Netmarble Neo’s Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE was a welcomed surprise for Solo Leveling fans back when it released in November 2025, and based on my review of the PC release, a lot of people were quick to agree with that. Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE brought a single-player focused version of the Solo Leveling: ARISE mobile game without the gacha FOMO, so it was a natural hit for those who had enjoyed the original game’s combat system and story mode. Now, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S owners can finally jump into the game to get another fill of the Solo Leveling universe.
Once again, Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE opens with a bombastic sequence where the Monarch of Shadows and his forces take on Baran the Demon King and his vast army—Cerberus included. It’s a massive flash-forward sequence that sets the stage for the story of Solo Leveling while giving you a stylish and action-focused tutorial to get you used to the combat system. Of course, the Monarch of Shadows is vastly more powerful than the Weakest Hunter of All Time at the beginning of the story, but this is purposefully to get you acquainted with the combat system. That being said, Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is such a big upgrade in nearly all departments, as I’ve detailed in my original review. I highly recommend you give that a read first.
Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE Finally Arrives on Consoles
Nearly a year after its original release, Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE comes to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in all its glory. The game is running at a full 4K at 60 FPS on PS5 with some minor stuttering and frame drops. For the most part, the game will run locked at 60 FPS, but with more intensive graphical effects and more enemies on screen, it can drop below that and stutter. There have been some reports of screen tearing if you’re playing the game installed on a SSD on PS5, but I didn’t run into this particular issue. As for PS5-specific features, the game also supports haptic feedback and adaptive triggers to make combat feel a little more immersive on your hands.
I won’t be retreading on my original review of the game too much, but I did want to note some things that make Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE stand out. For one, Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is the only game for the Solo Leveling franchise that really immerses you in the moment-to-moment narrative of the webtoon. You’ll witness Sung Jinwoo’s rise from the weakest hunter to the strongest, all while being in control of just how he gets there with character and combo-driven gameplay you can come to expect from action games.
You can even tailor your playstyle with the number of classes and different equipment and gear you can obtain, along with the Hunters that accompany you on missions. With character switching, there are so many options for how you want to approach combat. This is all while you experience the world of Solo Leveling with English, Korean and Japanese voice-overs with reprising casts, ensuring that it’s in-line with the anime many have come to know and love.
Another of the game’s key selling points is that it’s not an a gacha game—it’s a $40 game. Players can unlock hunters, weapons, and other unlocks through normal progression, and weapons can be earned and upgraded with the variety of materials you earn in game by completing missions, defeating bosses, and clearing special stages like bosses and other encounters. The game’s many classes and skill trees work in tandem with the Overdrive system, which gives Jinwoo and each hunter a potent move or ability. This is addition to Jinwoo’s Awakening system, allowing him to become the Monarch of Shadows with each upgrade.
Once more, you access content through the Hunter’s Association lobby, which is full of NPCs and different content to explore. Returning features from Solo Leveling: ARISE can be accessed from this lobby, such as co-op raids with up to four players, optional missions and encounters on the World Map, and mini-games. Taking all of this into account, Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is about as ideal as an offline revamp of a gacha game can get, since it doesn’t compromise the game’s content and retains key online features.
A Great Port that Fulfills its Expectations
This wasn’t a surprising result, but the PS5 version of Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is really good overall. While the frame rate stutters can be distracting when it occurs, the game manages to run well at 4K way more times than not. The same criticism from my original review applies with Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE still feeling like a mobile game instead of a fully fledged console title. Most notably, the simplistic level design and the game’s user interface. If you have played Solo Leveling: ARISE over the past few years, you likely won’t need to play Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE unless you’re inclined to leave the gacha cadence behind.
That being said, Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is still a really good game on PS5—just as good as the original PC release. It’s an immersive game with its single-player story and gameplay. Compared to the original mobile game, the quality of life and gameplay improvements go a long way to make Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE feel tailored to consoles, and I’m sure much of my praise and criticisms apply to the Xbox Series X|S version. If you’re a Solo Leveling fan, Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is a no brainer to pick up. Hopefully, a Nintendo Switch 2 version arrives one day to complete the set.
Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE is available now for $39.99 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Microsoft Store and Steam. A Deluxe Edition is available for $44.99 featuring a Sung Jinwoo-exclusive costume, a Cha Hae-In emoji Set, and additional items.
Disclaimer: Netmarble provided a PlayStation 5 copy of Solo Leveling: ARISE OVERDRIVE for review purposes.
