Mark of the Ninja is SO GOOD, I don't know how it's not more popular. It's the best pure Ninja game ever IMO. I played through twice, killing most enemies the first playthrough, then without killing or getting spotted a single time except for the forced story moments. That was even more fun than the one with killing! I love that you can play it as a sneaking master or a murder-machine. Towerfall is among the best multi-player vs games ever made, maybe even the best. Endless fun and laughs with friends. Enter the Gungeon is one of the top 10 greatest games ever made, period. I will die on this hill (300hrs and counting). Transistor is a masterpiece as well - even though I burned out on Hades pretty quick for a roguelite I still think it's SG's best game, but Transistor is a *really* close second (everybody play Pyre too!). Both Guacamelee games are great and I really really want more games with Mexican themes and mythology. Dead Cells IS the GOAT, my favorite game of all time - it's combat system is second to none. 600 hours and counting, just a game that keeps you engaged from start to finish and will have you craving that "one more run" feeling the best roguelites give. Celeste is a magic and special experience that everyone should play. The final chapter of the main story is one of the greatest pieces of level design I've ever seen and I love the soundtrack so much I bought it on vinyl.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts again. Stealth games are a hard sell imo since it has to make waiting "fun", so kind of a niche genre. Very curious as to what Drinkbox is up to these days.
i need to check out celeste, but i'm confident it will never surpass hollow knight as the best indie game ever for me. hollow knight is such a huge, beautiful, amazing game that is better than the majority of aaa games imo. silk song is the only game i suspect may be able to surpass it, and even that's a bit of a longshot.
... thank you for this video. I am always looking for 'top PS4 indies' and it is nice to have such a current and complete list. I am currently playing iconoclasts and dig it quite a bit.
Nice list. I would add the heartrending *GRIS* to the list (14 million copies sold) & the inimitable "EVERYTHING" where you can control everything & be cradled by the beloved Alan Watts.
And now, it seems like they're hitting the big one with Hades. Everyone and their mom plays and loves it. Promises great things for both their back catalog and future projects.
Clemmy is actually the one who convinced me to try Pyre after skipping it because it was so different from Bastion and Transistor, and oh man he was right, it's such a wonderful and unique game. Anybody who likes Supergiant but overlooked Pyre should go play it ASAP!
This is a great list. One that didn't make the cut I'd like to make a shout out to is CrossCode. Gorgeous pixel art, charming and well-written characters, tight combat and unique puzzles. Well worth a look.
@@ClemmyGames Totally fair! I got it on early access on Steam as well. Then I bought the PS4 Collector's Edition...then I bought the PS4 digital version due to the long manufacturing time for the physical version. Here's hoping for a sequel some day.
@@soulreaver22 Yeah, I'm curious as to what's next from them. VERY impressive with Crosscode and I do hope they make more 16-bit action adventure RPGs!
Thank you for this! Been following your channel and even though I appreciate indies on my PC my go to platform is still my PS4! Great list.. how about 3DS or Vita indies? Just a suggestion :)
A lot of these games are on sale right now in the psn store. Check out the indie game sale. Great video btw. I agree with most of these. Although I recently tried to dive into helldivers and at first I was loving it until a stranger joined my game and wiped me and the 2 other players right as we were waiting for extraction and failed the whole mission. They quickly exited the game to avoid being reported. With the friendly fire on it makes it all to easy for toxic people to ruin game sessions.
I had the platinum on Apotheon, Bastion, Cuphead, Dead Cells, Guacamelee! 1 and 2, The Messenger and Sundered. I loved those indie games a lot and I can't wait for Curse of the Dead Gods, Hades, Sea of Stars and The Last Faith. :)
This is great！nice selection of games :) Some that I played and loved are : Axiom Verge Guacamelee Fall Guys Hyper light drifter Nuclear throne Enter the gungeon Stardew valley I would like to add Hotline Miami and katana zero (Devolver games are so good (^-^))
About shmup old school,like R type,Deathsmiles...do you know some? Also,like King of dragons,castle of illusion....stuff like that? I dont like modern stuff,I prefer the classic feeling and short session.
@@ClemmyGames I just bought..James town,Q yo blister...with Kof 98.02 um,trine,Guilty gear X isuka,princes madelyn,Deathsmiles I already had. Great stuff,for the rest,I have few real pcb jamma and mame,emuelec.. I tried to feeling again when I played to Atomic robo kid,willow,king of dragon,hucha mecha fighter,r type,cotton 2..stuff like that. Troubles witches,sine mora,the r type reboot and deathsmiles were my last ’coups de coeur’ falling in love..since..Trouble witches was close but too much bullet hell. Thanks
I have a Question about the Indie games. Why are you People love these games more than Triple A games? And maybe you can Recommend me some of Great indie games? Thx a lot
Less exploitative games (generally), and they usually make games in genres that AAA companies do not want to touch (platformers, tactics and metroidvanias for example). Also helps that they are generally cheaper and give you a bit of a nostalgia kick! th-cam.com/video/rCPsdkY6BVA/w-d-xo.html
Because of how unique they are. Indies let developers be more creative in gameplay, aesthetics, artwork, music, story. You can have a completely arcade and challenging experience, like Geometry Wars 3, Risk of Rain 2 or Valfaris or a wonderful story supported by beautiful artwork like 11-11, Transistor or Oxenfree
Any channels that have long indy game videos that actually have dialogue?? Good dialogue, I need a channel that I can listen talk about jrpgs in the shower not a channel that list one and just shows random gameplay clips of the game with no explanations or dialogue even a little
Just get Celeste yesterday. Its on sale on psn for only 8 euros. I am not experienced platformer, but hearing alot of great stuff about this title, so its a must have and play game. And now as number one on this list, even before hollow knight, ...
@@buanenochorvo You could always try the original freeware Spelunky! That's in pixel art :P A number of mechanics are the same there so worth dipping your toe in!
I found out about guacamelee on ps4 a long time ago for free from ps plus. Finished it and almost got platinum. Years later i finished part 2 on pc :D. The game i will always claim to have transformed my love for indies is rogue legacy. And YES that 1 i did platinum 😁😁😁
@@ClemmyGames sure, Hotline Miami came before PS4 release, but it's available on PS4 and we're talking about indie games on PS4. I could mentioned Hotline Miami 2 to fit as your statement, though I don't think it's better then the OG, it's still better than some mentioned on this list. It's OK if you don't think it doesn't belong to the top 25, guess everyone here will say "hey, you forgot about this one" 😆 Im happy to see Yoku's Island Express but "sad" to don't see anything about Songbird Symphony.
I can't for the life of me find Stardew Valley in the PS store. Is it just me? Not that I plan to play it, but the other day I was curious about its price. It just wasn't there.
Except for No man's sky, all of these look like mobile games. Can anyone recommend something like Divinity 2? It's an indie game that's rich in story and dialogue (not necessarily tactical turnbased)
ive played around half of these but damn...Hollow Knight is just...it hits different. When i saw it come up the rest of the games instantly looked like shit. 😂
Those games like Mark of the ninja you dont have on Disk for ps4 just Digital that's very bad !!!!!!!! I never buy Digital games never just on Disk because i'm a collector
For the love of god stop those pixel games, if I wanted to play that I start up my supernintendo ... fr number 1 game on this list is a pixel game foh..
they are indie games... And most pixel games are good just give them a try.They are way past SuperNintendo technology bruh. You sound like a fortnite kid "iF iT doEsnT hAvE goOd gRapHicS iT iSnT gOoD"
@@ClemmyGames well i kinda agree on the graphic style, i like these type of games but wish more did modern look. Imagine how nice these games could look with fancier graphics. I still appreciate art styles like blasphemous or gloomy, atmospheric etc but just preferred if was smooth fancier graphics.
Top 5 imo
1. Shovel Knight
2. Undertale
3. Enter the gungeon
4. Hollow Knight
5. Little Nightmares or Celeste cant decide
great games!
Mark of the Ninja is SO GOOD, I don't know how it's not more popular. It's the best pure Ninja game ever IMO. I played through twice, killing most enemies the first playthrough, then without killing or getting spotted a single time except for the forced story moments. That was even more fun than the one with killing! I love that you can play it as a sneaking master or a murder-machine.
Towerfall is among the best multi-player vs games ever made, maybe even the best. Endless fun and laughs with friends.
Enter the Gungeon is one of the top 10 greatest games ever made, period. I will die on this hill (300hrs and counting).
Transistor is a masterpiece as well - even though I burned out on Hades pretty quick for a roguelite I still think it's SG's best game, but Transistor is a *really* close second (everybody play Pyre too!).
Both Guacamelee games are great and I really really want more games with Mexican themes and mythology.
Dead Cells IS the GOAT, my favorite game of all time - it's combat system is second to none. 600 hours and counting, just a game that keeps you engaged from start to finish and will have you craving that "one more run" feeling the best roguelites give.
Celeste is a magic and special experience that everyone should play. The final chapter of the main story is one of the greatest pieces of level design I've ever seen and I love the soundtrack so much I bought it on vinyl.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts again. Stealth games are a hard sell imo since it has to make waiting "fun", so kind of a niche genre.
Very curious as to what Drinkbox is up to these days.
Where i can buy i need in Disk Edition not Digital because i'm collector 👍
what a master, maybe i will try the same, I played it once with killing every one think xD
i need to check out celeste, but i'm confident it will never surpass hollow knight as the best indie game ever for me. hollow knight is such a huge, beautiful, amazing game that is better than the majority of aaa games imo. silk song is the only game i suspect may be able to surpass it, and even that's a bit of a longshot.
salt and sanctuary is just perfect
It's fantastic!
I'm a fan.
Part 2 is goona be dope
Agree
... thank you for this video. I am always looking for 'top PS4 indies' and it is nice to have such a current and complete list. I am currently playing iconoclasts and dig it quite a bit.
Excellent! Most of them are multiplatform so I would recommend this video! th-cam.com/video/rCPsdkY6BVA/w-d-xo.html
transistor is by far one of the best examples of video games as art that ive ever played
All games are art ;)
Thx for the high quality video. i'm late to the ps 4, I'll be getting 2 or 3 of these this week for like $3.75 each game. Love these 75% of sales!
Excellent! Glad it was helpful
Salt and sanctuary, children or morta were my favs
Nice list. I would add the heartrending *GRIS* to the list (14 million copies sold) & the inimitable "EVERYTHING" where you can control everything & be cradled by the beloved Alan Watts.
Furi also offers an amazing soundtrack
Indeed
Gotta love Carpenter Brut
I always get excited when you feature Hyper Light Drifter!
Too many good picks here. I was surprised Hollow Knight wasn't number 1.
HK is awesome but I just don't associate it as much with the PS4
The only thing missing in Hollow Knight is a football minigame.
@@AvanToor wtf?
@@ufukgundogar3518 There's a football minigame in Hyper Light Drifter. Kinda like the Marmu fight, now that I think about it...
Such a great list full of great games.
Ps4 time is slowly ending and I hope ps5 will have same greatness in indies.
Fingers crossed
If you like indie games very much you should buy a Switch they have a great library of indie games
@@yeet6806 I`m on playstation and steam. There is more than enough games for me.
And Nintendo games are not for me. So, I`m good.
Transistor is one of the gratest romantic stories. Every game of this studio is little masterpiece
I'm so glad to have been playing their games since bastion and watching they grow even more
Love love love Supergiant!
And now, it seems like they're hitting the big one with Hades. Everyone and their mom plays and loves it. Promises great things for both their back catalog and future projects.
Clemmy is actually the one who convinced me to try Pyre after skipping it because it was so different from Bastion and Transistor, and oh man he was right, it's such a wonderful and unique game. Anybody who likes Supergiant but overlooked Pyre should go play it ASAP!
For a look inside Supergiant, check out the Noclip documentaries!
This is a great list. One that didn't make the cut I'd like to make a shout out to is CrossCode. Gorgeous pixel art, charming and well-written characters, tight combat and unique puzzles. Well worth a look.
Everyone should own crosscode
Crosscode's fantastic! I just don't associate it was PS4 since it was in early access for a LONG time on Steam :P
@@ClemmyGames Totally fair! I got it on early access on Steam as well. Then I bought the PS4 Collector's Edition...then I bought the PS4 digital version due to the long manufacturing time for the physical version. Here's hoping for a sequel some day.
@@soulreaver22 Yeah, I'm curious as to what's next from them. VERY impressive with Crosscode and I do hope they make more 16-bit action adventure RPGs!
Little nightmare too .
Love Salt and Sanctuary.
Great video!
Thanks!
Thank you for this! Been following your channel and even though I appreciate indies on my PC my go to platform is still my PS4! Great list.. how about 3DS or Vita indies? Just a suggestion :)
You are welcome! PC is my go-to as well but you can't deny how widespread the PS4 is! Thanks for the suggestions!
I'm really supervised iconoclasts didn't make this list, that game is a indie game masterpiece especially compared to a few crappy games on this list
Oof, there's no need to put down some of these others while highlighting a great game!
@@ClemmyGames thats true all the games are something for everyone, but iconoclasts is a game that should be on the list
I'm so in love with ps4! So many excellent indie games on physical that play offline and without updates 😍👍🎮
A lot of these games are on sale right now in the psn store. Check out the indie game sale. Great video btw. I agree with most of these. Although I recently tried to dive into helldivers and at first I was loving it until a stranger joined my game and wiped me and the 2 other players right as we were waiting for extraction and failed the whole mission. They quickly exited the game to avoid being reported. With the friendly fire on it makes it all to easy for toxic people to ruin game sessions.
Ah yeah, griefers are the bane of MP games like this. You need a full crew!
Maaaa mannnn The Binding of Isaac > Enter The Gungeon. Must have slipped your mind 😜
Thanks for the list I really need help for what games to get during this Indie Sale
You are welcome!
I really like your video.
Can you make a video of a story-based indie game like yes, your grace
Hello! Of course! Though I wouldn't consider Yes Your Grace to be a story game? What aspect of it do you like?
@@ClemmyGames Well it does have a good story and its decision-based. I also liked its gameplay.
@@ajmainintisar5345 So more "choices matter" type games?
@@ClemmyGames Oh yes, please. I already found a lot of good playable games from this channel, so for that thanks.
Inside is my #1, Undertale is up there. Just started Nex Machina and I’m loving it.
I wouldn't consider no man's sky to be an indie game
I had the platinum on Apotheon, Bastion, Cuphead, Dead Cells, Guacamelee! 1 and 2, The Messenger and Sundered.
I loved those indie games a lot and I can't wait for Curse of the Dead Gods, Hades, Sea of Stars and The Last Faith.
:)
check out curse of the searats and gestalt: steam and cinder
2 masterpiece incoming 🤘
@@nercu743
Curse of the Sea Rats could be cool, the artistic direction reminds me a bit of Spiritfarer.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing! Some good upcoming games picked out as well
Sundered is super underrated. Also, Jotun by the same studio.
@@AttnDefDis_
Exactly.
Resogun is still my favourite indie game for the PS4
It's not indie though. Housemarque has 80+ members on staff
Is steamworld dig 1 worth it or 2 is just so much better? Im liking the look of dig1, and its in sale on psn for 3$.
MORE GAMES LIKE THESE HOMIE!!!! ❤️
Cheers
i think mark of ninja deserves at least top 10
Not so indie so it's weighted a little lower ;)
Valfaris, just fantastic
Great video and really excellent selection. I have some and will be picking some of the others up. Thanks!
Cheers David, what's new for you?
Nice list, missing one of my favorite indie games, Tamarin
What about Super Meet Boy?
Good game!
where is hotline miami????
Cuphead? I watched the vid trying to find similar games. Cuphead is the ultimate indie game.
Mark of the ninja is definitely one of the best indies out there and I hoped that Katana zero was also
Agreed, though MOTN's not-so-indie anymore ;)
ys origins??odin sphere???
Great video. But you missed RISK OF RAIN and RISK OF RAIN 2
sure, good games
Darkest dungeons.
love it
How come gris isnt on the list
Enter the gungeon reminds me of bomberman
Not really
My number 1 is Hollow Knight, but I don’t mind Celeste taking that spot
Ok
Top 25 mostly side scroll games. I'm not a fan of those but no man's sky is awesome.
This is great！nice selection of games :)
Some that I played and loved are :
Axiom Verge
Guacamelee
Fall Guys
Hyper light drifter
Nuclear throne
Enter the gungeon
Stardew valley
I would like to add Hotline Miami and katana zero (Devolver games are so good (^-^))
for sure! Great picks!
About shmup old school,like R type,Deathsmiles...do you know some?
Also,like King of dragons,castle of illusion....stuff like that?
I dont like modern stuff,I prefer the classic feeling and short session.
@@Sam-Lawry Let me see what I can find!
@@ClemmyGames I just bought..James town,Q yo blister...with Kof 98.02 um,trine,Guilty gear X isuka,princes madelyn,Deathsmiles I already had.
Great stuff,for the rest,I have few real pcb jamma and mame,emuelec..
I tried to feeling again when I played to Atomic robo kid,willow,king of dragon,hucha mecha fighter,r type,cotton 2..stuff like that.
Troubles witches,sine mora,the r type reboot and deathsmiles were my last ’coups de coeur’ falling in love..since..Trouble witches was close but too much bullet hell.
Thanks
@@Sam-Lawry Maybe Nex Machina? DEVIL ENGINE and ZeroRanger are also worth a look
What game is that on thumbnail anyone know ?
Nuclear Throne
I have a Question about the Indie games. Why are you People love these games more than Triple A games? And maybe you can Recommend me some of Great indie games? Thx a lot
Less exploitative games (generally), and they usually make games in genres that AAA companies do not want to touch (platformers, tactics and metroidvanias for example). Also helps that they are generally cheaper and give you a bit of a nostalgia kick! th-cam.com/video/rCPsdkY6BVA/w-d-xo.html
@@ClemmyGames okay, iam not the biggest fan of Platformers , Metroidvania..more action-Rpg-Adventure...but thanks a lot.😁
Because of how unique they are. Indies let developers be more creative in gameplay, aesthetics, artwork, music, story. You can have a completely arcade and challenging experience, like Geometry Wars 3, Risk of Rain 2 or Valfaris or a wonderful story supported by beautiful artwork like 11-11, Transistor or Oxenfree
@@oscargomez4970 okay thanks , do you have any advice i like Hellblade very much..I don t like to die a lot haha...
Where is Owlboy?
great game
Missing from this list, according to my taste: Terraria, Sundered, Frostpunk, Darkest Dungeon, Iconoclasts, The Messenger, Steamworld Heist.
Love all of these as well, just not something that I associate with the PS4.
Little nightmare ?
@@ssszzz827 Yeah, it should be right up my alley. Haven't played yet, but I might pick it up for the holidays.
The list is missing FEZ.
Mm
I wish Into the Breach and Hades were on PS4 cause Trophies
Shame hades is not on ps4 T.T
Yet 😉
Enter the gungeon❤
Any channels that have long indy game videos that actually have dialogue?? Good dialogue, I need a channel that I can listen talk about jrpgs in the shower not a channel that list one and just shows random gameplay clips of the game with no explanations or dialogue even a little
Just get Celeste yesterday. Its on sale on psn for only 8 euros.
I am not experienced platformer, but hearing alot of great stuff about this title, so its a must have and play game.
And now as number one on this list, even before hollow knight, ...
Yes! Don't give up on that game!
We’re is risk of rain 2?
Oo yeah I missed that
@@ClemmyGames Oof ,next time consider that masterpiece
is spelunky as good as they say or is overrated?
It's really tough and not my personal pick, recommended with caveats for sure
@@ClemmyGames i dont really like its artstyle but i love roguelikes
@@buanenochorvo You could always try the original freeware Spelunky! That's in pixel art :P A number of mechanics are the same there so worth dipping your toe in!
@@ClemmyGames oh didnt know that. Thank you!
I liked hollow and shovel and guscameele 1 more than celeste 😋😋
I found out about guacamelee on ps4 a long time ago for free from ps plus. Finished it and almost got platinum. Years later i finished part 2 on pc :D. The game i will always claim to have transformed my love for indies is rogue legacy. And YES that 1 i did platinum 😁😁😁
2 of my favourites as well
No Hotline Miami? :(
That's a PS3 game? :P
@@ClemmyGames it's a PS3 game as Shovel Knight is. It's available for both PS3 and PS4 :)
@@turtlepm Hotline Miami launched before the PS4 was released while Shovel Knight was after
@@ClemmyGames sure, Hotline Miami came before PS4 release, but it's available on PS4 and we're talking about indie games on PS4. I could mentioned Hotline Miami 2 to fit as your statement, though I don't think it's better then the OG, it's still better than some mentioned on this list.
It's OK if you don't think it doesn't belong to the top 25, guess everyone here will say "hey, you forgot about this one" 😆 Im happy to see Yoku's Island Express but "sad" to don't see anything about Songbird Symphony.
I love both, I truly do, but there's no way Celeste is superior to Hollow Knight. Masterpiece.
This list is more of the title that I associate with the PS brand!
Celeste is better than hollowknight in my opinion. Salt and Sanctuary is much better than Hollow Knight
@@fastfaps You are deluded
@@jacksnell8875 nope, it's called an opinion. Combat is so much more fun in S&S
I can't for the life of me find Stardew Valley in the PS store. Is it just me? Not that I plan to play it, but the other day I was curious about its price. It just wasn't there.
store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2456-CUSA06840_00-STARDEW00000SIEA
Hmm, may be a region thing.
The Messenger! pick up
Great game
These are almost all platformers... are there no other styles of ideie games
0:58
Am i the only one that cant find stardew valley
Love stardew, just not something that I associate with the PS brand.
@@ClemmyGames oh sry
@@MeeepTheGamer No need to apologise!
why didn't i like celeste?
Carrion
good game
Except for No man's sky, all of these look like mobile games. Can anyone recommend something like Divinity 2? It's an indie game that's rich in story and dialogue (not necessarily tactical turnbased)
Boy...
@@triple-d2640 There is a PS4 game called "boy"?
where is rayman?
ive played around half of these but damn...Hollow Knight is just...it hits different. When i saw it come up the rest of the games instantly looked like shit. 😂
XD It's very good, but I won't say the rest look bad in comparison
Bloodstained ftw
Hell yeah
Brawlhalla???
Not indie
@@ClemmyGames oh I guess I’ve made a mistake on there website it says Blue Mammoth Games is an indie dev team led by friends
@@lwty8608 Got acquired by Ubisoft!
little nightmare is way better than 80% of this list,,, why there's no love for little nightmare in most of top indie games videos ?? :(
It's not indie
No blasphemy?
Those games like Mark of the ninja you dont have on Disk for ps4 just Digital that's very bad !!!!!!!!
I never buy Digital games never just on Disk because i'm a collector
crosscode
great game
Too many of these games are just too difficult.
Block
For the love of god stop those pixel games, if I wanted to play that I start up my supernintendo ... fr number 1 game on this list is a pixel game foh..
All preferences my friend! What are some games that you like?
they are indie games... And most pixel games are good just give them a try.They are way past SuperNintendo technology bruh. You sound like a fortnite kid "iF iT doEsnT hAvE goOd gRapHicS iT iSnT gOoD"
@@yeet6806 I played beat cop, I liked it 😅 dang a fortnite kid i feel insulted im 30yo...
@@ClemmyGames well i kinda agree on the graphic style, i like these type of games but wish more did modern look.
Imagine how nice these games could look with fancier graphics.
I still appreciate art styles like blasphemous or gloomy, atmospheric etc but just preferred if was smooth fancier graphics.
zelda is crap-transistor rocks
No need to put down other games
Not gonna lie... All of them games look terrible