly game which will keep you busy. Between story missions, mini-games, activities and side quests, you will find yourself sinking plenty of hours into this title without even noticing it. And with Red Dead Online in beta testing it won't be long until players can properly team up with a posse of friends to play.
Resident Evil 2 Remake
Capcom's remake of survival horror classic Resident Evil 2 has gone down a storm with fans and newcomers alike, and it's no surprise. With gorgeous new graphics but the same brain-scratching puzzles and terrifying zombies, Resident Evil 2 is definitely a remake done right.
Check out our full Resident Evil 2 remake review.
PS4 Pro Support? Yes. 4K resolution at 30fps or a lower resolution at 60fps.
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
FromSoftware's latest offering is not to be scoffed at. If you thought the Dark Souls series was hard, then Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice is extreme mode.
Sekiro is more punishing than any title we've seen from FromSoftware before, but actually achieving those rare moments of success is extremely rewarding. Set against a background that balances brutality and beauty, Sekiro is one of this year's must-have titles – if you have the patience for it.
Check out our full Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice review.
PS4 Pro Support? Yes. Capable of running 1080p at 60fps.
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of the Colossus is a classic PlayStation title, a game that performed graphical marvels when it was released on the PlayStation 2 in 2005. Now it's been remastered with 4K and HDR support, and this time around the game world is more beautiful than ever, while keeping the original's emotional weight and gameplay.
It's an easy pick for our best PS4 games list.
For those looking for a gaming experience quite unlike any other, Shadow of the Colossus is a must-play. In our full review of the title we called it 'a journey well worth taking once, and somehow even more worthwhile second time around'
PS4 Pro support? Two modes: cinematic with 4K, HDR and 30 fps or performance with 60 fps.
Marvel's Spider-Man
Swinging its way onto our best PS4 games list, Marvel's Spider-Man is likely the best comic book-based video game in the entire PS4 library by a country mile (sorry, Batman: Return to Arkham).
While Arkham did a great job bringing the brooding caped crusader to life on our home consoles, it failed to provide us any insight about Bruce Wayne's actual life when he takes off the cowl.
This is different, if only because it shows us two sides of the same hero – the affable Peter Parker and the heroic, self-sacrificing Spider-Man – in the same game. Tie into that the best traversal mechanics since Spider-Man 2 on the PS3, and you have all the markings of a spectacular (and dare we say AMAZING) Spider-Man game.
Don't miss our full Spider-Man review!
PS4 Pro support? 4K HDR.
Titanfall 2
The original Titanfall was a great game, but unfortunately it didn't come to the PlayStation. Fortunately, its sequel, Titanfall 2, improves on it every conceivable way: the motion is more fluid, there are more distinct titans to choose from and, hold onto your hats here, there's actually a single-player campaign that might take the cake for the best first-person shooter story of the year.
This game's pedigree is inherited from one of this generation's smartest and most unusual shooters. The original Titanfall married ninja-fast on-foot combat to the gloriously thuggish thrill of piloting giant mechs, which are summoned from orbit a few minutes into each match.
The skill with which Respawn has balanced this mix of styles in the sequel is remarkable – Titans have firepower in excess but they're easy to hit, and maps offer plenty of places for infantry to hide.
Make sure to check out our Titanfall 2 review here.
PS4 Pro Support? Yes. Higher resolution and more stable frame rates.
The Last Of Us Remastered
Many games have offered us post-apocalyptic visions of the future, but none have been as brutal, as believable, or as touching as Joel and Ellie's story.
It was near-perfect on PS3, but with current-gen's increased performance ceiling Naughty Dog found ways to ramp up the visual fidelity to 'drop the controller and stare' levels. A radical tonal departure from Uncharted's jovial treasure-hunting escapades, The Last Of Us Remastered demonstrates the California studio's ability to strike a darker mood, populating the overgrown ruins of its setting with a cast characterised by murky morals but still getting you to care for them like your own bessies.
If you love this one, make sure you keep an eye on all the latest news surrounding its sequel: The Last of Us Part 2. It's likely to be another cracking PlayStation 4 game.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. Choice of 4K at 30 fps or 1080p at 60 fps with HDR.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Geralt didn't have the smoothest of entries to PS4, but after some heavy patching and a lot of angry words about visual downgrades, we're left with an RPG boasting tremendous scope and storytelling.
Oh, and combat. And don't forget Gwent, the in-game card game. And there's the crafting to get stuck into. And the alchemy.
You're rarely short of things to entertain yourself with in The Witcher 3's quasi-open world, then, and all the better that you're in a universe that involves the supernatural without leaning on the same old Tolkien fantasy tropes. It's invigorating stuff.
Netflix has announced it's working on a Witcher TV series with Henry Cavill taking on the role as Geralt, so if you haven't jumped into the fantasy RPG then now is the perfect time. Keep an eye out on the dev's upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 game, too.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 4K resolution or improved performance at 1080p.
Uncharted 4: A Thief's End
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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End was tasked with an impossible task by bringing a satisfying close to Naughty Dog's classic adventure series and delivered something well above our expectations. Exceptionally high production values, an engaging story about a wayward brother and an adventure to remember, Uncharted 4 has them all in spades.
Though Naughty Dog's Uncharted journey has finally reached its destination, you're guaranteed to treasure the memories it created forever.
If you're a PS4 owner, it would be criminal not to take this ride. It's undoubtedly one of the best PS4 games there is.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 2560 x 1440 resolution with HDR and 30 fps in single-player.
Wipeout Omega
This bundle of anti-gravity goodness features some of the best versions of Wipeout from over the years. It's not an exhaustive collection of the different games, but it is a great, remastered trio of games that brings you the best of Wipeout racing and chaotic car combat. Multi-player mode is fantastic, but the game's AI improves as you do, meaning some of the later levels are eye-watering challenges.
Here's some Wipeout Omega collection tips and tricks to get you started with this excellent PS4 game.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. HDR and 4K at 60fps.
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus
Looking for an incredible single-player shooter for PS4? Look no further than the 2017 wonder that was Wolfenstein II. Picking up from where the original game left off, this game is a timely social commentary and a superbly silly adventure all rolled into one well-written package.
With tight mechanics and a story worth caring about this is one of the most satisfying first-person shooters we've played in a long time. In our full review we called it 'expertly crafted' and recommended that you play it now.
PS4 Pro support? Yes. 2560x1440p.
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Sony’s PlayStation celebrates its 25th anniversary next December. Of course, Sony has never been one for dragging its feet, so the company has already kicked off its birthday celebration with a commemorative mini-PlayStation console crammed full of 20 games. Some of those selections make perfect sense — if you’re out to make huge stacks of cash, you’re obviously going to include Final Fantasy 7 — while others .. well, let’s just say that Battle Arena Toshinden wasn’t all that remarkable back in 1995, and time hasn’t been especially kind to it.
The PlayStation Classic’s lineup feels a little muddy, so now seems a perfect opportunity for me to take a step back and define, objectively, the 20 actual best games released in the U.S. for the original PlayStation. I’m not necessarily saying these are the games that should have been on the PlayStation Classic, but .. these are the games that should have been on the PlayStation Classic.
20. Chrono Cross
(Square, 2000)
The Final Fantasy games were Square’s heavy hitters on PlayStation, but it’s this semi-sequel to Chrono Trigger that shows the company at its experimental 32-bit best. Look beyond the controversial slap-to-the-fan’s-faces story connections to its classic Super NES predecessor and you’ll find one of the most innovative role-playing experiences ever to appear on a console.
Everything about Chrono Cross speaks to a game whose creators decided to challenge RPG dogma at each step. It rewards players who come to terms with its intricate battle system, in which every action you take and even the party you assemble has a consequence — though you can always run away, even from boss battles, if things don’t go your way. Multiple routes through the story ensure the composition of the player’s party (built of dozens of recruitable weirdos hiding throughout the world) changes every time, and the stunning music and gorgeous (if choppy) visuals make the game an absolute delight. Well, at least until you get to the part where you find out all the characters you loved in Chrono Trigger are now dead. But hey. Omelets and eggs, and all that.
19. Colony Wars
(Psygnosis, 1997)
Colony Wars represented Sony’s entrée into the space sim genre, a fresh take on the likes of Elite, Star Control and Wing Commander. The scenarios and ships presented here don’t break much new ground, especially for anyone who’s spent any amount of time with LucasArts classics like X-Wing, but that doesn’t really matter. The important thing about Colony Wars is that this game, unlike all those others, was created from the ground up for PlayStation rather than beginning life on a personal computer. As such, it’s more limited both in terms of the scale of its missions and in what you can actually do during combat. But that’s hardly a flaw here; Colony Wars harnesses its technical limitations in order to give players a highly focused adventure that brings a distinct arcade sensibility to the genre. Did Colony Wars reinvent the shooter? Not at all. Is it a fine and highly replayable shooter that makes the most of the PlayStation’s strengths? Heck yeah.
18. Jumping Flash!
(Exact, 1995)
A visual stunner and proof of the PlayStation’s horsepower at launch, this freewheeling multi-format action game has held up remarkably well through the years. Players take the controls of Robbit, a robotic bunny armed with an arsenal of explosive carrots, and leap .. then leap again .. and again. Jumping Flash! looks for all the world like a first-person shooter (we called ’em “Doom clones” back then), and some of the levels even play out through cramped corridors that call back to the likes of Wolfenstein 3D. But for the most part, Jumping Flash! explores the vertical potential of 3D graphics, allowing players to ascend high into the sky by chaining together consecutive rocket-propelled bunny hops. The robo-cartoon theme does a lot to wallpaper over the painfully low-resolution graphics, and a succession of forward-thinking innovations (such as the automatic downward camera tilt to help you stick your landings on tiny platforms) ensure Jumping Flash! has aged like fine carrot wine.
17. Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
(Oddworld Inhabitants, 1997)
Designed in the spirit of methodical classics like Prince of Persia but possessing a style all its own, the original Oddworld journey stands out as one of the few PlayStation games to dwell unapologetically in pure, old-school 2D. Yet the public’s supposed contempt for traditional game graphics in the late ’90s didn’t stop Abe’s odyssey from becoming a hit. Maybe the dark, gross-out vibe helped sell it — Abe’s Oddysee leans heavily into the “exploding Yoshi fanatic commercial” mindset so prevalent during that era, allowing you to destroy other characters (both good and bad) in countless graphic ways. There’s also a dedicated fart button, if that helps you pin down where Oddworld Inhabitants’ minds were at.
But unlike so many other gross-out games of the era, Abe’s Oddysee had the depth to back it up, combining Out of This World-style precision platforming with the ability to possess foes or otherwise manipulate them for protagonist Abe’s own ends. The result is a vast, dark, immersive puzzle centered around freeing the innocent while crushing industrial capitalism .. a message that continues to resonate 20 years later.
16. Arc the Lad Collection
(G-Craft/Sony Computer Entertainment, 2002)
The Arc the Lad games almost didn’t make their way over to the U.S.; it was only this beefy compilation from Working Designs at the very end of the console’s life that allowed American RPG fans to experience a game that had launched alongside the hardware in Japan. The first Arc is admittedly a lightweight hiccup of a game, and the third is forgettable .. but right there in the middle you have Arc the Lad 2, one of the biggest and most involving RPGs of this or any era. Combining tactical-style play with traditional console RPG mechanics and exploration, Arc 2 tells a tale that spans a world, two games’ worth of heroes, and dozens of hours of combat and storytelling. The other games in the set are decent enough, but Arc 2 is a PlayStation essential.
15. Wipeout XL
(Psygnosis, 1996)
The original Wipeout pretty much just combined everybody’s two favorite Super NES racing games — F-Zero and Super Mario Kart — by dropping the competitive combat mechanics of the latter into the high-speed techno-world of the former. It didn’t feel derivative, though, because it went about the whole affair with immense style and confidence. With its thumping electronic score and sleek ’90s Euro-futuristic visuals, Wipeout was one of those demo kiosk showcases that convinced curious shoppers to become PlayStation owners back in the console’s tender early days.
The sequel, Wipeout XL, does these same things all over again .. but it does more of them, and better. More tracks, more vehicles, more energetic techno tunes, more .. well, everything, really. The one downside to this gorgeous, high-adrenaline racer is that you need to connect to a second PlayStation (complete with its own television!?) in order to enjoy multiplayer.
14. Bushido Blade
(Light Weight, 1997)
As a rule, early 3D fighting games tend to not age very well. Clumsy mechanics, floaty physics and ugly graphics have given those games far less durability than 2D contemporaries like The King of Fighters ’98 or Street Fighter 3. Bushido Blade is a welcome exception to this rule. Oh, sure, it’s ugly as sin, and it’s pretty clumsy, too .. but that’s sort of the point. Bushido Blade plays like no other fighter before or after it — not even its own sequels and successors.
Players take up arms as one of roughly a dozen modern-day samurai seeking to escape the corruption of their clan, and everyone plays for keeps. Each one-on-one bout takes place in a large, open arena situated on the grounds of a Japanese castle, where factors like elevation or groves of destructible bamboo shape your combat strategy. Bushido Blade lacks life bars and time limits; it’s just you versus your foe, each trying to land a fatal blow against the other — a task that becomes much easier if you manage to strike and permanently disable their limbs. Every blade handles differently, and each character has their own weapon proficiency. The enormous depth and unflinching immediacy of Bushido Blade’s combat more than makes up for its rough tech.
13. Mega Man Legends
(Capcom, 1998)
Once you get past the fact that Legends isn’t simply the classic Mega Man formula rendered in polygons, you’ll find one of the best and brightest action games of its era. Capcom imbued this adventure with the look and energy of classic anime, and the characters that inhabit its world possess all the charm you’d find in a vintage Tatsunoko Productions cartoon.
The action here is solid enough (although its pre-Ocarina of Time lock-on shooting hasn’t aged well), but what really makes Legends work is the world Mega Man explores. Everything takes place on an island called Kattelox, and it’s a pleasure to work your way through the interconnected labyrinths beneath the surface while solving the citizens’ crises above ground. These tasks range from helping a pregnant lady reach the hospital before she goes into labor to finding cool bugs for a bunch of kids to preventing a death-laser satellite from wiping out all life on the island — yeah, the story escalates quickly. Oh, and the would-be villains of the piece, a family of Ghibli-inspired air pirates called the Bonnes, end up stealing the show.
As an early 3D action game, Legends feels a bit clunky at times. But its good-hearted dialogue strikes a rare balance between sincere and cloying that remains all too rare in video games, 20 years later.
12. Tomb Raider 2
(Core Design, 1997)
Tomb Raider became a massive hit right out of the gate, most notably on PlayStation. Naturally, for the sequel, developer Core Design sat down and gave us more — more — MORE! Tomb Raider 2 manages to build on the great ideas and mechanics of the original game without becoming bogged down in repetition or overloaded by elements grafted clumsily onto an aging game engine. It is, in short, the optimal classic Tomb Raider experience.
Tomb Raider 2 sends Lara Croft around the world, from the Great Wall of China to the canals of Venice to the drowned wreck of the luxury liner Maria Doria, and at every step it combines complex environmental puzzle solving with harrowing combat to present players with a perfectly paced adventure. The endless browns and grays of the first game’s ruins and caverns give way to vivid and varied settings, and hired goons replace innocent wildlife to give Lara a greater challenge that you don’t have to feel guilty about riddling with bullets. Things would go quickly downhill for the series in subsequent games, but for this one adventure, Lara delivered on the promise inherent in her inventive but unpolished debut outing.
11. Street Fighter Alpha 3
(Capcom, 1998)
A true video game miracle. The PlayStation’s internal architecture was poorly suited to handling traditional 2D graphics, especially those as varied and fast-paced as you find in a fighting game. Somehow, though, Capcom managed to finagle the system into supporting an excellent rendition of its gorgeous, anime-inspired arcade brawler Street Fighter Alpha 3 with only a few compromises. Only the most hardcore of enthusiasts noticed the few lost animation frames here and there, and even those fanatics were hard-pressed to deny the extraordinary depth this port offered over and above its coin-op incarnation.
The PS1 conversion expanded the game’s roster and introduced new modes while turning hidden features of the arcade game (such as the story-driven two-against-one Dramatic Battle) into upfront options. Sure, the Saturn and Dreamcast ports turned out better a few years later, but this was as good as 2D fighting got on PlayStation: rich in features, boasting dozens of beautifully drawn characters, and sporting a huge array of fighting styles to suit all tastes.
10. Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
(Namco, 1998)
The advent of Super Mario 64 may have quashed the public’s taste for classic 2D graphics and platformers, but that didn’t stop developers from attempting to sneak them into the mix anyway. Klonoa is one of the best of those stealth efforts, a rock-solid run-and-jump action game that pretends to be a polygon-powered modern-day experience.
In truth, though, it plays more like Yoshi’s Island than Super Mario 64: Protagonist Klonoa can extend his leaps with a brief hover ability, grab and toss enemies as projectiles, and launch himself off captive foes for a double jump. But it all plays out in two dimensions, despite putting on a good show with its gorgeous 3D-looking environments, presented to dazzling effect by dramatic camera movements. Heavily inspired by Sega’s faux-3D adventure Nights into Dreams, Klonoa updates a classic game formula with newfangled visuals, smart level design and a surprisingly heart-wrenching story to stand as one of the PlayStation’s greats.
9. Einhänder
(Square, 1997)
Much like Klonoa, Einhänder is one part old-school game and one part flimflam artist. It seemingly takes many of its design cues from Technosoft’s Thunder Force games for Sega Genesis, including its weapon swapping mechanic (your ship has one hand that can snatch guns and energy blades from defeated foes). You’d never mistake this for a Genesis game, though. Its intricate polygonal landscapes pitch and zoom to play with perspective, pumping new life in the aging arcade shoot-’em-up genre without ever abandoning the format’s core tenets. All of this arrives in the care of a pulsing techno-EDM soundtrack worth listening to on its own. Squaresoft made its name on PlayStation as a purveyor of top-flight role-playing games, but like Bushido Blade, Einhänder demonstrated that the company had impressive chops regardless of genre.
8. Incredible Crisis
(Polygon Magic, 2000)
The PlayStation presented developers with an appealing combination of technical factors that had never been available before: a powerful piece of hardware with a massive audience and an inexpensive media format. The platform quickly became home to inventive, experimental games with profound niche appeal — works like Kenichi Nishi’s Incredible Crisis.
A game like this could never have worked on, say, Super NES, and not just because it’s jammed full of rollicking CD-quality music by the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra. It’s just that Incredible Crisis is extremely weird and hard to define, a collection of oddball minigames built around a loopy premise. A loving nuclear Japanese family sets out to buy birthday gifts for their grandmother and ends up becoming involved in dance-offs, outracing Indiana Jones-style boulders, foiling bank robberies and battling Godzilla-sized teddy bears. The madcap variety of Incredible Crisis almost certainly helped inspire the WarioWare series, but this is a wonderfully ludicrous must-play experience in its own right.
7. Final Fantasy Tactics
(Square, 1998)
The PlayStation had no shortage of Final Fantasy games, but none of the numbered entries have aged quite so well as this spinoff from the team behind Tactics Ogre. Essentially a chess game enriched with Final Fantasy job classes and magic spells, Tactics drops players into a succession of turn-based battles in which positioning, elevation and time have a massive impact on the outcome of every single action. The system has a few bottleneck encounters (remember, always create a second save before Riovanes Castle!) and tends to be a bit of a cakewalk toward the end, but the breadth and depth of the systems together make for the single most replayable chapter of the Final Fantasy franchise — every single trip through the story can take a radically different form.
It’s a shame the wildly inconsistent English localization often renders a fascinating War of the Roses-meets-fantasy-apocalypse storyline into an incoherent mess .. but even if the actors here sometimes speak like blunt head trauma victims, the combat mechanics and just-one-more-battle skill-unlock loop keep players coming back again and again.
6. R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
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(Namco, 1999)
Namco’s impressively faithful port of arcade driving game Ridge Racer helped sell the PlayStation at launch. With the fourth chapter of the series — designed exclusively for this platform — Ridge Racer hit its creative peak. Its graphics and fleet of unlockable cars didn’t quite match the immensity of Polyphony’s ultra-hot Gran Turismo games, but R4 let players do something that’s impossible in the taxing GT series: simply enjoy driving. Spiritually, R4 feels almost like a successor to Sega’s Out Run, setting its courses along gorgeous European roads and allowing drivers to just chill. It plays down the hard-rocking intensity of earlier Ridge Racers in favor of easygoing Eurobeat tunes, making the simple act of cruising down the highway a delight.
Of course, fans of classic racing aren’t left in the cold here; R4 contains a story mode, refined drifting mechanics, car customization and even a 60-frames-per-second remake of the original Ridge Racer. It’s truly a racing game for everyone, not just car fans and adrenaline junkies, and it’s a must-play experience.
5. Resident Evil 2
(Capcom, 1998)
The original Resident Evil was, let’s be honest, Capcom’s big ripoff of Infogrames’ Alone in the Dark. With the sequel, the series established itself as a distinct venture in its own right. The action shifts here from the confines of a creepy mansion to spill across the streets of a city choked with zombies, and players take control of two different characters whose paths combine and crisscross to paint the full story of the Raccoon City crisis.
Resident Evil 2 is a huge, cinematic adventure crammed with secrets and bursting with replay value. Like the best sequels, it builds on its predecessor by giving players more of everything: more characters, more challenges, more monsters to overcome and — most of all — more tension. Resident Evil 2 doesn’t change everything, though; it retains the original game’s fixed camera angles, character-oriented controls and strict inventory mechanics. While those design choices don’t sit well with everyone these days, they make possible Capcom’s core vision for classic Resident Evil: a challenging adventure that rarely affords players the opportunity to feel safe. In a game where zombie hordes roam the streets of suburban America, it’s only fitting.
4. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
(Konami, 1997)
For some weird reason, Konami decided the Castlevania series’ PlayStation debut should be a .. 2D sequel to a poorly selling Japan-only PC Engine title. Everything about that description would seem doomed to failure on paper — the final nail in Dracula’s coffin, as it were. In practice, however, Symphony turned out to be not only one of the finest entries in the long-running Castlevania series, but also one of the high points of the entire PlayStation library. Some extremely clever technical flimflammery allowed Symphony’s designers to trick the PS1 hardware into handling 2D graphics better than anyone would have expected, resulting in an utterly beautiful action RPG packed with all kinds of detail.
Symphony represented (at the time) a significant rethinking of what “Castlevania” meant, but every inch of it shines with both genuine affection for the franchise and a desire to make the best game possible. From vanity footwear whose only use is to make protagonist Alucard a few pixels taller to the hidden secret ending that doubles the length of the adventure, Symphony is a best-case scenario of what happens when you give passionate developers the tools to express their vision.
3. Vagrant Story
(Square, 2000)
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Vagrant Story has only one significant flaw, really: It’s too long. If the developers hadn’t padded it out to head off the complaints that its spiritual predecessor Parasite Eve had been too short, it might well be a perfect work. The minds behind Final Fantasy Tactics sat down to create an adventure in the Resident Evil/Metal Gear Solid mold, and they came up with something wholly unique in video game history.
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Presented with a quirky narrative format that blends comic book and fantasy film aesthetics, and told with a rich English-language script that gives its fantasy-horror pulp an almost Shakespearean air, Vagrant Story remains perhaps the single most technically impressive PS1 title ever assembled. It’s not all flowery prose and wyvern-stabbing drama, though; Vagrant Story is held together by absolutely brilliant action mechanics that weave together platforming, puzzle solving and a complex battle system that takes on the feel of a rhythm game at times. Truly a game like no other, which makes it absolute justification for owning a PlayStation.
2. PaRappa the Rapper
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(NanaOn-Sha, 1997)
When the CD-ROM format debuted, developers weren’t quite sure what to do with all that extra space. Throw in some movies? CD-quality music? Not bad ideas, but ultimately those embellishments turned out to be little more than window dressing for standard video game concepts. It wasn’t until PaRappa the Rapper came along that CD-quality audio became truly integral to the game itself. Sony (in collaboration with artist Rodney Greenblat and developer Masaya Matsuura) turned the music itself into a game, demanding players triumph in a series of rap battles in order to win the heart of the protagonist’s would-be girlfriend.
PaRappa synthesized a lot of mismatched ideas that had been floating around the games industry for a while and turned them into a single clever, charismatic musical adventure that takes full advantage of the PS1 hardware. The technology powering the ever-changing raps combines the dynamic music of LucasArts’ iMUSE system with the aspiring-producer gimmick of Peter Gabriel’s Xplora1 and transforms it all into a silly and memorable experience. What other game would dare ask players to guide a lovestruck puppy as he learns to out-rap a UB40-soundalike reggae frog at a flea market? Together with its sequel UmJammer Lammy, PaRappa the Rapper embodied Sony’s innovative, anything-goes approach to publishing — an attitude that had everything to do with PS1’s triumph over the console war competition.
1. Metal Gear Solid
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(Konami, 1998)
Sony never managed to produce precise counterprogramming for landmark Nintendo 64 hits like Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (sorry, Ape Escape fans). Luckily, Konami stepped up and delivered Metal Gear Solid, which took the same spiritual approach as Mario and Zelda’s latest adventures at the time — that is, updating a classic formula — and advanced it an extra step ahead.
Like Nintendo’s hits, Metal Gear Solid took a concept from an earlier console generation and reinvented it for three dimensions. Director Hideo Kojima barely strayed from the mechanics and design of 8-bit Metal Gear here, but the simple act of reworking stealth warrior Solid Snake and his world into polygons brought new life to those well-worn concepts. Sneaking around wasn’t a new idea when Metal Gear Solid debuted, yet evading (instead of fighting) foes in a three-dimensional space felt far more real than it had in 2D, opening the door for a new philosophy of action game design. It also introduced gamers to a new style of immersive storytelling; thanks to its thrilling real-time cutscenes and extensive, voice-acted “codec” conversations, Metal Gear Solid is as much a movie or radio play as a video game.
Sure, the storyline is plenty corny, and the villain’s awkward climactic speech about genetic super-babies goes on for about 10 minutes longer than it should, but it’s hard to hold that kind of fumbling exuberance against a game that turns every moment of gameplay into a dazzling set-piece or tense cat-and-mouse challenge. Metal Gear Solid debuted almost simultaneously with Half-Life and Ocarina of Time, and it had just as much impact on the future of the medium as they did .. and it cemented PlayStation’s reputation as the place to go for cutting-edge experiences in the process.