The Best Alternate Games for Playstation 4

Update : Dustborn added at rank #1.
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Dustborn (2024)

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Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.


  • rhythm
  • political
  • alternate
  • punk-rock
  • lgbtq
  • heist
  • action-adventure
  • choices
  • robot-driven
  • combat
  • book
  • narrative
  • story
  • hack-and-slash
  • graphic-novel

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Paradise Lost (2021)

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It's winter, 1980. Szymon, a boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds an abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Play Paradise Lost and explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retrofuturistic technology. Discover the last story on Earth.


  • martial
  • post-apocalyptic
  • alternate
  • narrative
  • walking-simulator
  • first-person
  • story
  • anime
  • fight
  • violent
  • war
  • combat
  • quick-time-event
  • shooter
  • action

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Nocturnal Visitors (2024)

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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 j Xbox Series X PC Windows Nintendo Switch Xbox One

Investigate morally grey crimes in this fantasy thriller in where magic and science, chaos and order, are two sides of the same coin.


  • horror
  • magic
  • 2d
  • casual
  • colourful
  • crime
  • adventure
  • rpgmaker
  • alternate
  • fantasy
  • dark
  • mystery
  • puzzle
  • single-player
  • story

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Crown Of The Empire 2: Around The World (2023)

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Xbox One PC Windows Playstation 4

Crown of the Empire: fun adventures await! The queen needs your help!


  • city-building
  • building
  • casual
  • strategy
  • half-hearted
  • management
  • alternate
  • isometric
  • top-down
  • arcade
  • manipulation
  • time
  • parody
  • subscription
  • third-person

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Heidelberg 1693 (2020)

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Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Playstation 4 PC Windows

Black magic in the age of pike and shot! Reload your musket after every blast in “Heidelberg 1693”, a challenging 2D action adventure set in a dark and twisted vision of Germany in the late 17th century.


  • platform
  • 2d
  • horror
  • swordplay
  • historical
  • alternate
  • arcade
  • dark
  • pixel
  • fantasy
  • medieval
  • zombies
  • gore
  • scroller
  • old-school

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Otoko Cross: Pretty Boys Breakup! (2023)

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Playstation 5 Nintendo Switch Playstation 4 PC Windows

Meet a diverse cast of 9 cute crossdressing characters as they challenge you in brick-breaking arcade action! Score points to unlock new outfits for your companions in this this celebration of Japanese "otokonoko" style and sub-culture.


  • sprite
  • bullet-hell
  • arcade
  • action
  • alternate
  • replay-value
  • endless
  • physics
  • controller-support
  • fight
  • challenging

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The Murder of Sherlock Holmes (2024)

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Investigate the murder of Sherlock Holmes in an incredible Virtual Reality adventure. Interact with everything in an authentic voxel reconstruction of 221B Baker Street. Search for clues, play the violin, read books and become a oneiric detective in this dreamlike escape room.


  • voxel
  • investigation
  • detective
  • collectathon
  • logic
  • vr
  • hidden-object
  • family-friendly
  • mystery
  • historical
  • alternate
  • action-adventure
  • story
  • first-person
  • cute

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