The Best Philosophical Games for Playstation 5

Update : Time Flies added at rank #2.
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The Talos Principle: Reawakened (2025)

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Playstation 5 Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X

Step back into a world of thought-provoking puzzles, philosophical intrigue, and breathtaking visuals with The Talos Principle: Reawakened - a first-person puzzle masterpiece for both new players and long-time fans alike.


  • puzzle
  • philosophical
  • lore
  • first-person
  • thought-provoking
  • post-apocalyptic
  • atmospheric
  • dystopian
  • investigation
  • foliage
  • robots
  • artificial
  • intelligence
  • logic
  • fps

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Time Flies (2025)

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Time Flies is a little adventure about our limited time in this world.


  • life
  • flight
  • philosophical
  • checklist
  • adventure
  • hand-drawn
  • achievements
  • puzzle
  • physics
  • 2d
  • simulation
  • trial-and-error
  • friends-and-family
  • pixel
  • manipulation

3

BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH (2025)

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In BrokenLore: DON'T WATCH, immerse yourself in the haunting world of Shinji, a young hikikomori trapped in his Tokyo apartment. As his mind unravels, confront a malevolent entity lurking in the shadows. Will you uncover the truth before it's too late?


  • psychological
  • horror
  • philosophical
  • thriller
  • travel
  • gothic
  • supernatural
  • detective
  • time
  • surreal
  • emotional
  • anime
  • stealth
  • realistic
  • story

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Manifold Garden (2019)

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Mac OS IOS iPhone Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 Xbox One PC Windows Xbox Series X Playstation 5

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.


  • abstract
  • surreal
  • philosophical
  • nonlinear
  • puzzle
  • psychedelic
  • experimental
  • minimalist
  • multiple-endings
  • first-person
  • atmospheric
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • colourful
  • mystery

5

The Wreck (2023)

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PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One Playstation 4 Xbox Series X/s Playstation 5 Xbox Series X Mac OS

In this 3D visual novel, follow failed screenwriter Junon as she attempts to make it through the most pivotal day in her life. Relive the past, alter the present, and embrace the future, or without your help, Junon’s story might end in a wreck.


  • narration
  • dynamic
  • drama
  • choices
  • conversation
  • philosophical
  • visual-novel
  • interactive
  • fiction
  • cinematic
  • point-and-click
  • emotional
  • story
  • stylized
  • psychological

6

Tux and Fanny (2021)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Linux Xbox One

A retro-inspired adventure puzzle game featuring multiple playable characters with interwoven storylines. Explore the natural (and unnatural) world for unique interactions and unlock items to aid you in your quest. There's nothing as simultaneously charming and strange as the world of Tux and Fanny.


  • soccer
  • philosophical
  • adventure
  • surreal
  • nature
  • retro
  • capitalism
  • colourful
  • exploration
  • relaxing
  • pixel
  • puzzle
  • psychedelic

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A Dream About Parking Lots (2025)

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Look for your car in a series of mazes and parking lots while you talk to your therapist about feeling lost. An interactive short story about trying to make sense out of the unreal. Based on real dreams!


  • philosophical
  • walking-simulator
  • experimental
  • short
  • emotional
  • exploration
  • story
  • atmospheric
  • interactive
  • linear
  • fiction

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The Forest Quartet (2022)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows

The Forest Quartet is a puzzle adventure about a gone, but not forgotten, lead singer. Play her spirit and travel through 3 acts unique to the members of her band for a final farewell concert. Face their emotions, solve puzzles and fight the corruption plaguing their souls.


  • music
  • narration
  • philosophical
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • relaxing
  • isometric
  • stylized
  • story
  • emotional
  • minimalist
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • 3d
  • colourful

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Manifold (2021)

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The game takes place in a "universe with a different set of physical laws" where the player can manipulate gravity, being able to "turn walls into floors".[6] The player must solve puzzles using the world's geometry in addition to devices within the architecture of the world.[6] To aid the player, the world's tone takes on one of six colors depending on which direction they have manipulated gravity. Several facets of the game's world may only be interacted with when the gravity is oriented directly, with these objects sharing one of the six colors.


  • puzzle
  • philosophical
  • abstract
  • 3d
  • nonlinear
  • platform
  • exploration
  • surreal
  • psychedelic
  • atmospheric
  • experimental
  • cinematic
  • scroller
  • artificial
  • intelligence

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FOMOGRAPHY (2025)

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Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Step into the shoes of an aging man reliving his past through the lens of a boy’s camera. Explore vibrant environments, interact with key characters and capture fleeting memories to recollect life. What's been forgotten that only photos can show? What hidden memories do even photos refuse to share?


  • editing
  • photo
  • philosophical
  • nonlinear
  • collectathon
  • nature
  • cartoony
  • story
  • relaxing
  • inventory
  • management
  • open-world
  • first-person
  • 3d
  • exploration

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