Single player games will always have a special place in our heart, and in our PS5. These are the top 10 best single player games on PS5.

As much as we love playing with friends, nothing quite beats losing yourself in an immersive single player story, whether it's discovering a robot dystopia in Stray or exploring, er, a different robot dystopia in Horizon Forbidden West. Don't worry, this list of PS5 single player games also contains zombie dystopias too. Because you can't do a 1p game feature without The Last Of Us Part 1.

What makes the best single player games? We'd argue a mix of narrative surprise, emotional depth and mechanical sublimity. PlayStation 5 experiences like Final Fantasy 16, that mash up continental-scale politics with localised moment to moment beatdowns that put Clive in the heat of the fight. Or Uncharted - a perennial PlayStation single player favourite - and the way it never loses sight of heart in the heat of battle.

What are your best single player games PS5 or otherwise? Let us know in the comments. And for your convenience we've time coded the top ten best single player games for PS5 here:

00:00 Introduction
01:06 Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
02:02 Final Fantasy XVI
03:44 Horizon Forbidden West
04:39 God of War Ragnarok
06:04 Stray
07:08 The Last of Us Part 1
08:47 Resident Evil 4
10:03 Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
11:31 Dead Space
12:35 Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection

This video is part of the PlayStation Access Top 10 collection, where we gather the best PS5 games you can play right now. Why not check out these other recommendations:

Best PS5 Games:    • Top 10 PS5 Games  
Best Open World Games on PS5:    • Top 10 Best Open World Games on PS5  
Best Action games on PS5:    • Top 10 Best Action Games on PS5  

And don't forget, you can play great PS4 single player games on PS5, too. And as if by magic, we have a list of the top 10 best single player games on PS4 ready to watch now:    • Top 10 Best Single Player Story Games...  

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