30 Best Action-Adventure Games on PS5 You Need to Play [2024 Edition]

Stellar Blade

Coming at a time when Sony’s first-party studios are on hiatus, pressure mounted on Stellar Blade to deliver an experience worthy of the PS5 mantle, and despite a handful of issues Korean developer Shift Up’s first foray is exceptional, delivering a blend of stylish hack n’ slash combat and awe-striking world design. The comparisons to Sekiro: Shadows Never Die are apt, but Stellar Blade makes their shared dodge-parry swordplay more accessible than FromSoftware’s samurai opus, thus propelling Stellar Blade to one of the best-selling games released this year.