[Updated July 30th, 2025 to include the latest releases and make the list relevant for the current year]
The Superhero genre has been on fire on the silver screen across both Marvel & DC. The video game medium, however, also has its share of hits and must-play games that will have you feeling like a superhero as you take down baddies, swing and swoop your way over towering skyscrapers, and unleash devastating special ability moves.
Here is the complete list of the best superhero games on PS4 that let you step into the shoes of your favorite crusaders of justice.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns
Release Year: 2022 | Platforms: PS 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows
This release by Firaxis Games is a fresh addition to the superhero-themed genre with the introduction of tactical RPG elements. Midnight Suns allows you to get as close to your superhero avatars as possible and make the best of what some of Marvel’s superheroes are capable of.
From character customization to relationship-building, this game offers plenty in terms of gameplay. The challenging turn-based battles, of course, require careful strategizing and focus on the abilities of various characters.
Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite
Release Year: 2017 | Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows
The result of this epic showdown has always been obvious enough. But this is a worthy franchise that deserves to be kept alive. This last installment in the Marvel vs. Capcom series takes the familiar arcade-style battles to newer heights with the addition of some impressive new features.
Apart from the use of infinity stones, this game also offers features such as auto-combo and some additional multiplayer modes. There is also a beginner’s league where low-ranking players can compete with each other to move up to higher ranks.
Saints Row IV
Release Year: 2013 | Platforms: PS 3/4, Xbox 360/One, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia
What started out as a GTA copy with better graphics turns into something surreal with this title. Saints Row IV takes you on a wild roller coaster ride that also involves becoming the President of the United States. Of course, considering how demanding this job is, it is inevitable that you’ll need some superpowers to execute the powers of your office.
The game also features an alien invasion, which, for those that favor a certain red hat, is not that far-fetched a concept. Superpowers work way better at expelling invasions than walls, though, great or otherwise.
Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot
Release Year: 2020 | Platforms: PS 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, Google Stadia
Everyone’s favorite Super Saiyan is back, and he is bringing the heat to Sony’s console. This game lets you relive some of the most epic battles from the Dragon Ball Saga. Explore the dragon world like never before with the game’s open world, which allows you to live a normal life, whatever that is for Saiyans. Apart from the titular hero, you also get to step into the shoes of some of the series’ prominent characters such as Vegeta, Gohan, and Piccolo.
Battles in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot are quite enjoyable, with some familiar fighting-game mechanics that allow you to harness the Saiyan powers well. Training is rewarding with a steady progression to unlock various abilities. The game’s main story is split into four— the Saiyan Saga, the Frieza Saga, the Cell Saga, and the Buu Saga, where you get to face off against the antagonists in an epic showdown. As engaging as the game is in its entirety, its appeal would be lost on gamers who are not familiar with the franchise.
Injustice 2
Release Year: 2017 | Platforms: PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft Windows, Android, iOS
Following the success of the first title, NeatherRealm Studios decided to improve upon its more likable elements and add a few that the fighting game desperately needed. Injustice 2 is a step-up from your regular fighting games with emphasis on storytelling and visual elements, which complement the combat-based gameplay as well.
The game features a unique dystopian universe where Superman has turned rogue and taken control of the entire universe. This, of course, means a lot of trouble for anyone who thinks that great power should come with great responsibility. Well, this is the wrong universe (and franchise) for such thinking in every way imaginable. Nonetheless, you get to play epic battles with some new fighting mechanics, which will be worth the hassle of saving the universe if you feel like it.
Marvel Rivals
Release Year: 2024 | Platforms: PS5, Xbox Series S|X, PC
This free-to-play PVP game has been a runaway success, with a staggering 40 million players and counting having experienced this game. And with good reason: it brings a roster of the absolute stars of the Marvel universe, and has been steadily expanding this roster with timely updates, maps, and so on.
The teams can be of up to 6 superheroes, leading to a variety of team builds and superhero powers that can be imagined and formed, to then play across 5 different game modes like the points-based Conquest, or the free-for-all Doom Match.
Infamous Second Son
Release Year: 2014 | Platforms: PS 4
Monopoly, even for a video game release, is strictly against the ethos of being a superhero, especially if the company in question is Sony. But Infamous Second Son gets a huge pass, because of the unparalleled visual quality it brought to the PS4, and the role developers Sucker Punch Studios played in the development of the console.
This game is a direct sequel to Infamous 2 and improves greatly on the franchise’s already impressive gameplay. Deslin’s Conduit abilities are quite remarkable, with even better combat application to complement and justify the Karma system in the game. The choices that the game’s story offers are worth pondering over and end up emphasizing the fact that no matter what you choose, Deslin always seems like the bad guy.
Guardians of the Galaxy
Release Year: 2021 | Platforms: PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S|X
An excellent game that captured the vibe of the Guardians of the Galaxy perfectly, the highlight here was the fun combat: while you controlled Star-Lord, you could issue commands to the other Guardians to execute their special abilities, or concentrate on a particular enemy. Over the course of combat, you filled up a ‘Momentum’ meter, which then unleashed a devastating Call-To-Action attack on enemies. Over the course of the 10-12 hours that it takes to complete the game, the combat manages to remain fresh as you keep unlocking skills for all the Guardians.
The story itself, the world-building, and the different planets and environments are all quite well done, and is an easy entry into the best superhero games of all time list.
Marvel’s Spider-Man Series
Release Year: 2018, 2023 | Platforms: PS4, PS5, PC
This Marvel Spider-Man series is arguably the best game from the now tiresome franchise/multiverse. Marvel’s Spider-Man lets you step into the shoes of the friendly neighborhood web-slinger; Miles Morales is in itself a short but captivating adventure on its own, and Spider-Man 2 lets you unleash both versions of Spider-Man, and Venom as well.
Peter Parker is now a master crime-fighter with over eight years of experience, which, had he been working for DC, would have made him eligible for a cape along with a license to wear your undies outside your tights. While his powers have changed, his sense of justice still remains the same as it was instilled by his uncle Ben.
Set in Marvel’s version of the Big Apple, the game offers a remarkable open world experience, as Spidey slings from one crime scene to another, often in the chill of the night. The game offers much-improved physics and movement-related mechanics, which take the Spider-Man experience, especially web-slinging, to heights that games have never reached before.
Batman Arkham Series
Release Year: 2009 (Arkham Asylum) | Platforms: PlayStation, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Mac, Nintendo Switch
This iconic series lets you step into the shoes of Gotham’s dark knight like never before. More than anything, the Arkham series gives us a glimpse of how difficult it actually is being Batman. Whether it is the technical stuff with the gadgets and devices or the endless psychological rollercoaster ride that is Bruce Wayne’s life, this series lets you understand aspects of this superhero that have otherwise been hard to explore.
The series features arguably the best unarmed combat mechanics outside of pure fighting games. For superhero games in particular, the combat is something that has set an unparalleled benchmark. The game’s combat has inspired several fighting games as well. Then, of course, there is all the other stuff with the Batmobile, the Batarang, and whatnot, all of which is tastefully executed. The series also has an intricate story that delves deeply into various prominent antagonists of the franchise. All that aside, what really sets the Batman Arkham Series apart is the fact that it features the real Joker, Mark Hamill.
