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Video Games Encyclopedia by Gamepressure.com
A list of Upcoming side-scroll video games for PS5 sorted by popularity among gamers.
PlayStation 5 (PS5) is Sony’s 9th-generation video-game console launched in late 2020. It marks the first time Sony used the faster SSD in its console. Other than that, it also came with an AMD Zen 2 CPU, 16 GB of RAM and 10,28-TFLOPs GPU. The PS5 also brought a new controller – the DualSense, boasting an innovative feature of adaptative triggers. The console is backwards-compatible with the PS4. PlayStation 5 was launched in two versions – with physical Blu-ray drive, and without it (the PS5 Digital Edition).
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Little Nightmares III
Arcade 2024
Little Nightmares III is the third installment in a series of horror platformers with adventure and stealth elements. The game features two playable characters, supporting singleplayer and two player co-op.
The Spirit of the Samurai
Action September 2024
The Spirit of the Samurai is an action adventure game set in the feudal Japan, in which we control three different characters - samurai, spirit and cat. The game was developed by Digital Mind studio.
Mars 2120
Action June 2024
A 2.5D action platformer metroidvania. Mars 2120 stars Sergeant Anna Charlotte, traversing the first human colony on Mars, learning its secrets, fighting robots and horrifying monsters.
Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist
Action 2024
A two-dimensional metroidvania platformer. Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist is a sequel to Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights. It features Lilac as the new protagonist and it offers various new gameplay features, including voice overs and difficulty levels changes.
Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter
Action 2024
A sequel of a well-received title, combining elements of action adventure, RPGs and soulslikes. Tails of Iron 2: Whiskers of Winter has us play as Arlo who is the Warden of the Wastes. We explore cold northern regions, trying to deal with a new threat of the Dark Wings.
Awaken: Astral Blade
Action September 2024
An action platformer with elements from RPGs and metroidvania games. Awaken: Astral Blade features Tanya as the protagonist - a bionic girl who explores rainforests and other areas of the Horace Islands. The game allows to make choices to influence the story and its ending.
Once Upon a Time... Life: Origins
Arcade 2024
Once Upon a Time... Life is a arcade puzzle game. It has also a certain educational element - which is not a coincidence, as it is based on the licence of a well-known animated series, telling about the secrets of human body.
Clock Tower (2024)
Adventure May 2024
Clock Tower is a remastered version of the first game in an iconic Japanese horror series. It's an adventure game with survival horror elements, tasking us with solving puzzles while avoiding a murderous stalker.
Bye Sweet Carole
Adventure August 2024
A horror adventure game, visually inspired by iconic animated movies. Bye Sweet Carole stars Lana Benton, a young girl seeking a way out of a horrible orphanage overrun by nightmarish rabbits.
Forgotlings
Adventure June 2024
An action adventure platforming metroidvania with adventure game elements. Forgotlings is set in a land inhabited by the titular beings born from forgotten objects, facing a deadly looming threat.
Sonic X Shadow Generations
Arcade 2024
Remastered and expanded version of the Sonic Generations platformer from 2011, combining 2,5D and 3D gameplay. Sonic X Shadow Generations offers both the original content, as well as the new campaign in which Shadow is the main protagonist.
Aeterna Lucis
Action 2024
An action platformer metroidvania with RPG elements and the sequel to Aeterna Noctis. Aeterna Lucis has us playing as the Queen of Light, facing off against the setting's top god, Chaos.
Rusted Moss
Action 20 June 2024
Rusted Moss is a 2D metroidvania platformer with twin-stick shooter elements. The game emphasizes gunplay and exploration using a grappling hook.
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate
Action June 2024
The remastered version of a 2013 brawler. Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate tasks us with defeating the villainous Phantom. The game runs on the Unreal Engine 5, introduces new content and many improvements across the board.
Neva
Arcade 2024
Neva is a 2D adventure platformer about a woman traversing a magical land wrecked by darkness alongside a wolf pup. The gameplay revolves around the co-operation between the protagonist and her animal companion.
Tomba!
Arcade October 2024
Produced by Ukrainian studio Creoteam, a soccer game that combines elements of a virtual team manager with turn-based strategy. In the beginning of the game, you create your own club, and help it win the championship through a series of victories. Matches are played out in turn-based system, in which you give commands to your players, a formula quite unusual for this genre. In each turn you can execute up to 3 actions, and every action takes a number of movement points.
Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus
Action 18 July 2024
A crowdfunded indie game inspired by Japanese folklore. Bo: Path of the Teal Lotus is an action adventure game with metroidvania elements, in which we play as a mythical fox-like tentaihana.
Until Then
Adventure August 2024
A narrative adventure game with elements of visual novels and pixel art graphics. Until Then tells the story of Mark Borja and his friends. We explore environments inspired by the Philippines. We must decide how Mark will evolve and will he become a better person.
Biomorph
Action 2025
A dark 2D metroidvania from Lucid Dreams Studio (authors of Legends of Ethernal). Biomorph offers an anthropomorphic cat as th main protagonist. The hero can copy the shapes and abilites of fallen enemies. It allows for them to be used both for combat and solving puzzles.
Meifumado
RPG 2024
Action RPG with metroidvania elements. In Meifumado we go to the postapocalyptic world. We take on the role of the hero, who wanders the dangerous Yamatai island, and his actions will shape the further fate of this piece of land.
Mandragora
RPG October 2024
Mandragora is an action RPG with elements of a 2.5D platform game. The player chooses one of several character classes and sets out to explore the dark fantasy world.
Paper Trail
Puzzle 21 May 2024
Paper Trail is a puzzle game with a world made of double-sided pieces of paper. The protagonist, freshman Paige, has the power to fold them in such a way as to create a path for herself to places inaccessible to others.
RIN: The Last Child
Action August 2024
An action platformer metroidvania. RIN: The Last Child stars the titular hero, traversing a fantasy world, facing down beasts and wielding powerful spells.
Phantom Hellcat
Action 2024
Phantom Hellcat is an action-packed slasher with 2.5D platformer elements. Players take on the role of a young girl exploring a world built from plays deformed by demons. The gameplay focuses on spectacular battles.