We’re only halfway through 2024, and we’re already having a banner year for indie games. These games from small teams offer great moments of fun, offering new and unique approaches to gameplay, graphics and narratives. This year’s crop of indie games offers a wide variety of experiences, whether it’s a throwback to the past, or more experimental concepts. Whether you want to immerse yourself in your big screen, or play a few hands of poker on your PlayStation Portal before bed, you’ll find what you need here.
As you awaken in the depths of a ship floating in space, an incredible neon landscape appears before you, filled with strange life forms and mysteries to discover. What happened here, and what turned this ship into a cosmic horror? Face vicious enemies with an arsenal of powerful weapons, then take care of strange seeds you discover on your journey to see secrets blossom. Prepare yourself, and explore everything you can until the time loop swallows up everything and forces you to start all over again. Will you be able to escape this cycle of creation and destruction?
Editor: Kepler Interactive | Developer: Hadoque |PS5, PS4
A fun 3D platform game for all ages, Penny’s Big Breakaway sees its heroine get up to lots of mischief in a bright and colorful world. Young actress Penny thinks she’s found a path to fame thanks to a special string that brings her yo-yo to life, but when her new sentient accessory plays a trick on Emperor Eddie, her freedom only holds. ‘by a thread. Use Penny’s yo-yo to attack and race through levels that will test your skills in this charming, speedrunning-focused platformer.
Editor : Private Division | Developer : Evening Star | PS5
You can believe anyone who lives there, the Pacific Northwest is a very strange place. The weather there is constantly changing, the ground is strange, and there are so many trees! As beautiful as the flora and fauna there are, it’s very easy to feel isolated there, so how are you going to survive when you’re alone with your trusty car, plus a few other humans hiding in an abandoned garage, versus a strange phenomenon transforming any animal over hundreds of kilometers into a hell ready to take your life? Each journey is unique, exciting, terrifying, and perhaps the one that will finally allow you to escape.
Editor : Kepler Interactive | Developer : Ironwood Studios | PS5
The aesthetic of stop-motion animation combined with gameplay driven by Harold Halibut’s narration. Taking place in an alternate history where an expedition to colonize space was launched in the 1970s, nothing went as planned and the ship is now stuck at the bottom of a sea on a hostile planet. As Harold, a most mundane handyman, you meet and befriend the many personalities aboard the ship as you carry out your tasks, learning more about everyone’s ideas for escape to this problem for decades. What day will Harold play when it’s time for action?
Editor : Slow Bros. | Developer : Slow Bros. | PS5, PS4
So you think you’re the king of cards? You may think you have an unbeatable poker face, but we all know that the house always wins. The first (and only) roguelike poker game will have you building your decks with Jokers, Tickets, Tarot cards, or Planet cards. Play your cards well, accumulate points, beat the Blinds (or skip them), and face bosses who also have more than one ace up their sleeves — to unlock new cards and further increase your strategic possibilities.
Editor : PlayStack Limited | Developer : LocalThunk | PS5, PS4
Travel through a sublime world inspired by African art, music and tribal culture. Abubakar Salim, the voice behind Bayek in Assassin’s Creed Origins, brings us a story about grief and introspection inspired by his experiences. In the shoes of the young shaman Zau, you will have to face arduous challenges, to offer up to three beast souls to the God of Death to resurrect your father. Move from the Mask of the Sun to the Mask of the Moon, offering different skills, as you accumulate the power you will need to accomplish your goal.
Editor : Electronic Arts | Developer : Surgent Studios | PS5
Do you like the gameplay and exploration of games like Demon’s Souls and Elden Ring, but aren’t a fan of dark fantasy? Another Crab’s Treasure is an underwater adventure with a colorful, cartoon aesthetic, including all the challenges that test your gaming skills that you love so much. You take control of the hermit crab Kril, whose aquatic paradise is ravaged by pollution. Use the scraps you find as weapons and armor, and take on the maritime villains of Amity Bay. Find the legendary treasure, and collect your shell!
Editor : Aggro Crab | Developer : Aggro Crab | PS5
The first game from new publisher Bigmode takes players on a dark and wild adventure. There is very little light in the labyrinth, but there are many creatures there, most of which are not very docile, if not hostile. You control a strange little thing, and you are here to delve into the mysteries of the maze, with the assumption that you will survive. Sumptuous atmospheric pixel art mixed with exploration, and an atmosphere both beautiful and terrifying create a game filled with secrets, discoveries and replayability.
Editor : Bigmode | Developer : Billy Basso| PS5
Edward Crow’s famous amusement park, Crow Country, closed several years ago and its creator disappeared. However, something remained in this wonderful abandoned place. Return to the 90s with this survival horror adventure inspired by 90s PlayStation classics. As Special Agent Mara Forest, you travel through the abandoned park to discover why it suddenly closed, enjoying its creepy atmosphere filled with of puzzles, environmental clues, dangerous encounters and terrifying surprises.
Editor : SFB Games | Developer : SFB Games | PS5, PS4
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