The Best PS3 Games on PlayStation Now

You can only download some of the PlayStation Now library to play offline. These are the best games to stream using the service.
The Best PS3 Games on PlayStation Now

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Whether or not programs like Google Stadia succeed, our future includes some form of streaming games. Right now, there are multiple services that let you stream games, and there are probably more to come.

While PlayStation Now had a somewhat rough launch, it has become a great service. Yes, you can download PS2, PS3, and PS4 games to play, but you can also stream them. In addition, there is an entire library of games that you can only stream.

Here are some of the best PlayStation 3 games you can stream on PlayStation Now. If you like them, you should consider buying them for keeps!

10. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

While a few great Uncharted games have come out since, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves may still be the best in the series. It builds upon everything great about the last game, but isn't as bogged down in its own story as later games.

If you never grabbed Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, PS Now is a great way to play this game.

9. Red Dead Redemption

While Red Dead Redemption 2 is still selling like hotcakes, the original is still a quality game. Whether you've already played it and are feeling nostalgic or you're just looking for more Wild West, this one is worth spending some time with.

8. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

The Ratchet & Clank franchise had a difficult time jumping from the PlayStation 2 to the PlayStation 3, with several sub-par games.

Fortunately, Insomniac Games pulled things together with Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, delivering one of the finest entries in the series.

7. Pixeljunk Shooter

All of Pixeljunk's games have a certain type of charm to them, and most if not all of them are available on PlayStation Now. Pixeljunk Shooter is a colorful, side scrolling experience where physics play a large role.

6. Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

While a remastered version of Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch was released for the PlayStation 4, you might be on the fence if you've only played the uneven sequel.

Whether you're not sure about a purchase or just feel like playing an RPG that looks like a Miyazaki movie, this will do the trick.

5. Metal Gear Solid HD Collection

It's a shame that Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots isn't available on PlayStation Now, but this is the next best thing.

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection contains Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater from the PlayStation 2, as well as Metal Gear: Peace Walker from the PSP, plus copies of Metal Gear and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake for the MSX.

4. The Last of Us

Released during the lead-up to the final days of the PlayStation 3, The Last of Us isn't exactly what you'd expect from the developer of the Uncharted and Jak and Daxter series. The sequel is coming soon, so if you've never played the original, here you go.

3. Journey

If you've never played Journey, you should probably play Journey, even just so you know what people are talking about when they talk about the game. It's a relatively short game too, so you can take in the entire experience in an afternoon.

2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

So you've played through Skyrim yet again, and Fallout 4 didn't quite do it for you. What else is there? Fallout 76?

While The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion looks somewhat dated now, it has everything you're looking for from an Elder Scrolls game, including those remaining bugs that have a charm all their own.

1. Batman: Arkham Asylum

Many people will point to Batman: Arkham City as the superior game, but there are those like myself who think the more constrained setting of Batman: Arkham Asylum made it the better game. More so than future games, this one almost has a Metroidvania type of feel.