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 remaster or remake of 2025.
Bronze Trophy: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
It's still got a few too many technical problems in need of fixing, but the achievement that is Oblivion Remastered — with Unreal Engine 5 running over the top of the original — is still an impressive achievement. Returning to Cyrodill is a true pleasure, and the chance to experience once again its wondrous exploration and RPG elements. As long as you can put up with its glitches, Oblivion Remastered still represents excellent adventuring and one of the best RPG undertakings around.
Read our Oblivion Remastered PS5 review through the link.
Silver Trophy: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
Fans had been begging Square Enix for years to have Final Fantasy Tactics back, and they finally got their wish in The Ivalice Chronicles, which remasters the PS1 original with a fresh art style. Restoring one of the best turn-based games ever, it now plays better than ever on PS5. It may be lacking the War of the Lions content, but with major quality-of-life improvements, this is Final Fantasy Tactics at its best.
Read our Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles PS5 review through the link.
Gold Trophy: Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
For years now, RPG fans have asked: "What should be my first Trails game?" That question has now been answered in the most definitive manner: it should be Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, taking the franchise back to its beginnings with a fantastic remake.
Along with the obvious graphical overhaul and tons of streamlining to make combat work and feel far better, there is a mountain of quality-of-life improvements designed to make the JRPG shine once more. This is how you do a remake of a classic, restoring the original Trails in the Sky in all its glory.
Read our Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter PS5 review through the link.
Platinum Trophy: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
There are faithful remakes, and then there's Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater. Konami and Virtuos literally lift all the cutscenes and voice acting from the 2004 classic and place them in this new version, sporting stunning graphics and gameplay improvements to make the experience shine all over again.
A handful of new mechanics and items streamline some of the pinch points from the original, but by and large, this is one of the greatest Metal Gear Solid entries, exactly as you remember it with the visual standards of today. What was considered outstanding over 20 years ago remains so in 2025.
Read our Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater PS5 review through the link.
Do you agree with our picks for the best PS5 remake or remaster of 2025? Share your thoughts in the comments below and check out more of our Game of the Year coverage through the link.
What was your favourite PS5 remake or remaster of 2025? (583 votes)
- Days Gone Remastered
- Dragon Quest I + II HD Remake
- Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles
- Gears of War: Reloaded
- Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater
- Ninja Gaiden 2 Black
- Suikoden I & II HD Remaster: Gate Rune and Dunan Unification Wars
- The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 + 4
- Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter
- Yooka Replaylee
- Other (let us know in the comments!)
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I really enjoyed going through Days Gone: Remastered once again, though honestly I couldn't really tell you what the improvements were.
As for Gears of War: Reloaded, I was bitterly disappointed with the 'effort' put into the remaster, as I felt it to be a poor showcase for what is supposedly a flagship Xbox title. I only went through the campaign, which I have done numerous times over the years since it was first released, but for this remaster the AI was utterly broken when playing it solo. A truly abysmal effort that was just a cash grab for the PlayStation audience...
I spent the most time in Elder Stutters 4, and I’m waiting for 100% certainty they won’t butcher the MGS3 Delta trophy list with any multiplayer garbage before I get that platinum’d, but so far I’m most impressed with THPS 3+4.
It’s practically perfect, and they chose better trophy criteria than that in the first bundle’s extremely grindy list (although if you’re a newbie, some of the challenges can be rather brutal. OG PS2 veterans shouldn’t have much issue though).
Haven’t had time to get to either of the DQ remakes yet so my thoughts might change once I do.
It's not on the list, but I did rather enjoy Pac-Man World 2 Re-Pac.
Snake Eater Delta (yes even with performance issues) because they were faithful to original game, even giving you the option to play the game with legacy or new style controls, I hope they do this for MGS1 next.
Trails in the Sky Remake for me, Yooka Replaylee was great as well.
Based on what I've seen, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter's victory is well deserved. Definitely a game I want to get to at some point, whether it's the original on GOG or the remake on Switch (I don't have a PS5, and my PS4 can't play it). The one thing I've heard about it that I don't like is the changed dialogue.
Certainly isnt metal gear solid 3 remake or oblivion remaster both are pathetic in the performance department shame nothing re great gmaes as well how can someone vote for game that bad the performance anyway any gamer be warned about virtous as a developer are terrible stay away there gsmes always have performance problems
I actually didn't play any remakes that came out this year. I'm sure they're all good, rebut remakes just weren't on my radar.
Oblivion should be nowhere near this list. Not only was it a technical mess, but they left the most egregious mistakes of the original untouched. Just about as bad as they could possibly have managed.
Oblivion? I can't play it without it completely freezing up every minute. Ridiculous.
What's with Konami and performance issues on PS5? First SH2 remake, then MGS3 remake and finally SHf. I want to play all these 3 on PS5 but I am afraid of annoying performance issues. Hope they get their ***** together before their next big release.
@4fold exactly
Trails in the Sky First Chapter is my game to play over the xmas period. I played the demo and everything about it just hits. If I come out of the other side wanting more, I will have only about 15 more games in the series to grab
Trial of the sky first chapter is a instant classic word up son
Delta’s sort of a boring pick. It’s a bit too faithful a remake. After the FF7s and REmakes of the world, I sort of want something else out of remakes nowadays, personally. But hey, if you’ve never played MGS3, there’s no excuse now!
The Delta remaster felt so unnecessary to me, especially since I already paid $60 for an HD remaster on current console two years ago when the Vol 1 collection dropped.
I wish they’d spent the resources developing Vol 2 instead, i.e I’d love to play like MGS4/Peacewalker on current console.
How many times has Snake Eater come out since 2005? We've had the PS3 HD remaster, the 3DS version, the Vita version and now Delta Snake Eater. We get it's a classic, but the industry seems to love beating us over the head with them sometimes.
I'm not yet played any remastered / remake from the list. But, this year i've bought Wild Guns Reloaded and Lumines Remastered. Yeah they wasn't released this year but both remaster are excellent especially Wild Guns.
I just rolled credits on the most? beautiful game on the Pro: Days Gone Remastered. That's my pick!
To me the Croc remaster, Gex trilogy and Bubsy collection were good.
Wasn't into the big' IP remasters/remakes this year really.
The 'enhanced edition/fixed up games like Echoes of the End or Lost Soul Aside were good.
Da Capo Switch port/remaster was good.
Dokyousei remaster was good too.
Tomb Raider 2013 Definitive Edition Switch port was fair.
I am currently playing through trails now and am most of the way through and it's... Ok. Like completely middle of the road feeling RPG as it stands. I'm hoping some big twists pull it up at the end for me
well next year we have halo 1 , tomb raider 1 , prince of persia , assassins creed black flag , and hopefully the splinter cell remakes
@ Sacred 2
Everyone can have opinions and personal favorites, but sales + ratings are the best factors here. None of other games on the list got even close to its sales and it got great ratings too.
Oblivion Remaster.
I wanted badly to vote for Yooka… but I haven’t played it yet. I’m waiting for my eventual Switch 2 purchase because that’s the system I want to play it on.
So MGS got my vote. I enjoyed that so much…
@Scottyy what was wrong with SH2? Are you referring to the issues I read about for the Pro version?
I played through 2 on a launch pS5 and it was flawless. MGS on the other hand only “stuttered” during that final motorcycle area. Both were near perfect 🤷
@ChromaticDracula
Yeah, I heard all of those games have performance issues on Pro. If you finish them on Pro and you had great time I am happy that I can purchase them.
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