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The best PS5 games for 2025: Top PlayStation titles to play right now

Here are the best games you can get for the PlayStation 5 right now, as chosen by Engadget editors.

Developer tha LTD ramps up the difficulty at a fairly gradual clip, introducing new ideas, commands and obstacles slowly enough so as not to overwhelm you but fast enough so that nothing ever gets stale — just wait until you see the strange boss battles and the lightsaber wars. But Insomniac Games has put together an original series of Spider-Man stories that feel right at home in the classic superhero’s universe, and you’ll end up facing long odds against some terrifying and powerful foes to save NYC. It’s made by Housemarque — the studio behind Resogun, Nex Machina and Super Stardust HD — and as you’d expect from a team that’s spent decades making arcade shooters, Returnal ’s movement, gunplay and enemy attack patterns are incredibly well tuned.

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