Upcoming PlayStation games: What's coming to PS4 and PS5 in 2021 and beyond?

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Upcoming PlayStation exclusives

One of the main reasons to buy a PS4 or PS5 is to play Sony's first-party exclusive games that you simply can't access on any other consoles. These are some of the biggest and best upcoming PlayStation exclusives you'll want to look out for in the coming months:

• Ghost of Tsushima Director's Cut (PS4, PS5) - 20th August (Pre-order)
• Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 (PS5) - 24th August (Pre-order)
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (available 24th August 2021 on PS4, PS5 and PC)
• The Medium (PS5) - 3rd September (Pre-order)
• Deathloop (PC, PS5) - 14th September (Pre-order)
• The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki (PS4) - 30th September
• The Idolmaster: Starlit Season (PC, PS4) - 14th October
• Ghostwire: Tokyo (coming October 2021 to PS5 and PC)
• Stray (coming October 2021 to PS4, PS5 and PC)
• Project Athia (coming January 2022 to PS5 and PC)
• God of War: Ragnarok (release date TBC - it's definitely coming to PS5, but a PS4 release has not been confirmed)
• Gran Turismo 7 (release date TBC - coming to PS5 only)
• Horizon Forbidden West (release date TBC - coming to PS5 and PS4)
• Final Fantasy 16 (release date TBC - coming to PS5 and PC)
• Sifu (release date TBC - coming to PS4, PS5 and PC)
• Solar Ash (release date TBC - coming to PS4, PS5 and PC)
• Season (release date TBC - coming to PS5 and PC)

We can also be fairly confident that Insomniac Games is working on another Spider-Man game, to follow on from the big sequel teases in 2018's Spider-Man and 2020's Spider-Man: Miles Morales. But until this new Spider-Man PS5 game gets confirmed, we won't add it to the list above!

• For the latest news and expert tips on getting the best deals this year, take a look at our Black Friday 2021 and Cyber Monday 2021 guides.

Non-exclusive upcoming PS4 and PS5 games

There are also heaps of upcoming PlayStation games that will not be exclusive to Sony's consoles, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy them! Some of the best PS4 games were third-party titles that you could also play on Xbox consoles, and the same will surely be true when the time comes to look back on the best PS5 games.

With that in mind, here are the upcoming non-exclusive PlayStation games on the way for the rest of 2021.

July Playstation Games

• A Plague Tale: Innocence (PS5) - 6th July
• Crash Drive 3 (PS4, PS5) - 8th July
• Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed (PS4) - 20th July (Pre-order)
• Cotton Rebbot (PS4) - 20th July
• Cris Tales (PS5, PS4) - 20th July
• Last Stop (PS4, PS5) - 22nd July
• Orcs Must Die! 3 (PS4) - 23rd July
• The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (PS4) - 27th July
• Neo: The World Ends With You (PS4) - 27th July
• Samurai Warriors 5 (PC, PS4) - 27th July
• Blaster Master Zero 3 (PS4) - 29th July
• Blaster Master Zero Trilogy: MetaFight Chronicle ( PS4) - 29th July
• Fuga: Melodies of Steel (PS4, PS5) - 29th July
• Paint the Town Red (PS4, PS5) - 29th July

August PlayStation Games

• In Sound Mind (PS5) - 3rd August (Pre-order)
• Lemnis Gate (PS4 PS5) - 3rd August
• The Falconeer: Warrior Edition (PS4 PS5) - 5th August
• Ever Forward (PS4 PS5) - 5th August
• Godfall (PS4) - 10th August
• Foreclosed (PS4, PS5) - 12th August (Pre-order)
• Hades (PS4, PS5) - 13th August (Pre-order)
• Yuoni (PS4, PS5) - 19th August
• RiMS Racing (PS4, PS5) - 19th August (Pre-order)
• Madden NFL 22 (PS4, PS5) - 20th August (Pre-order)
• Aliens: Fireteam Elite (PS4, PS5) - 24th August
• Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PS4, PS5) - 24th August
• King's Bounty II (PS4) - 24th August
• Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 (PS5) - 24th August (Pre-order)
• Psychonauts 2 (PS4) - 25th August
• Hotel Life: A Resort Simulator (PS4, PS5) - 26th August

September PlayStation Games

• Demon Gaze Extra (PS4) - 2nd September
• Riders Republic (PS4, PS5) - 2nd September (Pre-order)
• WRC 10 (PS4, PS5) - 2nd September (Pre-order)
• Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions (PS4) 3rd September (Pre-order)
• The Medium (PS5) - 3rd September (Pre-order)
• Sonic Colors: Ultimate (PS4) - 7th September (Pre-order)
• Life Is Strange: True Colors (PS4, PS5) - 10th September (Pre-order)
• Tales of Arise (PS4, PS5) - 10th September (Pre-order)
• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction (PS4, PS5) - 16th September (Pre-order)
• Aragami 2 (PS4, PS5) - 17th September
• Diablo II: Resurrected (PS4, PS5) - 23rd September
• Lost Judgment (PS4, PS5) - 24th September
• Ghostrunner (PS5) - 28th September
• Astria Ascending (PS4, PS5) - 30th September
• Hot Wheels Unleashed (PS4, PS5) - 30th September (Pre-order)
• The Legend of Heroes: Kuro no Kiseki (PS4) - 30th September
• Life Is Strange: Remastered Collection (PS4, PS5) - 30th September
• Melty Blood: Type Lumina (PS4) - 30th September

October PlayStation Games

• Exophobia (PS5, PS4) - 5th October
• Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania (PS5, PS4) - 5th October
• Far Cry 6 (PS4, PS5) - 7th October (Pre-order)
• Back 4 Blood (PS5, PS4) - 12th October (Pre-order)
• The Idolmaster: Starlit Season (PS4) - 14th October
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles (PS4, PS5) - 15th October
• Battlefield 2042 (PS4, PS5) - 22nd October (Pre-order)
• The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes (PS4, PS5) - 22nd October
• Guardians of the Galaxy (PS4, PS5) - 26th October (Pre-order)

November/December PlayStation Games

• Just Dance 2022 (PS5, PS4) - 4th November (Pre-order)
• Grand Theft Auto V (PS5) - 11th November
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human (PS4, PS5) - 7th December (Pre-order)

Coming soon to PlayStation

• Doctor Who: The Edge of Reality (release date TBC)
• The Next Mass Effect (release date TBC)
• LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (release date TBC)
• The Lord of The Rings: Gollum (release date TBC)
• Hogwarts Legacy (release date TBC)
• Untitled open-world Star Wars game (release date TBC)
• Evil Dead: The Game (release date TBC)
• Gotham Knights (release date TBC)
• Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League (release date TBC)
• Project 007 (release date TBC)

That's just some of what we have to look forward to on PlayStation consoles in the near future. There are so many more games in development, including some that we probably don't even know about yet. Part of the fun is discovering new games that you didn't realise were coming, but one thing is for sure at this point - PS4 and PS5 players have lots to look forward to!

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