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There are few games you will ever play that will whisk you away to such an ornately rendered realm of emotional resonance as Arise: A Simple Story. Cat Quest is quite the anomaly.

With some of the most satisfying combat and platforming beats seen in a game to date, coupled with some eye-popping pixel art graphics and ultra clever roguelike elements that keep you coming back time and again, Dead Cells is one of the most essential games for your PS4 that you can buy right now. There are fewer titles on the market that have more atmosphere than Dear Esther does right now.

Set in the Outer Hebrides, Dear Esther casts player as an observer who must explore a seemingly abandoned island, discovering clues and reliving memories in order to piece together what happened to the folks that used to be there before.

Death Road to Canada is insane in the absolute best way a videogame can be. A Canadian bound roadtrip set during a zombie apocalypse, Death Road to Canada has players mashing the shambling dead, scavenging supplies, meeting fellow survivors along the way and generally trying to do their utmost to survive.

Where Death Road to Canada really excels though, is that its permadeath roguelike leanings mean that every playthrough is almost entirely different to the last. In one playthrough for example, you could find yourself befriending a dog and assuming you have someone in your group who can talk to animals, that dog can then start contributing to the group by killing zombies, collecting gear or even driving your vehicle.

Indeed, take that scenario to its natural end and its quite possible that you could end up with four, super-intelligent dogs driving a car with no human survivors remaining. Absurdly funny, great to play and stuffed full of value, Death Road to Canada is easily one of the most entertaining games of the year and a must for fans of zombie movies and well-constructed survival horror efforts. An extremely inventive take on the tried and tested vertical shooter that turns the concept almost literally on its head, Downwell has you tumbling down a well in pursuit of treasure and, naturally, the destruction of various horrible beasties along the way.

Due to some slick level design, gameplay is challenging and satisfying as you take your magic crossbow and use melee or range attacks to take down enemies. Upgrades, bonus levels, satisfying boss fights, and loot deliver much more than your standard platformer. Frostpunk is essential stuff.

With their tight platforming, character progression and focus on opening up new areas, games from this genre have kept gamers from all over the globe enraptured since the days of Castlevania and Metroid in the s hence the name. The definitive version of one of the best Metroidvania efforts in years, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is a yarn quite unlike any other as players control a lowly farmer who gains powers when he puts on different Lucha masks, and must use these powers in turn to foil the ambitions of the nefarious Carlos Calaca, who aims to merge the worlds of the living and the dead into one.

Bursting with great level design, hilarious humor and eye-openingly colorful visuals, Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition is hotter than a ghost naga Burrito covered in an extra hot sauce. A third-person action adventure that casts players as the titular Senua, a Pict tribal warrior who must confront a variety of supernatural creatures in order to rescue the soul of her lover, Hellblade combines hack and slash, puzzle solving and horror elements to create a wholly unique experience.

To do proper justice to a mental condition that has claimed sufferers the world over, Team Ninja collaborated with numerous mental health experts, neuroscientists and most crucially, individuals who actually suffer from the condition themselves.

A top down procedurally generated blaster, Helldivers has one to four players travelling across the galaxy to rid the universe of three different races of bugs, machines and, well, something else. Much more than a straightforward shooter, Helldivers has a real tactical component to it whereupon players can call down automated turrets, supplies, mech suits and more to aid in their struggle against the alien menace.

Where Helldivers really succeeds however, is in how it leverages its co-operative multiplayer beats. Kingdom Two Crowns is a strategy game that is quite unlike any other. For start it adopts a side-scrolling perspective that very few other strategy games seem to adopt, but more than that, its uniqueness stems from how little it tells the player; instead preferring to foster a sense of wonder and discover in place of traditionally prescribed hand-holding.

As monarch your goal is simple — you must build, fortify and expand your empire in all directions — conquering one island after another as you learn new technologies and gain insights into ancient races and forgotten peoples.

The problem however, is that a race of evil nocturnal creatures called the Greed are out to steal your crown and with it the claim to your Kingdom. Stuffed full of unexpected, emergent discovery, surprising tactical depth and a wholly enjoyable co-op mode, Kingdom Two Crowns is an easy recommendation for strategy generals and rookies alike.

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is nothing less than a bespoke love letter to the retro platforming adventures of yore. A beautiful Metroidvania that has character and charm for days, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom also impresses on the robust merits of its platforming adventure elements too.

As a warrior that can take the form of other monsters and animals — each of which providing their own abilities in turn, Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is never anything less than a refreshingly challenge, gorgeous to look at effort that easily stakes a claim as one of the best platform games you can buy on PS4.

Simply sublime stuff. It seemed a little doubtful, even outright unlikely, that Finnish indie powerhouse studio Housemarque could outdo Resogun , arguably one its greatest works on PS4. An eye-searingly furious top-down, twin-stick shooter, Nex Machina stands in a class all its own as players must blast through waves of neon-tinged enemies on hundreds of different levels, all the while attempting to save as many humans as possible and collecting a variety of different weapons along the way en route to the highest score they can possibly achieve.

Indeed, extended Overcooked sessions tend to turn Mild-mannered friends into whip-cracking kitchen dictators while meek acquaintances undergo an horrific transformation into a Gordon Ramsey style creature right before your very eyes. Crucially, one of the things that Overcooked gets so perfectly right is how, in co-op, it gives everyone a role and makes them feel important.

Where the madness comes in is how you must not only do all of this against an ever ticking timer, but also against the environment itself as you and your team of chefs furiously aim to serve up a range of dishes in kitchens separated by two moving vehicles, earthquakes, on slippery glaciers and many more perilous locations besides.

Tense, fun and rewarding, Overcooked is one of the best local co-op games money can buy; just make sure everyone has a nice chilled out beer or ten afterward. The games industry is a bit unique in that high-level executives are often consumer-facing personalities, creating an interesting scene around figures like Masahiro Sakurai and Shigeru Miyamoto.

PlayStation's Shuhei Yoshida is one such figure with a fan following, largely thanks to his appearances in PlayStation videos and his presence at industry events like E3. Over on the PlayStation Blog, Yoshida shared a list of his favorite indie games from In total, Yoshida has 12 distinct items listed, the apparent goal being one for each month.

While many of them are defining indie games for the year, or the past few years, in some cases, there are still a few surprises on the list. It's an impressive, and broad, list of games, one that has something for just about every type of gamer out there. This game is brimming with action combat, tough puzzles, and thoughtful chiptune music to really spark those nostalgic vibes.

While not a long game, the content on display is polished and fun. Okay, Little Dragon's Cafe might blur the line between indie and AA, however, what has been created here is filled with love, passion, and creativity. You play as a brother and sister who just so happen to be twins. They, along with their mother, must take care of the titular cafe.

The most striking thing about this game is the lush and vibrant art style, jumping off the screen like an animated movie or colorful book. You are tasked with exploring the island, finding ingredients, crafting new menu items, and serving customers. It's utterly charming and will easily put a big smile on your face. Mana Spark is a little gem of a game, one that not enough roguelike fans are talking about.

This action RPG features the roguelike mechanic where you dive into a run and strive to make it as far as you can before dying, along the way collecting upgrades, weapons, and the like. Mana Spark offers a unique take on the action RPG roguelike experience in that you upgrade and develop your very own camp settlement just outside the dungeons. This mechanic means you are seeking out new settlers to bring back to your camp in order to flesh it out.

New Super Lucky's Tale is a downright adorable 3d platforming starring Lucky, a cute and fluffy fox. You might be wondering what the "new" moniker is in New Super Lucky's Tale. Well, this platforming adventure was originally released as an Xbox console exclusive where it had good success. The game eventually made its way to other platforms in the form of New Super Lucky's Tale which added a fully controllable camera, all DLC, and some graphical improvements.

If you consider yourself a fan of r unning around, jumping, burrowing, and collecting a bounty of items , then definitely put some time into this game. Rising Hell is a challenging and incredibly rewarding vertical scrolling roguelike game set in the recesses of hell. From the first moment you step foot onto the fiery surface of this underworld, you are hit with a pumping metal soundtrack and highly polished action combat.