15 New Games Still Coming to PS4 In 2025
There’s life in the old dog yet. Whilst the aging PlayStation 4 misses out on the bulk of new releases nowadays, there’s still a wealth of fantastic games releasing on Sony’s now twelve-year-old system. Here’re fifteen games coming in 2025 to PS4 that are worthy of your time.
Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves
Hotly anticipated sequel to Garou: Mark of the Wolves – a fighting game many regard as amongst the finest – Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves has a steep hill to climb if the series is to re-establish itself alongside the pantheon of all-timers. Gracefully, City of the Wolves revitalises the fighting techniques of its predecessors whilst injecting novel mechanics and its own eye-catching art style to modernise the experience for players new and old.
MotoGP 25
New modes, from dedicated motard, flat track, and minibike racing to a never-seen-before casual arcade experience, bring plenty of novel ways to ride in MotoGP 25, but Milestone’s latest superbike sim aims to provide untold levels of authenticity from an area you might not expect. This year, sound design has been completely overhauled via on-track audio captured first-hand from the exhausts and tyre squeals of official bikes. MotoGP 25 has potential to be the long-standing series’ best entry in years.
Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny
Remaster of the 2002 PS2 classic, Onimusha 2: Samurai’s Destiny is gifting new opportunities to relive the original’s intense swordplay and dramatic revenge story with hi-res graphics and improved controls. Additional language support, new gallery modes, a refreshed soundtrack, intense ‘Hell’ mode difficulty, and a very welcome quality of life contributing auto save feature round out this enrapturing odyssey through medieval Japan.
Elden Ring Nightreign
Co-op games are resurging in 2025, with this standalone spin-off set within the Elden Ring universe – a harrowing experience created specifically for a troupe of up to three of players to venture deep within the grim locale of Limveld together – promises to be a standout. In true FromSoft fashion, surviving a three-day cycle in Elden Ring Nightreign will be anything but a cakewalk. Teams will encounter highly skilled, soul-crushingly tough opponents during each run. However, collectible relics will, with any luck, make subsequent runs more manageable.
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4
The industry’s worst kept secret officially announced on March 4th, and whilst many shared trepidation that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4 will eschew its open-ended career mode skating for, what new dev team Iron Galaxy proclaim, as a return to 1 to 3’s ‘epic two-minute format’, there’s no denying Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3+4 is a welcome package. Revitalised parks, a handful a new courses, plus a quartet of new skaters (not including Doom Slayer) ensure Tony Hawk’s latest round of remakes are destined to do well.
Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound
If you’re on the fence about Ninja Gaiden’s upcoming 2D side scroller, just know that it is a modern reimagining of the classic platformer, with all the mechanical depth of a modern adventure uniting with visual 8-bit pazazz. Ragebound could be the platforming sleeper hit of the year.
Little Nightmares III
The pint-sized dread fest is returning, only, switching things up for Little Nightmares III is the introduction of co-operative gameplay, either couch, online, or via AI. Low and Alone, our poor children stuck inside a horrifying realm known as The Maw, must combine their unique skills and gadgets to overcome a breadth of tricky environmental puzzles all whilst evading the clutches of a horde of evil monsters.
Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
Speaking of platforming sleeper hits ala Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, another iconic side-scroller is getting the modern treatment in Shinobi: Art of Vengeance, and this one is coming directly from the team who made Streets of Rage 4. A Supergiant Games-style hand-drawn art style belies what looks to be a super-precise platformer, although it remains to be seen if the team at Lizardcube have toned down the series’ historic difficulty. Either way, mastering the way of the Shinobi has never looked better.
Absolum
Okay, the aforementioned Dotemu have a hand in this one too, but unlike their prior publishing exploits this is the team’s first original IP, and it has all the hallmarks of an instant classic. Absolum is a roguelite, side-scrolling beat ‘em up set within an original fantasy realm. Here, a likeable cast of brawlers, each with distinct fighting styles, rapid combo chains, and spellcasting power, traipse through levels harbouring multiple paths and unpredictable encounters, promising an enveloping experience with every run.
Terminator 2D: No Fate
More 2D action side scrolling, only this one an officially licensed recreation of iconic movie Terminator 2. Terminator 2D: No Fate oozes adrenaline fuelled arcade style via thrilling set pieces plucked straight out of the film, lovingly crafted here in stunning pixel art. In addition to playing through the movie as on-screen icons Sarah Conner and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s T-800, players will also get to experience novel Future War missions as an adult John Connor, with futuristic pipe bombs and plasma cannons the weapons of choice as he leads the resistance on a battle against Skynet’s sentient machines.
Dying Light: The Beast
This standalone Dying Light adventure set more than a decade after events of the series’ mainline titles reunites you with Kyle Crane – protagonist of the first game – before transporting you both to country resort Castor Woods. After years of inhumane imprisonment and experimentation, Crane is out for blood and, as luck would have it, he’s now imbued with zombie DNA. This genetic modification grants him beast-like powers which players can use to rip shreds out of those who kept him in captivity for so long.
Commandos: Origins
The legendary real-time tactics forebearer is making a triumphant return in 2025, and this time we’ll be exploring the elite covert-operation unit’s beginnings in Commandos: Origins. Undertaking daring rescues, clandestine sabotage, and edge-of-seat raids are the squad led by poster boy for the series – the Green Beret – and there’ll be a range of audacious missions and pivotal moments to undertake, from the Arctic circle to past the Eastern front.
Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga
Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga is coming West for the first time, the all-star clash between heroes from Falcom’s legendary RPG series’ having originally released for the PlayStation Portable in Japan in 2010. This version features remastered graphics and 60 FPS support, couch and online multiplayer, English voice acting, and a wealth of wallpapers and soundtracks from Falcom titles of old. Finally, the cult favourite, fast-paced battler has a home outside of Japan.
Mouse: P.I. for Hire
Combining 1930’s animation with the thrill of explosive first person shooting, in Mouse: P.I. for Hire you assume command of Private Investigator Jack Pepper who becomes embroiled in a gritty underworld of crooks and mobsters, these hand-drawn characters chilling enough to commit murder, corruption, and blackmail. We can safely say we’ve never seen a game quite like this.
The House of the Dead 2: Remake
On-rails shooting masterclass The House of the Dead 2: Remake reimagines the classic arcade experience in high-definition graphics, with remastered music and optional co-operative play. The first House of the Dead remake had its issues, but here’s hoping developer MegaPixel Studio have ploughed all their knowledge into this sequel as, on balance, House of the Dead 2 was always the superior title.
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