The 25 best PlayStation 4 games
Ranked by the scores that magazines gave these games when they came out. The list draws on 2,547 review scores of 1,509 PlayStation 4 games; 1,366 of them have enough reviews to be ranked.
| # | Game | Platform | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Theft Auto V | PS4 | 2014 | 97 |
| 2 | Red Dead Redemption II | PS4 | 2018 | 97 |
| 3 | God of War | PS4 | 2018 | 95 |
| 4 | Persona 5 Royal | PS4 | 2019 | 95 |
| 5 | The Last of Us – Remastered | PS4 | 2014 | 95 |
| 6 | Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain | PS4 | 2015 | 93 |
| 7 | Persona 5 | PS4 | 2016 | 93 |
| 8 | The Last of Us Part II | PS4 | 2020 | 93 |
| 9 | Divinity: Original Sin II | PS4 | 2017 | 92 |
| 10 | Journey | PS4 | 2015 | 92 |
| 11 | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | PS4 | 2015 | 92 |
| 12 | Undertale | PS4 | 2017 | 92 |
| 13 | Celeste | PS4 | 2018 | 91 |
| 14 | Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age - Definitive Edition | PS4 | 2020 | 91 |
| 15 | Flower | PS4 | 2013 | 91 |
| 16 | INSIDE | PS4 | 2016 | 91 |
| 17 | Resident Evil 2 Remake | PS4 | 2019 | 91 |
| 18 | Shadow of the Colossus | PS4 | 2018 | 91 |
| 19 | Odin Sphere Leifthrasir | PS4 | 2016 | 90.8 |
| 20 | FEZ | PS4 | 2014 | 90 |
| 21 | Monster Hunter: World | PS4 | 2018 | 90 |
| 22 | Overwatch | PS4 | 2016 | 90 |
| 23 | Rayman Legends | PS4 | 2014 | 90 |
| 24 | Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice | PS4 | 2019 | 90 |
| 25 | Shovel Knight | PS4 | 2015 | 90 |
Highly rated, with fewer than 3 reviews
17 PlayStation 4 games have a score of 90 or more, but from only one or two reviews, and no Metacritic score.
| # | Game | Platform | Year | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Quest XI | PS4 | 2017 | 100 | |
| Minecraft | PS4 | 2014 | 97 | |
| Ryu ga Gotoku Ishin! | PS4 | 2014 | 97 | |
| Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective | PS4 | 2023 | 95 | |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2018 | PS4 | 95 | ||
| SteamWorld Dig | PS4 | 2014 | 95 | |
| Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball 2016 | PS4 | 92 | ||
| World Soccer Winning Eleven 2015 | PS4 | 2014 | 92 | |
| Atelier Sophie 2: The Alchemist of the Mysterious Dream | PS4 | 2022 | 90 | |
| Border Break | PS4 | 2018 | 90 | |
| Horizon Forbidden West | PS4 | 2022 | 90 | |
| NBA 2K14 | PS4 | 2013 | 90 | |
| Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 | PS4 | 2023 | 90 | |
| Peggle 2 | PS4 | 2014 | 90 | |
| Ronin | PS4 | 2016 | 90 | |
| Sound Shapes | PS4 | 2014 | 90 | |
| Unicorn Overlord | PS4 | 2024 | 90 |
How the ranking works
- The scores are the ones magazines gave when the games came out, all converted to a 0–100 scale. Only one review per magazine counts for a game: the most recent.
- A game's score is half the average, half the median of its magazine reviews. A title opens the game's page on uvlist.net; a score opens the report with every review behind it.
- A game needs at least 3 magazine reviews to be ranked. With equal scores, the game with more reviews comes first.
- Metacritic already sums up many reviews, so it is never mixed with the magazines: it is used only for games with fewer than 3 magazine reviews, as their only score.
- Each list shows every game with a score of 90 or more. Games with fewer than 3 reviews and no Metacritic score are shown apart: their score is promising, but rests on one or two opinions.
The lists are rebuilt each time reviews are added. To filter by genre, year, magazine or publisher, explore all the scores in the report.
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