Best Platinum Trophy Games on PS5 (2026) - Game Scout
The six platinums, compared
| Game | Time to platinum | The hard part | Missables |
|---|---|---|---|
| Astro's Playroom | ~5 hours | None; pure fun | None |
| Astro Bot | ~15-20 hours | The final challenge levels | None |
| Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | ~20 hours | Nothing above normal skill | None |
| Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | ~30-35 hours | Volume, not difficulty | None |
| God of War Ragnarok | ~50-60 hours | Post-story optional bosses | None |
| Hades | ~60+ hours | The sheer run count | None |
How these six were judged
Three tests, applied to every trophy list. First, the padding test: each requirement has to send you toward genuine content, a real side system, a designed challenge, a boss worth fighting, not a counter that exists to slow you down. Second, the fairness test: no missables that force a second full run, no trophies stranded in online modes, no maximum-difficulty demands. Third, the memory test, which is the one most lists skip: six months later, do you remember the platinum as a victory lap through a great game or as homework? Every game below passes all three, and where one bends, the entry says so directly.
Featured Platinum trophy games
ASTRO's PLAYROOM
The free platformer preinstalled on every PS5 is also the best first platinum on the console. Around five hours of DualSense showcase levels, PlayStation-history collectibles worth actually looking at, and a trophy list with no filler in it. If you have a PS5, you already own this platinum; the only cost is an afternoon.
Key Features
- Free and preinstalled on every PS5 console
- Platinum in roughly five hours with no difficulty gates
- Collectibles double as a PlayStation history museum
- The speedrun levels are genuinely worth the extra laps
ASTRO BOT
The full-size follow-up earns its place on trophy merit alone: 300 bots, hidden levels behind secret exits, zero missables, and a final challenge gauntlet that makes the last trophy mean something. The completion sweep runs through the game's best levels rather than its corners, which is exactly what a platinum should do.
Key Features
- 300 bots and hidden levels, all tracked in-game per level
- No missables and no difficulty trophies
- A demanding but fair final challenge gauntlet
- Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2024
Gameplay Video
Fixing a PS5 in Astro Bot
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
Insomniac's dimension-hopping shooter-platformer keeps its trophy list inside a single playthrough: story, side content, gold bolts and armor pieces, with weapon leveling the only thing that stretches the clock. Nothing requires a high difficulty, nothing is missable, and the collectible hunt tours the game's showpiece levels. Around twenty hours, almost all of them the fun kind.
Key Features
- Platinum achievable in one relaxed playthrough
- No difficulty requirements and no missables
- Gold bolts and armor sets hidden in genuinely fun spots
- A visual showcase worth revisiting for cleanup
Gameplay Video
Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart - Before You Buy
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
The biggest game on this list keeps its platinum honest: finish the story, clear the districts, gather the collectible sets, and the trophy pops without a difficulty demand or a missable in sight. The hard part is volume, thirty-plus hours of it, but the district sweep is where some of the game's best side stories live, so the volume mostly earns itself.
Key Features
- Platinum within a single playthrough of story plus side content
- District collectibles tied to real side stories, not map noise
- No difficulty-locked trophies
- Traversal good enough that cleanup stays fun
Gameplay Video
Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - Gameplay Reveal | PS5 Games
God of War Ragnarök
The heavyweight of this list. Ragnarok's platinum asks for the full journey: story, every realm's side quests, and the optional bosses that wait past the credits, including fights harder than anything in the main path. Fifty to sixty hours, none requiring a higher difficulty setting, and the post-story chapter gives the cleanup real narrative weight instead of a checklist feel.
Key Features
- Side quests that carry some of the game’s best writing
- Post-story content with its own quest line, not bare cleanup
- Optional endgame bosses that test everything you learned
- No difficulty-specific trophies despite the challenge on offer
Gameplay Video
God of War 5 Ragnarok - THOR Vs Kratos Boss Fight PS5 (4K 60FPS) Full Fight Gameplay
Hades
The long haul, included with eyes open. Hades' platinum only arrives after dozens of runs: clearing the escape attempt is the start, and the trophy list then wants the weapon aspects, the relationships and the prophecy log seen through. That is sixty-plus hours in a game built on repetition, and it stays worth it because the repetition is the content: the story keeps advancing every single run.
Key Features
- Story that continues through every run, win or lose
- Weapon aspects that change how each escape plays
- The prophecy log turns long-term completion into a tracked quest
- Difficulty is self-adjustable, and no trophy demands high heat
Gameplay Video
The First 15 Minutes of Hades Gameplay
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the easiest platinum trophy on PS5?
- Astro's Playroom, and it is not just the easiest but the best value: it comes free and preinstalled on every PS5, the platinum takes around five hours, and no trophy requires anything beyond playing every level. It is the standard first platinum for a reason.
- Which PS5 platinums have no missable trophies?
- All six games on this list have zero missables: Astro's Playroom, Astro Bot, Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, Marvel's Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarok and Hades all let you return to any content after the story. None requires a second playthrough for the platinum.
- Do these platinums require playing on the hardest difficulty?
- No. None of the six has a difficulty-specific trophy, so you can play on whatever setting you enjoy. The genuinely hard requirements, Astro Bot's final challenge levels and Ragnarok's optional endgame bosses, are skill checks at your chosen difficulty rather than forced hard-mode runs.
- How long does a platinum trophy take on PS5?
- On this list, anywhere from about five hours for Astro's Playroom to sixty-plus for Hades. Most single-player PS5 exclusives with fair trophy lists land in the 15 to 40 hour range, roughly the length of a thorough playthrough, which is exactly where a well-designed platinum should sit.
- Does DLC affect a platinum trophy?
- No. A platinum only ever requires the base game's trophy list; DLC and post-launch updates add separate trophies that sit outside it. Astro Bot's free added levels, for example, brought new trophies without changing what the platinum needs.