- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Best overall★ 4.83 / 5
Side quests written to the standard of other games' main stories, in a world that rewards reading every one.
- Baldur's Gate 3
Best party RPG★ 4.79 / 5PS Plus Premium
Improvised solutions almost always work, letting shoving, stealing and talking replace combat outright.
- ELDEN RING
Best open world★ 4.71 / 5
Removes quest markers and asks players to navigate by curiosity, with bosses that can be avoided entirely.
- Persona 5 Royal
Best modern setting★ 4.91 / 5
A Tokyo calendar governs everything, forcing constant trade-offs between friendships, study and preparation.
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
★ 4.74 / 5PS Plus Extra
The most permissive world here, built for players who prefer wandering to following a questline.
- FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH
★ 4.67 / 5
Opens the remake trilogy into a full continent, with synergy abilities that make party pairings matter.
- FINAL FANTASY XVI
Best action RPG★ 4.51 / 5
Trades party management for single-character action and boss fights staged at the scale of kaiju.
- Metaphor: ReFantazio
★ 4.72 / 5PS Plus Premium
Structured as an election campaign against a deadline, with an archetype class system reshaping the party.
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Best co-op RPG★ 4.69 / 5
Elemental effects combine aggressively, turning terrain itself into the primary weapon in every fight.
- Dragon Age™: Inquisition
★ 4.57 / 5
Casts players as the head of an organisation, with a war table to manage and judgements to hand down.
- Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
★ 4.66 / 5
Pawn companions learn from their owner, travel to other players' worlds and return carrying knowledge.
- FINAL FANTASY VII REMAKE
★ 4.7 / 5PS Plus Extra
Expands the original's opening hours into a full game, blending real-time action with ATB menus.
- FINAL FANTASY X/X-2 HD Remaster
Best turn-based★ 4.83 / 5
The purest turn-based combat here, with visible turn order and two tonally opposite games packaged together.
- Persona 3 Reload
★ 4.86 / 5
Darker and more preoccupied with mortality than its sequels, climbing one tower against a monthly deadline.
- Lies of P
★ 4.53 / 5
Recasts Pinocchio as body horror, with weapons that split into blades and handles for free recombination.
- Sea of Stars
Best for newcomers★ 4.68 / 5PS Plus Premium
A modern take on 16-bit design, using timed hits and a day-night switch instead of random encounters.
- Tales of Arise
★ 4.56 / 5
The fastest combat on the list, chaining artes into aerial strings with swappable party control.
- Unicorn Overlord
Best tactics★ 4.79 / 5PS Plus Extra
Battles resolve from squad orders set beforehand, which makes preparation the entire skill.
- Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA
★ 4.79 / 5
Progress measured in island charted and castaways rescued, building a settlement rather than clearing chapters.
- Diablo III: Eternal Collection
Best for loot★ 4.73 / 5
Treats the endgame as the real game, with procedurally rebuilt dungeons and four-player couch support.