2025 PS5 Gift Guide – Great PS5 Games To Buy For Friends, Family This Year

2025 PS5 Gift Guide – Great PS5 Games To Buy Your Friends And Family – With the holiday season now upon us, there is no shortage of great PlayStation games that you can give to your loved ones. Including only the very greatest PS4 games and PS5 games, our 2025 PS5 gift guide will ensure that you get the best gifts this holiday season. Also don’t forget all PS4 games mentioned in this guide can be played on PS5 too! For further reading, you can check out our in-depth PS5 guide, PS4 games that give free PS5 upgrades guide, all the best PS5 games available, all PS5 games that have enhanced graphics, PS5 games that support crossplay, PS4 games that run at 60 FPS on PS5 and our constantly updated feature which details the latest news on PS6. Finally, you can catch our previews of the best upcoming PS5 games coming soon in 2025 as well as 2025 release date calendar too.

2025 Gift Guide – Great PS5 Games To Buy This Year

Assassin’s Creed Shadows

• What is it – Finally taking the Assassin’s Creed series to the long awaited setting of Sengoku Japan, Assassin’s Creed Shadows casts players as either Naoe, a shinobi from a broken home or Yasuke, a historical real-life Samurai from that period and intertwines their story with intersectional story campaign quests and separate quests that are unique to each protagonist. Exclusive to current-gen consoles and PC, Assassin’s Creed Shadows makes the most of its hardware uptick with greatly improved visuals, revamped physics and a dynamic seasonal system that can cause the world to change in real-time (think where there was once an impassable lake in the summer, that same lake can just be walked across when it freezes over in the winter). Principally in development from the same team that brought us Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is the return to form that the series has long needed.
• Who would like it – Fans of the Assassin’s Creed games and open world adventures
• Available on: PS5

Astro Bot

• What is it – An obscenely polished and soul-affirming triumph from every angle, Astro Bot isn’t just an unabashed celebration of all things PlayStation, it’s a deeply passionate celebration of everything you could and should love about a video game. There are no microtransactions, no season passes and no busywork padding – just precisely engineered 3D platforming with an overabundance of joy on offer. Astro Bot is a big, warm hug of a videogame that also happens to be not just one of the best platform games ever made, but one of the best PS5 games ever made, too.
• Who would like it – Players who love platforming games.
• Available on: PS5

Battlefield 6

• What is it – After the muted reception and botched launched which dogged Battlefield 2042, Battlefield 6 finally seems to be a proper return to form. With a dogged current war setup where you won’t find any Nicki Minaj themed skins or pink-hued, LED ridden skins, Battlefield 6 instead takes the best from Battlefield 3, Battlefield 4 and Battlefield: Bad Company 2 by providing players with a class-based system, insane amounts of destruction and a thunderous single-player campaign. I think we’re back folks.
• Who would like it – Players who love the Battlefield games and FPS games.
• Available on: PS5

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7

• What is it – The latest and certainly most glossy entry in the world famous Call of Duty franchise, Call Of Duty Black Ops 7 gets the legendary FPS series back to doing what it does best. With a solid multiplayer foundation, a refocused zombies mode that understands what fans enjoy about that game mode, and an absolutely stellar campaign, this is Call of Duty at its best and a must-have for shooter and CoD fans everywhere.
• Who would like it – Players who love Call of Duty and FPS games.
• Available on: PS4, PS5

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

• What is it – Seemingly coming out of the blue, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an RPG quite unlike any other. Taking place in a fantastical world inspired by Belle Époque France, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 blends together turn-based RPG and real-time mechanics together as players find themselves taking on an ethereal Paintress who with an annual stroke of her brush erases more and more population of the world. Boasting some of the most stylish visuals seen in years and an all-star voice cast that includes Final Fantasy 16‘s Ben Starr, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is already a shoe-in for not just one of the best PS5 RPGs of 2025, but one of the best games of the year, period.
• Who would like it – Players who love turn-based JRPG games and Final Fantasy games.
• Available on: PS5

Dragon Quest I & II HD Remake

• What is it – A beautiful, eye-opening remake of two of the most legendary JRPGs ever made, Dragon Quest I & II HD Remake is an endlessly compelling twin pack that brings Dragon Quest’s formative entries kicking and screaming into 2025 with an opulent 2D-HD veneer and the same timeless gameplay that has entertained millions the world over for decades.
• Who would like it – Players who love turn-based JRPG games, Dragon Quest games and Final Fantasy games.
• Available on: PS5

EA Sports College Football 26

• What is it – Continuing on the great foundation laid down by last year’s entry, EA Sports College Football 26 refines that stellar formula even further, with a raft of new plays, an incentive-driven trophy mode, reworked physics and visuals and overhauled presentation that allows EA Sports College Football 26 to operate at the apex of digital American Football as we know it.
• Who would like it – Fans of college football, NFL and the EA Madden games.
• Available on: PS5

F1 25

• What is it – Striding out into the pole position of Formula 1 racing games, F1 25 combines an accurate physics simulation of the real-life spectacle with a completely revamped career mode to create a sterling genre effort which bolsters its offering further with additional tie-in content to this year’s blockbuster F1 The Movie. Easily one of the best F1 games of recent times, bolstered by on-going free updates and seasonal content, F1 25 is an easy recommendation for petrolheads and F1 fans alike.
• Who would like it – Players who enjoy Formula 1 racing and have enjoyed previous F1 racing games.
• Available on: PS5

Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles

• What is it – A full blooded remaster of classic PSOne turn-based strategy/JRPG hybrid Final Fantast Tactics, this year’s re-release does things a little differently. Though Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles ups the resolution and performs a wealth of other surface tweaks, where this remaster really earns its keep is in the all-new voice acted performances (a first for the game), a much more accurate translation script and a wealth of quality of life improvements. Whether you’re an armchair general hankering for a new tactical fix, or a longtime FF Tactics fan looking for a definitive version of the game, Final Fantasy Tactics – The Ivalice Chronicles absolutely has your back.
• Who would like it – Fans of Final Fantasy games, turn-based tactics and strategy games.
• Available on: PS4, PS5

Ghost of Yōtei

• What is it – Ghost of Yōtei is that rare sequel that not only maintains the essence of its highly successful predecessor, but also qualitatively leapfrogs it in just about every meaningful way and metric. Underscored by a grippingly furious tale of revenge inspired by a layer cake of classic Japanese samurai cinema, the best combat ever seen in a samurai title and the most compelling open world since Red Dead Redemption 2, Ghost Of Yōtei is a jaw-dropping demonstration of Sucker Punch Productions operating at the peak of its considerable powers. Ghost of Yōtei redefines the term ‘must-have’ and wholly validates PlayStation Studios broader approach to embracing single-player epics such as this. Anyone who enjoyed Ghost of Tsushima will love this.
• Who would like it – Fans of Ghost of Tsushima, samurai games and open-world adventures.
• Available on: PS5

Helldivers 2

• What is it – As a broad initiator for those who have found themselves unlucky enough to not have indulged themselves in the original Helldivers, Helldivers 2 follows the exact same design through-line where up to four players can team up together to take on hordes of violent aliens, mutants and cyborgs in a galaxy-spanning conflict that never ends. Invariably a squad shooter at its very core, Helldivers 2 isn’t just about rampaging around each map and laying waste to your foes – there’s also a sizable chunk of strategy embedded in there too which absolutely detaches Helldivers 2 from immediate comparisons to its genre peers. Helldivers 2 is a supremely fun, frequently unintentionally hilarious and bombastic squad shooter that has only been going from strength to strength since its release in 2024.
• Who would like it – Fans of the Starship Troopers movies and online co-op squad shooters.
• Available on: PS5

It Takes Two

• What is it – From the same developers that conjured up the great Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons and much more recent (but no less brilliant) co-op effort A Way Out, It Takes Two is easily one of the best split screen games you can buy right now on any system. With each player cast as a squabbling parent that has been transformed into a diminutive child’s doll, It Takes Two riffs on Honey I Shrunk The Kids as it presents players with a series of unique and deeply fun challenges that have you facing off with a band of rebellious squirrels, a deeply sarcastic book that’s trying to help (but really isn’t) and much more besides. The absolute embodiment of great split-screen gaming, It Takes Two is simply sublime and remains a sure-fire hit for some co-op fun over the Holiday period.
• Who would like it – Fans of co-op games, local multiplayer games and platform games.
• Available on: PS4, PS5

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II

• What is it – The sequel to, you guessed it, 2018’s Kingdom Come: Deliverance, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II once more puts players into the role of Henry of Skalitz, a regular fella in 15th century Bohemia who finds himself caught up in wars, royal intrigue, cutthroat plots and more. Much like its predecessor, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is a first-person, open world RPG with an emphasis on historical accuracy over more fantastical fare. Put simply, you won’t find any magic, dragons or magical dragons here. What you will find though is a massive open-world to explore, filled with all manner of characters, side quests and more. Not only does Kingdom Come: Deliverance II boast a massive upgrade in the visual department over its last-gen predecessor, there’s also a leaning into much more humorous situations too, with our hero coming unstuck in all manner of amusing situations. We loved Kingdom Come: Deliverance II a whole lot.
• Who would like it – Fans of Kingdom Come: Deliverance, open world RPGs and medieval history.
• Available on: PS5

Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza In Hawaii

• What is it – Arguably leaning more readily into the absurd side of Like A Dragon’s traditional tonal divide, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is and does exactly what it says on the tin. Putting players in the immaculate snake shoes of Yakuza/Like A Dragon series favourite Goro Majima, Like A Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has our maddened protagonist sailing the Hawaiian and broader Pacific seas in search of treasure and loudmouth sea-punks to beat down in traditionally spectacular fashion. Oh and AEW wrestler Samoa Joe just happens to be in the game too. Cool, eh?
• Who would like it – Fans of the Yakuza and Like A Dragon games and fans of JRPGs.
• Available on: PS4, PS5

Monster Hunter Wilds

• What is it – It’s probably no exaggeration to say that since Monster Hunter: World released for PS4 back in 2018, that the various Monster Hunter spin-offs and remasters in the interim haven’t really come close to capturing the imagination of fans in quite the same way. Enter Monster Hunter Wilds. A true next generation take on the Monster Hunter franchise, Monster Hunter Wilds comprehensively overhauls every aspect of the Monster Hunter experience with refreshed combat and cooking mechanics, gorgeous new visuals and of course, a range of terrifying monsters that won’t leave your thoughts anytime soon. If your last brush with the Monster Hunter franchise was with Monster Hunter: World, then Monster Hunter Wilds is absolutely, positively where you should drop back in.
• Who Would Like It – Fans of the Monster Hunter games.
• Available on: PS5

Silent Hill f

• What is it – An all-new entry in the recently resurrected Silent Hill franchise, Silent Hill f whisks players off to a 1960s Japan setting – the first for the series. With a keen focus on Japanese folklore mythology and Japanese cinematic horror, Silent Hill f not only brings a unique atmosphere to the table but also a fresh focus on combat and puzzle solving to boot. If you enjoyed last year’s Silent Hill 2 remake, Silent Hill f should arguably be your next stop.
• Who would like it – Fans of the Silent Hill games and survival horror titles.
• Available on: PS5

Split Fiction

• What is it – The latest local coop spectacular from the endlessly talented minds that gave us the great A Way Out and the stellar It Takes Two, Split Fiction looks to once again redefine the bar for couch coop gaming and likely provide developer Hazelight Studios with a bona-fide GOTY contender into the bargain. Casting players as two authors – one that writes fantasy novels and the other writes science fiction novels – Split Fiction thrusts the pair into a series of fantasy and sci-fi worlds, forcing them to work together to escape their predicament.
• Who would like it – Fans of It Takes Two and split-screen, cooperative two player games.
• Available on: PS5

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate

• What is it – In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate, players must come together as titular heroes-in-a-half-shell in order to rescue their mentor Splinter, who has found himself captured by the nefarious Foot Clan. A co-operative multiplayer roguelike that has up to four players battering their way across New York City, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate is an easy get for fans of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and cooperative roguelike games alike.
• Who would like it – Fans of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, roguelike games and cooperative two player games.
• Available on: PS4, PS5

The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered

• What is it – Much more than just a layer of added current-gen sheen to arguably one of the best games of the past decade, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered really should have been ditched the ‘remastered’ suffix for ‘director’s cut’ instead. This is because not only do you get that gloriously nihilistic and grim single-player campaign that dominated GOTY discussions in 2020, but so too do you get an added ‘No Return’ roguelike mode which provides hours of entertainment in and of itself – not to mention the additional making of materials and behind the scenes content. As adventures go, The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is the most definitive version of arguably one of the best games of the last decade and provides a neat window into what will happen next in HBO’s The Last of Us television show.
• Who would like it – Fans of The Last of Us Part 1, The Last of Us HBO TV series and survival horror games.
• Available on: PS5

Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered Starring Lara Croft

• What is it – Continuing on from what Tomb Raider I-III Remastered Starring Lara Croft started last year, Tomb Raider IV-VI Starring Lara Croft once more brings three oft forgotten Tomb Raider titles (Tomb Raider: The Last Revelations, Tomb Raider: Chronicles and Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness) back into a contemporary spotlight for series fans to enjoy. Boasting massively upgraded visuals and a raft of Quality of Life improvements, Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered Starring Lara Croft does a decent enough job of filling in the gaps while loyal Tomb Raider fans everywhere wait for Lara’s bonafide next generation outing.
• Who would like it – Fans of the Tomb Raider games and action adventure titles.
• Available on: PS4, PS5

WWE 2K25

• What is it – The highest rated wrestling game in more than a decade, WWE 2K25 sits at the head of the table as the best wrestling game on the market by a country mile. Continuing to refine the core aspects of the series and adding a layer of realism that is needed in a simulation game, WWE 2K25 brings an array of modes, including the highly addictive MyGM, a refreshed MyRise mode that includes a dual campaign for both male and female custom superstars, an improved Showcase mode that spans the entirety of the Bloodline faction, Special Referee mode, an online Royal Rumble mode that includes up to thirty superstars and an extensive creation suite to top off the entire package. A massive, all-encompassing take on the WWE pro-wrestling spectacle, fans of both the real-life WWE broadcast and wrestling games in general, will find themselves absolutely giddy with what WWE 2K25 brings to the table.
• Who would like it – Fans of WWE, pro wrestling and WWE 2K games.
• Available on: PS4, PS5

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