With more and more players getting their hands on a PS5 as the days go on, it's worth knowing what games from the PS4 library get a boost on the new hardware. Here's a look at what games offer a free upgrade from the PS4 to the PS5 version.
PS4 games with free upgrades to PS5
Many games released around the launch of the PS5 came with free upgrades to Sony's new console, so players wouldn't have to worry about repurchasing a game in the future. This doesn't apply to every game released, but players might be surprised to see just how many games have free upgrades.
- A Plague Tale: Innocence
- Alan Wake Remastered
- Assassin's Creed Valhalla
- Assetto Corsa Competizione
- Astro Aqua Kitty DX
- Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy
- Balan Wonderworld
- Battlefield 2042
- Beyond A Steel Sky
- Biomutant
- Borderlands 3
- Bugsnax
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II
- Chernobylite
- Cloudpunk
- Concept Destruction
- Control
- Cricket 22: Official Game of the Ashes
- Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time
- Cyberpunk 2077
- DARQ: Complete Edition
- Dead By Daylight
- Deliver Us The Moon
- Demon's Tier+
- Destiny 2 (Free upgrade to PS5 version of Destiny 2 for anyone who owns PS4 version)
- DiRT 5
- DNF Duel
- Dying Light 2
- DOOM Eternal
- Elden Ring (PS4 version provides free upgrade to PS5 version)
- Far Cry 6
- Farming Simulator 22
- FIFA 21 (PS4 version includes free upgrade to PS5 version up until the release of FIFA 22)
- FIFA 22
- FIFA 23
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Final Fantasy 7 Remake
- For Honor (Free upgrade to the PS5 version for owners of the PS4 version)
- Furi
- Ghostrunner
- Godfall
- GreedFall
- GRIS
- Guilty Gear Strive
- Hades
- Haven
- Hellpoint
- Hitman 3
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Human Fall Flat
- Immortals: Fenyx Rising
- It Takes Two
- Just Dance 2021
- JYDGE
- Kena: Bridge Of Spirits
- Kerbal Space Program: Enhanced Edition
- King Oddball
- Knockout City
- Kona
- Little Nightmares II
- Madden NFL 21
- Maid of Sker
- Maneater
- Marvel's Avengers
- Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
- MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries
- Metro Exodus – Enhanced Edition
- MLB The Show 21
- Monster Boy and The Cursed Kingdom
- Mortal Kombat 11
- Mortal Shell
- My Friend Peppa Pig
- Necromunda: Hired Gun
- New Tales From The Borderlands
- Night in the Woods
- Nioh 1
- Nioh 2
- Nobody Saves The World
- No Man's Sky
- Oddworld: Soulstorm
- Outriders
- Outward
- Overland
- Override 2: Super Mech League
- Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition
- Planet Coaster: Console Edition
- Poker Club
- Port Royale 4
- Praey For The Gods
- Project Zero: Maiden Of Black Water
- Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
- Quake
- Rainbow Six Siege
- Relayer
- Resident Evil 2
- Resident Evil 3
- Resident Evil 4
- Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
- Resident Evil Village
- Riddled Corpses EX
- Riders Republic
- RIDE 4
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure
- Saints Row The Third: Remastered
- Shakedown Hawaii
- Shantae
- Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
- Shantae and the Seven Sirens
- Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition
- Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut
- Shing!
- Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
- SnowRunner
- Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
- Subnautica
- Subnautica: Below Zero
- Superliminal
- Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
- Tennis World Tour 2
- Terminator Resistance Enhanced
- Tesla Force
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man Of Medan
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: Little Hope
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
- The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil In Me
- The Elder Scrolls Online
- The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim: Special Edition and Anniversary Edition
- The Eternal Cylinder
- The Pathless
- The Persistence
- The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Extraction
- Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 & 2
- Tribes of Midgard
- Undead Horde
- Visage
- Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr
- Watch Dogs Legion
- What Remains Of Edith Finch
- WRC 9
- Yakuza: Like A Dragon
How long does the PS4 to PS5 upgrade offer last?
Games with the free upgrade path will presumably keep that forever, but more and more games are phasing out the offers as the PS5 becomes easier to find. The Resident Evil 4 Remake is an example of a game still keeping the upgrade path, but annual sports titles have begun to stop offering it.
The NBA 2K series has separated the franchise by offering a current-gen version, meaning PS4 and Xbox One, while the Next-Gen version is exclusive to Xbox Series X|S and PS5. There is no free upgrade available for that game, but there are still developers keeping the program alive, as we've seen with Capcom.
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Published: Apr 5, 2023 07:37 am