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Best PS5 Games List
Polygon's top 25 PS5 games for 2024-2026.
In brief
Polygon's top 25 PS5 games for 2024-2026. Polygon lists 10 best PS5 games including Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Ace Combat 8. Originally reported by Polygon.
Star Wars: Galactic Racer
Polygon's list includes Star Wars: Galactic Racer as a top PS5 game for its innovative racing mechanics and Star Wars fantasy.
“It also happens to be one of the most innovative racing games in a long time, a much-needed shake-up for a stale genre.”
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve is a top PS5 game praised for its sophisticated controls and wartime storyline.
“By the sophistication of the controls, the variety of the level design, the meaty length of the campaign, the amazing fidelity of the visuals, and the depth and seriousness of its operatic wartime storyline.”
Star Wars Zero Company
Star Wars Zero Company is a squad strategy game set during Star Wars' Clone Wars era.
“This is fine-honed game design full of precision, personality, puzzle-like ingenuity, and just the right amount of unpredictability.”
007 First Light
007 First Light is a James Bond game developed by IO Interactive with social stealth gameplay.
“It's a very slick and entertaining blockbuster action game that's a lot smarter than it needed to be.”
Marathon
Marathon is an extraction shooter with asymmetric PvPvE gameplay for intense multiplayer experiences.
“Its asymmetric PvPvE gameplay can be hard to get your head around, never mind brutally unforgiving.”
Hades 2
Hades 2 is a sequel to Supergiant Games' roguelike action game with crisp combat and randomized boons.
“The combat is still crisp and thrilling, the randomized boons are still exquisitely balanced.”
Pragmata
Pragmata is a sci-fi action game from Capcom about fatherhood and AI threats.
“It's a cinematically ambitious game about fatherhood and the AI threat.”
Alan Wake 2
Alan Wake 2 is a survival horror game with dual protagonists and meta mystery elements.
“What Remedy created by bringing all its experience to bear on its most beloved creation is nothing short of a survival horror masterpiece.”
Astro Bot
Astro Bot is a platform game celebrating PlayStation's 30th anniversary with DualSense haptics.
“It's a stunning technical showcase, from the sheen of its ray-traced surfaces to the tippy-tap of the adorable Astro’s footfalls rendered in the DualSense’s haptics and speaker.”
Baldur's Gate 3
Baldur's Gate 3 is a Dungeons & Dragons-based RPG that's a critical and commercial hit on PS5.
“It's as close to tabletop role-playing as you can get in video games, delivering strong storytelling, indelible characters, incredible flexibility and player agency.”
What matters most
Polygon lists 10 best PS5 games including Star Wars: Galactic Racer and Ace Combat 8.
