The best PS5 games 2024: Our top 10 games

There is already one available for the PS5to choose from, but which ones are really worth it? GamePro introduces you to the best titles for Sony's new console as well as the best backwards compatible PS4 games. Feel free to share your recommendations in the comments!

The rules for the top list:Here you can find at a glance the 10 PS5 games with the currently highest GamePro ratings from 2023 and 2024, as long as there aren't quite as many games from the current year. These are not exclusively exclusive titles. The ratings also determine the order. If the rating is the same, the younger game goes higher in the list. DLCs ​​and expansions are not included in this list.

10. Roots of Pacha - Rating: 90

• Genre:Farmsimulation
• Release: 28. November 2023

That's what it's about: Inyou experience a farming simulator in a very atypical setting. The game puts you in a fictional Stone Age in which you, as part of a tribe, have to survive the seasons and gradually develop your ideas. This is how you get fireplaces, larger houses, a sundial and much more.

Here's why you should play it:Due to the unusual setting, some things happen differently in the game than you are used to in the genre. So there are all the elements like cultivating fields or collecting livestock/pets, but instead of a hoe you use a stone at the beginning or you don't have a dog but a baby mammoth as a pet. This means that even those who know the genre inside out are offered some new elements.

9. Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth - Rating: 90

• Genre:Role play
• Release: 26 January 2024

That's what it's about: InThe story about Ichiban Kasuga, who is now traveling to Hawaii, continues. Series veteran and favorite protagonist Kazuma Kiryu also plays a larger role and is the second main character.

Here's why you should play it:The role-playing game manages to build on its predecessor and improve it in all respects. In addition to the normal gameplay, you can expect more leisure activities, mini-games and side missions than in any other part of the series. Dondoko Island is also very special, which is basically a life simulation within the game.

Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

8. Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth - Rating: 90

That's what it's about: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is the sequel to the 2020 remake of Final Fantasy 7 and the second part of the remake trilogy. The game follows on from its predecessor and follows the story of the mercenary Cloud, who, together with Tifa, Aerith, Barrett and other characters, competes against the Shinra Corporation and Sephiroth.

That's what's special: While the predecessor took place entirely in one city, Midgar, the sequel now opens completely. This means you have an open world at your disposal through which you can ride with your Chocobo. But all of the game's systems have also been expanded with many innovations, especially a large load of mini-games that loosen up the whole thing a bit.

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7. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - Rating: 92

• Genre: Action-Adventure
• Release:20 October 2023

That's what it's about: The action-adventure Spider-Man 2 continues the story about Peter Parker and Miles Morales. Around two years after the events of the predecessor, we can swing through New York City again in a spider costume. This time the hero duo has to deal with the villains Venom and Kraven the Hunter.

Here's why you should play it:Spider-Man 2 impresses with its really clean technology, which creates a beautiful city in an open world setting. This means you can travel quickly through the city by swinging and sliding without any strong graphical pop-ins. And then also with ray tracing and other effects. On top of that, there is also a good superhero story with a popular Spider-Man villain that fans shouldn't miss.

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6. Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree - Wertung: 92

That's what it's about:Elden Ring has finally received major DLC over two years after its release. A completely new area awaits you in Shadow of the Erdtree. But this is not packed at the end of the main game, but is located in the middle of the game and is basically a large additional content that you can play completely optionally, but you don't have to.

Here's why you should play it:However, Shadow of the Erdtree manages to expand exactly where the open world Souls fit. Great boss design, a map that invites exploration, and new mechanics that will challenge even Elden Ring veterans.

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5. Dragon Age: The Veilguard - Rating: 92

• Genre: Action role-playing game
• Release:31 October 2024

That's what it's about:You slip inin the role of Rooks, who has to assert himself with his troops against elf gods. In combat, The Veilguard foregoes the former tactical perspective and focuses more on action.

Here's why you should play it:The Veilguard does a few things differently and therefore doesn't exactly have the easiest start to a game. But if you stick with it, the story and the gameplay options will unfold and you will end up with a worthy Dragon Age.

4. Resident Evil 4 - Rating: 93

• Genre: Survival-Horror
• Release:March 24, 2023

That's what it's about: Basically we experience in the remake ofthe same story as almost 20 years ago, but the dialogues are more complex, and we learn more background and context in the many files scattered throughout the game world, which makes the gaming experience of the approximately 20-hour campaign more immersive.

Here's why you should play it:Regardless of whether you already know the game or are playing it for the first time, Resident Evil 4 in the remake is the best version of the classic. This is not only due to the improved gameplay but also to the completely renewed graphics, which shine in a completely new splendor thanks to the RE engine.

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3. Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - Rating: 94

• Genre: Action-RPG
• Release:26. September 2023

That's what it's about:is the only major story DLC for the acclaimed main game. The add-on starts right in the middle of the well-known main story and lets you explore a completely new district in the role of V: ​​Dogtown. On behalf of the mysterious netrunner Songbird, you have to locate NUS President Myers' crashed plane and save her. Keanu Reeves is also back on board as Johnny Silverhand.

Here's why you should play it:DLC rarely makes it onto this list, which is all the more reason to take a look at Phantom Liberty. The extension along with(and) finally brings Cyberpunk 2077 to the level and even more that many had already wanted at launch.

2. Astro Bot - Rating: 94

• Genre: Jump 'n' Run
• Release:06. September 2024

That's what it's about:is finally Astro's big debut after several free games and a VR game. In his jump 'n' run adventure you accompany him through several galaxies in 80 levels to save the world. To do this, he travels on a DualSense and a PS5 and saves over 300 other robots.

That's why you should play it: If you've already played Astro's Playroom or one of the other games, you know exactly what you're getting yourself into. Because Astro Bot is a big anniversary celebration and takes you on a journey through 30 years of PlayStation. The game doesn't just leave you with mere allusions, but also lets you play in special levels with costumes and skills like you know from Kratos or Aloy.

Astro Bot is bursting with ideas, meaning that there are new tricks in every level that will keep you entertained over the almost 10-15 hours of playing time.

1. Baldur's Gate 3 - Rating: 97

• Genre:Role play
• Release-Datum: 06. September 2023

That's what it's about:Anyone who has ever dealt with pen-and-paper role-playing games will know thattakes place in the popular Dungeons & Dragons world. And Baldur's Gate 3 wants to imitate just such a role-playing game. So you go through the adventure with your party, which you can either undertake solo or with another person. In addition to the many dialogues, turn-based strategy battles with a complex set of rules await you, which has excited D&D fans and newcomers at the same time.

That's what's special: There is probably hardly another game like Baldur's Gate 3 that is so committed to freedom. You can really play the role-playing game however you want and somehow it always reacts appropriately. If it weren't for the technical problems on the PS5, the game would have jumped straight to number 1.

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