11 Great Games To Grab From PlayStation's 30th Anniversary Sale

Sony’s big Black Friday sale has rolled into its PlayStation 30th anniversary sale without missing a beat. There are lots more games that are heavily discounted on PSN right now, from blockbuster PS5 exclusives to some equally amazing but lesser-known games that might not be on your radar.

You can currently get just about every major Sony first-party blockbuster from the last few years for around $30 or less. Here’s the full list to refresh your memory:

• Helldivers 2 - $31 (20 percent off)
• Spider-Man 2 - $40 (43 percent off)
• God of War Ragnarok - $30 (58 percent off)
• Horizon Forbidden West: Complete Edition - $40 (34 percent off)
• Returnal - $30 (58 percent off)
  
• Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart Deluxe Edition - $40 (50 percent off)
• Ghost of Tsushima: Director’s Cut - $30 (58 percent off)
• Death Stranding: Director’s Cut - $20 (60 percent off)
• The Last of Us Part I - $30 (58 percent off)
• The Last of Us Part II - $25 (30 percent off)
• Spider-Man Miles Morales - $20 (60 percent off)
• Demon’s Souls Deluxe Edition - $50 (45 percent off)

Weirdly, a couple of the games are only on sale for the deluxe editions. Also, Spider-Man Remastered and Sackboy: A Big Adventure aren’t on sale at all. The remaster of Horizon Zero Dawn also just came out so it’s still full price and you can no longer get the original PS4 version that was usually on sale for just $10. From the above list, Death Stranding and Ghost of Tsushima are good pickups since both have sequels out next year.

But there are also a bunch of other games on sale on PSN right now. You can click through the above slideshow for our other favorite picks.

The original Final Fantasy VII is still peak. It’s also required playing for fully appreciating the recent remake trilogy, the first two games of which are also on sale right now. And unlike many modern RPGs, including FFVII Rebirth, you can cruise through the original 1997 PS1 game pretty quickly. The storytelling, music, and vibes are still immaculate. It’s one of the few proper ways to celebrate PlayStation’s latest milestone.

Price: $6.40 (60 percent off)

The Like a Dragon series has recently hit a new gear with sprawling new entries every other year, plus there’s a live-action adaptation that just hit Amazon Prime Video. If you really want to get Yakuza/Like a Dragon-pilled and don’t know where to start, though, Yakuza 0, a prequel to the first game with all of the series’ modern refinements, is still you’re best bet.

Price: $11 (45 percent off)

Hitman World of Assassination is a wild achievement. It effectively turns the game into a platform, bringing over all the levels of the first two games in the recent trilogy and putting them inside of Hitman 3. Plus, there’s an entire new roguelike mode that is worth the price of admission alone. It’s probably still the benchmark for immersive stealth games.

Price: $28 (60 percent off)

Penny’s Big Breakaway snuck out earlier this year and it’s a great adventure platformer in the mold of a lost Sega Saturn game. It has beautiful visuals and fun arcade-y levels that offer a great mix of retro-fueled nostalgia and modern invention.

Price: $18 (40 percent off)

Marvel’s Midnight Suns is XCOM meets Dragon Age with card-based battle mechanics. It sounds overwhelming but it’s sneakily good and regularly goes on sale for a steal. If you’re going through Marvel withdraw at the moment this is a great way to get your fix, especially since an actual Blade movie still seems to be in production hell.

Price: $10.50 (80 percent off)

There’s no PlayStation 1 without Crash Bandicoot. Fortunately, the N. Sane Trilogy does a great job of taking the original games and transporting them into an over-the-shoulder 3D format that feels faithful but fresh.

Price: $16 (60 percent off)

Tunic is a twee-looking Zelda-like about exploring a paper-crafted world with beautiful atmosphere and music that’s fully of mystery. The game thrives on not explaining anything to you, making the process of uncovering an in-game instruction manual to explain how everything works part of its adventure. It was a strong 2022 GOTY contender that only feels more special years later.

Price: $15 (50 percent off)

Dredge was a 2023 GOTY contender that’s finally getting some steeper discounts. It offers an enticing loop of catching fish, fixing up your boat, and exploring the horrors lurking in the depths of the ocean and your nighttime-addled imagination.

Price: $15 (40 percent off)

We might never get a new game like Gravity Rush 2 again. One of the last big, imaginative releases from the now-shutdown Japan Studio, it sports the nature-defying acrobatics of the first game in an even more vibrant, beautiful, and immersive world.

Price: $10 (50 percent off)

Chants of Sennaar is an awesome puzzle game that went slightly under-appreciated last year. Its colorful, minimalist world has you trying to untangle a made-up language to overcome obstacles and navigate messy political squabbles. It also does a good job of keeping you on track so that its linguistic conundrums never feel too overwhelming.

Price: $14 (30 percent off)

The original Blasphemous was part of an early batch of 2D Soulslikes that combined punishing combat with old-school pixel art. The sequel leans more heavily into a Metroidvania formula for a richer overall experience. It’s gorgeous, gore-y, and brutally fun all at once. It also recently got a free update and paid DLC.

Price: $15 (50 percent off)