The Best Minimalist Games for Playstation 5

Update : Dreamcore added at rank #9.
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NAIAD (2024)

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

Immerse yourself in a relaxing, minimalist and colorful adventure. Flow with Naiad across a mysterious river and interact with its fauna and flora to discover little secrets. Enjoy a wholesome experience with an original and dreamy visual style.


  • minimalist
  • nature
  • relaxing
  • top-down
  • puzzle-melody
  • exploration
  • cute
  • colourful
  • adventure
  • 2d
  • family-friendly
  • atmospheric
  • puzzle
  • fantasy
  • linear

2

qomp2 (2024)

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

An artful reimagining of Pong. Control a Pong ball aching to break free of its life stuck between two paddles. Explore a dangerous, minimalist world, armed with simple two button controls.


  • minimalist
  • problem-solving
  • experimental
  • scroller
  • puzzle
  • boss
  • exploration

3

OVIVO (2018)

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90
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Playstation 5 Xbox One Playstation 4 IOS iPhone Android Linux Nintendo Switch Mac OS PC Windows

OVIVO is mesmerizing platformer with unusual mechanics where everything is as simple as black and white. The journey in the metaphoric world filled with illusions and hidden messages awaits you!


  • abstract
  • psychedelic
  • minimalist
  • platform
  • surreal
  • atmospheric
  • 2d
  • puzzle
  • physics
  • exploration
  • controller-support
  • mystery
  • ambient
  • single-player
  • adventure

4

Please Fix The Road (2022)

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80
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Linux Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch PC Windows Mac OS Xbox Series X/s

Please Fix The Road is a colorful, minimalistic, laid-back and casual puzzle game in which it's probably not hard to guess... you're fixing roads! Your road repair doesn't have to be beautiful, it just needs to get the job done! Your mom will like this game too!


  • transportation
  • minimalist
  • puzzle
  • building
  • relaxing
  • trains
  • stylized
  • casual
  • colourful
  • city-building
  • tutorial
  • difficult
  • family-friendly
  • top-down
  • simulation

5

Pinkman (2017)

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Xbox Series X Nintendo Switch Playstation 5 Xbox One PC Windows

Pinkman is a fast-paced, action platformer about a lost man with pink skin and an incredible skill to fart.


  • minimalist
  • casual
  • fast-paced
  • platform
  • competitive
  • adventure
  • action

6

Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary (2022)

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

Entirely rebuilt from the ground up, Q.U.B.E. 10th Anniversary is the ultimate celebration of the decade-old original, bringing refined visuals, completely redesigned and revised gameplay sections, and a whole new chapter to the award-winning, brain-twisting first-person puzzler.


  • nonlinear
  • soundtrack
  • collectathon
  • puzzle
  • linear
  • logic
  • minimalist
  • narrative
  • 3d
  • action-adventure
  • first-person
  • mystery
  • atmospheric
  • controller-support
  • physics

7

Active Neurons - Wonders Of The World (2021)

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95
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Playstation 4 Playstation 5 PC Windows Xbox One Nintendo Switch

A puzzle slasher that trains spatial and logical thinking. Power up your brains!


  • education
  • puzzle
  • hack-and-slash
  • abstract
  • 2d
  • turn-based
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • tutorial
  • stylized
  • casual
  • third-person
  • maze
  • arcade
  • colourful

8

Active Neurons - Wonders Of The World (2020)

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PC Windows Playstation 5 Xbox One Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Active Neurons 3: Wonders of the World is the third and final installment in the Active Neurons series. In the game, you have to follow 3 simple steps: collect energy, charge your brain, and explore Wonders of the World.


  • education
  • hack-and-slash
  • abstract
  • turn-based
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • tutorial
  • casual
  • puzzle
  • stylized
  • third-person
  • 2d
  • arcade
  • colourful
  • platform

9

Dreamcore (2025)

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Xbox One Android Xbox Series X Playstation 5 PC Windows

Step into the surreal with Dreamcore, a body-cam styled psychological horror game that plunges you into the eerie beauty of "liminal spaces." Unravel the mysteries of Dreamcore’s non-linear worlds and uncover its hidden secrets. Can you discover what lies beyond the edge of reality?


  • horror
  • nonlinear
  • surreal
  • escape
  • walking-simulator
  • psychological
  • room
  • investigation
  • underwater
  • exploration
  • minimalist
  • atmospheric
  • mystery
  • relaxing
  • 3d

10

Cubic Light (2022)

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PC Windows Android Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Nintendo Switch

Cubic Light is minimalistic puzzle game where you need to color and place blocks to light the entire field.


  • minimalist
  • casual
  • family-friendly
  • relaxing
  • logic
  • atmospheric
  • linear
  • puzzle
  • grid

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