Top 25 PlayStation Vita Games of All Time | 2021

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With the PlayStation Vita Store Closing in 2021, I thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the best Vita games available. You might want to pick some of these games up digitally before they leave forever. Enjoy!
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[@JayWood2010]

Legacy Games that you might want to get on the Vita before the Digital Store Closes. I'll probably forget a lot of games so comment below and give your recommendations as well. PS1 Games Final Fantasy 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, Tactics Dino Crisis 1 & 2 Parasite Eve 1 & 2 Persona 2 Eternal Punishment Chrono Trigger Chrono Cross Xenogears Metal Gear Solid Alundra Castlevania SoTN Syphon Filter Breath of Fire 3 & 4 Legend of Dragoon Vagrant Story Suikoden II Grandia PSP Ratchet and Clank Size Matters Jeanne d'Arc God of War Chains of Olympus God of War Ghost of Sparta Daxter Persona 2 Innocent Sin Tactics Ogre Legend of Heroes Trails in the Sky 1 & 2 Persona 3 Resistance Retribution LittleBigPlanet Killzone Liberation Ape Escape On the Loose Disgaea Afternoon of Darkness

[@martinde-serres8724]

'Final Fantasy 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, Tactics' Final Fantasy 5: Am I a joke to you? Seriously, despite the fact the story and characters weren't as memorable as the rest of the series, its gameplay, ESPECIALLY the important job system, is great and without the latter, we wouldn't have gotten Tactics and the Bravery Default games. So, pay your respects to that hidden gem. ;)

[@JayWood2010]

@@martinde-serres8724 you're right haha I may have missed FF5, and I should have mentioned it

[@modestyblaise4167]

The PSP remakes of Finial Fantasy 1 to 4 are definitive imo. Get the all.

[@jeremymilan113]

You probably dont give a shit but if you're stoned like me atm then you can watch all of the latest series on InstaFlixxer. I've been streaming with my brother lately :)

[@arielriley7632]

@Jeremy Milan definitely, I have been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself =)

[@arkychu1165]

Summary: 1 - Persona 4 Golden (Jrpg - turnbased) 2 - Uncharted - Golden Abyss (Shooter 3D Platformer) 3 - Danganronpa (Visual novel + detective cases , OP said the spinoff is pretty decent too "Despair girls" ) 4 - Little big planet (another PSV game that uses most of it's features) 5 - Final Fantasy X Part 1&2 + World of Final Fantasy 6 - Gravity rush (Superhero 3D Platformer that can control gravity) 7 - Killzone Mercenary (according to OP, it's the best Shooter ever on handhelds) 8 - Sly Cooper (all 4 , espionage&collection 3D platformer) 9 - Tearaway (Only PSVita game that uses all the features of the PSVita) 10 - Soul Sacrifice Delta (Another great monster hunting game, with a pretty good story) 11 - Disgaea 4 (jrpg , OP's fav in the franchise , like Final Fantasy Tactics but with much more mechanics) 12 - Vanilla Ware games (sidescroller action rpgs) >Dragon's Crown >Odin Sphere >Muramasa rebirth 13 - rayman (2d Platformer) 14 - Metal Gear Solid Collection (2&3 , espionage) 15 - Trails of Cold Steel (jrpg turn based, OP says it's long, and he prefers Trails in the sky better) 16 - Digimon Cyber Sleuth & Hacker's Memory (Pretty much Pokemon but it's digimon, OP says it's the best game in the series) 17 - Zero Escape Nonary (Visual novel trilogy) 18 - Wipeout 2048 (Car racing, kinda like F-Zero) 19 - ratchet & clank (adventure shooter) 20 - Ys - VIII (jrpg adventure - HACK N SLASH) 21 - Unit 13 (Shooter exclusive to the Vita) 22 - Tales of Hearts (jrpg) 23 - Freedom Wars (My personal #1 for PSV Monster hunting) 24 - God of War collection 25 - Modnation racers: road trip (similar to diddy kong racing) + Sonic & All stars transformed (better stage designs)

[@xwds2095]

I love how the literal next day after the video, the de-announced the closure of the PS Vita store and it will stay open

[@matthewjeanes4979]

Good though eh? I’m personally relived

[@dhrgkbqxtjr2743]

Bought a hacked Vita with a 128GB SD card filled with 60+ games in it. Was planning to get the 2000 version but due to limited stock I ended up getting the OLED version and they were right, that screen truly is GORGEOUS. I can't imagine settling for the LCD screen now.

[@officialcoastlinecars]

I have both my 2000 is hacked my oled one is not really really want to get my oled one hacked I even feel the bottoms click better and feels more comfortable in your hand u made the right choice

[@trey_dizzle4161]

@@officialcoastlinecars its easy to hack now. look up youtube video. its all done on vita now no PC required. the oled vita does require sony memory card though

[@Gloryboyquan]

​@@officialcoastlinecarsStill have/play 2023

[@TrojansOwl1]

GREAT list! For some reason people always seem to forget Sonic All-Stars Racing. In my opinion it's the best racer on the Vita and one of the best looking games too.

[@Renvaar1989]

I don't play my Vita that much these days, but I still regularly keep an eye out for cheap second hand games to build out my physical library.

[@jrx818]

Persona 4 Golden was my first persona game and I was hooked after. Love every part of that game. The first time I played a disgaea game was on the vita and same thing, hooked ever since. Sly cooper also played great. Cross buy 💕 PS all stars was fun while it lasted haha Ahh the memories

[@PersianGamer36]

I gotta try personal golden again. I been playing armored core psp games on my vita and absolutely loving them especially since you can continue you’re save file on each game. Wish more games did this

[@Neethan3247]

The ones I really want to collect are the vanillaware games, Sly Cooper/Jak Collection, Gravity Rush, Code: Realize, Danganronpa 2, Child of Light, Trails of Cold Steel, Rayman, Axiom Verge, and Velocity 2x. Still looking out for all these games.

[@Justamanandhisdogthor]

i 100% agree with your words in your intro. Changed my outlook on games also

[@bigt4135]

I own every game on your list. I have all but two of them physically. I love vita. I have 4 systems, and 200 physical games.

[@mochi2095]

Donate some games to me bro 😭😭 I'm so broke it's not even funny lol I'm jealous of your collection

[@matttubb3525]

@@mochi2095 can’t you hack it and download them for free?

[@iyeetsecurity922]

@@matttubb3525 Yup! And thanks to the ridiculous prices, you really should. And just buy the physicals you _really_ want if you're a collector.

[@mochi2095]

@@matttubb3525 isn't that illegal? Because you're getting something for free that you typically have to pay for?

[@matttubb3525]

@@mochi2095 seeing my nan was illegal a few weeks ago. It’s untraceable and PlayStation don’t give a damn about it, if anything it’s keeping the systems alive

[@melmisery835]

Good video, very helpful

[@rimvydasmasalas5183]

i bought ps vita just for P4g in 2018 ,not only since when P4g become my all time favorite game,but also fell in love with ps vita,it's amazing handheld with amazing game library,i love jrpg and it's perfect to on ps vita on the go.

[@jameskozy7254]

P4G is a special game. So nostalgic

[@FirstGentleman1]

Sweet, among the Top 10 I have 9,8,7,6,5 and 4 in my collection. I am a PS Vita Player.

[@wogeltobler869]

Ninja Gaiden? And honorable mention to Severed!

[@darrenweets6391]

Solid video.

[@mau4604]

Great list! I would also add: Super Stardust Delta Hot Shots Golf: World Invitational (was on Vita first then ported to PS3 later) Silent Hill Book of Memories (good for what it is) Escape Plan Wipeout HD and Fury DLC which adds tons of hours into the base game Lumines Electronic Symphony (has been delisted for years but there are still physical copies online) There are many more underrated titles like Touch my Katamari, Army Corps of Hell and Resistance that get slept on. They may not be the best games in the Vita catalogue, but they were designed in some way to be specific to the Vita. Would recommend those as well. Great video!

[@legacyfun2126]

I love lumines electronic symphony, the best game in the series

[@iyeetsecurity922]

I _hate_ how stupidly expensive the games and the memory cards are. I have a modded 1000 model that I play while sailing with an eye patch on, and a stock 2000 model so I can play the handful of physical games I want to collect. The game cases are oddly cute because of how small they are.

[@foca2002]

I have only five physical games, all of them together cost more now than what I payed for my Vita and all of them back in 2014. I own 51 games in digital format and could never put them in my Vita because the memory card was so expensive I have two memory cards one 16GB and the other 32GB, after I jb my Vita I bought a 128GB SD card and put all of my games on it and problem solved.

[@fede_ind17]

@@foca2002 Sadly i have to agree with you both, i haven't lived the vita best years but i watented it so much because of my psp experience , so about 2 months ago i buyed a good combo for a vita fat and 2 games with a 4gb memory but when i looked at the used market and as well as the new ( gamestop and other ) i could not find many games that i wanted or the ones i got interested by were so much expensive so i decided yesterday to "mod/hack" it with enso and now with the prime day discounts i bought a sd2vita + a lexar 128 gb. If i could buy another vita in some time from now i'd like it to do like you did, bruno, because some phisical editions are just so cool, Arrr *wink*

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

You should have modded the 2000 model instead of your OLED, reason why I say that is because there is a hack that brings up the screen resolution of the 2000 model to look closer to be like the OLED.

[@iyeetsecurity922]

@@angusrumplemeyer1791 I got the OLED first, so that's why it was the one I modded. But quite frankly, I don't think the OLED screen is that big a deal. Especially since it's inevitably going to die anyway.

[@angusrumplemeyer1791]

@@iyeetsecurity922 I do fully understand that. I have both versions of the Vita but I haven't hacked either of mine yet and only had the system for 17 month's. When I heard about the screen resolution thing for the 2000 was when I decided it was the one to be hacked for me. Oh I know the OLED has limited lifespan that's why mine is put away and only comes out for certain games. Lol

[@Airik1111bibles]

Considering a hacked Vita gives you access to all the PSP, Vita and PSONE Library it's imho the best handheld ever made. Yes I love my Switch Lite BUT after playing it for a couple months I went back to play my Vita and it was like going home. The response of the buttons and analogs just work. It's a true handheld and ita depressing that Sony let us down. If ya don't have all the Y's collection for the VITA you are missing out. All the psp series and Vita gives you a great collection from the franchise.

[@margaritaramirez4262]

One of my favorites is Patapon cheap fun game that doesn't disappoint

[@GraveGear]

So glad someone gave Sly props. All time favorite game series.

[@mari_1273]

The PS Vita is frankly my favorite console I am so upset (and thankful that you reminded me) that the store will close up soon, I have to definitely go get more games

[@KabukiKid]

Do know that Sony reversed their decision to close the digital store for the PS3 and the Vita, so you have more time again.

[@kenielfalcon2937]

You can always mod it amd get them all free

[@nohud6233]

As always great vid dawg

[@ThatSavoieDude]

Wipeout 2048 was my first vita title. I shit myself when I saw how amazing it looked - and how great it still looks 8 years later. Liverpool studios had wizards in their development team for 2048

[@TreyyDaMenaceFan]

Vita is my favourite too, im gonna go back and play the hell out of it. So sad they stopped supporting it. Persona 4 golden was my favourite gaming experience and I thank the vita for that. Anyone got recommendations? I played quite a lot of vita but not everything.

[@Makoto03]

My personal favorite Vita games were Persona 4 Golden, Digimon Cybersleuth, Gravity Rush, and Ys Memories of Celceta.

[@JayWood2010]

All great games :)

[@Crazyoldman84]

Gravity rush is the only one of those I like lol

[@stijnvonck1431]

Vita had a ton of really good smaller games that never get any love on these lists : steamworld games, Romancing saga 3, Shovel knight, binding of isaac and Reverie. Aside from that, my personal favorite : Summon night 6 lost borders

[@clarencerichardson9566]

I love you to see 25 to 50 video

[@eddiemeddie2018]

I wish Exist Archive was in this list. It's really a nice game to play. As a valkyrie profile fan, this game itched my scratch.

[@lnsflare1]

You might also want to look into Ar Nosurge Plus, which had a similar combat system.

[@lnsflare1]

FWIW, Ar Nosurge Plus is basically a Persona-4-Golden-tier RPG, though it can get a bit janky at times. You best wish to watch the fan-subbed cutscenes from its Japan-only prequel Ciel Nosurge first, though, to get the full impact of the story.

[@charlieb308]

I just picked up first vita, dragon quest slime silver model

[@OppaiGod]

Ps vita became one of my favorites when its hacked

[@ThePokestopPapi]

Just hacked mine along with having a 128GB micro sd with the SD2VITA adaptor and this thing is a BEAST. PKGj and Adrenaline allowing me to run PS1, PSP, and free vita games are a goddamn blessing!

[@OppaiGod]

@@ThePokestopPapi agree my vita was collecting dust for years until i finaly hacked it so many great games its a shame sony decided to abandon the console ever since the switch release

[@foca2002]

@@OppaiGod my problem with my Vita was always the memory, when I bought they bundled with a 16GB memory card, only 4 games late and I need another card, bought a 32GB, and could put 7 games. It's alright if I didn't have over 50 than I bought over the years. Them this year I decided to JB my Vita and my Wii U, bought a 128GB memory stick to my my Wii U and a 128GB SD card to my Vita and I say I never played so much on them. I downloaded my entire collection of Vita Games 112GB and now I thinking in buy some more. I have a lot of PSP games in physical disks than I downloaded after the JB and can play on Vita now.

[@prodigyweeb8986]

I remember the Unit 13 demo freezing my vita every time I wanted to try it

[@danielvandusen5724]

It's dumb but the reason I purchased a Vita was for Killzone: Mercenaries. I genuinely cannot decide which is better, this one or Killzone 2 on the Ps3. I never platinum games, but I did this one. There are 3 play styles you can play this game. 1 is stealth, 1 is balls to the wall combat and I can't remember what the 3rd one was. But if you enjoy single player Halo/Killzone type of games then grab a Vita and this game. You will not be disappointed. I don't understand why they didn't try and reproduce this type of Killzone on the PS4 instead of the one they did make. There's a chance the KZ ip would still be alive if they had.

[@Trash432]

The DLC for Wipeout 2048 is pretty much 2 other games remaster it's the first dlc I ever got and felt like it was worth it. Even tho I downloaded it off pkgj lol

[@lazyreaper9547]

Parasite Eve 1 and 2 is still on PS Vita store, it's NOT on the category list for some reasons. You have to TYPE in the search tag to find it. So, get it while you can!

[@justinwiggin3972]

Toukiden dynasty warriors and the lego games are pretty entertaining games on the vita

[@dark2deeds]

Freedom wars is amazing but I like soul sacrifice delta better

[@luqadam408]

i cant remember this game bro, it was a game about like killing these weird monsters then you could become them also idk what it was bro but it was my favorite game

[@andrekane4088]

Im probably wrong about this, but was it Nights of Azure?

[@matthewjeanes4979]

Swear that’s the system music playing in the background

[@codyw7145]

There needs to be a good star wars game that comes out and only focuses on the clone wars era.

[@francisco6443]

battlefront 2????

[@codyw7145]

@@francisco6443 Not playing a 2007 game

[@francisco6443]

@@codyw7145 2017 in ps4 its still active

[@denisvarga2794]

So i got my hands on Vita, and checking out games that i can play... And YS VIII got my attention... And i watched a couple reviews, and gameplay.... And in the end, the game that i was going to pirate on my Vita, now in my PS5 library XDD i was too impressed on how EVERYBODY who review the game praised it for every possible thing. It must be a very good game, and it was 70% discount so i had to XD And platinum awaits XD

[@jarrydsamsing5068]

Nobody ever talks about Dragon Quest builders on Vita.

[@tommyfoster762]

Bloody roar is a PS1 game but I can't get it downloaded to my ps vita I have it downloaded on the PS3 already please help 🙏🙏🆘

[@tomasvalko6144]

My favourite is Grim fandango i think it is very good game

[@someguy9204]

"If you loved God of War before he became a father..." Ouch. Poor Calliope.

[@jmon.08]

0:18 Wait.. Heihachi is a hero?

[@WrestlingPH]

I have a jailbroken vita. All games are free. Sweet!

[@bertooo1358]

I just bought a vita just for this reason here it’s amazing to have 3 handheld console game libraries in your hands

[@martinde-serres8724]

Just a warning for Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth: the game was only released digitally in the West and unfortunately, it's been delisted from the PSVita Store so the only way to get it is physically on PS4, digital (and physical?) on the Switch and PC through Steam. The latter 2 versions also came bundled with Hacker's Memory so you're getting 2 great games for the price of 1.

[@ogre706]

This is slightly late, but just in case you haven't found out by now... there is actually a physical English release of Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth. While it is true that it wasn't released in the west, certain Vita titles did receive what are referred to as "Asia English" releases. With language barriers removed and the Vita being region-free, these Asia-English releases are as good as a western release!

[@Xirlance77]

Watching videos of PS Vita it's games,jailbreak ways gradually urges me to buy a second hand.

[@Xirlance77]

It's kinda scary to buy a used Vita having no warranty

[@home9dog2blue199]

Kratos was already a father in the original games as well

[@chateauluouxmont]

nintendo switch, ps vita media.. all pretty much reskins. which isn't bad i guess. just an interactive comic book library.

[@VictorRamirez-zd6ws]

Expired codes can still be redeemed. You need to redeem the code on a computer, not on a device.

[@idipped2521]

Hopefully we can get a new handheld that Sony actually gives a good memory card not only made by Sony and that they actually support with AAA games

[@idipped2521]

@RedPill Crusader I'm not a PS5 guy cuz I play PC and Xbox before that but I always loved the sony handhelds

[@markslater6220]

AAA games onlly set you up for dissapointment

[@zibbie9924]

hi im thinking of buying a ps vita are there things i should know before buying?

[@matthewfrontier2210]

Yeah the sd card is rare

[@srfn1253]

You should mod ur vita if you plan on getting one it’s not hard.

[@Alexdrakohoshiko]

I'm lookin for some good games on pkgk

[@tailsgames_yt]

I can download ps vita games on the ps store cause I currently got one now and it's not down currently but it might be soon.

[@daddyvinVlog]

Do you still need WiFi when playing ps vita?

[@ORourkeBowAcademics]

geometry wars 3 and resogun are amazing!

[@Starborn3000]

the vita is a hand held ps3 the psp is the handheld ps2

[@KnightSoulsG]

Yo Ho Ho Captain 😎

[@HUYI1]

i think that's why we are all here LOL 😉😉😉😜

[@tourisman]

You forgot hell divers 😒

[@ElleesD-95]

Definitely wouldnt list Uncharted as a must play for Vira.

[@PaulieWalnuts13]

would you say LBP Vita is better than Sackboy A Big Adventure?

[@JayWood2010]

Yes. LBP2 and Vita are my personal favorites. I might even like Vita more than LBP2.

[@originalitea8271]

The only vita game I have is undertale, because all the good vita games went way up in price :(

[@cheeeeezewizzz]

Really there are so many good games for this handheld. It wasn't a failure at all. So what if there weren't so many big AAA titles? There were a few really good ones, and then the ports and all the other stuff makes the system freaking gold. I've got a zfold 2 (after the zfold 3 the best phone you could use for gaming due to the massive 4:3 inner screen that let's retro games play in their native aspect ratio). It's way more powerful than the vita, it can emulate anything up to gamecube, some wii, and ps2. Despite that I bought 2 vitas this week plus a 1tb memory card. Why? Because my phone A. Doesn't have expandable storage for games B. doesn't have physical controls unless I buy some C. Can't play vita games! The vita's exclusive library alone is worth the 400 dollars I spent. Add on everything it can emulate and run from ps1 and psp and it's a no Brainer as a handheld. Now just to figure out how to carry my phone, switch, and vita at the same time.

[@58nml5000286]

Resident Evil revelation 2

[@boozy8659]

Lool be honest who actually buys vita games from the digital store

[@JayWood2010]

Considering price for physical vita games have skyrocketed, digital is a great option.

[@danielkuehn4652]

and still....😊

[@ylst8874]

Mod Nation is laggy on Vita

[@bjbrunetti]

Age of zombies 🏋🏻

[@IntrinsicThinking]

Ur done here.

[@godweenergodweener8879]

Trolls of gold still?

[@godweenergodweener8879]

Try saying try-alls of cold steeeeeeel

[@godweenergodweener8879]

Sorry still love the review but that drives me nuts

[@timelymirror7826]

🙃

[@dogeymon83]

None of these games are hard to find at all. When I load up PKG, you just scroll down the list and they’re all right there

[@memelorddavid2938]

Can we get a vita list thats not full of weeaboo shit???

[@TheMagnificentGman]

The vita has 25 games?

[@ntsoalalainaralijohn6155]

This list lacks a shit load of indie games

[@timelymirror7826]

🙂if you're talking about hollow knight I don't think it would be worth it because the vita is outdated

[@ntsoalalainaralijohn6155]

@@timelymirror7826 The Vita is outdated in the way that no more AAA titles will come to the console. But it is not outdated when it comes to the machine and the existent games library. And Hollow knight is not the only notable good indie game out there lol

[@joshuacruz4244]

They have dmc Dante in that wannabe smash game wow.

[@erniegutierrez410]

Seriously I prefer if they cancelled the PS5. PlayStation Vita was better very underrated

[@GogitoGTHD]

Lol are you fr?

[@erniegutierrez410]

@@GogitoGTHD Vita had more variety of genres. PS5 same old crap

[@rsoldier7829]

@@GogitoGTHD PS5 sounds great in paper but in reality there's only like 10 new games, how is it fun to you?

[@alistairlasrado9328]

@@rsoldier7829 10? Dude it's just the beginning of the generation 🙄. There are going to be great exclusives on ps5.

[@alistairlasrado9328]

It's like saying Xbox one has good games so Xbox series should be canceled.