PS3 Games Value: Why Most Are $5 and Which Are Worth More

Most PS3 games are worth about $3-15 each as of November 2026: PriceCharting's sold-price guide puts Uncharted 2 at about $6 complete, Call of Duty: Black Ops at about $8 and Madden NFL 13 at about $4. A small group sells for more: Lollipop Chainsaw about $83 complete, Deadpool about $72, Demon's Souls about $36, and the Demon's Souls Deluxe Edition about $161. Rayman Origins, often named as a valuable one, sells for about $12.

The PS3 came out in North America in November 2006, its big games sold millions of copies each, and many are also available digitally or as remasters, so a stack of PS3 discs is usually worth a few dollars a game. The exceptions fall into three groups: niche Japanese role-playing games printed in small runs, licensed games that were never reissued, and boxed collector's editions with their extras intact. Greatest Hits reprints in red cases are almost always worth less than the original print, but on the PS3 the gap is often only a few dollars.

Quick answer

• Most PS3 games, including big hits: about $3-15. Uncharted 2 about $6 complete, Call of Duty: Black Ops about $8, Grand Theft Auto IV about $17.
• Greatest Hits red-case reprints: about the same or a little less, for example Metal Gear Solid 4 about $10 complete versus $13 for the original.
• Worth more: Lollipop Chainsaw about $83 complete, Ar Nosurge about $81, Deadpool about $72, Ar tonelico Qoga about $70, Transformers: Fall of Cybertron about $65.
• Demon's Souls: about $36 complete, $31 as a Greatest Hits copy, about $161 as the Deluxe Edition.
• Collector's editions are worth their price only with the extras: Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition about $45 complete.

How do I check what my PS3 game is worth?

1. Read the product code. North American PS3 games carry a code on the spine and the disc: BLUS for third-party publishers and BCUS for Sony's own games, followed by five digits. European games use BLES or BCES and Japanese games BLJM, BLJS or BCJS. Most PS3 games play on a console from any region, but US buyers pay most for US copies.
2. Look at the case color and the top banner. A red case with a red Greatest Hits banner on the cover and disc is the reprint. Sony's rule, according to Wikipedia's summary of the program, was that a PS3 game had to be on the market for 10 months and sell at least 500,000 copies to get the Greatest Hits label, so any Greatest Hits game is by definition a big seller.
3. Check for a special edition. Collector's, limited and deluxe editions usually come in an outer box or a larger package with an art book, soundtrack or figure. Write down what is there; most of the value is in the extras.
4. Check the disc. PS3 discs are Blu-ray discs with a hard protective coating, so they scratch far less than DVDs or CDs. Light marks almost never matter. A crack near the center hole does.
5. Check the paper. Early PS3 games came with a printed manual; many later games had only a thin insert or a digital manual. Missing paper matters little on common games.
6. Look for online-pass codes and DLC vouchers. They were single-use and the servers for many PS3 games are gone, so they add nothing today.

Which PS3 games are worth the most?

The money games are mostly niche Japanese role-playing games from Gust, Nippon Ichi and NIS America, licensed games that left digital stores or were never reissued on later systems, and boxed collector's editions. Figures are PriceCharting's guide values, built from completed sales and checked on November 2, 2026, for North American copies.

Deluxe Edition sales back the guide value: copies sold on eBay for $135-179 between August and September 2026, most of them listed without the soundtrack CD. Sealed collector's editions and sealed copies of common games, such as the sealed Call of Duty figure, rest on few sales and should be treated as rough.

Mercari sold listings broadly agree: complete Deadpool copies sold there for about $55-75, Demon's Souls Deluxe Edition for about $100-157, Lollipop Chainsaw for about $50-80 and The Last of Us for about $8-10. Two table figures follow actual sales rather than PriceCharting's headline: the Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition sells for about $30-60 complete on both Mercari and eBay, well under the headline of about $94, and Madden NFL 13 for about $2-4 on Mercari. Mercari sales of Ar Nosurge, Ar tonelico Qoga and the Greatest Hits Demon's Souls ran lower, about $35-60, $35-50 and $15-25 complete, but many date from 2022 to early 2026, so those three rest on the recent eBay sales in PriceCharting's record.

Why are most PS3 games only worth $5?

Because almost all of them were printed in the millions and are still easy to find. The biggest PS3 hits were also bundled with consoles, reissued as Greatest Hits, sold digitally and remastered for the PS4, so players have cheaper or better options than the PS3 disc. Even The Last of Us, one of the most praised games on the system, sells for about $11 complete. Sports games lose value fastest, because each year's edition replaces the last.

A typical box of twenty PS3 games, mostly shooters, sports titles and Sony's big exclusives, is worth roughly $60-150 together. A local game store will offer less than that, because it has to resell each disc. The quick test for whether a box holds an exception: look for publisher logos such as NIS America, Gust, Atlus, Aksys or Xseed on the spine, and for licensed comic, movie or toy games from 2010 to 2013.

Are Greatest Hits and collector's editions worth more?

Because the disc inside a collector's edition is usually the same as the standard disc, the box, the book and the extras carry the value. A Demon's Souls Deluxe Edition missing the soundtrack still sells, but for less than a complete one.

How do I tell if a PS3 game is genuine?

Pressed counterfeit PS3 discs are rare in the US. The real risks are reproduction covers, swapped discs and incomplete special editions.

• Disc in the wrong case. Check that the code on the disc matches the code on the spine, and that a Greatest Hits disc is not sitting in an original case.
• Printed cover. A reproduction cover on glossy paper, with soft text or a pixelated rating box, is common on the pricier niche titles.
• Burned discs. A stock PS3 will not boot a burned game disc, and a recordable disc lacks the molded code in the clear inner ring.
• Incomplete collector's editions. Ask for a photo of every extra.

A worked example

Say you take a box of PS3 games from a relative's basement: three Call of Duty games, two Maddens, Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, LittleBigPlanet, a red-case Metal Gear Solid 4, Rayman Origins, and a game with a cartoon cheerleader on the cover called Lollipop Chainsaw.

The shooters, sports games and Sony exclusives are about $4-8 each, so roughly $50 for the first eight discs. Grand Theft Auto IV is about $17, the Greatest Hits Metal Gear Solid 4 about $10 and Rayman Origins about $12. Lollipop Chainsaw is complete, with the disc in good shape, and is worth about $83 by itself. The whole box comes to roughly $165-175, and nearly half of it is the one game you had never heard of.

Where should I sell PS3 games?

Shipping a single $5 game on eBay often costs nearly as much as the game, so common PS3 games sell better as a lot.

Common mistakes

• Expecting Rayman Origins to be rare. It sells for about $12 complete.
• Selling a collector's edition box without checking that the art book and soundtrack are inside.
• Counting online-pass codes as value. They do nothing on most PS3 games today.
• Listing common games one by one when the shipping costs more than the game.

How WorthPic reads PS3 game photos

WorthPic runs on the newest and most capable AI model available, tuned for exactly this kind of identification. From photos of the cover, the spine and the disc it reads the title, the BLUS or BCUS code, whether it is an original print, a Greatest Hits copy or a collector's edition, and which pieces are present, then gives an honest value range from recent sales for that edition, with a most likely figure. It can often spot a disc that does not match its case and a cover printed on photo paper. What it cannot know from a photo is whether the disc loads, whether a sealed copy was resealed, or what is inside a closed collector's box. It identifies and estimates. It does not authenticate, grade or appraise. For a sealed collector's edition, a specialist retro game dealer settles it in hand.

What to photograph

• The cover and the spine, with the product code readable.
• The disc label, so the code can be matched to the case.
• For collector's editions: the outer box and every extra laid out.
• For a whole box of games: one photo of all the spines, which is enough to find the exceptions.

When to get it looked at in person

A common PS3 game does not need an expert; the price is a sold-listing check away. A sealed collector's edition, a sealed copy of one of the niche role-playing games, or a large collection you plan to sell as a whole is worth showing to a retro game dealer. If the same shelf holds older PlayStation games, see the PS2 games and PS1 games guides; for the Xbox discs that often sit beside them, see Xbox 360 games. Sony's handheld from the same years is covered in PSP games. Our guide to cameras and electronics value covers the consoles, cameras and hi-fi that tend to sit on the same shelf.

Sources

• PriceCharting: Demon's Souls, PS3: standard edition prices.
• PriceCharting: Demon's Souls Deluxe Edition: Deluxe Edition prices and the 2026 sales cited.
• PriceCharting: Lollipop Chainsaw, PS3: loose, complete and sealed prices.
• PriceCharting: Rayman Origins, PS3: current prices.
• PriceCharting: Metal Gear Solid 4 Limited Edition: collector's edition prices, compared with the standard and Greatest Hits pages.
• Mercari sold listings: a second set of sold prices for the games in the value table, checked November 2, 2026.
• PriceCharting: Ar tonelico Qoga, PS3: dated 2026 sales used to compare with Mercari.
• Wikipedia: Greatest Hits (PlayStation): PS3 red cases and the 10-month, 500,000-copy rule.