Best PS5 Games Worth Buying Right Now

Sony's prestige sequel delivers on every front. The relationship between Kratos and Atreus is the emotional core — a story about fathers and sons, mythology and legacy, and the violence we pass down through generations. The combat expands meaningfully on 2018's foundation. Every realm is visually distinct. At 30-40 hours with a rich optional content layer, it earns full price.

The PS5's most distinctive exclusive. A third-person roguelite shooter with Lovecraftian horror atmosphere and DualSense implementation that makes every weapon feel physically unique — the haptic resistance on different guns is one of the best uses of the controller's features. Brutally difficult, but the 2022 Ascension update added a co-op mode that makes the challenge more approachable.

The PS5 technical showpiece. Rift Apart uses the SSD to load entirely different dimensions in real time — something architecturally impossible on PS4. The result is gameplay that would have been impossible last generation, not just prettier. Insomniac's weapon design is as creative as ever, and the new protagonist Rivet is instantly compelling.

The PS5 version of BG3 is a technical achievement — full split-screen co-op on a CRPG, with a controller interface Larian spent enormous effort perfecting. For players without high-end gaming PCs, this is the definitive way to play the best RPG of the generation.

The remaster adds No Return — a roguelike survival mode that recontextualizes the original game's brutal combat as pure mechanical pleasure. The base game remains one of the most ambitious and divisive AAA experiences ever shipped. The PS5 upgrade is free if you own the PS4 version.

Sucker Punch's samurai epic hits 60fps on PS5 and the DualSense haptics give the katana combat a physical weight the PS4 version lacked. The Director's Cut adds the Iki Island expansion — another 10+ hours of quality storytelling and combat that expands the protagonist's backstory meaningfully.

Runs at a locked 60fps on PS5 with a performance mode, and the DualSense rumble communicates enemy attacks with a physicality the PC version lacks. The Lands Between is one of gaming's greatest open worlds. The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is essential additional content.

Game Science's debut is the most visually spectacular game on PS5 — the Unreal Engine 5 implementation is genuinely breathtaking. The staff-based combat and transformation system offer deep mechanical variety, and the Journey to the West setting provides a mythological richness Western games rarely achieve.

The PS5 runs Sekiro at locked 60fps with adaptive trigger resistance making the parry timing feel even more tactile. If you haven't played this — the most precise action game FromSoftware has made — the PS5 version is the definitive experience. Nothing else teaches you to read enemy animations with this precision.