Top 10 most expensive PS2 games in the UK, ranked

The most expensive PS2 games in existence are likely titles you’ve never heard of as they’ve had such limited runs in the market. They may have also launched late into the life cycle of the classic video game system like Silent Hill: Shattered Memories, which ♍launched in 2010, a decade after the PS2 was released.

Note: This information is based on . All prices are from the mint versions if provided.

10. Forbidden Siren 2

Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment (SIE)
Release Date: February 9, 2006
Price on CeX: £190

Forbidden Siren 2 is an intriguing horror game that features multiple protagonists that switch. Unfortunately, this game didn’t make it to North American stores but it did receive a release in Asia, Europe, and Australia. “Forbidden Siren 2 is very nearly the greatest survival horror game yet made, but every time we start to fall in love with it, the game trips over its own shoelaces and leaves us somewhat embarrassed to be seen with it,” said . It’s likely because of its own quirks that it became so hard to find a copy and wasn’t available to Americans.

9. The Silent Hill Collection

Publisher: Konami
Release Date: April 21, 2006
Price on CeX: £220

This Silent Hill collection comes with three beloved (and expensive) games: Silent Hill 2, Silent Hill 3, and Silent Hill 4: The Room. The PS2 collection may still have a lot of value because the PS3 HD compilation was received poorly, and it doesn’t include the fourth game. Destructoid gave it a terrible 3/10 score in its review. “No matter how engaging these games still are to play, there’s no escaping the fact that the games on this disc are significantly inferior versions, and for Konami to fail at publishing enhanced versions of such old games is a total embarrassment,” said the review. “While newcomers won’t notice the missing visual elements, such broken audio is tough for anybody to forgive.”

8. The Getaway (Limited Edition)

Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Release Date: December 11, 2002
Price on CeX: £250

Limited to just 1,000 copies, The Getaway‘s limited edition is hard to get your mitts on. From eBay listings and YouTube videos, it seems like this version of the game only has a silver tint to the game’s box and disc that makes it stand out. The poster that comes inside is included with every copy of The Getaway.

7. Armored Core: Last Raven

Publisher: FromSoftware/Agetec/505 Games
Release Date: August 4, 2005
Price on CeX: £260

Armored Core: Last Raven is the eleventh game in the series and Hidetaka Miyazaki’s first project with FromSoftware before directing the legendary Souls franchise. It is an important entry as Last Raven ends the storyline that begins in the third installment. 505 Games and Agetec weren’t the biggest publishers of video games, so it makes sense there may be a scarcity of copies out there, upping the price.

6. Samurai Western

Publisher: Spike/Atlus/505 Games
Release Date: January 1, 2005
Price on CeX: £270

Samurai Western is just as it sounds. You play a samurai roaming the Wild West with sword in hand. You’re deflecting bullets and rampaging through the game, slicing up foes, in search of your lost brother. The game, published by Atlus, doesn’t have the best reputation with a 58 rating. “The aesthetics and the arcade-style gameplay can feel very enjoyable if spread out over an appropriate amount of time, but it has to be said that the majority of people who might pick up Samurai Western will find it supremely mediocre,” said our coverage of the game.

5. Rule of Rose

Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment/Atlus/505 Games/Digital Bros
Release Date: January 19, 2006
Price on CeX: £420

Another Atlus game that has seen obscurity, due to its price, is Rule of Rose. It was once far more expensive but strangely, a few new copies were found in the wild, bringing down its price. Rule of Rose is a psychological horror gam💎e that was critically panned across thܫe board but has gained the attention of retro content creators over the past few years.

“Rule of Rose is an emotionally tormenting experience, both in regards to playing and interpreting it,” said Zoey Handley for Destructoid. “I can’t comment about how scary it might be because of my aforementioned virtual fearlessness, but I can certainly say that it’s an unsettling, uncomfortable, and moving experience.”

4. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Publisher: Konami
Release Date: January 19, 2010
Price on CeX: £465

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories might be the most notable game in this list as Silent Hill is a popular horror franchise, especially within the PS2 era. Originally a Wii game, it launched on the PS2 and PSP on January 19, 2010, which makes this one of the last games to launch on the system. This likely caused a lower distribution of copies as it was an aging platform. This is an interesting entry in the series as it was designed and written by Her Story developer Sam Barlow. Shattered Memories‘ PS2 version has a decent 77 score.

3. Michigan: Report from Hell

Publisher: Spike/505 Games
Release Date: August 5, 2004
Price on CeX: £575

Developed by Suda51 studio Grasshopper Manufacture, Michigan: Report from Hell is a survivor horror game that has you playing through the first-person perspective of a cameraman. You can even see the battery symbol and the timing of the filming in the corners of the screen. 505 Games, like many of the games published on this list, likely didn’t produce as many copies as EA or Activision at the time, possibly due to budget and this being extremely niche. Ironically, Michigan: Report from Hell never saw an American release🐻 but it did♉ come out in Europe and Japan.

2. Kuon

Publisher: Agetec/FromSoftware/Indie Games Productions
Release Date: April 1, 2004
Price on CeX: £750

Yet another horror game makes the list, and Kuon is indeed one of the most expensive PS2 games. Developed by the Elden Ring studio FromSoftware, Kuon has you exploring a creepy Japanese castle in Kyoto, Japan. The game has th𝔍ree different protagonists, who each have a role to play in🌊 the gruesome narrative.

“It’s atmospheric, creepy, and sloooooow, even by survival horror standards,” said Game Informer’s review, according to . It has a 57 Metacritic score, but it has found some fans with a Generally Favorable user score. “The atmosphere and aesthetic are second to none and the storytelling/lore is, in typical From Software fashion, masterful,” said one person on the website .

1. Gun Club

Publisher: Crave Entertainment/505 Games
Release Date: October 2, 2006
Price on CeX: £800

The most expensive PS2 game, at least in the UK, is Gun Club (NRA Gun Club in the United States). It is a Jarhead Games-developed title that was endorsed by the gun-activist organization NRA and then found its way to some European territories, thanks to 505 Games. It received horrible reviews from critics in 2006. “This is the sort of hastily slapped-together game that should have been a free bonus for subscribing to the NRA newsletter or something,” said . This game’s fairly inexpensive in the United States, but it’s costly in the United Kingdom as the release was so scarce in the area.