5 games to play first on your new PS5

polygon.com:

Congratulations: You got your hands on a PlayStation 5! Nearly three years after launch, the PS5’s global shortage is a thing of the past and the console is selling better than ever. Now that you’ve finally gotten Sony’s latest gaming console, there’s just one simple question: What do you play on it first? Don’t sweat it. We’ve got the answers.

The PlayStation 5 has amassed a sizeable library of exciting games to play since it first launched back in 2020, from spectacular first-party exclusives to terrific third-party releases. Here at Polygon, we’ve put together our top picks for which games new PS5 owners should play first in order to get the most out of their new console.

There’s a ton more games to choose from than just what’s on this list, as our exhaustive list of the best games on PlayStation 5 can attest. These are our recommendations of where you should start before gaming to your heart’s content.

Everyone with these two traits loves Astro’s Playroom. First, they have a copy of Astro’s Playroom and second, they’ve played that copy of Astro’s Playroom. Normally there wouldn’t be much distance between those two traits; however, Astro’s Playroom comes bundled with the PlayStation 5 and, as a result, I often worry it goes unnoticed because Big AAA Game is the priority.

So I’m here to make sure that you, as someone with refined tastes, do not make that mistake. Fire up Astro’s Playroom and be rewarded with a charming, three-ish hour journey that is equal parts PlayStation 5 tutorial and PlayStation history tour with just enough precise platforming that you may find yourself going back to clean things up for … make that four, no five hours. And when it’s sadly all over, you can queue up the soundtrack on repeat