All 7 exciting game reveals from the PlayStation Indies showcase

Indie fans have a great year ahead on PlayStation.

by Robin Bea
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July 2022’s PlayStation Indies showcase revealed some of the coolest indie games coming to PS4 and PS5 in the next year. There’s a lot to be excited about.

Sabotage Studio

Here are all 7 game reveals from the PlayStation Indies showcase

7. Sea of Stars

The creator of The Messenger makes turn-based combat feel fresh.

Sabotage Studio

Sabotage Studio

Mario RPG-style timed attacks and combo moves with multiple characters spice up combat. You’ll need to mix spells with normal attacks to keep the flow of the fight.

Outside of combat, your party can climb, swim, and jump through gorgeous pixel-art environments. Sea of Stars is an epic RPG story with tons of side activities like fishing, coming in 2023.

Sabotage Studio
6. SCHiM

SCHiM puts a clever twist on classic platforming.

Ewoud van der Werf

SCHiM is back again after turning heads at Day of the Devs 2022. You play as a shadow spirit finding your way home to the person whose shadow you live in.

Ewoud van der Werf

Ewoud van der Werf

You do that by leaping from shadow to shadow, manipulating the environment to create more shade for yourself. It’s set to release in 2023.

5. Cult of the Lamb

Cute and evil: just my type.

Massive Monster

Massive Monster

One of the most anticipated indies of 2022 launches on August 11. In Cult of the Lamb, you manage a woodland community of adorable animals — then channel their prayers to feed an eldritch god.

Massive Monster

Its PlayStation Blog update lays out the logistics of running your community. Turns out, that takes a surprising amount of poop-related work, including building outhouses and using it as fertilizer.

4. Signalis

Signalis introduces a new world of retro-futuristic horror.

rose-engine

rose-engine

Survival horror Signalis game is the promising debut of developer rose-engine. Blending cosmic and psychological horror, it follows a woman stranded on an icy planet searching for her crewmate.

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You’ll solve puzzles based on real-world logic while exploring deeply unnerving environments and uncovering your own shadowy past.

3. The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition

The Tomorrow Children rises from the ashes of its premature shutdown.

Q-Games

Q-Games

The Tomorrow Children was a short-lived online town-building game with a small but devoted fanbase. The Phoenix Edition adds a single-player mode to ensure it won’t be shut down again.

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With other players or AI partners, you’ll explore the remnants of a shattered world and build your dream town. The Tomorrow Children gets a second chance on September 7, 2022.

2. Cursed to Golf

Imagine golf, but fun.

Chuhai Labs

Chuhai Labs

Everyone knows you can return from the afterlife by beating Death at golf, but Cursed to Golf is the first game to tackle it. This rogue-like sidescroller puts you in the shoes of a golfer putting their way out of Purgatory.

Chuhai Labs

Launching August 18, it features tons of offbeat obstacles, power-ups, and challenges even more hellish than playing regular golf.

1. Inscryption

One of 2021’s best games takes a victory lap on PlayStation.

Daniel Mullins

Daniel Mullins

Inscryption is a roguelike card game that’s built around being hard to describe, with body horror, ever-changing rules, and tons of surprises I wouldn’t dare spoil.

The upcoming port adds new features tied to the PlayStation controller, like haptic and audio feedback. There’s no word on its release date yet.

Daniel Mullins