15 Video Games That Will Make Your PS5 Pro Worth It

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15. Black Myth: Wukong (2024)

Boss battles this elaborate deserve better than a blurry storm of fur, fire and particle effects. Black Myth: Wukong benefits from the PS5 Pro’s additional power through a cleaner image and improved performance, helping its rapid staff combat remain readable when the screen becomes crowded. The upgrade cannot erase every technical rough edge, but it gives Game Science’s lavish creature designs and mythological landscapes the clarity they were built to command. | © Game Science

14. Assassin’s Creed Shadows (2025)

Feudal Japan gives Assassin’s Creed Shadows plenty of excuses to show off: rain-soaked villages, changing seasons, paper walls glowing under candlelight and blades catching the sun at precisely the wrong moment for their victims. The PS5 Pro allows its Performance Mode to retain ray-traced global illumination at 60 FPS, while the more demanding settings push reflections and image quality further. Whether Naoe is slipping through darkness or Yasuke is redecorating a courtyard with broken furniture, the added visual polish earns its keep. | © Ubisoft

13. Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (2023)

Koboh no longer has to choose quite so harshly between looking spectacular and moving smoothly. On PS5 Pro, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor raises the resolution of both graphics modes, while Performance Mode maintains its 60 FPS target with ray-traced reflections and ambient occlusion restored. Cal’s acrobatics feel more responsive, lightsabers gleam properly and distant scenery loses much of the softness seen on the standard console. After several patches, this troubled launch has become a convincing hardware showcase. | © Respawn Entertainment

12. Forza Horizon 5 (2021)

A garage packed with lovingly modeled supercars is practically begging to become a graphics demonstration. The PS5 Pro edition of Forza Horizon 5 improves visual fidelity in Performance Mode, while Quality Mode expands ray-traced vehicle reflections beyond the garage and into races and free roaming. Mexico already provided deserts, jungles, cities and violent weather for the series to parade across; now the paintwork reflects more of it. Even slowing down for a photograph feels justified, though the nearest cactus may disagree. | © Playground Games

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11. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II (2025)

Apparently, medieval Bohemia is an excellent place to demonstrate expensive modern hardware. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II combines an upscaled 4K presentation with a 60 FPS target on PS5 Pro, avoiding the resolution-or-performance compromise found on the standard machine. Dense forests, crowded towns and armor covered in dents and grime all hold together more convincingly as a result. It is not the flashiest technical showcase here, but its grounded world gains enormously from looking sharper without making sword fights feel sluggish. | © Warhorse Studios

10. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024)

The blurry Performance Mode on the original PS5 made players choose between fluid combat and Cloud having clearly defined hair. PS5 Pro’s Versatility Mode finally ends that oddly specific crisis, using PSSR to combine a sharper presentation with 60 FPS gameplay. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is one of the clearest demonstrations of what the upgraded console can accomplish, particularly across its enormous landscapes and effect-heavy battles. Midgar’s former mercenary can now swing the Buster Sword smoothly without dissolving into upscale soup. | © Square Enix

9. Returnal (2021)

Selene’s nightmare was never short on glowing bullets, writhing tentacles or alien architecture, but the PS5 Pro makes that beautiful chaos considerably easier to read. Its dedicated enhancement increases the pixel count by up to 2.5 times, producing a sharper image without sacrificing the fluidity essential to Housemarque’s combat. That distinction matters when a room fills with projectiles and survival depends on spotting one narrow escape route. Returnal remains merciless; at least the machine now renders your impending death with exceptional clarity. | © Housemarque

8. Horizon Forbidden West (2022)

Aloy’s second adventure already looked suspiciously good on an ordinary PS5, leaving Guerrilla with the unenviable task of improving a game that seemed to have nowhere left to go. The PS5 Pro manages it by delivering visual quality that matches or surpasses the original Quality Mode while running at 60 FPS. Better shadows, clouds, hair, skin shaders and volumetric lighting give the Forbidden West another layer of polish. Even the smallest patches of moss now receive the attention normally reserved for final bosses. | © Guerrilla Games

7. Dragon’s Dogma 2 (2024)

Capcom’s fantasy sandbox rarely behaves itself. Griffins crash into passing carts, spells consume half the screen and Pawns announce the existence of ladders with religious devotion. The additional horsepower of the PS5 Pro helps Dragon’s Dogma 2 handle that unpredictability with smoother performance and a cleaner reconstructed image, especially when ray tracing is enabled. Busy cities can still test the engine, but exploration and combat feel far less labored. For an action RPG built around spontaneous disasters, greater stability is a meaningful luxury. | © Capcom

6. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (2025)

A smaller development team apparently forgot that debut projects are supposed to look modest. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fills its doomed world with painterly ruins, theatrical lighting and enemies that resemble beautiful mistakes made during a fever dream. On PS5 Pro, players can choose a higher-resolution Quality Mode or pursue 60 FPS in Performance Mode, alongside improved ray tracing. The smoother option particularly suits its timed parries and dodges, allowing Sandfall’s reactive combat to feel as precise as its art direction looks extravagant. | © Sandfall Interactive

5. Monster Hunter Wilds (2025)

Hunting a building-sized reptile during a sandstorm leaves little room for unstable performance. Monster Hunter Wilds offers PS5 Pro owners multiple graphics options, including modes centered on ray tracing, higher resolution and frame rate, with PSSR helping reconstruct the final image. The difference becomes most valuable during multiplayer hunts, when monsters, weather effects and four weapon-wielding humans turn the battlefield into organized nonsense. It still demands plenty from the hardware, but the Pro provides the strongest console version of Capcom’s ambitious ecosystem. | © Capcom

4. Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

Night City has spent years transforming from a cautionary tale into one of gaming’s most persuasive visual flexes. Its dedicated PS5 Pro update introduces upgraded PSSR, improved image quality and additional ray-tracing features while keeping Performance Mode focused on smooth 60 FPS play. Neon reflections appear richer, crowded streets retain more detail and high-speed drives no longer turn the city into an indistinct smear. Cyberpunk 2077 may have taken the scenic route, but it eventually became exactly the sort of game premium hardware exists to run. | © CD PROJEKT RED

3. Alan Wake 2 (2023)

Darkness does most of the decorating in Alan Wake 2, which makes accurate reflections, dense fog and convincing lighting more important than an enormous explosion budget. Quality Mode adds ray-traced reflections at 30 FPS, while Performance Mode targets 60 FPS with substantially improved detail and a 4K output through PSSR. Owners of compatible 120Hz displays can also use a 40 FPS Balanced Mode that retains ray tracing. Bright Falls remains deeply unpleasant, but it has rarely looked this attractively haunted. | © Remedy Entertainment

2. Death Stranding 2: On the Beach (2025)

Hideo Kojima once again makes walking across difficult terrain look more expensive than most games’ climactic battles. On PS5 Pro, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach can deliver resolution closer to its high-fidelity mode while maintaining 60 FPS gameplay, giving its enormous landscapes and microscopic environmental details equal attention. Improved clarity makes distant routes easier to read, but it also strengthens the lonely atmosphere that defines every delivery. Sam may still trip over a rock; the important thing is that the rock now looks magnificent. | © Kojima Productions

1. Grand Theft Auto VI (2026)

No upcoming release carries greater potential to become the PS5 Pro’s unofficial final exam. Grand Theft Auto VI promises a densely populated return to Vice City and the wider state of Leonida, following Lucia and Jason through a criminal story surrounded by traffic, wildlife, nightlife and social media absurdity. Rockstar has not officially detailed exclusive PS5 Pro enhancements, so claims about frame rate or resolution would be premature. If the upgraded console handles that scale more cleanly, however, this could become the game that sells the hardware. | © Rockstar Games