15 Amazing PS5 Role Playing Games (RPGs) You Need To Play

Sony’s PlayStation is synonymous with industry-dominating single-player adventures, so it’s with good reason we’re focusing this video on the PlayStation’s current-generation console’s selection of amazing RPG games.

They’re not always exclusively single player, of course, but arguably the genre works best as a solo endeavor. Role-playing games cover a broad spectrum of styles and experiences too, given that the hallmarks of the genre are so widespread.

On this rundown, we champion games that are narrative heavy, often with choice-led outcomes, that harbor engaging combat, offer extensive character progression via upgradeable skills, attributes, and capabilities, plus feature enveloping quests which foster discovery through fantastical worlds.

The opportunities to assume the role of a character in-game have never been greater, especially on PS5.