Those Crash and Spyro remakes, Transformers Devastation, Donut County, Rayman Legends, Strider, Sonic Mania, Shovel Knight and One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 are all good to great games that I think are fairly appropriate for his age. The old Ratchet games unfortunately aren't on PS4, but the old Jak games are, and Jak 1 should be both pretty cheap and pretty good as far as 3d platformers go.
Maybe throw some Brawlhalla, Dragonball FighterZ, Street Fighter 4 or 5 or Tekken 7 at him if he might like those kinda fighting games and especially if he has someone to play them with, just make sure he doesn't start bothering other kids outside of the games with his newfound fightin moves lol. Crash Team Racing also looks like a real good game to have for a kid as long as there's someone to play with. "Sibling games", you know. Overwatch or Fortnite are also completely fine shooters for a kid, though maybe keep an eye on the voice chat. Minecraft is on PS4 too.
Keep Phoenix Wright, Tales of Vesperia or Okami in mind if he starts liking to read, 'cause they might be a bit boring for a kid otherwise. But if he is that reading sort, maybe 7 is a bit early for those games (Every Phoenix Wright case being a murder case, the protagonist in Vesperia bloodlessly shanking some bad guys that the Law can't get to in Vesperia), but definitely not by much. They're largely wholesome, positive and colorful games.
Shadow of the colossus is awesome and basically family friendly as far as content goes, but the clunky controls and the minimalistic mood might not gel that well with every kid. Monster Hunter World on the other hand might be overwhelmingly complex, but I think every kid could get into hunting big dinosaurs with big swords. It's not inappropriate for his age group, it just depends on him. Monster Hunter isn't for everyone, you know.
Marvel's Spider-Man is also fun and largely kid-friendly, no swearing or blood or anything of that sort, but there is some death and violence in it that could be scary for a young child. The bad guy can mind control people, and he uses it at various points to make people bomb a public gathering or shoot themselves. It's not graphically portrayed, and usually uses laser guns or magic energy explosions, but it might be a bit much for a seven-year old. If you're okay with him watching the Spider-Man movies, then the game should probably be okay for him too. Just help him through those sneaky sections where you play as Mary Jane.
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