Moving from PS4 to PS5: what is published

✚ Checked 2026-11-15 · PS5 1.005.000 / PS4 launch build · 2 sources

The three questions people actually have

Anyone moving from PS4 to PS5, or buying on one and wondering about the other, wants three answers:

1. Does the PS4 version upgrade to a PS5 version?
2. Do saves transfer between them?
3. Do trophies autopop?

As of 15 November 2026, none of the three has been answered in any announcement about this game. This page records that precisely, rather than filling the gap with what is usual for PlayStation releases.

Why this page does not guess

PlayStation cross-generation behaviour is not uniform. Some releases offer a free upgrade with save transfer and instant trophy unlocks; others have no upgrade path at all; others share a save but not trophies. Because there is no published rule, the only honest position is "unknown", with a plan for finding out.

That plan is short: check the store listing on 16 November. A PS4-to-PS5 upgrade, if it exists, is listed on the product page as an entitlement, and crossbuy shows up as a single purchase covering both.

If you have not bought yet

The decision is simpler than the upgrade question makes it look.

The third row is the only genuinely uncomfortable one, and the honest advice is: if a PS5 is coming soon, waiting is cheaper than assuming a free upgrade that may not exist.

What "nine months of patches" buys you

The PS5 version launched on 12 February 2026. Since then, at minimum:

• Patch 1.005.000 fixed the two trophies that could fail to unlock — Battle Tested and Like a Charm — which had unreliable tracking before it.
• The 16 November patch adds Hermes Mode and Erebus Mode to both consoles.

So a PS5 copy today is the most-patched version of the game that exists. A PS4 copy is a day-one build of the same game with the same patch applied. Whether every earlier fix is carried into the PS4 launch build is a reasonable expectation and an unverified one.

Saves: plan for the conservative case

Because save transfer is unannounced, the safe assumption is the one that costs least if it is true: your PS4 save stays on the PS4.

Practically that means:

• If you start on PS4 and later move to PS5, expect to start a new file on PS5.
• Because the mode is locked per file, a new file means re-choosing standard, Hermes or Erebus.
• Collectibles and orbs do not carry across a new file regardless of platform, so a platform move is a full restart.

Happily, the game is short enough that this is not catastrophic: 20+ hours to platinum, zero missable trophies, and no New Game Plus to complicate anything.

Trophies: plan for two lists

If the two versions have separate trophy lists — a common arrangement — then a PS4 platinum and a PS5 platinum are two separate accomplishments. If they share a list with autopop, one playthrough on either grants the set.

Since neither is published, the only thing to do is check the trophy list on your console on day one: one list containing your existing PS5 progress means shared; a second list at 0% means separate.

The one-line summary

The PS4 version is a complete, same-price, same-patch release. Everything about moving between the two versions is unpublished, and this page will be corrected the moment it is not.

What this page is not

It is not a recommendation to buy twice. It is a record of which questions have answers and which do not, so you can make the decision with the actual information rather than an assumed console-generation norm.