Game of the Year: Best PS5 Remake or Remaster of 2025

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In addition to our Game of the Year top 10 and the Push Square team’s favorite games, we’re highlighting the best PS5 titles of 2025 in specific categories. Today, we’re focusing on the best PS5 remaster or remake of the year.

Bronze Trophy: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered

Despite some remaining technical issues, Oblivion Remastered is a remarkable project – rebuilding the original game with the power of Unreal Engine 5. Revisiting Cyrodiil is a joy, offering a chance to rediscover its fantastic world and classic RPG gameplay. If you can tolerate a few bugs, Oblivion Remastered delivers a great adventure and remains one of the best RPGs available.

Read our Oblivion Remastered PS5 review through the link.

Silver Trophy: Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

For years, fans asked Square Enix to bring back Final Fantasy Tactics, and now they have with The Ivalice Chronicles. This release remasters the original PlayStation game with updated visuals. It’s a fantastic return for one of the greatest turn-based strategy games of all time, and it plays incredibly well on PS5. While it doesn’t include all the content from the ‘War of the Lions’ version, the numerous improvements make this the definitive Final Fantasy Tactics experience.

Read our Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles PS5 review through the link.

Gold Trophy: Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter

RPG players have long wondered which Trails game to start with. Now there’s a clear answer: Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. A wonderful remake lets you experience where the series began.

Okay, so they didn’t just give the graphics a facelift – they totally reworked the combat to feel smooth and modern. But honestly, it’s all the little things they added that really make this remake special. It’s like they understood exactly what Trails in the Sky needed to shine again, and they delivered. This is how you properly remake a classic – they brought the original game back to life!

Read our Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter PS5 review through the link.

Platinum Trophy: Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater isn’t just a remake – it’s a remarkably faithful recreation of the 2004 original. Konami and Virtuos have kept all the original cutscenes and voice acting, and enhanced the game with impressive new graphics and updated gameplay, making a classic experience feel fresh and exciting.

As a huge Metal Gear Solid fan, I was so excited to revisit this classic, and it totally holds up! They’ve smoothed out a few of the frustrating parts with some clever new additions, but honestly, it’s still one of the best in the series. It’s exactly how I remembered it, but now with modern graphics – and what was amazing over 20 years ago is still amazing today!

Read our Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater PS5 review through the link.

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2025-12-22 23:07