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There are so many different video game titles out there that require days to complete. From lengthy RPG titles to games as a service where new content is constantly being tossed out into the mix, finding a game to quickly go through might be a challenge. However, if you’re looking for some games you can complete quickly then check out our list below. We’ve compiled some of the most popular short video game titles on the PlayStation 4 platform.

#18 The Order 1886

Ready at Dawn was behind The Order 1886 which launched back in 2015. This is an action-adventure title that has players taking the role of a knight who vows to protect the innocent from the world’s most hazardous threats. Along the journey, players would be facing several enemies such as werewolves and vampires. While Ready at dawn has since moved on with mainly working on VR gameplay, most passed over The Order 1886 initially because it was a brand new video game title that cost the player $60. The problem most had was the fact that at $60 they were getting a game that only had about seven hours of content. However, since this game is available at a steep discount now, it’s a game that players would likely get their money’s worth out of.

#17 Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!

There’s a chance you might have already played through Doki Doki Literature Club when it first arrived in the marketplace. This is a free video game title that plays out as a dating sim visual novel. However, the game featured some psychological twists that made the game a classic video game. Now the developers had decided to go back and deliver Doki Doki Literature Club Plus! This installment brings back the thrilling narrative but with a few extra features and side stories. There are now six new stories to go through along with the main campaign, over a hundred new unlockable images, new music tracks, along updating the visuals to bring in full 1080p HD. It’s a shorter game with some horrific moments, so we’ll refrain from saying anything else to spoil the narrative.

#16 Firewatch

Firewatch was a game that had a ton of interest online. Players were given a new walking simulator style of game which can also be considered a more modern adventure game. Rather than the old school point-and-click games, Firewatch puts players into a first-person perspective. Here in this game, we’re thrown into the 1980s where players are stepping into the role of a new fire lookout named Henry. Stuck alone in the national park, Henry maintains the area to ensure no potential fires are starting up. Meanwhile, Henry has a source of communication with a supervisor in a nearby station named Delilah.

During this journey, we’re getting a look at just what brought Henry into a job that’s so lonesome while also discovering that perhaps there’s someone out in the forest causing mischief. Similar to other games on this list, there is a choice-based system where Henry can respond to Delilah with specific talking points that will help progress through the narrative journey. While fans have enjoyed this game from the indie studio, Campo Santo, the developers were acquired by Valve so there’s no telling if we’ll see another installment to the IP.

#15 Little Nightmares 

Within Little Nightmares, players will be taking on the role of a young girl named Six who had been kidnapped from her home and forced to work at a place known as The Maw. Massive hostile enemies ensure that everything is in order and no one attempts to leave their designated area. The game is quite a bit like Limbo if you’re familiar with that title. There’s a very hostile environment to go through so players will need to carefully examine the area and attempt to solve the puzzles or potentially avoid bringing in any attention to your protagonist.

Controls here are pretty simple as well to understand as you only have movement, jumping, and grabbing mechanics to deal with. This game also has a sequel readily available which is worth checking out after completing the first installment. Both are also short games to complete with the first installment taking under four hours for most players to complete the main storyline while the sequel comes in at just under six hours.

#14 Soma

Frictional Games might be known best for the Penumbra and Amnesia video game titles. This is a studio that knows how to deliver a first-person horror video game experience. Their latest release is another psychological horror title called Soma which puts players into an underwater remote research facility. Throughout the game, campaign players are trying to uncover the truth behind the facility that’s gone rogue with machines taking on more human characteristics.

If you’re familiar with Amnesia, Soma takes on a similar gameplay style in that players will be keen to take a stealthy approach when dealing with the enemy. It’s best to avoid danger when possible while searching for clues and solving puzzles. Currently, most players can get through the game campaign in just about ten hours.

#13 Call of Duty: Vanguard 

Call of Duty: Vanguard is another great option to run with if you’re after an FPS. I’m, of course, referring to the campaign that is just a few hours long. Really, any of the Call of Duty games with a single-player campaign is a viable option if you’re after shorter campaign experiences. They are all over-the-top action-packed experiences with players generally getting tossed around massive set pieces. When it comes to Call of Duty: Vanguard, players are thrown back into the gritty World War Two era. Here we’re getting a few different protagonists to take control of. As you can expect, each will have its own different missions, perks, and frontlines as they battle off the Nazi regime. After going through the campaign, you’ll still have the multiplayer component to test your skills.

#12 Oxenfree

Oxenfree was an indie hit that follows a young teenage girl named Alex who heads to an abandoned local island with some friends for a party gathering. However, what was meant to be a party turned into a horror trip as Alex quickly discovers there is some supernatural element living on this island. Instead of a night full of partying, drinking, and hanging with friends, Alex is left gathering everyone up while finding a way off this island.

One of the reasons fans took to this game was because of its mature story as well where we dive into a variety of tough topics. Furthermore, the game is a choice-based title so depending on the choices you make along the way will determine the ending you’ll receive. Gameplay can be described as an adventure title with players going through the game solving puzzles and exploring the areas.

#11 The Walking Dead

Telltale Games was such an iconic video game development studio for adventure story-driven enthusiasts. The developers found their groove with episodic style releases and their popularity allowed the team to work on a variety of licensed IPs. Arguably their biggest release was The Walking Dead, a series that followed a new cast of characters while mainly revolving around Clementine. Players start the game out as a criminal heading to prison for murder when the zombie apocalypse strikes giving our protagonist, Lee, another chance at life. That’s when players stumble upon a scared little girl named Clementine who is all alone in a world that’s quickly taken control of by mindless zombies. It’s here that players are going through an episodic journey of finding a haven with Clementine but the world apocalypse shows just how brutal humanity can be when they are left with little support.

Gameplay mechanics are pretty easy to understand as you’re mainly wandering around exploring the area, talking with characters, going through QTEs, and making decisions that will play a major role in the narrative journey. Much like Life is Strange, this game can be broken up into small sections thanks to the episodes although the entire season can be completed on a weekend. That’s of course just referring to the first installment as there are several seasons to this series with a thrilling co conclusion. Trust us, if you’re a fan of The Walking Dead and haven’t played this series yet then do yourself a favor and pick up the first season as soon as possible.

#10 Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Within Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons players are following two brothers who must go on a grand adventure through several hostilities to bring back special water. The water is believed to heal their dying father though the journey itself will prove to be difficult to overcome for these siblings. With that said, this is a beautiful title with puzzle-filled gameplay and boss fights. This game also allows local cooperative gameplay where players can solve the puzzles and explore the different locations together. With that said, it’s not a lengthy game at all with most players able to complete this game in just about three hours.

#9 Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice received some massive attention as it came from a small indie studio called Ninja Theory but looked incredibly detailed much like a AAA title. The video game follows a Celtic warrior named Senua as she travels through Hell in hopes of rescuing her lover’s soul. However, Senua is also cursed by seeing psychotic manifestations because of her mental illnesses.

Senua suffers from hallucinations, delusions, anxiety, and depression. Because of these illnesses, our protagonist must embark on a very personal journey. Since this game was released, Ninja Theory was swiped up by Microsoft and they are currently working on a new installment for players although, at the time of writing this description, we’re not sure just when the sequel will release. Players that are up for the first installment will find that the game will take just under eight hours to complete.

#8 Transistor  

In Transistor, players step into the role of Red, a lounge singer that had her voice stolen, but now wielding a large sword-like weapon known as Transistor, she embarks on a journey to figure out what exactly is going on with her stolen voice and the chaos that has hit the world. Of course, we won’t go any deeper than that as this game forces players to figure out the narrative as they progress through the title.

Similar to Supergiant Game’s previous video game release Bastion, the visuals look like a hand-drawn world but with combat being slightly tinkered with. This is still very much an action RPG, where players can make upgrades to their character whether it be aimed towards delivering powerful attacks or defensive measures to keep Red a bit safer in a fight. Those that are short on time will find that this game will only take you about six hours to complete.

#7 Limbo

Limbo was a quick iconic video game title when it launched. Players were dropped in a bleak world as a child that’s forced to go through a series of hazardous environments. This is one of those games where you can sit back in just pure awe, the art style alone is completely capitulating. For lack of better words, Limbo is beautiful yet horrifying. Having no real sense of what’s going on, the game leaves you stranded in a down-right creepy surrounding with not a single cut-scene or dialog box to be found.

Playing as a small boy, you’re left to quickly escape from the wretched place from where you’ve awakened. As you can probably guess this title can be rather gruesome at points and you can expect a ton of deaths. Most players will be able to get through the main storyline in under four hours which is incredibly short and rewarding with all the platforming traps and beasts to avoid along the way.

#6 Doom

Doom is such an iconic and classic FPS game and it paved the way for so many other classic video game titles to come out after. It wasn’t long ago at this point that there was the reboot release of Doom which gave players a new FPS title that once again throws players into the role of Doom Slayer who is forced into defeating a demonic invasion when a facility taps into hell for resources. Things quickly go awry and it’s left Doom Slayer in an uphill battle with so many demons flooding out and seeking to reach Earth for destruction.

It’s just as brutal and gore-filled as you would have expected a new age Doom game to be. The game comes in at under twelve hours to complete but if you find the gameplay fun and want an even more challenging experience then I would suggest checking out its sequel, Doom Eternal which will take players a few more hours to complete than the standard Doom reboot.

#5 Life is Strange 

The Life is Strange franchise was a big hit and it put Dontnod Entertainment on the map. This studio worked with Square Enix to bring out a supernatural episodic journey. Within the game, players are following a young female student named Max who arrives back in her hometown to attend a prestigious school. However, she soon discovers that she wields the ability to rewind time along with knowledge of a massive storm that will be destroying the town in a few days. With the help of her old childhood, the duo begins on a journey to figure out how to prevent the storm while also digging up some dark secrets that the town has kept hidden.

It’s an episodic journey as mentioned so it’s easy to go through this game in short segments. Each episode will give players a few hours of content before finally ending on a cliffhanger for the next episode. With that said, the entire season will only take players about fourteen hours to complete. Furthermore, there is a second season readily available as well along with a prequel to the first season called Life is Strange Before The Storm which are worth checking out.

#4 Gone Home

With the video game Gone Home players take the role of a young college student that returns home on break. While the expectations were a fun gathering with family and friends again our protagonist returns home to find no one around. This is where the story journey begins as players will need to investigate the home in hopes of figuring out just where everyone has gone. While Gone Home appears to be quite an atmospheric horror title that’s simply not the case as this is a very relaxing mystery for players to solve.

You’ll roam the open house and piece together the different clues. The game will have you going through various rooms, picking up scraps of paper, and piecing together a narrative of the events that transpired before you arrived. This is one of the shorter video games on the list as well since it will take about two hours to complete the narrative.

#3 Bastion 

Within Bastion players are tossed into a world that has simply been destroyed. Taking on the role of a hero known as The Kid, players embark on an epic action RPG journey featuring some complex levels filled with unique enemies and hazardous world elements. While the storyline might not grab everyone, it’s a bite-size-style RPG that may appeal to players. Players will have a wide variety of weapons, visually pleasing aesthetic, and to top it off, the smooth vocals of a narrator help drive the game forward. The more you play the more you’ll unlock new weapons or customization options and it becomes a battle on when to stop playing. Of course, it’s not a game that will keep playing going through the campaign endlessly anyway. Most have completed this game in about six hours.

#2 Little Nightmares II

Little Nightmares II is the follow-up to the highly popular puzzle-platform horror adventure, Little Nightmares. The game is just like the first installment. You’re controlling a small child in a terrifying and unsettling world. With everything looking to bring your demise, the whole gameplay is all about escape. Being a puzzle platformer, you have to figure out how to get around obstacles and hazards. Meanwhile, you’re typically avoiding the line of sight from hostile enemies that lurk around the area. With only taking most players about five hours to go through, this is a game you can get through quickly. Although, you might want to go back and enjoy the first game if you haven’t done so already.

#1 Inside 

Inside is the successor to Playdead’s Limbo. It’s a game that once again puts players into the role of a young child in a weird unusual dystopia. With humans essentially brainwashed, our protagonist is forced to escape from this weird facility location the narrative takes part in. However, players will have to endure a ton of deaths along the way with so many hostilities not only from the humans in control of the facility but environmental hazards to even rabid animals such as hunting dogs. It’s a game that received a ton of praise as the story is told through the gameplay rather than any kind of cutscenes or narration. As a result, this has sparked so many different theories about the storyline and gameplay along the way. It’s quite easy to get lost in the conspiracy theories behind this game’s journey when you finish the campaign.

Best PS4 Exclusives – Amazing Games That Everyone Should Play

All PS4 Exclusives, Best PS4 exclusives – Arguably, easily one of the best things about owning a PS4 is the ever growing selection of PS4 exclusives that you can get for it. From the likes of God of War to Uncharted 4 and everything in between, the sheer variety of exclusive titles on PlayStation 4 is matched only by their caliber. Make no mistake – these PS4 exclusive games are certainly a must play. So whether you’ve just found yourself in possession of a shiny new PS4, or, if you’ve had one for a while and simply want to keep up to date on all the exclusives available for the console, we’ve got a comprehensive list of the best PS4 console exclusives. In the following list, we haven’t included any PSVR exclusive titles. You can view the Best Games For PlayStation VR in our separate guide, while our PS5 FAQ meanwhile looks to the future of PlayStation. Finally, you can catch up on the best PS4 indie games in our handy guide as well.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales

A standalone expansion of sorts to 2018’s superb Marvel’s Spider-Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales kicks off right where that game left off – thrusting players into the spider-sneakers of Miles Morales as he starts to settle into his role as New York’s second friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.

A much more streamlined effort than its predecessor that removes those pesky stealth missions and much of the open world bloat, Miles Morales also boasts a riveting story that is equal parts heartwarming and heartbreaking. You don’t want to miss out on this.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Ghost of Tsushima

Ghost of Tsushima elevates the existing open world adventure template with a fantasy-free Samurai adventure that deftly pays loving homage to the Samurai cinema of old.

While your mileage may vary according to your level of open world fatigue, Ghost of Tsushima undoubtedly remains not only one of the best open world romps money can buy and a stunning PlayStation 4 exclusive, but also Sucker Punch Productions finest effort to date.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The Last Of Us Part 2

The Last of Us Part 2 is a frankly incredible achievement. Intertwining deep, richly written characters, cementing themes of consequence and loss all the while widening a world that was so well established in the first game, Naughty Dog have crafted one of the finest action adventures of all time and one that invariably stands as the most opulent jewel in an already glittering crown of first-party PlayStation 4 exclusives.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The Last of Us Part 2 is the game of a generation, without a doubt.

A rip-roaring and emotional masterpiece that will be talked about for years to come, *this* is why more than 110 million people own a PlayStation 4.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Dreams

Announced all the way back at 2013 PlayStation Meeting, Dreams has almost spanned the entire lifespan of the PS4. Now, some seven years later, Dreams has finally arrived and within it, developer MediaMolecule has fashioned a practically boundless sandbox of creativity where the only limiting factor is width and breadth of your own imagination.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Dreams is a boundless sandbox of creativity quite unlike anything else.

The first 10/10 scoring PS4 title of 2020, Dreams truly feels like a game-changer in every sense. From the beautifully designed toolset that is both reassuringly powerful and easy to use, to the mountains of cheerful MediaMolecule polish that oozes from every digital pore, Dreams is a bountiful creation suite that every PS4 owner should dive into without hesitation.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Bloodborne

Only FROM Software could fashion a PS4 exclusive like Bloodborne. A grim third-person action adventure very much in the mold of its Dark Souls series of games, Bloodborne whisked players away to the nightmarish realm of Yharnam, a sprawling Gothic city where bleak nihilism reigns and where horrors spawned from the depths stalk its blood soaked streets.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The Gothic city of Yharnam in Bloodborne is home to a great number of unspeakable horrors.

More than just a change of scenery when compared to the Dark Souls games, Bloodborne excelled on account of a brand new combat system that prohibited the use of shields in favour of an evasion based approach where incoming attacks must be dodged rather than blocked.

Though the setting and combat system were both somewhat separated from that which fans had seen in the Souls games previously (the combat perhaps less so), Bloodborne nonetheless employed many of the same hooks that had made those games so compelling int he first place such as the intuitive wrap-around level design, subtle narrative and boundlessly inventive bosses. Bloodborne wasn’t an easy recommendation for fans of Dark Souls, it also, even now, happens to be one of the very best exclusive games you can get for your PS4, too.

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Best PS4 Exclusives: Concrete Genie

Marking the sophomore PS4 outing for Californian studio Pixelopus, Concrete Genie is a work of wonder and visual splendor. Taking place in the small, crumbling town of Denska, Concrete Genie is an affecting artistic adventure where a young boy named Ash must use art to overcome the bullies tormenting him and restore vivid, bountiful color to his hometown in the process.

Using the DualShock 4 controller, players guide Ash through the winding streets of Denska, avoiding bullies and using the motion controls to create puzzle-solving art in one of the PS4’s best looking efforts to date. Beautiful, heartfelt and deeply resonant, there’s nothing quite like Concrete Genie on PS4, or indeed, anywhere else for that matter.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Days Gone

The first proper PS4 AAA debut from Sony Bend Studios – for whom the PS Vita was their primary domain previously, Days Gone is a visually lush, gargantuan open-world jaunt that casts players as Deacon St. John an outlaw biker who, together his road buddy Boozer, must ascertain the fate of Deacon’s wife Sarah in the midst of a turbo-zombie apocalypse.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Days Gone interweaves a compelling story with some superbly engineered horde AI.

Though Days Gone adheres perhaps a little too closely to the traditional open-world template, it demands attention on account of its massive offering, great performances (Sam Witwer as Deacon St. John puts in a particularly intense turn) and solid melee and gunplay mechanics.

Oh and the horde is an especially terrifying spectacle too – requiring tactics and strategy in equal measures in order to be surmounted, while cruising along the winding expanses of rural Oregon on a massive, hefty feeling bike is also deeply satisfying to say the least.

Best PS4 Exclusives: DriveClub

Before Gran Turismo Sport roared onto PS4 at the end of 2017, the first-party racing game honors belonged to DriveClub and despite a somewhat rocky initial release period, Evolution Studios polished effort would soon evolve into a sublime racer that stands, even today, as one of the best racing games money can buy.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The weather effects in DriveClub are unmatched.

Boasting a bevy of cars to choose from, many hugely detailed tracks to race on, a rewarding progression structure and a beautifully tuned handling model, DriveClub still remains one of the premier racers on Sony’s home console. Oh, and it still has the best weather effects of any racer on the market too.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Everybody’s Golf

Since the release of the very first Everybody’s Golf for the original PSOne back in 1997, Sony’s whimsically charming golf effort has held a justified permanent place in the hearts of PlayStation gamers around the globe.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Everybody’s Golf on PS4 is the most welcome and eminently playable the series has ever been.

Fast forward some 20 years and Sony’s first-party golfer arrives on PS4 in rude form; boasting accessibility and character by the bucketload and reminding gamers that you don’t need a super serious licensed golf simulation to create a genre effort that will appeal beyond its demographic. Easy on the eyes and easier still to play, Everybody’s Golf does justice to its PlayStation lineage on PS4 and offers up a superlative bit of golfing that everybody can enjoy – hence the title!

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Best PS4 Exclusives: God of War

By the time Sony Santa Monica had milked the myths of ancient Greece dry with their previous six PlayStation God of War titles, players were interested to see where the series could potentially go next, and in April 2018, the trajectory for Sony’s most brutal franchise became all of sudden beautifully clear. Moving the action to a new setting of Norse mythology, God of War immediately reassured fans that Kratos’ newest stomping grounds would be fresh, though it would be a new level of subtlety and nuance that would meaningfully separate God of War’s latest effort from those previous.

Best PS4 Exclusives: God of War marks a triumphant new beginning for the long running series.

Sporting a truly hefty beard, a new magical axe to replace his swirling Blades of Chaos and most surprisingly of all a son by the name of Atreus, God of War’s inaugural incursion into Norse mythology was as close to perfection as you can possibly get. Neatly intertwining themes of parenthood and responsibility into the well-worn (though not any less bombastic) violent spectacle that has defined the series for years, God of War proves itself not only as the best entry in the series to date but also the most hands-down visually impressive game you can buy on PS4 right now.

With the promise of many more games to come which will also be set in this new Norse setting, God of War lays down a tantalizing road map for where the series will go to next. It’s time to be excited by God of War again.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Gran Turismo Sport

Speaking of premier racers, Gran Turismo, Sony’s longtime racing franchise, finally made its debut on PS4 at the end of 2017 and much like DriveClub before it, it’s fair to say that it didn’t release in tip-top form. Weeks later however, and diligent patching by developer Polyphony Digital has not only resulted in a more polished experience, but a much more content rich one too as a great deal of additional single-player races and tournaments were added to bring Gran Turismo Sport in line with fans expectations for the series.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Gran Turismo Sport thrusts the long-running racing series into 4K and HDR.

With beautiful HDR-powered visuals (especially so on PS4 Pro where a higher resolution can be enabled), that timeless Gran Turismo handling model, more polish than seems eminently reasonable and generous PSVR support, you end up with a racer that is right up there with DriveClub in the ‘must-have’ stakes. You can own both y’know.

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Best PS4 Exclusives: Gravity Rush 2

Sadly, the Gravity Rush 2 multiplayer servers have been shut down by Sony Interactive Entertainment. However, there’s still an enthralling single player mode to play. The gravity control mechanics are superb as you jump and speed through the air.

Best PS4 Exclusives: A stunning and beautifully produced effort.

The game map is huge meaning there’s plenty of opportunity for exploration. There’s also tons of missions to get involved in with a game that will take you 30 hours+ to complete.

The stunning anime art-style is just one of the appealing things about SIE Japan Studios action-adventure. Progression feels smooth, combat is thrilling and the slick gravity-defying movement of Kat in the game is slick.

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Best PS4 Exclusives: inFamous: Second Son

One of the earliest indicators of the level of graphical fidelity that PS4 would usher in over Sony’s last generation console, inFamous: Second Son, Sucker Punch’s first PS4 title simply looked incredible, with all manner of boundlessly impressive lighting and shadowing effects that still remain eye-opening to this day.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Even today, inFamous Second Son just oozes visual style.

More than just a technical showcase however, inFamous: Second Son more crucially took the third-person superhero action that was the series trademark into weightier and grittier waters, with characters that you care about and a well-crafted narrative that provides ample incentive for players to see it through to the end.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Nioh

On paper, Nioh should never have been released. Teased for the launch of the PS3(!) more than ten years ago, Nioh from Dead or Alive 5 developer Team Ninja seemed like the very definition of vapourware; a technopoetic promise of smoke and mirrors that would never amount to anything.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Nioh is beautiful to look at, satisfying to play and very, very hard to beat.

Fast forward to 2017, and not only did Nioh get released, but it also confidently staked its claim as a toweringly brilliant action adventure, and one which arguably takes the Dark Souls formula to new heights against a Feudal Japanese backdrop. There’s no getting around it, if you love action adventures and fancy a staunch challenge you need Nioh.

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Best PS4 Exclusives: Persona 5

The 2017 Game of the Year in the eyes of many, Persona 5 brought the offbeat and thoroughly brilliant JRPG series kicking and screaming onto PS4 with astounding results. Largely regarded as the best entry in the series, Persona 5 elevated the series traditional marriage of dungeon crawling and slice-of-life school shenanigans to new heights with hand-crafted dungeons, a new stealth system and a game world that is set in the very much real world realm of Tokyo.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Persona 5 is easily the most stylish game of the PS4 generation so far.

Encompassing a brash, colourful and loud aesthetic that instantly catches the eye in addition to hundreds of hours of JRPG gameplay, Persona 5 isn’t just at the apex of the JRPG genre, it also happens to be one of the very best exclusives you can buy on PS4.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Ratchet & Clank

No PlayStation platform would be complete without Ratchet & Clank and so it’s with good news that I can confirm that not only does the PS4 serve as the home for the space duo’s latest adventure, but it also happens to be one of the best installments in the series, too. A remake of the first game in the series, Ratchet & Clank on PS4 not only looks like a Pixar film in places from a visual standpoint, but it also weaves a number of improvements into the fabric of the base title to bring it bang up to date, too.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Ratchet & Clank has never looked so good.

From additional weapons and gadgets to the much-needed ability to perform strafe attacks, there can be little doubt that Ratchet & Clank on PS4 stands as perhaps the best entry in the long-running series to date. Furthermore, it also remains an obvious entry point for newbies and veterans alike into the action platforming adventures of PlayStation’s most mischievous duo.

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Best PS4 Exclusives: Shadow of the Colossus

Arguably the PS2’s game of its generation, Shadow of the Colossus comes to PS4 in magnificent form thanks to the boundless talents of porting studio Bluepoint Games. In every way the definitive version of what is arguably Team Ico‘s magnum opus, Shadow of the Colossus has been completely remade (not remastered) for PS4 as it boasts all new art and visual effects that serve to drive its distinctly minimalist style to even grander heights than ever before.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Bluepoint Games have done a stellar job in remaking Shadow of the Colossus for PS4.

A timeless action adventure gem that staunchly rejects the modern day busywork that infests so many games while also embracing a narrative that eschews expected ethical convention in favour of something far more darkly ponderous, it’s perhaps fitting that one of the greatest games of PS2’s generation now also becomes one of the greatest games of the PS4 generation, too. Make no mistake, this is a true PlayStation classic reborn and reforged in its ultimate form – you owe it to yourself to include Shadow of the Colossus in your collection.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Marvel’s Spider-Man

For the longest time Spider-Man has languished somewhat when it came to his depiction in videogames. Arguably surpassed by Rocksteady’s Batman games in the past, the pride of New York City has deserved better – and now, at last, Spider-Man is better and in being so reaches beyond his peers in the process.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Insomniac’s Spider-Man is one of the best superhero games ever made.

A wondrously cinematic affair that combines a great story, some of the best open-world traversal ever and some of the best visuals seen on PS4, Marvel’s Spider-Man is nothing less than an essential triumph. I mean, you simply feel like Spider-Man and as such, I cannot think of any higher praise to bestow upon the wonders that Insomniac Games have wrought here.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Tearaway Unfolded

Few would have thought that despite a stellar debut on PS Vita, Tearaway on PS4 would be able to replicate anything remotely approaching the same magic as its handheld counterpart, and yet, that’s exactly what happened with Tearaway Unfolded. Less a sequel and more a director’s cut of the PS Vita original, Tearaway Unfolded is a platforming adventure that whisks players away to a whimsical paper craft realm where they must deliver a message to a mysterious portal that has opened in the sky.

Best PS4 Exclusives: It’s impossible not to fall in love with Tearaway Unfolded.

Beyond its seemingly twee premise, Tearaway Unfolded proffers itself as a masterful take on the platforming genre. Much more than a straight-laced effort, Tearaway Unfolded makes inspired use of touchpad on the Dualshock 4 controller; enabling players to create objects allowing them to progress through the game world and permitting them to affect the environment in unprecedented ways. Absolutely bursting with character and presenting itself as a shining example of how you port a PS Vita classic to PS4, Tearaway Unfolded is beautifully charming and involving title that really stands apart from anything else on the console.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The Last Guardian

In a manner akin to Nioh, The Last Guardian was originally destined to release on Sony’s last-generation console but due to a series of haggard events, never made the cut. Finally finding a home on PS4 in 2017, Fumito Ueda’s masterpiece provided all the spectacle and understated awe that we would expect from a Team Ico title. However, as any fan of that studio’s output should know, there are a multitude of layers that exist under the astounding veneer for each of the studio’s efforts and The Last Guardian is certainly no different in that regard.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The long wait for The Last Guardian was more than worth it.

Cast as a boy who befriends as massive chimera amusingly named ‘Trico’, the two must work together to escape the dark forces that pursue them, with the young lad leveraging the gargantuan size of his companion to break obstacles and create paths of escape. The kicker here, is that Trico himself is governed by a highly sophisticated AI whereupon you must gradually build a rapport with him before he fully obeys your commands. Beautiful, poignant, haunting and boundlessly inventive, The Last Guardian emphatically makes a hatrick for Team Ico while also doubling up as one of the PS4’s must have games.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The Last of Us Remastered

Without question the definitive version of the PS3 ‘Game of the Generation’, The Last of Us Remastered comes to PS4 with a veritable raft of visual improvements and a not too subtle reminder that Naughty Dog‘s last gen swansong still remains one of the very best action adventures available.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The Last of Us Remastered is the definitive edition of PS3’s game of the generation.

A grimly nihilistic post-apocalyptic tale of mankind struggling to survive after being decimated by a parasitic virus which turns folk into murderous, flesh-eating monsters, The Last of Us Remastered masterfully combines emotional storytelling, engaging characters and hugely satisfying third-person combat to fashion an effort that simply has to be played by every PS4 owner. There is a reason why The Last of Us: Part II is so highly anticipated – this is it.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The Order: 1886

Though The Order: 1886 might not have the best Metacritic score, it bears inclusion here for a number of reasons regardless. Set in an alternate Victorian era where technology has leaped far beyond the constraints of that time, The Order: 1886 casts players as the member of a group tasked with uncovering a conspiracy behind a flood of monsters that have invaded good ol’ London town.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The Order 1886 is one of the most atmospheric and underrated third person shooters around.

A polished third-person shooter with some of the finest visuals on PS4, The Order: 1886 might have clunky stealth sections and an all-too brief campaign length, but the sheer spectacle of it all combined with the tremendous world building and accomplished cover shooter mechanics, ensures it remains one of PS4’s most under appreciated gems. A sequel is most certainly needed.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

A value busting compilation of Nathan Drake‘s PS3 adventures, there is arguably no better starting point for folks who have yet to experience the Uncharted series. Encompassing a series of globe-trotting third person adventures that combine the cinematic qualities of the Indiana Jones films with the trinket-chasing shenanigans of the Tomb Raider games, the Uncharted games have enthralled players the world over with its action heavy set pieces, quick witted characters and stunning visual presentation.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Uncharted: The Nathan Drake collection is arguably the best way to relive Nathan Drake’s PS3 era career.

And now, thanks to the stellar remastering efforts of Bluepoint Games and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, fans can relive those adventures in their most pristine form with each of the three games benefitting from a new sheen of technical paint that includes higher resolution visuals, new textures and added effects to name just a few of the improvements.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End

In retrospect there was perhaps no grander way to close out the Nathan Drake story on PS4 than Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. The epic culmination of the series to that point, the subtitle of the fourth entry in the series provided a foreboding clue about how developer Naughty Dog sought to bring an end to the adventures of Nathan Drake and simply put, Uncharted 4 remade the DNA of the modern videogame blockbuster in ways that we didn’t think it could.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is one of the finest cinematic experiences you can have anywhere. Anywhere.

At turns embracing and heightening the series penchant for Hollywood bombast while juxtaposing such sequences against more tender moments that meaningfully add to these characters that we’ve spent the better part of the last ten years with, Uncharted 4 isn’t just one of the most technically impressive games on PS4, it’s also a more than fitting end for one of the enduring icons of the PlayStation brand.

Consistently stunning, deftly paced and stuffed with more action than a Die Hard convention, Uncharted 4 marks an exceptional and emotionally resonant end to the core of one of PlayStation’s greatest franchises.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy

A roaringly punchy and action-stuffed spin-off from the mainline Uncharted IP, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy takes the two most badass ladies from the series, frequent Nathan Drake partner/antagonist Chloe Frazer and Uncharted 4’s mercenary soldier Nadine Ross, and pairs them up as they set out to find the legendary tusk of Ganesh, the son of Hindu god Shiva.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy provides players with an enticing glimpse into a post-Nathan Drake Uncharted franchise.

Though markedly shorter than Uncharted 4 (and with a budget price to match), Uncharted: The Lost Legacy nonetheless gives a grand account of itself as provides players with whopping great dollop of the witty dialog and explosive action that they’ve been used to, all the while creating a pair of fantastic leading ladies in Chloe and Nadine. If this is an indication of what a post Nathan Drake Uncharted universe looks like, you can count us in.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Until Dawn

On first inspection, the cheese-filled teen slasher genre would seem to be difficult to replicate effectively in the confines of a videogame, and yet, in 2015, that’s just what Supermassive Games achieved with Until Dawn. An interactive adventure not unlike Telltale Games The Walking Dead or Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain, Until Dawn doubled down on the non-linear aspects of those games by employing the Butterfly Effect mechanic which allows players to create numerous different scenarios and exponentially numerous outcomes.

Best PS4 Exclusives: The motion captured performances in Until Dawn are always entertaining.

Truthfully though, what Until Dawn gets the most right is how fully it embraces its fabulously schlocky premise as players struggle to keep a group of mostly annoying, yet always entertaining college teens alive in the face of deranged serial killer whilst staying at an isolated mountaintop residence. Naturally, the first time you’ll fail to save everyone and it’s here that Until Dawn lays its hooks into you as you attempt repeated playthroughs and try different choices to get everyone home in one piece.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Wipeout Omega Collection

The stylish poster child of the PSOne era with its neon lit visuals, pulse-pounding techno music and face-tearingly fast races, Wipeout has always been synonymous with the PlayStation brand and in the Wipeout Omega Collection, a trio of the series best entries have been given a fresh coat of paint for newbies and veterans alike to enjoy.

Best PS4 Exclusives: Wipeout Omega Collection looks absolutely tremendous running in 4K on PS4 Pro.

Including remasters of Wipeout HD, the Wipeout HD Fury expansion and Wipeout 2048, the Omega Collection offers up 26 unique tracks, 46 different craft to race on them with and showcases the whole thing with a boatload of extra detail all rendered at 1080p (4K for PS4 Pro owners)and 60 frames per second. Look, it’s quite simple; if you have a thing for racing sci-fi craft at extremely high speeds across a variety of gorgeous looking tracks then Wipeout Omega Collection will be your bag, ridiculously so, in fact.

Best PlayStation Franchises That Revolutionized Gaming

PlayStation has been synonymous with gaming over the past few decades. No matter what platform you play on, almost everyone will agree on the impact it has had on the gaming industry over this time.

From taking the console crown from Nintendo to producing high-budget Hollywood films, PlayStation has 'been there and done that.' And of course, amidst all this, PlayStation has been delivering what matters the most, games that are masterpieces.

Even though almost every single first-party game from PlayStation is worthy of being called a piece of art (except for a few like The Order: 1886), we list some of the biggest and most revolutionary PlayStation games ever made.

5) Uncharted & The Last of Us (The rise of Naughty Dog)
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Although Naughty Dog was making games before PlayStation even started, it wasn't until 2007's Uncharted that Naughty Dog became one of the biggest names in the game industry.

Uncharted was nearly unprecedented in its graphical fidelity and game design, and with 2009's Uncharted 2 and 2011's Uncharted 3, the series became one of the most well-known PlayStation IPs.

2013 saw the release of The Last of Us. With the same DNA as the Uncharted series, this heart-touching story of survival, love, and loss went on to win over 240 Game of the Year awards.

2016's Uncharted 4:Among Thieves went on to win multiple Game of the Year awards, and 2020's The Last of Us, Part II, became the most awarded game ever with over 300 wins.

Naughty Dog with these two series changed the way video games have looked and felt ever since.

4) Metal Gear Solid (Kojima's magnum opus)
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While the original 'Metal Gear' game was made for MSX home computer in '87 and the newer titles (since 2013) were released on almost all major platforms, the 'Metal Gear Solid' series remains a PlayStation game through and through. And ever since the 1998 launch of 'Metal Gear Solid' on the original PlayStation, (with 2008's Metal Gear Solid 4 on the PS3 being the last game exclusively launched on a PlayStation), PS fans have touted it as one of the best series ever.

The tight gameplay mechanics of the series have earned high praise and the cinematic brilliance of the cut scenes are surely Oscar-worthy (especially MGS 4).

The 'tactical espionage' aspect of the series has inspired a generation of games and copies on multiple platforms ever since.

3) Quantic Dream Games (Holy Grail of cinematic storytelling)Quantic Dream games (Image via epic games store)

Just like Naughty Dog, Quantic Dream has been making games since the last century, but it wasn't until 2010's Heavy Rain, that the studio shot to worldwide fame.

2013's Beyond: Two Souls expanded on the concept set by Heavy Rain, and with its photo-realistic graphics and Oscar-worthy performance and motion capture, it has become a benchmark of cinematic storytelling in video games ever since.

Inspiring many games with storytelling at its core, Quantic Dream affirmed the importance of writing in video games.

2) Demon's Soul (The birth of Souls-Borne)
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2009's Demon Soul became a cult classic and spawned a global fanbase of very dedicated gamers, hell-bent on achieving a hundred percent in every entry since.

The series went on to cement its place with each entry, with the Dark Souls trilogy (releasing on multiple platforms and), and Bloodborne (coming back to its PS roots).

With its desolate setting, high level of difficulty, and RPG elements, the Souls-Borne series spawned an entire genre dubbed "Souls-Like" and inspired hits like Hollow Knight and Nioh.

And with 2020's long-awaited Demon's Soul remake for the PS5, (with enhanced visual fidelity and gameplay elements) and the upcoming Elden Ring, now is the best time to get into the Souls-Borne games.

1) God of War (A Mythological Masterpiece)
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The God of War series is a testament to how love and care can make (or break) a franchise. For over 16 years, we have experienced rage through the titular character and fallen in love with the game more and more with each entry. (Technically, Kratos didn't become the God of War until he killed Ares).

Spanning seven titles (soon to be eight) across 16 years, the God of War series has been pretty synonymous with the PlayStation console itself. For 13 years, fans across the globe have cleared out the Greek pantheon, then with 2018's entry, set out (along with Kratos' son Atreus) to take on the Norse gods and will follow it up with 2022's 'Ragnarok'.

Note: The article reflects the writer's opinion.