Sony’s PlayStation 5 has now been out for a good long while, and it keeps adding impressive new titles all the time, with a load more on the horizon.
We’ve gathered the best contenders right here for you, from confirmed releases to games that we’re certain are in the pipeline, including new trailers wherever they exist.
Street Fighter 6
- Pre-order: Amazon
- Release date: 2 June 2023
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on PS4, Xbox and PC
- Publisher: Capcom
The next big Street Fighter is on the way, with a new art style and what looks like it might be a free-roaming adventure mode, a huge potential shift for the series. There are new and returning fighters, and we’re hugely looking forward to seeing how it handles.
Diablo 4
- Pre-order: Amazon
- Release date: 6 June 2023
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on Xbox Series X/S and PC
- Publisher: Activision Blizzard
We’re looking forward to diving back into the addictive loot-fountain world of Diablo for the first full game in years, and with five classes to choose from and a huge open world to move around, it looks like it’s going to offer up a wealth of opportunities to hack and slash.
Final Fantasy XVI
- Pre-order: Amazon
- Release date: 22 June 2023
- PS5 exclusive? Yes
- Publisher: Square Enix
Final Fantasy might be bidding goodbye to party-based combat, if the trailers for the next main instalment are anything to go by, with a darker fantasy tale that looks to have one main protagonist that you control in combat.
Of course, that could just be what we’ve seen so far, and it looks incredibly gorgeous on the PS5.
Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon
- Pre-order: Amazon
- Release date: 25 August 2023
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on PS4, Xbox and PC
- Publisher: Bandai Namco
If you love the idea of piloting a giant mecha-robot through deathly combat missions, customising every element of its construction so that it controls and fights precisely how you like, you’ll love Armored Core.
Brutally exacting and fast-paced, it’s the other long-running saga from FromSoftware, creators of Dark Souls and Elden Ring, but there hasn’t been a game for a while so this new title is much-anticipated.
Baldur’s Gate 3
- Release date: 31 August 2023
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on PC
- Publisher: Larian Studios
Larian is bringing back one of gaming’s great franchises, revivifying the Baldur’s Gate series with a new entry to looks and sounds incredibly impressive.
It’s been in early access on PC for a long time now, but will finally come to PS5 later this year with split-screen co-op and the full campaign to enjoy.
Skull and Bones
- Release date: 2023
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on Xbox Series X/S, PC and Stadia
- Publisher: Ubisoft
Skull and Bones has taken so long to surface that it was repeatedly rumoured to have been cancelled at various stages, but the pirate game is finally about to come out, and looks like a good time. You’ll kit out not just your captain but their ship in the loadout you choose, and take on the high seas with a scurrilous crew to help you.
Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Release date: Fall 2023
- PS5 exclusive? Yes
- Publisher: Sony
Insomniac’s hot streak with the web-slinger continues – after the expandalone Miles Morales adventure, Peter Parker and Miles will be teaming up in the new game, due out in 2023 and featuring a slathering antagonist in the form of the fearsome Venom.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
- Release date: Winter 2023
- PS5 exclusive? Yes
- Publisher: Square Enix
Square has more than one big Final Fantasy game on the way, and the next instalment in its remake-come-sequel series has been announced for late-2023. It looks as gorgeous as ever, and promises to take Cloud’s story in even more twisty directions thanks to the timeline shenanigans established at the end of the first part.
We’re looking forward to exploring more of the world now that Cloud’s properly established with a bunch of his original party members in the forms of Aerith, Tifa, Yuffie, Red and Barrett.
Alan Wake 2
- Release date: 2023
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on Xbox and PC
- Publisher: Epic Games
At long last, we get a continuation of tortured writer Alan Wake’s story from Remedy, after its universe was tied into that of Control in that game’s last expansion. The new Alan Wake will apparently skew more into survival horror rather than action, which sounds nice and scary.
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
- Release date: 2 February 2024
- PS5 Exclusive? No also on Xbox Series X/S and PC
- Publisher: Warner Bros.
Rocksteady finally returns after a quiet period following its acclaimed Arkham games, and it’s back in the DC universe. This time it’s taking on the Suicide Squad, with a four-man team of miscreants tasked with bumping off the corrupted superhero lineup of the Justice League.
It looks like colourful fun, and unlike the Batman games you’ve got multiple styles of combat to embrace between the various characters, so we can’t wait to get our hands on it and try it for ourselves.
Death Stranding 2
- Release date: TBC
- PS5 exclusive? Yes
- Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
One of the weirdest mainstream games we’ve played in a long, long time is getting a sequel on the PlayStation 5 – Death Stranding 2 is on its way.
The title might change, it would seem, but there are some returning cast members to give us consistency, including Lea Seydoux and Norman Reedus.
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake
- Release date: TBC
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on PC
- Publisher: Sony
Arguably the best Star Wars game of all time is getting a fresh lick of paint, rebuilt from the ground up for the PS5 and presumably bringing the old game’s turn-based combat up to modern standards. The story of Darth Revan is one of the greatest gaming’s known, so we can’t wait to see some gameplay.
Silent Hill 2
- Release date: TBC
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on PC
- Publisher: Konami
An all-time horror great is coming back with a full remake led by Bloober Team – Silent Hill 2 will traumatise a whole new generation of gamers when it lands. Exploring its titular eerie town will be petrifying, but we’re looking forward to a quantum leap forward graphically, too.
Marvel’s Wolverine
- Release date: TBC
- PS5 exclusive? Yes
- Publisher: Sony
Marvel has clearly taken notice of the stellar work that Insomniac has done with Spider-Man, though, as it’s been given the keys to another of its biggest names – Wolverine. The X-Man will be slicing his way to the PS5 at some point in the future, although we don’t have an idea of when that’ll be as yet.
Alone in the Dark
- Release date: TBC
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on Xbox Series X and PC
- Publisher: THQ Nordic
One of the most storied franchises returns with this reboot that will send players to the deep south for some properly creepy action, controlling two protagonists in a twisty and unsettling story that promises plenty of gore and scares.
Wonder Woman
- Release date: TBC
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on Xbox and PC
- Publisher: Warner Bros.
The DC universe is getting into the swing of things as far as gaming adaptations are concerned, and Wonder Woman is now in the lineup, although we don’t have either a firm idea of what gameplay will look like or a release date.
It’s a fairly safe bet that it’ll be some sort of beat-em-up, though, and we’re down to see how her famous set of moves could feel to control.
Star Wars Eclipse
- Release date: TBC
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on Xbox and PC
- Publisher: LucasFilm Games
It’s super early in development, but if this moody CGI trailer is anything to go by, the next big game from Quantic Dream could take us to some interesting new locations in the Star Wars universe. It’s set during the High Republic, a new part of the timeline that is being explored by other creators, too.
Grand Theft Auto 6
- Release date: TBC
- PS5 exclusive? No, also on Xbox Series X and PC
- Publisher: Rockstar
There are almost too many rumours swirling around Rockstar’s likely next game in the Grand Theft Auto franchise to adequately summarise, but suffice to say that it almost has to be on the way.
At the moment speculation is rife that it will see players return to Vice City and the surrounding area, but nothing is confirmed yet. Still, it’s almost guaranteed that one of the world’s biggest entertainment franchises will make its way to the PS5 before long.