Best Video Games in Australia (2026)

Price as of 6 Apr 2026

Starfield had a rough launch, there's no dodging it. But eighteen months of patches and the Shattered Space expansion have turned it into a very different game — smoother flight, better inventory management, meaningful ship combat, and a main story that actually holds together. If you bounced off it in 2023, it's worth another look. It's still a Bethesda game at heart, which means a thousand hours of side quests and a galaxy full of weird little stories if you're the type who reads every terminal. Xbox Series X delivers a locked 60fps mode now, which was the biggest missing piece at launch. At around ninety-five bucks on Amazon AU, it's still premium pricing, but you're getting a game that'll eat your weekends for months.

Price as of 6 Apr 2026

Pokémon Legends: Z-A is the shake-up the series has needed for a while. Set entirely within a reimagined Lumiose City, it ditches turn-based battles for a real-time action system that actually makes the trainer feel like part of the fight. Mega Evolutions are back and central to the combat loop, and the Switch 2 Edition patches the performance issues that dogged earlier Pokémon releases on the original hardware — 60fps, sharper textures, proper draw distance. Amazon AU user reviews have been strongly positive, and it's sitting well above the Sword and Shield reception. Buy the Switch 2 Edition if you've got the hardware — the upgrade is genuinely worth it.

Price as of 6 Apr 2026

Spider-Man 2 takes everything that worked in the first two Insomniac Spider-Man games and cranks it. You swap between Peter and Miles mid-mission, the Venom symbiote arc gives Peter a properly dark turn, and the expanded Manhattan-plus-Queens map finally gives the traversal system room to breathe. The wingsuit glide is a small addition that completely changes how you move through the city. At around eighty-two bucks on Amazon AU it's now well under launch RRP, making it one of the best-value PS5 exclusives you can buy. PS5 Pro owners get an enhanced fidelity mode. If you enjoyed either of the first two games, this one's a no-brainer.

Price as of 6 Apr 2026

Wonder was already sitting near the top of the 2D platformer charts on the original Switch, but the Switch 2 Edition gives it the resolution and frame rate it deserved the first time around. The Wonder Flower gimmick — where each level suddenly bends the rules in a completely new way — still holds up as one of the most creative ideas in the series' history. Four-player local co-op is genuinely chaotic in the good way, and it's one of those rare games that works equally well for kids, couples and a group of mates having a few beers. At around eighty-five bucks it's mid-range for a first-party Nintendo title, and worth every cent.

Price as of 6 Apr 2026

Rebirth is the game Remake fans were waiting for — the moment Cloud and the crew leave Midgar and the world opens up. It's a proper hundred-hour JRPG with side content that would normally pad out whole standalone games, combat that sharpens everything that worked in Remake, and some of the best-looking environments on the PS5. At around eighty-six bucks on Amazon AU it's crept into the range where even people sitting on the fence should pull the trigger. If you've never played the original, don't stress — Rebirth stands well enough on its own that you'll still catch most of what matters.

Price as of 6 Apr 2026

Metroid Prime 4 was announced back when the original Switch was still new, and the decade-long wait has been one of gaming's running jokes. Turns out it was worth it. Beyond picks up the Prime formula — isolated first-person exploration, gorgeous alien worlds, that distinctive sense of being completely alone in a hostile place — and rebuilds it for Switch 2 hardware. It's the first Metroid Prime that runs at a solid 60fps on Nintendo hardware, and the new traversal abilities give long-time fans plenty to sink their teeth into. Under eighty dollars on Amazon AU puts it well below most of the Switch 2 launch lineup.