Best Firefighter Games

Our take: The firefighter game everyone has actually played. The Squad is the big, established co-op sim — drive the engine to the call, deploy with up to four players online, and tackle blazes across a free-roam American city with proper roles and equipment. It's by far the most popular game here, with 3,187 PlayStation ratings (more than every other game on this list combined) at a solid 3.43. It's also included with PlayStation Plus Extra, so many of you already own it. Rated Everyone 10+, on PS4 and PS5. The newer Ignite edges it on polish, but for a stocked four-player crew this is still the go-to.

Our take: Firefighting as glorious chaos. Embr isn't a straight sim — it's a frantic "Uber for firefighters" where you smash windows, zip-line, and haul panicking civilians out of burning buildings against the clock, solo or in four-player online co-op. It's the most fun you'll have with friends on this list, which is why it's the co-op pick. Rated Everyone 10+, 3.71 from 995 players, and included with PlayStation Plus Extra so it's easy to try. On PS4 and PS5. Go in expecting comedy and mayhem rather than realism, and it's a blast.

Our take: The arcade pick, and a genuinely great little game. Nuclear Blaze is a 2D action-platformer built entirely around firefighting: you advance through a burning facility with your hose, soaking flames that spread and rekindle in real time, uncovering a quiet mystery as you go. It's the second-highest-rated game here at 4.09 from 551 players, made by the creator of Dead Cells' engine, and it nails the feel of fire as something you fight back foot by foot. Rated Everyone 10+, single-player, on PS4 and PS5. Short, focused and very polished — the best non-sim firefighter game on PlayStation.

Our take: The closest thing to a firefighter FPS. Real Heroes: Firefighter drops you into first-person as a rookie working a series of escalating emergencies — chopping through doors, hosing down rooms, and carrying victims to safety in a scripted, mission-based campaign. It's a cult favourite that's aged into a comfort pick, rated 3.99 from 171 players. Rated Everyone 10+, single-player, on PS4. It's older and linear rather than open, so treat it as a story-driven firefighting adventure rather than a sandbox — on those terms it holds up well. An HD edition is also on the store.

Other versions: Real Heroes: Firefighter HD

Our take: A more focused, specialist sim. Firefighters: Airport Fire Department puts you in command of an airport's emergency crew — driving the big crash tenders, foaming down aircraft fires, and handling runway incidents that a city department never sees. It's a smaller, budget-priced title rated 3.49 from 288 players, and the airport setting gives it a hook the other sims don't have. Rated Everyone, single-player, on PS4. Don't expect The Squad's scale; expect a tighter, cheaper sim with a niche all its own.

Our take: An honest, no-frills firefighting sim. Firefighters - The Simulation runs the classic loop — take the call, drive the engine out, and work the scene with hoses and ladders across a series of urban emergencies. It's one of the more-played games here at 899 ratings, sitting at 3.31, which tells the story: solid and serviceable rather than spectacular. Rated Everyone, single-player, on PS4. It's a fine pick if you've worn out the bigger sims and want more of the same fundamentals, just keep your expectations in budget-sim territory.

Our take: The one for the kids. Leo: The Firefighter Cat is a gentle, cartoon firefighting game built for young children — Leo drives the truck, sprays the fire and rescues animals across simple, colourful scenes with no fail states or pressure. It's the highest-rated game on this list at 4.41 (from a small set of 17 players), and rated Everyone 10+, single-player, on PS4. It's clearly aimed at little ones rather than sim fans, so it's here as the family pick — if you've got a fire-truck-obsessed five-year-old, this is the one.