Top 10 PS4 Indie Titles

Whilst you'll already find an incredible number of blockbuster titles, it's fair to say that the PS4 also has an amazing choice of indie games. In fact, you get the best of both worlds. You can’t beat that, right? Indie takes you on a more personal route, often providing a retro feel. However, the imagination and efforts that go into some of these titles are simply incredible, and are packed full of entertainment. What’s more, you can generally pick them up for very little. Let's explore 10 of the best indie games currently available on PS4…

Titan Souls

A short indie roguelike where you are given a single arrow and the goal to take down several powerful beings known as Titans.  The combat is intense and being hit once sends you back to the beginning, meaning a short walk back to the boss again.  Which can act as a moment for you to break, or a spit in the face that you lost…again.  Every second counts in Titan Souls and one wrong move will send you to your grave, or the enemies to theirs.  Fight fast, fight smart, don’t die.

Hotline Miami 2

Hotline Miami 2 is all about killing your enemies before they kill you, and doing so violently.  Enjoy the carnage, check out the neon lights, and get lost in the soundtrack as you take down foe after foe.  Use a number of weapons at your disposal, from guns, to skateboards, to toothbrush shanks.  Paint the floors in blood.

Volume

From the creator of Thomas Was Alone, Mike Bithell, Volume is a stealth game inspired by the classic Metal Gear Solid that attempts to bring new life into the stealth genre.  With well designed levels and mechanics the story will have you on edge as you try to find a way to take down an evil corporation.  Released with a level creator for players to use, curated levels will be added to the game weekly, ensuring that your playtime with the game is near infinite as long as you keep coming back.

Super Time Force Ultra

Super Time Force Ultra is an action packed adventure with lots of explosions and time travel, as well as the unique concept of cooperative single player gameplay.  Now on the PS4 with a total of nineteen characters, including new ones like a dolphin with a machinegun or Sony Worldwide Studio President Shuhei Yoshida, you can take down foes from robots to dinosaurs with a small team of past yous that is essentially just you playing with yourself…

Everybody's Gone to the Rapture

From the developers over at The Chinese Room comes Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, a game where all human life seems to have gone away and it’s up to you to explore a small town and find out what exactly happened and where everyone has gone.  It’s 1980’s English setting is beautifully crafted both in visuals and sound design.  The gameplay is simple, walk here, find that, but there is no hand holding.  It’s up to you to solve the mystery of this sudden apocalypse and you will have to truly engross yourself into the world the game takes place in in order to get the most out of your experience.

Broforce

Fire, explosions, blood, and bullets.  Lots of bullets.  Broforce is a game about destroying anything and everything, and having a ton of adrenaline fueled fun while doing it.  If you’re looking for an engaging story that makes you see things differently you won’t find it here, but if you’re just looking to have some fun blowing up bad guys while trying not to blow up yourself or your friends…well Broforce was made just for you.

Don’t Starve

Don’t Starve is a 2D survival game with a focus on the abnormal.  Where keeping yourself sane and safe from ghost is just as important as fighting off cold and hunger.  Explore the unnatural while battling the dangers of nature as you try to see just how long you can make it.  Gather pinecones, jump through wormholes, grow a beard, you’re free to do what you want in this game.  Just remember, Don’t Starve.

Shovel Knight

Shovel Knight, by Yacht Club Games, is a modern take on the classic action adventure games that gamers grew up with during the birth of home console gaming.  You play as Shovel Knight, who must fight and dig his way through countless battles on his adventure to save his lost love.  Uphold the code of Shovelry!

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter

The Vanishing of Ethan Carter is a beautiful game in which you play a detective with supernatural abilities that allow him to speak with the dead and see events of the past in order to solve the mystery of Ethan Carter’s disappearance and the murders that surround it.  The team behind The Vanishing of Ethan Carter, The Astronauts, sought to take the adventure genre and push it in a different direction.  With a focus on atmosphere, mood, and the humanity of characters, The Astronauts have provided an experience that isn’t so much as laid out in front of you, but instead left for you to discover.

Transistor

Transistor follows the story of a young singer who has lost her voice after a tragic accident.  Pursuing those who sought to harm you and endanger the city around you, you discover what powers lay in this new weapon you have and through it, discover a friendship you never knew you had.  The game features a mix of real time and tactical combat that allows you to mix and match any of your abilities as either primary or subsidiary.  Allowing you to create a long list of possibilities for how you take on your enemies.