At their most recent PlayStation 5 Showcase, Sony revealed that games believed to be exclusively on the PS5 will, in fact, also be made available for PlayStation 4 players. It was definitely a surprise, as most people expected Sony to move on from their current console, but it also makes sense they'd continue supporting it, especially considering the PlayStation 4 has sold over 100 million units, making it the fourth best-selling console ever.
Of course, it's no secret that the growing library of PS4 games has been getting more and more impressive over the years, and will only continue to grow. The kind of accessibility Sony is providing for their fans is a great opportunity for both low-income families and for those that wait a while before getting a next-gen console, meaning there won't be many games that players will miss out on, regardless of their current monetary status.
Now, this also doesn't mean that every single PS5 game will be available for the PS4. An example of this comes from Gearbox Software's Godfall, which is a PS5 exclusive. However, games like Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Horizon Forbidden West are coming to both console generations, and they're definitely not the only ones that will be doing so.
Every PS5 Game Also Available On PS4
The list below will outline every game that is coming to both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. It's also worth mentioning that not all of these games are exclusive to PlayStation.
- Anima Song and Legends
- Assassin's Creed: Valhalla
- Atomic Heart
- Bugsnax
- Borderlands 3
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- Cyberpunk 2077
- Dirt 5
- Dying Light 2
- Far Cry 6
- FIFA 21
- Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach
- Gotham Knights
- Hitman 3
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Hood: Outlaws and Legends
- Horizon Forbidden West (Exclusive)
- Immortals Fenyx Rising
- JETT: The Far Shore
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits (PC & PS)
- LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
- Little Devil Inside
- Little Nightmares 2
- Metal Hellsinger
- Oddworld Soulstorm
- Outriders
- Quantum Error
- Rainbow Six Quarantine
- Ride 4
- Riders Republic
- Scarlet Nexus
- Sea of Stars
- Sherlock Holmes: Chapter One
- Solar Ash
- Spider-Man: Miles Morales (Exclusive)
- The Lord of The Rings: Gollum
- The Pathless
- Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
- Watch Dogs Legion
- Worms Rumble
- Yakuza: Like A Dragon
[Updated 09/10/2020 14:15 - Added Borderlands 3]
So far, these are all the confirmed games that will be coming to both PS4 and PS5, and it's very likely that more games will be added to this list as time goes on. The PS4 will assuredly see more games be released for it in the coming years, as Sony recently announced that they'll be supporting the console for up to four years after the launch of PlayStation 5. However, for games that are coming out for both generations, the PS5 will offer better performance, as well as an exciting experience with the new haptic feedback from the DualSense.
This support is a smart move by Sony, and something that shouldn't have come to anyone as a surprise. However, it'll be interesting to see whether Sony pushes their first-party games as PS5 exclusives only, supporting the PS4 by releasing third-party games in the coming years, or allows both generations to receive most, if not nearly all, of the next generation's titles. Regardless, if there's one thing to take away from all of this, it's that current-gen consoles like the PlayStation 4 aren't going anywhere.