PS4 has a bunch of cool weird games!
- Bokosuka Wars II (weird RPG simulation sequel to an old Japanese pc game)
- Doki-Doki Universe (puzzle game / personality quiz hybrid)
- Hero must die. again (not exclusive but an expanded vita game by Linda³ creator Shoji Masuda)
- Hohokum (open world puzzle game with a wonderful, colorful artstyle)
- everything by Jeff Minter (Moose Life, Polybius, Akka Arrh, Minotaur Arcade Volume 1) [psychedelic arcade games with an emphasis on reaching transcendental flow; best in VR]
- Jupiter & Mars (underwater dolphin exploration game w/ VR support; performance on base PS4 is a bit rough)
- Kromaia Ω (Kromaia Omega) [freeform space shooter with cool graphics]
- Lizard Lady vs the Cats (terrible third person shooter with weird graphics, routinely less than a dollar)
- The Midnight Sanctuary (“occult horror visual novel”)
- One Way Trip (adult swim-esque VN, super underrated)
- Prismatic Solid (cool shmup made entirely of particles)
- River City Melee: Battle Royal Special / River City: Melee Mach!! (arena fighter spin-off of the Kunio-Kun / River City games)
- Rym 9000 (shmup w/ a singular aesthetic)
- SG/ZH: School Girl/Zombie Hunter (dumb Oneechanbara third person shooter spin-off)
Shake That Controller! (asian only minigame compilation)[that’s now delisted
]- the Skylight Freerange / Dragoon Entertainment games (Canadian open world RPGs; I talked about them in a different thread here)
- Sportsfriends (one of the best local multiplayer games ever. now permenantly free! you have no excuse!)
- Summon Night 6: Lost Borders (tactical RPG. you like these or you don’t lol)
- Super Exploding Zoo! (RTS thing, I don’t remember a lot about this one)
- That’s You (Jackbox-like, mobile phone based party game)
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 (I 100%'d this game, there are definitely worse TH games)
- The Unfinished Swan (cool first person puzzler with unique art style)
- void* tRrLM2(); //Void Terrarium 1 & 2 (traditional roguelike + life sim hybrid)
- Zanki Zero: Last Beginning (experimental first person dungeon crawler)
- ZONE OF THE ENDERS: The 2nd Runner - M∀RS (upgraded Kojima mech game w/ VR support)
There’s 100% more of this kind of stuff, but I tried to stay within the semi-exclusive range. Hopefully you learned about some new titles!
I’ve tried to campaign for physicals for the ones that don’t have them from Limited Run to no avail. Thankfully a lot of them do! (If someone with contacts is reading this… I realllllllly want One Way Trip and Bokosuka Wars II!)