Next month, we’ll reveal our top 50 PlayStation games – but this month, we’re pitting (almost) every single PlayStation series of note against each other to give the list some shape. Kingdom Hearts versus Tenchu! Driver versus Silent Hill! And other nonsense.
Then, at the very end, we break our own rules to salvage one absolute banger from the bin before it’s too late.
We recommend listening to the episode first, but find the full knockout tournament chart with results (spoilers) here.
Round 1
- Winners get up to one game in the Top 50
- Losers get no games in the Top 50
| Ratchet & Clank | Ridge Racer |
| Astro Bot | Infamous |
| MotorStorm | PixelJunk |
| Resident Evil | G-Police and Colony Wars |
| Wipeout | Ape Escape |
| Grand Theft Auto | Knack |
| Horizon | Warhawk |
| Sly Cooper | Dark Cloud |
| LocoRoco | Nier |
| Dino Crisis | Parasite Eve |
| The Last of Us | Helldivers |
| Zone of the Enders | Katamari |
| Death Stranding | Gran Turismo |
| Onimusha | PaRappa the Rapper |
| Killzone | Tekken |
| Tony Hawk’s | Nioh |
| Kingdom Hearts | Tenchu |
| Persona | Twisted Metal |
| Jak and Daxter | Patapon |
| Ico and Shadow of the Colossus | Resistance |
| Gravity Rush | Pro Evolution Soccer |
| Crash Bandicoot | Spyro |
| Devil May Cry | Yakuza |
| Silent Hill | Driver |
| Marvel’s Spider-Man | SOCOM US Navy SEALs |
| Syphon Filter | Everybody’s Golf |
| Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yōtei | Ace Combat |
| LittleBigPlanet | Medal of Honor |
Round 2
- Winners get up to two games in the Top 50
- Losers get up to one game in the Top 50
| Metal Gear | Ridge Racer |
| Astro Bot | MotorStorm |
| Resident Evil | Wipeout |
| Grand Theft Auto | Horizon |
| God of War | Sly Cooper |
| LocoRoco | Dino Crisis |
| The Last of Us | Zone of the Enders |
| Death Stranding | PaRappa the Rapper |
| Final Fantasy | Tekken |
| Tony Hawk’s | Kingdom Hearts |
| Persona | Jak and Daxter |
| Ico and Shadow of the Colossus | Gravity Rush |
| Uncharted | Crash Bandicoot |
| Yakuza | Silent Hill |
| Marvel’s Spider-Man | Everybody’s Golf |
| Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yōtei | LittleBigPlanet |
Round 3
- Winners get up to three games in the Top 50
- Losers get up to two games in the Top 50
Metal Gear Astro Bot Resident Evil Grand Theft Auto God of War LocoRoco The Last of Us Death Stranding Final Fantasy Tony Hawk’s Persona Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Uncharted Yakuza Marvel’s Spider-Man Ghost of Tsushima and Ghost of Yōtei
Quarter-finals
- Winners get up to four games in the Top 50
- Losers get up to three games in the Top 50
Metal Gear Resident Evil God of War The Last of Us Final Fantasy Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Uncharted Marvel’s Spider-Man
Semi-finals
- Winners get up to five games in the Top 50
- Losers get up to four games in the Top 50
Resident Evil God of War Final Fantasy Uncharted
Final
- Winner gets up to six games in the Top 50
- Loser gets up to five games in the Top 50
Resident Evil Final Fantasy
Execute One Series To Spare Another
Dino Crisis Helldivers