PS4 Games with Free or Conditional Upgrades for the PS5
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Sony is working hard with game publishers to bring immediate value to your PlayStation 5 purchase, if you were lucky enough to get a preorder. Some of your recent PS4 game purchases may get a free upgrade to the PS5 versions. While several other titles can get an upgrade when you purchase select editions of the PS4 game. These console upgrades are not just a faster frame rate but the full PS5 versions of the games. Read more about the console upgrades and more information on PlayStation’s Blog: PS4 games on PS5.
There are 2 main catches for you to keep in mind when upgrading your games. The first one is that if you have PS4 disc copy of a game that is on the free upgrade list you will have to use that disc for the upgrade. This means if you purchased the Digital Edition of the PS5 console you can only transfer Digital editions of games on the free upgrade list from your PS4. The second catch is that not all games will transfer save information from the PS4 to the PS5 version. So, you may want to check if your game files will transfer before pumping hundreds of hours into the PS4 edition. The save data transfer issue is only for those games you are upgrading to the PS5 edition, if you are playing a PS4 game on your PS5 the save data will transfer.
List of Known Titles Getting a Free PS5 Upgrade
A Plague Tale: Innocence
Alan Wake Remastered
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Assetto Corsa Competizione
Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & The Secret Fairy
Back 4 Blood
Balan Wonderworld
Borderlands 3
Bugsnax
Chernobylite
Concept Destruction
Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time
CrossCode
CrossKrush
Cyberpunk 2077
DARQ: Complete Edition
Dead by Daylight
Deliver Us The Moon
Destiny 2
Dirt 5
Doom Eternal
Elden Ring
Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
F1 2021
Far Cry 6
FIFA 21 (before FIFA 22)
Final Fantasy XIV Online
Final Fantasy VII Remake
For Honor
Godfall
Ghostrunner
GreedFall
God of War
Guilty Gear Strive
Hades
Haven
Hitman 3 (Digital Only)
Horizon Forbidden West
Human: Fall Flat
Immortals Fenyx Rising
Infestor
It Takes Two
JYDGE
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Kerbal Space Program: Enhanced Edition
King Oddball
Little Nightmares II
Lost Judgment
Madden NFL 21
Maid of Sker
Maneater
Manifold Garden
Marvel's Avengers
Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales
Metro Exodus
Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
Mortal Kombat 11
Mortal Kombat 11: Ultimate
Mortal Shell
Necromunda: Hired Gun
Nioh 2
No Man’s Sky
Oddworld: Soulstorm
One Escape
Outriders
Overcooked: All You Can Eat Edition
Override 2: Super Mech League
Phoenix Point: Behemoth Edition*
Planet Coaster: Console Edition
Poker Club
Port Royale 4
Praey For The Gods
Puyo Puyo Tetris 2
Quake
Ratchet & Clank
Relayer
Remnant: From the Ashes
Resident Evil Village
Ride 4
Riders Republic
Sable’s Grimoire
Sackboy: A Big Adventure
Saints Row: The Third Remastered
Shakedown Hawaii
Shantae
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut
Shantae and the Pirate’s Curse
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition
Shantae and the Seven Sirens
Shing!
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2
Sparkle 2
Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order
Subnautica
Subnautica: Below Zero
Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania
Terminator Resistance Enhanced
Tesla Force
The Elder Scrolls Online
The Pathless
The Persistence
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Extraction
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
Train Sim World 2
Tribes of Midgard
Undead Horde
Watch Dogs Legion
World War Z: Aftermath
WRC 9
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
(*Updated 11/7/2021)
Titles That Require Specific Versions to Upgrade
Battlefield™ 2042 Gold Edition
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
Control Ultimate Edition
Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
MLB The Show 21
NBA 2K21 Mamba Forever Edition
Tennis World Tour 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 Digital Deluxe Edition
(*Updated 10/10/2021)
Your PS5 purchase is a serious investment and Sony is giving you plenty of entertainment available to you when it comes out. There are likely to be more games added to both lists by the time the PS5 is finally launched so that you will have plenty of PS5 titles available to choose from. Also, if you were not lucky enough to get one of those elusive preorders, you can buy and play the games from the above lists on your current PS4 without worrying about paying for them twice when you finally secure your PS5.