Best Spy Games for PS5 & PS4

Why it's here: The most complete espionage sandbox on PlayStation, and the reason this list starts here. Every outpost in Afghanistan and Africa can be cased, infiltrated and stripped of staff through the Fulton system, then fed back into a Mother Base you keep expanding between deployments. Reviewers are blunt that the story arrives fragmented and that missions reuse their maps, so treat the story as a framework rather than a plot. Take it if you want to plan every approach yourself.

Why it's here: Agent 47 is the working professional of the genre, and Hitman 3 is the tidiest way to play him. Each location is a clockwork social simulation you can study across dozens of runs, learning routines, disguises and the one window where a target stands alone. Players rate the level design highly but are consistently irritated by the pricing model and the mandatory online connection. Buy it for the replay value rather than for a single weekend.

Why it's here: The only game here that is literally James Bond, and IO Interactive treats the licence seriously: gadgets, disguises, chases and a young Bond earning the double-0 rather than inheriting it. Player reviews praise the presentation and the gunplay while flagging a short, heavily guided story and weak enemy AI. If you want the Bond fantasy delivered straight rather than assembled from parts, start here and expect a cinematic weekend rather than a sprawl.

Why it's here: Snake Eater is the purest spy story the series ever told: one operative, one jungle, a Cold War defection and a mentor standing on the other side of it. This remake keeps the 2004 script intact while adding modern controls and camera options. Reviews split hard, with performance stutters and very long cutscenes drawing the loudest complaints. Worth it if you want the narrative centrepiece of the series and are happy to sit through the talking.

Why it's here: Espionage in a jurisdiction that will not admit it exists: DedSec against a private surveillance grid across San Francisco, run through phones, cameras and drones rather than silenced pistols. It is the most playful game on this list and the one with the widest set of non-lethal options. Player reviews are split, with graphical glitches and launcher trouble drawing steady complaints. Recommended if you want modern spycraft without a body count.

Why it's here: Adam Jensen works for an Interpol counter-terror task force, which makes this the closest thing on PlayStation to a playable conspiracy thriller. Prague is a dense hub you can pick apart through vents, hacks, side cases and conversations that genuinely branch. Players rate the world and the augmentation choices highly, but the criticism is consistent: the story stops rather than ends. Take it for the investigation, not for a resolution.

Why it's here: Three foundational espionage games in one purchase, including the original Metal Gear Solid and Sons of Liberty, which makes it the cheapest route into the series the rest of this list keeps referring back to. Reviews are strongly positive on the writing and the cinematic staging, with the recurring complaint aimed at the port itself: dated controls and uneven performance. Start here if you have never played a Metal Gear and want the context.

Why it's here: Gabe Logan predates most of the modern competition and still reads as a proper field agent: a stolen virus, a terrorist network and a great many rooftops. The PlayStation Plus Classics release adds rewind, quick save and video filters, which matters because the 1999 design does not forgive. There are too few written player reviews stored for this one to summarise sentiment. Worth a run if you want to see where PlayStation espionage started.

Why it's here: Karl Fairburne works for the OSS, the wartime forerunner of the CIA, so this is covert operations rather than straight warfare: infiltrate occupied France, choose between the long shot and the quiet route, and leave through a different exit than you planned. Players praise the mission design and the Axis Invasion mode, while the sharpest criticism lands on AI that breaks stealth at awkward moments. Take it for the mission sandboxes.

Why it's here: The only game here built entirely around two spies who cannot see each other. One of you goes in as the Agent, the other works the systems as the Hacker, and the whole thing runs on what you can describe out loud. Player reviews are warm on the concept and the mission variety, with bugs and a short runtime the common complaints. Ideal for one long evening with a friend who likes talking through a problem.

Why it's here: Cold War espionage run from the desk rather than the field: recruit agents, send them through turn-based infiltrations, and pin the conspiracy together on a physical corkboard between missions. Nothing else on this list models handling a network. Reviews are divided, praising the Cold War setting and the investigation board while flagging crashes and a mission structure that repeats itself. Recommended if the management side of spycraft appeals more than the sneaking.

Why it's here: Spy fiction from the other chair. You are the villain here, building the island lair, staffing it with minions and trapping the agents who keep arriving to ruin it, which is a genuinely different angle on the genre. Players enjoy the humour and the base building but report bugs, slow progression and less depth than the original. Take it as a light strategy game with excellent set dressing rather than a deep management sim.

Why it's here: The family entry, and a surprisingly complete spy parody: tuxedos, gadget watches, casino infiltration and a stealth-platforming loop built around Clank rather than Ratchet. It is a PSP game running through the PlayStation Plus Classics catalogue with up-rendering and quick save. Written player reviews are too thin here for a sentiment read. Pick it if you want the shape of everything else on this list at a rating younger players can actually play.