If you’re hunting for a PS5, you’re not likely to find any good Black Friday deals on it. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the console is still nearly impossible to find, and that’s not likely to change before next year. If, however, you already own a PS5 and are looking to build up your library, Black Friday is arguably one of the best times to do it.
While Black Friday gaming deals are usually a mixed bag, you’ll almost always find good sales on the video games themselves. Even newer games are often available at steep discounts, meaning that you can essentially build up a whole library for the normal price of two or three games.
As such, I’ve gathered up some of the staff’s favorite PS5 games and organized them by their Black Friday prices. If you give yourself a budget of $100, you can build up a substantial collection, whether it’s two $50 games, three $30 games, five $20 games or anything in-between. We’ve listed a few different options at each price, so you can work out the math yourself. With a $100 investment, you could keep your PS5 library stocked well into 2022.
PS5 Black Friday: $50 games
PS5 Black Friday: $40 games
PS5 Black Friday: $30 games
PS5 Black Friday: $20 games
Black Friday PS5 games: Configurations
Assuming that your budget is $100, there are a few different ways you could make the math work. Two $50 games would be the simplest, but I wouldn’t actually recommend this method, since two games alone don’t really constitute a “library.”
Instead, I might go with two $40 games and a $20 game. Both Demon’s Souls and Tales of Arise are a few of my very favorite PS5 titles, and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla offers more than 100 hours of playtime in its base game alone. Alternatively, get all three $20 games and a $40 game.
One intriguing way to make the math work is to buy one $50 game, one $30 game and one $20 game. If I were going this route, I would select Ratchet & Clank, Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Jedi: Fallen Order — but I’m also a sucker for action games with exploration elements, particularly if they’re part of rich storytelling universes.
Otherwise, we may see more PS5 games go on sale on Black Friday itself — or these games get even bigger price cuts. Stay tuned to Tom’s Guide, and you may be able to build an even bigger library for even less money.
