The PS4 has had an incredible run over the years, and now that the PS5 is in full swing, the Playstation 4 can sit back and relax and reflect on things. Gamers can now get most PS4 games for some super-cheap prices. However, there are a number of rarer PS4 games which can prove incredibly difficult to obtain. Particularly thanks to their staggering price tags.

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From limited and collector’s editions, to independent publishers and outlets publishing limited physical runs of niche indie titles, the PS4 rare game library is vast and extensive. It’s worth mentioning here that there are many rare PS4 games exclusive to Japan, but these entries are mostly Western releases.

Updated on March 17, 2025 by David Heath: Some would think the PS4 would’ve been left behind already, as it’s now over 10 years old. Most consoles don’t tend to get new releases by the time they reach that age. Not officially anyway. Yet Sony’s black, slanted box is still getting fresh releases, like the Marvel Vs Capcom Fighting Collection, Sonic X Shadow Generations, and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. The PlayStation 4 has produced some rarities over the years, be it games with limited releases, games that fell by the wayside, or editions of games that came with rare extras, covers, and other items that made them pricey to buy on release, then got more expensive over the years. So, this list has been updated with more rare games. Namely, special editions of games that would now cost an arm and a leg to get with all their extras intact.

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Night Trap Collector’s Edition

From Upsetting Parents to Upsetting Grandparents

Night Trap

Released

October 15, 1992

Limited Run Games are perhaps the most popular independent publisher of limited physical release, though they’re not without their controversies. On top of keeping people waiting for their orders, and cheaping out on production, they re-released the notorious Night Trap, an FMV horror game that, alongside Mortal Kombat, caused a strong enough stink over violent video games that the government formed the ESRB to oversee them.

‘Game’ is a loose term as Night Trap is more of an interactive movie, originally released back in 1992. The FMV game tasks players with watching over a handful of girls having a sleepover in a definitely-not-creepy old house which is definitely not infested with vampires or anything. Players control the cameras and activate traps to stop the monsters. Most didn’t click with its gameplay, but others did, hence why this 2017 remaster, be it the regular or Collector’s Edition, has risen to match the price of its older, rarer 32X port.

21

Strafe

An Old Game for a Modern Price

Systems

Released

May 9, 2017

OpenCritic Rating

Weak

Strafe was Special Reserve Games’ first physical PS4 release, which is the main reason it holds a lot of value. Special Reserve are like many other independent publishers who publish limited physical runs of certain games, and they made Strafe as a homage to classic shooters like Doom and Quake with added rogue-like elements. It’s a fun and exciting title, but gamers looking to purchase a physical copy will have to splash out nearly $50 for a boxed copy.

For a 2017 game, that’s pretty pricey, particularly as it goes for less than half that price digitally (as of this writing, UK players can get it for just £1.19 until 26th March). Even if players want a physical copy, they can save more money by looking for the Limited Run release, where sealed, good-as-new copies go for $36.50, nearly $14 cheaper than the standard CIB release.

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Saturday Morning RPG

Remember When Games Cost $50?

Saturday Morning RPG is another physical release courtesy of Limited Run games, based on the 2012 mobile game by Mighty Rabbit Studios. Players take command of a high schooler called Marty, who gains magical powers to fight monsters of the HOOD. It’s a fun RPG game intended to resemble Saturday morning cartoons and shows, as it’s got an old-school vibe like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Mighty Max.

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The price isn’t that bad on its own in a vacuum. Though when people realize it’s an 8-year-old port of a 12-yr-old game, and its physical copies were limited to 1,980 copies, it’s pretty significant. In fact, as of this writing, this is the cheapest the game has been across the board, as new copies were going for nearly $140 back around 2017. Now new copies have dropped even further to $46, cheaper than some loose or CIB copies.

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Rez Infinite Eco-Forward Edition

Shooter

Indie

Rhythm

Virtual Reality

Systems

Released

February 22, 2023

Developer(s)

Enhance

OpenCritic Rating

Mighty

Rez Infinite is a trippy, psychedelic, music rail shooter and a remaster of the original Rez for the Dreamcast and PS2. This time, alongside updated visuals and exclusive levels, it came with a VR mode for the Playstation VR, which succeeded in somehow making its abstract rhythm-based shooting an even more surreal experience. It was iam8bit’s first physical release as a publisher, adding to its value.

The regular game ranged between $65-85 from loose to new, though the real jewel in the crown is the Eco-Forward edition. iam8bit originally sold it for $41.99, which got buyers the game, a poster, and a slipcase with unique art by Cory Schmitz. But it’s since sold out because they only made 5,000 copies. Currently, players will need $85 minimum to get this edition, and they’re only going to make it rise in price over time.

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Blue Reflection (JP)

A Japanese RPG That’s Easier to Find in the West

Systems

Developer(s)

Gust

Released

March 30, 2017

OpenCritic Rating

Fair

Blue Reflection is a 2017 JRPG which draws many similarities to Persona 5. Players take the role of a ballet dancer, Hinako Shirai, and follow her daily activities, like going to school, spending time with friends and general life activities. Oh, and she also visits other worlds where she and her friends battle monsters in classic turn-based RPG combat. You know, day-to-day stuff. American copies go for reasonable prices, from about $40-50, and European copies are a little dearer, being in the $50-$60 range (excluding postage & packaging).

Weirdly, the base PS4 game is harder to find in Japan, its country of origin, as getting it complete with the manual is worth up to $90, a minor drop from its old $100+ price tag. That’s about as much as its sequel’s Premium Collector’s Box for the Nintendo Switch. It’s actually cheaper to get its PS Vita port at $31.15 complete. It’s all in Japanese though, so players will have to be fluent in the language to understand what’s going on.

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The Legend of Sword & Fairy 6

AKA Chinese Paladin 6

What Dragon Quest is to Japan, and Final Fantasy is to the West, The Legend of Sword & Fairy is to China and Taiwan. Created by Taiwanese developer Softstar, they’ve been offering Asian players wuxia-themed adventures since 1995. Though it took 23 years for the series to make it to the West when The Legend of Sword & Fairy 6 reached North America.

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It caught on well enough for the 7th game to get localized as well, though not enough to get a broad physical release. That, and its limited run helped it go for a pretty penny- $180 for CIB copies or $150 for the disc alone. Those prices have since dropped significantly, but are still in the three-figure range, with CIB copies going for nearly $130. Sealed copies still require a lot of cash though, costing just over $278. Curious fans of Chinese fantasy games might want to stick to its $15 digital release instead.

16

The Messenger

Bringing an Unwelcome Message in Its Pricetag

The Messenger

Systems

Released

August 30, 2018

Developer(s)

Sabotage

OpenCritic Rating

Mighty

In The Messenger, a village of ninjas is saved from demons by a hero from the West, as they predicted in their prophecy. He produces a scroll, which he gives to a ninja, dubbing him ‘the Messenger’ and ordering him to deliver it to the top of a mountain. From there, it becomes an action-platformer involving time-travel, curses, and a twisting narrative of causality and consequences.

It’s also another game best bought digitally as its $20 price tag is still much cheaper than its physical copies. Surprisingly, it’s the game’s first batch of physical releases that cost the most, at $135 complete. Limited Run published their own physical run of the game, which is a touch cheaper at $118 complete. That’s still an increase on its original $34.99 RRP, but that still makes it a more preferable option for physical media collectors.

15

Gryphon Knight Epic (PAL)

A Tall Price for a Little Game

Developed by Cyber Rhino Studios, Gryphon Knight Epic is a 2015 side-scrolling shooter where players control a knight flying a large gryphon across the skies. It’s a fun shooter and features some awesome enemy designs and gorgeous pixel art visuals. Though, despite the seemingly simple gameplay mechanics, it’s become one of the rarest PS4 games to track down.

This is because Strictly Limited Games lived up to their name by only producing 999 copies back in 2017, and only in PAL territories. Due to the low number of copies, complete physical editions of Gryphon Knight Epic can sell for $156 at best, with some going as high as $300. Not bad for a little indie side-scroller. Anyone who just wants to play it instead of collecting it would have to look for the much cheaper Switch port at $40.35 CIB.

14

Godzilla

As Radioactive as the King of the Monsters Himself

Systems

Released

December 18, 2014

Developer(s)

BNE Entertainment, Natsume Atari

Franchise

Godzilla

Despite being a really terrible game, the 2014 Godzilla game (no relation to the Monsterverse movie) now goes for surprisingly high prices, with most listings exceeding the $200 price mark. On its Western release, it was panned by critics, gamers, and Godzilla fans alike thanks to its repetitive gameplay, terrible graphics and really awful voice acting. It was ultimately considered one of the worst games of that year.

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It’s puzzling that such an unpopular game managed to rise in price over the years. The best explanation is that not many people actually bought it in the first place, producing a low-enough supply for the few demanding it. European prices aren’t any better, with loose PAL copies going for $223, and CIB copies being nearly $20 dearer at $247. If only people in 2014 knew how valuable this less-than-ideal kaiju game would become.

13

PS4 Console With P.T. Demo

Perhaps The Most Expensive Demo in History

Systems

This one is different because it’s not a physical game. Originally announced at Gamescom 2014, fans could download a demo of an upcoming game called P.T. directly from the PlayStation Store. It was promoted as a new horror title, until fans who completed it discovered it was a playable teaser (get it? P.T?) for Silent Hills, a new entry in Konami’s iconic horror franchise by Metal Gear maestro Hideo Kojima, Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro, and featuring The Walking Dead‘s Norman Reedus.

But Kojima’s sudden ousting from Konami led to the project getting canceled, Del Toro and Reedus moving on to Death Stranding, and to P.T getting pulled from the store. Fans either had to go elsewhere for similar shocks to the demo, or they had to buy a PS4 with the demo preinstalled on it. Not until its data can somehow be pulled out and put on the net, which is unlikely. Considering the P.T PS4s come in varying prices, from $400 to over $1,200, it’s a high investment for a brief snippet of what could’ve been a great game.

12

Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Remaster Collection

How to Make a Pricey Collection Even More Expensive

Getting the Final Fantasy 1-6 Pixel Remaster Collection is expensive enough digitally, with most online storefronts offering all 6 retweaks of the classic games for $74.99. Then Square-Enix decided to do a limited run of physical copies, where their prices rose to $700+ for loose and complete sets. Even after the company put out a fresh batch of physical copies, given buyers more budget-friendly options, the first physical release editions still go for nearly $700 CIB, or over $1,000 for sealed editions.

It’s no better in other territories, where PAL buyers need $800+ for CIB copies, but only $516 for loose discs and $468 for new sets. However, its PAL Switch ports are significantly cheaper, ranging from $60 (loose) to $179 (new). It’s only when players want its Anniversary Edition that the prices begin to match the standard US edition in prices, requiring $560 for CIB copies. The original Final Fantasy games are iconic, but they’re still remasters of NES and SNES games. It might be easier to just play older ports of the games, if not their originals.

11

Star Ocean: The Divine Force Limited Edition (JP)

Offering a Hard Choice to Make

Franchise

Star Ocean

Released

October 27, 2022

Developer(s)

Tri-Ace

OpenCritic Rating

Fair

The original Star Ocean game was one of the first games to have the player’s choices affect its story. Whether they learned more about one party member or another, gained their affection or enmity, etc., affected which ending the player got. However, its subsequent games had an erratic reception. The sequel, The Second Story, is considered a cult classic. Its PS2 debut, Til the End of Time, wasn’t, and it dropped to more middling scores from there.

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Star Ocean: The Divine Force didn’t do much to swing things back in the series’ favor either. But it stands out now as its Limited Edition used to be the most expensive Japanese PS4 game on the market. It came in a big black box, containing the game, DLC codes, a 5-disc collection of music tracks from the series, an 80-page artbook, a poster-come-calendar, keychains, and art cards. The game even has the NA English translation and voice acting as options, so Anglophones can get their hands on it if they have a spare $812 for a complete box.

10

Assassin’s Creed Origins: Dawn of the Creed Legendary Edition

Worth a Pharaoh’s Treasure

Released

October 27, 2017

OpenCritic Rating

Mighty

Assassin’s Creed Origins revealed how the Assassin Brotherhood was formed in its earliest days by Bayek of Siwa, a Medjay in Ptolemaic Egypt during its struggle between Pharaoh Ptolemy the 13th, the ousted Cleopatra the 7th, and Julius Caesar’s Roman Republic. It got a decent reception and certainly gave fans more of its signature stealth action gameplay. Though it could give them more, and for a hefty sum, it did via the Assassin’s Creed Origins: Dawn of the Creed Legendary Edition.

Exclusive to the Ubisoft store, it offered the game, its season pass, an artbook, world map, art cards, the game’s soundtrack, lithographs, a steelbook case, a resin version of Bayek’s amulet, and a 73cm/28.7 inch resin figure of Bayek and his eagle Senu. It’s all a fan could want, but it would cost them $800 on release to get it. As such, its current complete going price of $838 is only a slight increase over its original cost. Though, depending on its quality, it can go for $900 complete, or even well over $1,000.

9

NBA 2K19 Travis Scott Cover Edition

Topping the Price Charts

NBA 2K19

Released

September 7, 2018

OpenCritic Rating

Strong

Travis Scott isn’t the oddest celebrity collaboration the NBA 2K series has had (Spike Lee directed a whole story mode for NBA 2K16). He’s part of the game’s soundtrack and is pretty into basketball himself. Though, would even the biggest NBA 2K fan break out nearly $1,000 for a copy of a ~7-year-old game that happens to have his face on it?

The NBA 2K19 Travis Scott Cover Edition doesn’t come with any fancy extras, season passes, or resin figures. It’s just the same game, but with Scott’s blurry face next to lyric snippets from his Astroworld album. But they were made in limited quantities, so only a few thousand out of millions of NBA 2K19 units feature this cover. So, people who have a genuine article could make a lot of money by selling it — so long as they can prove it’s the real cover and not a glossy printout replacement.

8

Dark Souls Trilogy Box (JPN)

Prepare to Cry

Star Ocean: The Divine Force‘s reputation as the most expensive Japanese PS4 has been toppled! Well, for now. Things could change again in the future. But, as of this writing, Japan’s newest, bank-breaking PS4 game is…Dark Souls 1-3 in a big box. The Dark Souls Trilogy Box gathers together all three original games, complete with all their DLC, all remastered, alongside the soundtracks on multiple CDs, art cards, and a 20cm/7.87-inch model of its beleaguered Elite Knight standing by the original bonfire.

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On its Japanese release, it cost the equivalent of $450 and has nearly doubled in value over the years to $874 CIB. For an extra $23 or so, players could splurge on a sealed copy — so long as they’re happy reading Japanese. If not, they’d need at least $1,500 for its European PAL equivalent to get it in English. That’s just for loose copies, too. Sealed ones go for $2,167. While it’s more expensive than the Japanese version, it’s not the most expensive PAL PS4 game. That would go to a special edition of just one third of the trilogy.

7

Tamashii

A Platformer With Spirit

Platformer

Puzzle

Indie Games

Adventure

A weird, creepy, brooding game, Tamashii is a puzzle-platformer where its lead is drawn into a mysterious temple by the eldritch abomination hiding within it. If they don’t avoid its traps, hazards and enemies, they’ll end up as another one of the entity’s victims. It’s a good choice for fans of Junji Ito and weird horror, and its digital edition can be found for fair prices on Steam and online stories.

Its physical edition is another story. Produced in limited amounts by Limited Rare Games (not to be confused with Limited Run), it was released for Halloween 2020, and has since sold out. The only way to track it down is through second-hand copies, where its loose copies have risen back up to $762. CIB copies also jumped back up to $875, while New copies made a big leap, reaching $1,395. It might even reach its old peak of $2,100, set back in April 2022.

6

1,001 Spikes

As Priceless as Indiana Jones’ Treasures

Best known as the publishers of Cave Story, VVVVVV, and The Binding of Isaac‘s re-releases, Nicalis worked with 8bit Fanatics to produce 1,001 Spikes. It’s an old-school sidescrolling puzzle-platformer where Aban Hawkins travels the world, from the Antarctic tundra to the South American jungles, in search of his missing father Jim, and the treasure he was seeking behind the Golden Door of Poko-Mum.

Its digital versions can be found for much more affordable prices. However, Nicalis also released a few physical copies as a special promotion (with a few courtesy copies ending up online in advance of its original release date), which are now extremely hard to find. At best, players will need a spare $885 for a complete copy, and $848 for a loose one, which is a lot just to get a $15 Steam game on a PS4 disc.

5

Rock Band 4 Band-in-a-Box Bundle (PAL)

Worth a Few Gigs

Systems

Released

October 6, 2015

OpenCritic Rating

Strong

The Guitar Hero/Rock Band craze seems like a lifetime away at this point, but there are likely thousands of plastic guitar and drum controllers out there gathering dust in closets, lofts, and basements, or microphones still being used for online chat or podcasts to this day. But, people loved trying to nail their favorite rock hits with these controllers and kept the genre going right up to the mid-2010s. Rock Band 4 was backwards compatible with old controllers, though newbies could get everything with their Rock Band 4 Band-in-a-Box Bundle.

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As the name suggests, it offered the game alongside a guitar, microphone, and drum set (with foot pedal) for people to live out their rockstar dreams in their living rooms. Or at least until they finished fumbling through ‘Toys in the Attic’ by Aerosmith. Getting it today would set North American buyers back by $500. Europeans would need nearly double that for a complete bundle at $948. As fun as Rock Band 4 is, buyers might be better off buying the equipment separately — or learning how to play an actual guitar or drum kit.

4

Poop Slinger

As Fun as It Sounds

Poop Slinger is exactly what its title suggests. It’s a game where players throw poop at people for points. The more poop slung, the more modes, customizable options and more get unlocked. It can be picked up digitally for $4.99, and even then it’s overpriced as it’s a pretty terrible game. But Limited Rare Games thought it would be hilarious to make 84 physical copies of the game and sell them on their website.

As such, it’s become the most expensive PS4 game to track down, with loose discs going for $850, and sealed copies going for $2,200. Some copies have even retailed on eBay for $4,000 or even $17,000. All for a cheap gag game about throwing feces. People can only hope humanity reaches these heights once again someday.

3

The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series Signature Pack

Buyers Will Remember This Price

Telltale lost a lot of goodwill with people following their closure for bankruptcy protection. They’re technically still around today, albeit after letting go of a lot of their workforce. Skybound Games helped keep on a few of their workers to finish off their famous adaptations of The Walking Dead videogames, including making its Definitive Series boxset. Players could see how Clementine’s story played out from beginning to end, with a few digital touch-ups, and extra trinkets like Behind the Scenes features, digital music collection, 3D model viewer and more.

It also had 3 different Collector’s Editions, with the rarest one being the Signature Pack. It came with everything from the regular Protector Pack (shirt, pins, dolls, etc), the Guardian pack (stamped signatures from the dev team, art print by Eric Zawadzki), with exclusives like a signature stamped box and signed art print. Sadly, the planned Clementine and Lee diorama was canceled, but might have driven the price up more. Only 100 Signature Pack units were made, and have since quadrupled in price from their $250 RRP to $1,000 complete.