Alongside our Game of the Year top 10 list and personal picks from the Push Square editorial team, we are recognising the best PS5 games of 2025 in select categories. Today is the turn of the best PS5 RPG of 2025.
Bronze Trophy: The Outer Worlds 2
In The Outer Worlds 2, developer Obsidian is all about player choice. The game lets you craft your character any way you want, lean into the skills and perks you choose, and then allows you to pick up further traits based on the way you play. It’s a reactive experience full of decisions, better combat compared to the first game, and more worlds to explore. The Outer Worlds 2 is a solid follow-up that leans into all the hallmarks of what it means to be a proper RPG.
Read our The Outer Worlds 2 PS5 review through the link.
Silver Trophy: Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
Finally, there’s a definitive place to start the Trails series from Nihon Falcom. The developer went all the way back to the start for a Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter remake that modernises the debut story, and it makes for one of the best JRPG experiences in 2025.
You’ll learn to love its cast of characters, enjoy its slow but strong world-building, and enjoy the adventure along the way. It’s a breezy JRPG for the most part, but when the action kicks up, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter impresses in so many ways. You finally know where to begin if you’ve ever had an interest in the many, many titles that come after it.
Read our Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter PS5 review through the link.
Gold Trophy: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
Sandfall Interactive made turn-based combat cool again with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33; a feat once only possible for industry titans like Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy. With an amazing cast of characters, a gripping storyline, and many wondrous locations, the debut title has captured the hearts of so many in 2025.
While there’s little in the way of player choice (outside of the ending), Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 embodies the RPG genre with a flashy, engaging combat system based on parrying. The twisting, engrossing plot wraps around it, then peaks with its characters. In terms of telling a set narrative, there’s nothing better than Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 this year.
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