Indie 2021 for PlayStation 4 — top best games in the Indie genre

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Puzzle, Indie, Survival, Comedy, Space, Sandbox

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 April 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 71/100

Metacritic: 70/100

Breathedge is a science fiction adventure action game with a first-person view and survival elements. The game tells the story of an ordinary guy and...

Hades

Action, Isometric, Roguelike, Dungeons, Fantasy, Slasher, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 13 August 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 98/100

Metacritic: 93/100

Isometric action-roguelike from the creators of Bastion and Transistor. The main character is the god Zagreus (the son of the ancient Greek god...

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance

Arcade, DLC, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Action, Adventure, Role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 4 November 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 82/100

The Binding of Isaac: Repentance — an expansion to the top-down arcade action game Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. The expansion includes the fan-made...

Chernobylite

Horror, First-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Science fiction, Survival, Exploration, Open world, Crafting, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 September 2021

Players: 7.1/10

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 78/100

A first-person shooter with exploration elements and horror. While exploring locations, the player collects resources to build a base and craft...

Inspector Waffles

Adventure, Indie, Point & Click, Side view, Old school, Detective, Puzzle

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 October 2021

Steam: 95/100

A detective adventure with pixel art. The main character is Inspector Waffles, an experienced police cat from Cat Town, who is assigned to...

Secret Neighbor

Action, Adventure, Horror, First-person view, Indie, Free game, Cooperative (co-op), Online

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 April 2021

Players: 6.9/10

Steam: 85/100

Secret Neighbor is a free-to-play cooperative action-horror game with a first-person view set in the Hello Neighbor universe. The events of the...

Skul: The Hero Slayer

Side view, Action, Platformer, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 21 October 2021

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 92/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Skul: The Hero Slayer is a side-scrolling pixel platformer. People have attacked the demon fortress and are trying to destroy their leader. Most of...

Black Book

Role-playing game, Strategy, Adventure, Turn-based, Card game, Indie, Dungeons

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 August 2021

Players: 9.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Black Book is a mixture of an adventure game and a card RPG in the setting of Russian fairy tales. The game tells the story of a young peasant woman...

We Were Here Together

Arcade, Adventure, First-person view, Puzzle, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 February 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 90/100

A story about two companions trapped within the icy walls of an ancient citadel, where every room oozes mystery and the joker's laughter echoes...

Insomnis

Adventure, Indie, Horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 29 October 2021

Steam: 86/100

This first-person adventure horror game follows Joe Castevet, who inherits the abandoned manor of his grandfather, the English scientist Roman...

Highschool Romance

Visual novel, Anime / Manga, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 9 September 2021

Steam: 79/100

This romantic visual novel follows a high school boy who, because of a mix-up by his parents, is set to spend his final year at an all-girls school...

Car Demolition Clicker

Action, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 March 2021

Steam: 61/100

A casual action clicker about destroying vehicles across settings such as a nighttime alley, a construction site, and a gas station. The player...

Sable's Grimoire

Casual game, Indie, Simulation

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 10 June 2021

Steam: 95/100

This visual novel follows Sable, an aspiring magic researcher who enrolls at Amadronia Magic Academy in pursuit of a career as a renowned scholar...

art of rally

Arcade, Simulation, Racing, Isometric, Sports game, Indie, Top-down view

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 October 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 77/100

Exciting rally arcade from the creators of Absolute Drift, where players can participate in the "Golden Era" rally. The game features a career mode...

Touhou Genso Wanderer -Lotus Labyrinth R-

Role-playing game, Adventure, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 30 September 2021

Steam: 78/100

A dungeon-crawling RPG based on Touhou, where a party of characters explores the Lotus Labyrinth. Rather than venturing alone or with a single...

Pukan Bye Bye

Indie, Casual game, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 November 2021

Steam: 66/100

Pukan Bye Bye is a casual adventure built around levels filled with traps and obstacles made of green pixels. It tests the player's reflexes and...

Drizzlepath: Deja Vu

Adventure, Casual game, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 24 November 2021

Steam: 77/100

This adventure walking simulator follows a man climbing a mountain to discover the truth of his existence. Along the way, he reflects on life and...

ScourgeBringer

Action, Indie, Adventure, Platformer, Side view, Roguelike

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 April 2021

Players: 9.7/10

Steam: 88/100

Metacritic: 77/100

ScourgeBringer is a dynamic action-platformer with a side view and roguelike elements from the creators of NeuroVoider. The events of the game...

Q-YO Blaster

Action, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 September 2021

Steam: 93/100

A horizontal shoot ’em up about confronting a threat in a miniature world filled with unusual characters and strange enemies. Players progress...

Praey for the Gods

Action, Adventure, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Exploration

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 December 2021

Players: 8.8/10

Steam: 80/100

Praey for the Gods is an action-adventure game with a third-person view. The main character will have to survive on a snowy island full of dangers...

Murder Mystery Machine

Indie, Adventure, Strategy

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 August 2021

Steam: 53/100

A modern noir detective adventure follows the investigation of a prominent politician’s murder by members of the District Crime Agency. Rookie...

Shadows of Kurgansk

Action, Shooter, Horror, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Survival, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 23 September 2021

Players: 7.7/10

Steam: 66/100

Shadows of Kurgansk is an action shooter with a first-person view and horror elements in a post-apocalyptic world. You have to survive in a Zone...

Psychonauts 2

Arcade, Action, Platformer, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Comedy, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 25 August 2021

Players: 8.9/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Psychonauts 2 is a fantastic sequel to the third-person action platformer that takes players back to the world of psychonauts. The dream of the...

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights

Action, Side view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Post-apocalyptic, Role-playing game, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 22 June 2021

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 94/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights is a side-scrolling action-adventure platformer set in a dark fantasy setting. The setting is the fallen kingdom...

Cyber Shadow

Action, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Indie, Side view, Anime / Manga, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 26 January 2021

Steam: 83/100

Metacritic: 80/100

Cyber Shadow is a dynamic side-scrolling action platformer set in a sci-fi setting. The world has been taken over by synthetic life forms. A...

Chorus

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Science fiction, Flight Simulator, Indie, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 7 December 2021

Players: 8.6/10

Steam: 81/100

Metacritic: 76/100

Chorus is an adventure space shooter with a third-person view in a sci-fi setting. The main character is a girl named Nara, who was previously a...

Rise Eterna

Japanese role-playing game, Strategy, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 August 2021

Steam: 40/100

A tactical role-playing game set in a fantasy world and inspired by 16-bit-era Japanese strategy games. The story follows Lua and Natheal, two lost...

Nexomon

Role-playing game, Adventure, Simulation, Turn-based, Indie, Casual game, Exploration, Japanese role-playing game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 17 September 2021

Steam: 88/100

An adventure RPG about collecting and raising unusual creatures that inhabit a vibrant fantasy world. The game features over 300 unique Nexomon to...

Prison Architect - Going Green

DLC, Simulation, Business / Management, Strategy, Top-down view, In real time, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 January 2021

Steam: 58/100

Prison Architect — Going Green — an expansion for the real-time management strategy game with a top-down view. The expansion brings farming, product...

Streets Of Rage 4 - Mr. X Nightmare

Arcade, Side view, DLC, Fighting, Action, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 15 July 2021

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 88/100

Streets Of Rage 4 — Mr. X Nightmare — an expansion for the old-school side-scrolling beat 'em up Streets of Rage 4. After the events of the...

Mighty Goose

Action, Shooter, Indie, Side view, Arcade, Platformer, Futurism (Future), Online, Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 5 June 2021

Steam: 86/100

Metacritic: 73/100

Mighty Goose is an old-school arcade action game. In this 2D shooter, you take on the role of a bounty hunter named Goose. And it's actually a goose...

The Forgotten City

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Exploration, Indie

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 July 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

The Forgotten City — a first-person adventure action game from the creators of the eponymous mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. The game's events...

Tangle Tower

Adventure, Puzzle, Indie, Detective, Point & Click

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 6 October 2021

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 95/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Tangle Tower is a detective point and click adventure where you have to solve the exciting murder mystery of Freya Fellow. You'll explore a strange...

Bloodshore

Indie, Adventure, Action, Interactive movie, Point & Click, Visual novel

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 3 November 2021

Players: 7.9/10

Steam: 68/100

Bloodshore is an interactive adventure movie in the point and click genre with action and indie elements. This game is about a televised battle...

Karma - Incarnation 1

Arcade, Adventure, Puzzle, Side view, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 May 2021

Players: 9.1/10

Steam: 82/100

Karma — Incarnation 1 is a fun side-scrolling adventure. You have to get used to the role of a worm named Pip, who, according to the plan, was...

Crash Drive 3

Arcade, Racing, Online, Third-person view, Indie, Open world

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 8 July 2021

Steam: 93/100

Metacritic: 68/100

Crash Drive 3 is an indie arcade racing game with a third-person view and online elements. You will experience incredible fun in this game. You will...

Outer Wilds - Echoes of the Eye

Action, Adventure, First-person view, Indie, DLC, Futurism (Future), Horror

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 28 September 2021

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 82/100

A massive addition to the exploration adventure Outer Wilds, which adds a new, hidden secret to the already familiar solar system. The story centers...

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story

Role-playing game, Fantasy / Medieval, Turn-based, Indie, Isometric, Adventure

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 16 December 2021

Players: 7.4/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is a role-playing adventure set in the League of Legends universe with a turn-based combat system from the...

Aeon Must Die!

Action, Indie, Side view, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Role-playing game, Adventure, Beat them all, Metroidvania

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 14 October 2021

Players: 10/10

Steam: 50/100

Aeon Must Die! is an indie side-scrolling action game in a futuristic style with tactical and side-scrolling RPG elements. Eon, the fearsome Emperor...

Train Station Renovation

Arcade, Simulation, Action, Business / Management, First-person view, Trains, Indie, Casual game

Game released: PlayStation 4 → 2 June 2021

Players: 8/10

Steam: 83/100

Train Station Renovation is a first-person management simulator where you take on the role of the self-proclaimed guardian of historic train...

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Best Games in the Indie genre of 2021 for PlayStation 4 (Game released)