The Best Cover Games for Playstation 5

Update : Wanted: Dead added at rank #4.
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Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection (2022)

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Review score
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Playstation 5 PC Windows

Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection is an action-adventure game set in an epic globe-trotting journey. You will control Nathan Drake, a thief, and his brother Sam as they search for the legendary pirate treasure. Join Chole Frazer on her quest to track down the jeweled tusk of Shiva's son and enjoy the same quality of story, characters, action, and general intrigue that the series is known for delivering.


What we like:
  • Epic adventure with real emotions
  • Fun melee
  • Stealth
  • And heavy action combat
  • Excellent narrative driven gameplay
  • Great puzzle-solving mechanics
  • Beautiful visuals with ultra settings
What could be improved:
  • Hardware intensive
  • Aim assist or manual aiming required for shooting
  • Puzzles can be challenging

  • stealth
  • adventure
  • shooter
  • cover
  • action-adventure
  • puzzle
  • platform
  • story
  • action
  • combat
  • narrative
  • fps
  • third-person
  • tps
  • controller-support

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LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga (2022)

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85
Review score
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Xbox One Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Playstation 4 PC Windows Nintendo Switch Android

Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga is the very best Lego game to date, and one of the best Star Wars games ever made. With 45 levels and 140 side missions, you can explore more than 20 planets while engaging in lightsaber combat, third-person shooting, and melee combat. Enjoy a combination of classic slapstick humour, brilliant sight gags and great voice acting as you collect 731 puzzles, 135 level challenges, and 380 characters.


What we like:
  • Revamped formula with new camera angle
  • Lightsaber combat better than ever
  • Third-person shooting feels great
  • Huge amount of things to do
  • Hilarious writing
  • Open areas full of secrets to explore
What could be improved:
  • Melee combat could be better
  • Lack of levels dedicated to spin-off films such as Rogue One or Solo
  • The Mandalorian only represented by a playable character

  • cooperative
  • open-world
  • cover
  • puzzle
  • combo
  • combat
  • boss-fight
  • split-screen
  • battle
  • tps
  • exploration
  • sandbox
  • platform
  • third-person
  • shooter

3

Outriders (2021)

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65
Review score
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Playstation 5 stadia Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One PC Windows

Outriders’ brutal and bloody combat combines frenetic gunplay, violent powers and deep RPG systems to create a true genre hybrid.


  • shooter
  • cover
  • loot
  • cooperative
  • tps
  • sci-fi
  • rpg
  • third-person

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Wanted: Dead (2023)

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60
Review score
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Playstation 5 Xbox Series X/s Xbox One Playstation 4 PC Windows Xbox Series X

Wanted: Dead is a new hybrid slasher/shooter from the makers of Ninja Gaiden and Dead or Alive. The game follows a week in life of the Zombie Unit, an elite Hong Kong police squad on a mission to uncover a major corporate conspiracy.


  • shooter
  • cover
  • hack-and-slash
  • action-inclined
  • half-animal
  • anime-driven
  • swordplay
  • rpg
  • conspiracy
  • kong
  • cyberpunk
  • anime
  • narrative
  • rhythm-game
  • straight-faced

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