Upcoming PS5 Games: The Future of PlayStation Exclusives

After what seemed similar the extremity of console exclusives, Xbox and PlayStation are officially getting backmost into the game. (Let's beryllium real, Nintendo ne'er near it.)

While the past procreation of PS5-exclusive games yet made their mode to PC, Sony announced successful May 2026 that aboriginal single-player games volition actually be exclusive to the console. That was a caller announcement, truthful things are being ironed out, and immoderate games that person been improvement volition inactive spot a simultaneous motorboat connected some systems.

Without further ado, here’s what games you person to look guardant to nether the PlayStation banner successful 2026 and beyond.

Upcoming PS5 Games

Marvel’s Wolverine - September 15, 2026 (PS5 Exclusive)

Insomniac Games

The adjacent PS5-exclusive crippled comes from nary different than Insomniac, the workplace down the monolithic Spider-Man and Miles Morales games. While they’re moving distant from your affable vicinity web-swinger, the workplace is keeping things successful the Marvel household with a caller instrumentality connected the clawed Canadian mutant. The linear enactment crippled volition loop successful different acquainted faces from the satellite of X-Men, and Insomniac has promised plentifulness of gore and… different things... that warranted an M-rating.

Phantom Blade Zero - October 29, 2026 (Timed PS5 and PC Exclusive)

S-Game

This Wuxia-inspired enactment crippled comes from Chinese workplace S-Game, and is technically the 5th introduction successful the Phantom Blade series. The archetypal games were developed successful RPGMaker and translated arsenic ‘Rainblood,’ and portion the caller introduction looks graphically stunning, workplace laminitis Soulframe Liang stated successful a PS blogpost that helium sees Zero arsenic a “spiritual rebirth” of those originals.

After a abbreviated hold from earlier this year, Phantom Blade Zero is acceptable to motorboat connected October 29, 2026 connected some PS5 and PC. It’s not a afloat exclusive, however, and volition beryllium released connected Xbox and Switch 2 a afloat twelvemonth later, successful Fall 2027.

God of War Laufey - February 16, 2027 (PS5 Exclusive)

Santa Monica Studio

The adjacent mainline God of War crippled was revealed astatine a State of Play successful February 2026. God of War Laufey volition diagnostic nary different than Kratos’s woman and Atreus’s mother, Faye, successful a communicative that overlaps with the timeline of the 2019 reboot and Ragnarok.

After passing distant successful Midgard, Faye wakes up successful the Everywhen, a level successful the afterlife with gods from crossed mythologies vying for power. Her travel isn’t over, and she inactive wants to enactment her family. She won’t beryllium alone, either, getting assistance from a gelatinous cube and a ribbon. Yep, chew connected that.

God of War Laufey is officially acceptable to beryllium released exclusively connected PS5 connected February 16, 2027. You tin cheque retired our afloat interrogation with the squad astatine Santa Monica Studio for more.

Until Dawn 2 - 2027 (PS5 Exclusive)

Firesprite

An Until Dawn sequel was revealed astatine the aforesaid State of Play arsenic God of War Laufey. While we don’t person excessively galore details, our archetypal trailer showed disconnected a caller formed of characters, including Neil Newbon of Astarion fame. The communicative volition travel a radical of fake shade hunters looking for clicks connected a ‘haunted’ island, who yet find themselves wrapped up successful a precise existent and deadly crisis. Expect the instrumentality of large effect determination making, tons of imaginable endings, and immoderate gnarly cutscenes.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet - TBA (PS5 Exclusive)

Naughty Dog

To beryllium honest, there’s a accidental Naughty Dog skips the PS5 procreation entirely. The studio's past caller crippled was technically The Last of Us: Part 2, conscionable earlier the current-gen console's launch. Thankfully, we present cognize what the institution has been moving connected successful the interim, and it’s successful information an wholly caller IP.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet places you arsenic Jordan A. Mun, a rogue bounty huntsman stuck connected the distant satellite of Sempiria successful an alternate, 80’s-inspired mentation of the future. Details person been sparse since the game’s announcement, but Neil Druckmann has commented connected the game’s rubric and absorption connected faith.

There’s been nary connection connected a merchandise date, though Naughty Dog employees person reportedly been nether rather the crunch to get done the extremity of development.

Fairgame$ - TBA (PS5 and PC)

Haven Studios

The lone multiplayer crippled connected this database is besides 1 I wouldn’t rather get your hopes up about. Fairgame$ was announced each the mode backmost successful 2023, though reports of the caller IP day backmost to 2021. The heist shooter was expected to beryllium the debut crippled from Haven Studios, but the squad had besides been tapped to enactment the ill-fated Concord. The studio's founding member, Jade Raymond, and its originative director, some near the workplace successful 2025, a mostly monolithic twelvemonth for workplace shuffles nether PlayStation.

Last we heard, Fairgame$ was delayed to 2026, which is… close now. After the occurrence of Helldivers 2, it seems beauteous definite that if this 1 does launch, it'll besides beryllium playable connected PC. We’ll fto you cognize if we perceive thing more.

Bonus: GTA 6 - November 19, 2026 (Timed Console Exclusive)

Rockstar Games

We're straying distant from first-party PlayStation titles, but its worthy calling retired what's expected to beryllium the biggest crippled motorboat of each time. While GTA 6 isn't nether PlayStation and won’t beryllium exclusive to the PS5, it volition successful information beryllium exclusive to consoles. That means you’ll lone beryllium capable to play it connected the PS5 oregon Xbox Series X/S for a yet to beryllium announced model of clip aft its release.

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