“Space… the final frontier.” Ah sure… These are the rankings of the starship RetroDodo. And that is our record of the very best PS4 area video games of 2022.

There was a time the place I’d say I used to be completely obsessive about outer area.

I used to look at area documentary movies on Youtube for hours each single night time.

Everything about area fascinates me and scares me. It’s actually the largest unknown in our existence: A seemingly infinite area with countless risk of life, type, riches, risks.

And there are numerous online game builders who’ve targeted their creativity within the area style… creating video games of exploration and terror.

There’s really an enormous pool of video games to select from when creating this record, and most of them are fairly pleasurable.

But anyone has to rank ’em. “To boldly go where no man has gone before!”

So I’m right here to save lots of the galaxy. Or not less than.. to rank the very best PS4 area video games. An equally essential job.

Jeez. I’m actually stretching this area themed intro out, huh? Okay guys, for reals; right here’s our record of the very best PS4 area video games!

A mysterious area station, a lacking crew, and a lone AI left to determine what occurred. Sounds about proper.

Where the sport’s premise could not essentially be totally new, the presentation is one thing not like another recreation on this record.

Observation is a sci-fi thriller at its core, and presents parts of puzzle fixing and distinctive story telling.

The recreation’s director Jon McKellan had beforehand labored on one other recreation to make an look on this record: Alien Isolation.

And he additionally stated that he was impressed to make an area themed online game that explored different views (like what it will be wish to be the xenomorph in Alien Isolation).

Because the workforce had a smaller finances, they discovered inventive methods to current a beautiful story in much less standard methods.

All of this result in an expertise that’s fairly intriguing from the start; the story and distinctive recreation play blends completely.

Observation is a small however highly effective gaming expertise that isn’t to be missed by followers of lo-fi sci-fi and naturally… SPACE!

Elite Dangerous is a fully large recreation that takes place in an extremely sensible universe dictated by superior techniques. Really.. it’s only a fairly superior recreation.

The preliminary launch was on PC in 2014, and the following Playstation 4 port got here to us in 2017.

At it’s core, Elite Dangerous is an open world MMO with a persistent universe that’s equally gigantic as it’s lovely and stuffed with risk.

The preliminary recreation targeted on flight simulation. And the Elite Dangerous Odyssey growth launched “on foot” exploration of planets and first-person shooter like experiences.

There are 400 billion star techniques to discover, every dwelling in actual time on the persistent server… which means every planet and moon are in actual time orbit, day and night time cycles, and all occasions happen in actual time for all gamers.

With formidable and superior area simulation and function enjoying sort experiences like Star Citizen and Starfield on the horizon, it’s laborious to imagine {that a} recreation like Elite Dangerous has been round for over 8 years.

That is eight years of cultivation of a neighborhood and of the universe within the recreation dwelling and respiratory and altering.

Elite Dangerous is barely getting greater, higher, extra detailed, and extra lived in. It’s a type of video games that’s finest to get into as quickly as attainable.

It was on our record of the Best PS4 Flying Games, and it’s a recreation that’s been on our radars for some time now.

So in case you are into gigantic area sim video games and need to be part of a large on-line neighborhood of area explorers… you don’t have to attend… Elite Dangerous is a recreation that exists RIGHT NOW.

Outer Wilds, to not be confused with The Outer Worlds (seems in a while this record) is a ravishing recreation that explores the ideas of area and time.

You are an unnamed explorer who’s caught in a 22 minute time loop, and you could spend your time exploring and uncovering secrets and techniques about what precisely is occurring.

The recreation was began as a thesis undertaking for developer Alex Beachum’s grasp’s diploma in recreation improvement.

The undertaking developed so properly that it gained the assist of Annapurna Interactive and have become a full business launch.

The closing recreation has been praised by many, and it has gained a number of awards since its launch.

I’ve had this recreation really useful by many associates, and some have even described it as one among their favourite video games.

Which is at all times a superb signal for a recreation that you could play.

Outer Wilds is filled with thriller and sweetness, and is a one among a sort gaming expertise to not be missed.

Absolutely the most effective area video games to make its look on the Playstation 4.

The subsequent recreation on our record of the very best PS4 area video games features a little of all the things that the remainder of the video games on this record embody.

Great storytelling, nice graphics, nice recreation play; The Outer Worlds actually is the complete package deal.

The recreation was developed by Obsidian Entertainment, who beforehand introduced us a recreation you’d be conversant in: Fallout New Vegas.

That recreation was on our record of the 25 Best PS3 Games Of All Time, and The Outer Worlds is mainly Obsidian’s subsequent logical step when branching out and taking up their very own IP.

Like Fallout, The Outer Worlds is a first-person shooter with an emphases on character improvement, interacting with the numerous residents of the world (or on this case, six planets and one moon), and various fight.

The recreation gained a number of awards, has been extremely praised by followers and critics, and much outsold the developer’s expectations. All of this leading to a sequel getting the greenlight.

So we solely have extra Outer World goodness to come back sooner or later, and we’re prepared for it!

The Outer Worlds is a really entertaining expertise and has numerous enjoyable dialogue and twists all through. Perfect for followers of the sport play of Fallout and the humor of Borderlands. Highly advocate.

No Man’s Sky was as soon as one among my most anticipated video video games of all time.

But like one other of my most anticipated video video games, Cyberpunk 2077, No Man’s Sky suffered from overpromising and the launch day supply was fairly underwhelming.

We have been promised an infinite area to discover, with procedurally generated planets, lifeforms, sources. So mainly an countless todo record and a probably infinite number of planets to discover.

That all appeared like the most effective online game experiences of all time!

However, what we received was a reasonably easy recreation with some useful resource administration mechanics and a wide range of planets that didn’t really feel all that various.

And moreover repairing your ship and gathering minerals.. it felt like there wasn’t quite a bit to do.

The principal saving grace right here is that No Man’s Sky has had over six years to make enhancements on the unique package deal.

It is extensively thought of one of many biggest come again tales in online game historical past. And we did embody it on our record of the Best Open World PS4 Games.

Hello Games, the workforce behind No Man’s Sky, has launched a ton of fixes and new options, making it really feel far more like the sport promised again in 2016.

No Man’s Sky now options true on-line multiplayer, full residence base constructing, extra superior fight eventualities, various alien lifeforms and settlements, and only a ton of different small additions.

I believe it’s secure to say that in case your emotions for the sport weren’t spoiled by the primary impressions, then No Man’s Sky may very well be thought of the most effective area video games to come back to the PS4.

Therefore, I’m objectively giving it a spot on this record.

Look, I don’t care what anyone says… Star Wars Battlefront II is without doubt one of the coolest area video games to come back to the PS4.

I do know lots of people hate on the sport, and it’s undoubtedly simple to see why they weren’t a fan of the primary recreation (with its lack of story mode).

But the enhancements made within the second recreation, together with the superior story expertise make it one among my favourite video games on the Playstation 4.

Admittedly, they hit some controversy by having micro-transactions current on launch.

But as a result of fan backlash, they shortly eliminated these options, and this turned one of many prime examples of why micro-transactions are considered a “no-no” within the paid AAA recreation world.

(They will at all times be current for free-to-play video games… that’s how they make their a refund!)

I bought Battlefront II on launch day, and had an absolute blast enjoying by way of it. Pun meant.

The recreation introduces a brand new authentic character, presents a enjoyable story to expertise, and the mechanics simply really feel unimaginable.

All that, and also you even have a ton of our favourite Star Wars characters making their cameos, whether or not it’s part of the primary storyline or only a playable character within the multiplayer.

The recreation has blended critiques, and has a rating of 68 on Metacritic. But I’m gonna dare to say that lots of people received it flawed with Battlefront II.

I believe it’s an ideal recreation, and I’m giving it a excessive spot on our record of the very best area video games on the PlayStation 4.

4. Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy by Eidos-Montréal (Deus Ex, Thief, Shadow of the Tomb Raider) was a pleasing shock, and a welcome addition to wonderful area themed video video games for the Playstation 4.

Rather than recycling character designs, story parts and voice appearing from the prevailing movie franchise, the workforce opted to create their very own model of the acquainted Marvel characters.

This felt like a wise selection when creating a brand new online game IP…

We’ve see a Marvel superhero recreation, and we’ve seen the Guardians of the Galaxy characters (in movie). But we have now by no means seen a Guardians of the Galaxy online game.

To take issues in their very own course was a wise transfer.

This resulted in an pleasurable motion online game packed stuffed with twists and turns and naturally… a bunch of aliens and outer area stuff.

What makes Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy so particular on this record is the quantity of lovely and distinctive area environments you’ll encounter all through the 20-ish hours of recreation play.

There’s a ton of particulars all through, the characters are very well developed, the humor is on level, the performances are properly acted, the music is nice, the sport appears to be like nice, mechanics are clean…

Really, it is a nice recreation in each side.

With the massive miss that was the Avengers recreation in 2020, Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy seems like an absolute slam dunk compared.

We extremely advocate this recreation in the event you’re a fan of third individual motion sort video games or wanna see a bunch of lovely area environments.

Doom is a 2016 reboot of the traditional first individual shooter from 1993.

Like that recreation, the setting of the reboot is a nightmarish mix of Mars and Hell.

And you might be pitted in opposition to a horde of demons in quick paced motion. It’s bullets and blood in all places you look.. precisely what you may hope for in any good recreation.

The recreation was initially meant to be “Doom 4”. But with the course of improvement, the workforce opted to think about it a full reset of the franchise.

It’s probably the most quick paced shooters on the market, and it has a frenetic soundtrack to match the temper.

Everything is simply chaos and madness and at all times being on the sting of survival. It’s a heck of a superb time.

Gunplay is ideal, graphics are prime notch, degree design various and attention-grabbing, sound design unimaginable. Insert any optimistic high quality right here. It’s received all of it.

The followup, Doom Eternal, launched loads of new mechanics and characters to blast. But it doesn’t fairly stay as much as the bar that the primary entry within the reboot set. Still a superb time. But the 2016 “Doom” is hard to beat.

So for that cause, we’re giving Doom (2016) a spot on our record of the very best area video games on PS4.

It even appeared on our record of the Best Doom Games Of All Time (spoiler alert: it was primary!)

There’s clearly loads of nice shooters on the PS4, and loads of good area shooters.

But one area shooter specifically is simply phenomenal. And that recreation is Destiny 2.

Destiny 2 is the followup to the 2014 recreation that includes the identical identify (minus the “2” in fact).

If you have got performed each video games, it’s most likely secure to say that Destiny 2 is extra like Destiny 1.2, because it seems like a continuation of the unique recreation and doesn’t essentially deliver something new to the desk.

Not that that may be a dangerous factor, the unique Destiny recreation is without doubt one of the most pleasurable first individual shooter experiences on the Playstation.

The recreation’s developer, Bungie, was in a position to purchase the publishing rights again from Activision in 2018, and opted to go along with a free-to-play mannequin in 2019.

Game play mixes parts of first-person capturing, function enjoying, looting, story-based challenges, on-line occasions, and shared multiplayer environments.

So you may even see your self finishing a part of your story mode, after which working throughout a battle going down between gigantic machines and different human gamers. Or you may go into city to buy new weapons and see a bunch of on-line gamers having a dance occasion (actually).

Subsequent updates give gamers new occasions and storylines to observe. The preliminary launch recreation (in addition to content material from Destiny #1), and the primary two expansions are 100% free. There are extra expansions out there to buy, in the event you want to expertise all that Destiny 2 has to supply.

It’s a recreation that has quite a bit to supply gamers who crave content material from their favourite video video games. And with extra expansions on the horizon, Destiny 2 will certainly stay the most effective area video games on the Playstation 4 (and 5) for some time!

The outcomes are in, and Alien Isolation is formally the very best PS4 area recreation of all time!

Space is horrifying. There’s actually nothing scarier in our existence.

So it’s no shock that loads of area video video games concentrate on that specific high quality of area.

It was on our record of the Best PS4 Horror Games AND Best PS3 Horror Games. And now it’s on our record of the very best PS4 area video games too!

Alien Isolation introduces Amanda Ripley, who’s the daughter of the unique Alien movies lead, Ellen Ripley.

Your job is to analyze your moms disappearance on an area station that clearly has a bunch of loopy stuff occurring.

The recreation’s design focuses on a extra retro area aesthetic, very similar to the unique Alien movie, and all the things about it’s recreation play is about environment and pressure.

Lighting and sound design are all meant to get beneath your pores and skin and make you’re feeling icky.

And like one other horror traditional, Outlast, your main offense and protection is stealth. You’re higher off making an attempt to cover in a locker than making an attempt to struggle an indignant xenomorph head on.

The recreation has gained a ton of awards, together with many Game Of The Year nods, and is regarded as the most effective horror video games of all time.

I are likely to agree, and it’s clearly the most effective area video games to come back to the Playstation 4.

Equally as terrifying as it’s only a properly made online game. So I’m giving it the primary spot on our greatest PS4 area video games record.

Anthony has been a online game lover ever since he can keep in mind. He turned a fulltime nomad in 2018, dwelling all through most of Asia. He targeted his ardour in retro gaming and started making a recreation for the Game Boy Color whereas dwelling in Nara, Japan throughout the 2020 pandemic. He is now in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the place he spends most of his time gaming, happening lengthy walks and assembly as many stray canine as attainable.