PlayStation 4 Real-Time Games

The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition

The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 6, 2022
The Tomorrow Children: Phoenix Edition takes place within an alternate future following a failed experiment to unite the minds of all humanity. The return of civilisation now lies in the hands of Projection Clones; life forms capable of venturing deep into the Void in search of preserved human survivors. That’s where you come in...
Metascore:
62
User Score:
8.4
Orcs Must Die! 3

Orcs Must Die! 3

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 23, 2021
Orcs Must Die! 3 ushers orc-slaying mayhem to a previously unimaginable scale. All new War Scenarios pit players and their friends against the largest orc armies ever assembled. Mountable War Machines give players the essential firepower to heave, stab, carbonize, and disarticulate the abominable intruders.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
tbd
Retro Machina

Retro Machina

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 12, 2021
Retro Machina is a single-player action and exploration game set in a retro-futuristic universe. Experience the journey of a little robot as they solve intricate puzzles and begin unraveling the mysteries of a world long forgotten.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
tbd
The Colonists

The Colonists

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 4, 2021
You take control of a team of self-replicating robots built to simulate human civilisation. After escaping Earth, The Colonists are now free to roam the galaxy in search of a new home and construct their dream settlement. Take on a series of individual campaign missions, play randomly generated maps, compete on player-designed creations or build your colony unfettered by any constraints in the sandbox mode. Explore, research, manage, tweak and refine to your heart's content. Build a new home for your team of robots where they can fulfill their ultimate dream: to be human.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
tbd
Smelter

Smelter

Platform: PlayStation 4
April 22, 2021
You are Eve, fresh out of Eden and armed with a living suit of armor. Explore a dangerous new world, battle its bizarre denizens and expand your empire in a desperate journey to find Adam. Smelter is a strategy, action-platformer combo inspired by classics from the 16-bit era. Lead Smelter and his faithful Zirm forces by expanding Smelter’s territory across the Rumbly Lands in top-down strategy levels, then dive into thrilling side-scrolling action stages after annexing key locations. Build, attack and advance your army -- unlock, upgrade and unleash elemental action skills against vicious enemies, perilous environments and dangerous bosses. Release the power of Smelter! Story: After the untimely destruction of the Garden, Eve finds herself in an unfamiliar world with her beloved Adam nowhere to be found. In her search for Adam, she encounters Smelter, an unusually over-confident, winged creature with the powerful ability to transform and fuse with others, giving them incredible powers. Offering his apparently “invaluable” assistance, Smelter transforms and fuses with Eve. They depart on a journey to the treacherous Rumbly Lands. There, they expand Smelter’s territory, allowing them to reach further into the various domains to find out what happened to her Adam, hoping to find him in one piece and find a way back home to their peaceful lives...
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Spacebase Startopia

Spacebase Startopia

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 26, 2021
SPACEBASE STARTOPIA is an original mix of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS fights. In addition to the single player Campaign and Skirmish mode, there’s also a competitive and co-op multiplayer mode for up to 4 players. And as if maintaining the 3 Space Station Decks, entertaining the 8 Alien races and defending against invaders were not enough of a challenge, the dynamic narrator AI is not going to mince matters and commentates the events.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
tbd
Worms Rumble

Worms Rumble

Platform: PlayStation 4
December 1, 2020
Worms Rumble is Worms like you’ve never played it before, with intense, real-time, arena-based 32 player cross-platform combat. Get ready for Deathmatch and Last Worm Standing modes where you’re only ever a Holy Hand Grenade away from death.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.4
Ray's the Dead

Ray's the Dead

Platform: PlayStation 4
October 22, 2020
Ray’s the Dead is a uniquely stylized action-adventure game where players take on the role of Ray LaMorte. Players will experience the life - and afterlife - of Ray through dual narrative storytelling and over-the-top action, where they will unravel the secrets behind Ray's death, and the mysterious device lodged into his brain. It’s story driven gameplay will challenge players with a satisfying blend of action, tactics, puzzle, stealth, and adventure, all rolled into one fresh gaming experience.
Metascore:
65
User Score:
tbd
Port Royale 4

Port Royale 4

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 25, 2020
Set sail and join the colonial powers of Spain, England, France and the Netherlands in their fight for supremacy of the Caribbean in the 17th century. In 'Port Royale 4' you will take control of a colony as a young and ambitious governor, eager to learn what it takes to manage and grow their small settlement into a bustling trader city. Develop production chains connecting multiple islands and create complex trade routes across the Caribbean, covering the ever-growing needs of the respective cities. Make use of the detailed sea map to avoid stormy weather regions, cliffs or shallow waters. Fulfil tasks for your nation's viceroy, earning more fame to unlock town buildings, ships and more. Conquer the cities of rival nations or hunt down their fleets with a letter of marque while also keeping a keen eye out for pirates and other privateers. For the first time in the series, naval battles will be turn-based, with up to 8 ships battling at one time and tactical captain maneuvers that can turn the tide in even the most hopeless of situations for a glorious victory.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
tbd
Praetorians HD Remaster

Praetorians HD Remaster

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 18, 2020
Relive the celebrated real-time strategy classic Praetorians, re-imagined in high definition. Praetorians is set amidst the political machinations of an emerging Roman Empire. Prove your worth on the battlefields of Egypt, the combat theaters of Gaul and finally the heart of the Empire itself in Italy, in the crusade to become Emperor. Your quest will not be an easy one, as the Empire is heavily defended by thousands of different troop types and war machines, all with special skills and individual strengths. To emerge victorious, you'll need to learn to combine your units and exploit the weaknesses of your enemies. But beware the closer you get to the Emperor, the closer you get to facing the Praetorian Guard the most powerful and deadly fighting force in the Empire!
Metascore:
55
User Score:
tbd
Dog Duty

Dog Duty

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 17, 2020
The action-packed title offers players epic gunfights and a healthy dose of humor as they try to defeat the evil octopus army.
Metascore:
48
User Score:
tbd
Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break

Rock of Ages 3: Make & Break

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 21, 2020
Make & Break Worlds: Design and build your own levels in the easy-to-use editor and share your creations with players from all over the world for nearly limitless creative fun Competitive Tower Defense: Build defenses and race to destroy your opponents’ in up to 4-player online multiplayer, or head-to-head in 2-player split-screen action Boulder-Smashing Arcade Action: Crash your way through everything in your path as fast as you can in six distinct and arcadey game modes with over 20 zany boulders Absurdly Funny: Take a ride on the wild side with everyone from Caesar and Moctezuma to Krampus and the Spaghetti Monster make an appearance in an expansive campaign across history and beyond. Game Modes Galore: Defend your base in the new Boulder Avalanche, perfect your rolling skills in the fragile Humpty-Dumpty Mode, race the clock in Time Trials, or create your own unique gameplay
Metascore:
65
User Score:
5.5
Desperados III

Desperados III

Platform: PlayStation 4
June 16, 2020
On his epic journey through 1870s USA and Mexico, John Cooper will have to take responsibility for mistakes that have been made in the past. On his quest for redemption, Cooper joins forces with the runaway bride Kate O'Hara, shady Arthur "Doc" McCoy, the giant trapper Hector and a mysterious lady from New Orleans. They make their way from the mountains of Colorado to the heart of Louisiana, then finally to New Mexico, right back into Cooper's past. You take control of this ragtag band becoming a highly functional group of unlikely heroes and heroines. The leader of his team is Cooper, drifter and gunslinger, who can kill quietly with a knife or take out multiple foes with his revolvers. Strongman Hector carries a giant beartrap and can slay the toughest opponents with his trusty axe. Cold-blooded bounty hunter McCoy likes to be methodical, using lures, knockout gas, poison syringes and a custom long-range pistol. Kate can fool almost any man with the right outfit and kill discretely with her hidden gun. Combine your specialists to overcome tough challenges in many different ways. Plan your moves wisely and execute them perfectly in real-time to sneak past your enemies while remaining undetected.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.9
Dungeon of the Endless

Dungeon of the Endless

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 19, 2020
Dungeon of the Endless is the award-winning Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which you and your team of heroes must protect the generator of your crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as you try to find your way out…
Metascore:
84
User Score:
5.7
Spuds Unearthed

Spuds Unearthed

Platform: PlayStation 4
April 24, 2020
Fight to build your own Spud tribe and make your planet prosper in this hilarious action-strategy game with a dash of playing god. Journey to different planets, upgrade your heroes and create new weapons for your galactic conquest.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
7.0
Good Goliath

Good Goliath

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 31, 2020
Good Goliath is an arcade-action style game where the player is a giant battling hordes of little foes. With wave-based tower defense gameplay where players are the tower, catch, dodge and throw pitchforks, barrels, and even tiny enemies. Battle armies, mini bosses, and colossal monsters in vibrant worlds right out of a storybook. Featuring Medieval, Pirate, and Hell World, fight witches, sharks, demons and the king of the underworld himself.
Metascore:
67
User Score:
3.2
Throw Anything

Throw Anything

Platform: PlayStation 4
February 6, 2020
Get secret missions from Secret Delivery Agency (SDA) and save the world from zombie horde in the VR action game, Throw Anything. There is nowhere to run… and nowhere to hide as zombies climb up the walls hoping to satisfy their appetite for brains. Face off against starving zombies in high-rise buildings across the globe.
Metascore:
53
User Score:
tbd
Ancestors Legacy

Ancestors Legacy

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 13, 2019
Ancestors Legacy is a squad-based real time strategy with a strong focus on tactics. Inspired by medieval European history, it brings to life four different nations and their conflicts, usually resolved by war. The game combines resource management and base building with large-scale, squad-based battles across vast battlefields.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.8
They Are Billions

They Are Billions

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 1, 2019
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Metascore:
72
User Score:
5.9
Stellaris: Console Edition

Stellaris: Console Edition

Platform: PlayStation 4
February 26, 2019
Featuring deep strategic gameplay, an enormous selection of alien races and emergent storytelling, Stellaris has a deeply challenging system that rewards interstellar exploration as you traverse, discover, interact and learn more about the multitude of species you will encounter during your travels. Etch your name across the cosmos by uncovering remote celestial outposts,and entire civilizations. Will you expand through war or walk the path of diplomacy to achieve your goals?
Metascore:
77
User Score:
6.8
Hell Warders

Hell Warders

Platform: PlayStation 4
February 21, 2019
Assume the role of one of the mighty Hell Warders, an ancient order of heroes with unique powers and abilities, to resist the demon hordes head-on. Push back wave after wave of Hell-spawn with an arsenal of weapons, rip apart their fearsome commanders with powerful hero skills, and deploy your army of knights, archer. Combine forces with up to 4players and battle the legions of evil.
Metascore:
58
User Score:
4.3
Riot: Civil Unrest

Riot: Civil Unrest

Platform: PlayStation 4
February 5, 2019
Riot: Civil Unrest is a riot simulator that places the player in the heart of some of the world’s most fractious clashes.
Metascore:
43
User Score:
2.1
8-Bit Hordes

8-Bit Hordes

Platform: PlayStation 4
February 1, 2019
From the team that brought you 8-Bit Armies comes a new fantasy RTS as fast-paced and friendly as the original! 8-BIT HORDES is a colorful strategy-arcade game that is easy to learn for players of all skill levels. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of orcs or humans and ultimately crush your opponents! 8-Bit Hordes features offline single-player missions, two-player cooperative missions, AI skirmish mode, and Player-vs-Player Multiplayer modes running on dedicated game servers.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
3.0
8-Bit Armies

8-Bit Armies

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 21, 2018
8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's first game in the 8-Bit RTS series. It commemorates the first Command & Conquer games with its accessible gameplay mechanics while providing a fun and timeless art style that introduces new players to the genre. A unique console controller scheme makes it easier than ever to build bases and command large armies without complex button memorization. FEATURES: * Jump right in with easy to understand modern military units and structures. * Play cooperatively or versus the AI choosing from multiple difficulty options. * Use classic RTS Base-Building mechanics to construct the ultimate HQ from which to attack your foes. * Explore a variety of locales, destroying everything that gets in your way with devastating superweapons. * Two campaigns with a total of 40 single-player combat missions for many hours of gameplay. * Join your friends to play 12 co-op missions against a variety of AI opponents. * Gather up to 8 online players to team up in one of the dozen multiplayer/skirmish maps.
Metascore:
70
User Score:
tbd
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 23, 2018
Enter the Chaos-infested Caligari Sector and purge the unclean with the most powerful agents of the Imperium of Man. Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Martyr is a grim Action-RPG featuring multiple classes of the Inquisition who will carry out the will of the Emperor even in the darkest reaches of the Imperium. THE NEXT MILESTONE IN THE EVOLUTION OF ARPGS. The first Action-RPG set in the grim future of the 41st Millennium takes the genre to its next level: an open-world sandbox game with a persistent universe with a huge variety of missions, tactical, brutal combat encounters in destructible environments and a storyline influenced by the community of players. Use the cover system for tactical advantage, shoot off limbs and perform executions in epic boss battles and become a Protector of any solar systems with your glorious actions! INQUISITORS: SECRET AGENTS AND SPECIALISTS Forge your own playstyle with different character classes and specializations: hold your ground with the Crusader Inquisitor while enemies close in on you, bring in your finesse and cunning with the Death Cult Assassin background, or use the unspeakable powers of the Warp with the Primaris Psyker background. Choose from three specializations for each classes that fit your playstyle. TRAVERSE A WHOLE GALACTIC SECTOR Explore the Star Map of the vast Caligari Sector, travel in different subsectors and explore an immense amount of solar systems, visit a growing number of unique points of interests: investigate on different planets with distinctive terrain conditions, fight your way through corridors of infested Void Stations, abandoned Star Forts and other diverse environments! FIGHT THE CORRUPTION TOGETHER You can go solo as a lonely Inquisitor, but you can also assemble a team of your friends! Play missions in co-operative mode with up to 4 team members, blast away your foes together claiming great rewards, and form Cabals to gather your close allies! Inquisitorial Cabals are groups of Inquisitors working together. Cabals can progress just like characters do, and being a member can often grant special missions. The Inquisition has a lot of different factions with different agendas, and Cabals sometimes clash with each other in the shadows. IMPROVE YOUR WEAPONS, CRAFT MISSIONS AND TWEAK YOUR SKILLS Looking for a specific loot or reward? Use Uther's Tarot to set the conditions of your next mission, collect Blueprints and use Crafting to improve your equipment, and use the Inoculator to fine-tune your different skills. Choose your loadout to your advantage for each mission! A LIVING, EXPANDING WORLD Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Martyr is an ever-growing, long-lasting experience. Expansions and regular free updates will introduce new enemy factions, new terrain settings, new missions and mission types, new story-driven investigations and new gameplay features. Seasons are big, free updates that will introduce longer story arcs in which players can shape the persistent world of the Caligari sector with their actions. Daily Quests, Tiers and Power Levels ensure new challenges there's always something new to explore or to collect!
Metascore:
65
User Score:
5.8
Animal Force

Animal Force

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 10, 2018
Assemble your squad of superpowered beasts to save the world from a deadly alien invasion. Unleash your claws, paws, horns and fangs across huge 3D planetary battlefields in totally immersive 360º virtual reality – deploying mighty critters to fight waves of other-worldly enemies before they kidnap defenceless humans.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
5.0
Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten DX Edition

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten DX Edition

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 24, 2018
Defender’s Quest is a tower-defense RPG hybrid which focuses on tactical depth, customization, and story. That means no random encounters, no spikey-haired emo kids, no forced time sinks, and no tedious, repetitive battles.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
4.1
PixelJunk Monsters 2

PixelJunk Monsters 2

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 18, 2018
Get ready to experience the next generation of real-time tower defense gameplay in the PixelJunk Monsters series.
Metascore:
72
User Score:
7.0
Spacejacked

Spacejacked

Platform: PlayStation 4
April 26, 2018
Build. Shoot. Survive. Can you, Space Technician ace Dave Paprovsky, defend your spaceship against a relentless horde of aliens?
Metascore:
78
User Score:
tbd
Masters of Anima

Masters of Anima

Platform: PlayStation 4
April 10, 2018
Immerse yourself in an original adventure and defy the forces of evil in strategic, action-packed battles. Summon and assume control of control grand armies of up to a thousand Guardians thanks to intuitive and innovative gameplay and make quick tactical decisions to prevail.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
5.0
Pop-Up Pilgrims

Pop-Up Pilgrims

Platform: PlayStation 4
February 13, 2018
Wear your PS VR headset and use the simple controls to guide the pilgrims around a variety of stages.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
League of War: VR Arena

League of War: VR Arena

Platform: PlayStation 4
November 7, 2017
League of War: VR Arena is a hands-on, fast-paced war game. Deploy your tanks, choppers, and infantry onto a virtual battlefield, swiftly countering your opponent’s units as you drive towards destroying their base.
Metascore:
46
User Score:
5.0
Numantia

Numantia

Platform: PlayStation 4
October 25, 2017
Numantia is a Turn-Based Strategy game that takes place in the ancient conflict between Rome and the city of Numantia, in a war that lasted for more than two decades. The choice is yours: Play as a Numantian warrior against the Roman legions or expand the power of Rome throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Relive history fighting in epic battles alongside real historical figures, conmemorating the 2150th anniversary of the Siege of Numantia.
Metascore:
68
User Score:
tbd
No Heroes Allowed! VR

No Heroes Allowed! VR

Platform: PlayStation 4
October 17, 2017
Become the God of Destruction in a real time strategy game utilizing PS VR. Breed monsters to invade human territories, seen in a diorama-like view through the eyes of the God of Destruction.
Metascore:
73
User Score:
6.3
Raiders of the Broken Planet

Raiders of the Broken Planet

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 22, 2017
This new game is a multiplayer 4 vs 1 asymmetrical third person shooter that features a distinctive blend of shooting, brawling and thinking man’s strategy. We think this game is a mouth-watering proposition to gamers looking for an immersive, cinematic story coupled with intense and epic online action.
Metascore:
56
User Score:
5.0
Tooth and Tail

Tooth and Tail

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 12, 2017
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a real-time strategy game featuring single-player play, online competitive, split-screen, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.2
X-Morph: Defense

X-Morph: Defense

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 30, 2017
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower-defense strategy. You are the invader. Use destructive weapons or lead you enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
6.4
Sudden Strike 4

Sudden Strike 4

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 15, 2017
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders with individual abilities all of which makes Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before! Sudden Strike 4 sends you off on three extensive campaigns set amongst the battlefields of World War 2. Commanding the British and American, German or Soviet troops, you will lead over 100 different units into battle; like the German bomber Heinkel He111, the Russian T-34 tank, the British Hawker Typhoon fighter plane and the notorious German PanzerkampfwagenVI Tiger. In a first for the Sudden Strike series, you can now choose from one of nine individual commanders, such as George Patton or Bernard Montgomery, who will each allow for different approaches to combat and boast unique abilities. Prove your strategic expertise in over 20 demanding single player scenarios, the challenge-focused skirmish mode and the ultra-competitive multiplayer mode. Excellence will be rewarded through a unique reward system, where successfully completing missions will unlock exclusive content, such as historical film footage from the era. Sudden Strike 4 offers countless ways to vanquish your opponents. Exploit the weak spots of tanks, set up an ambush, occupy buildings with infantry, outmaneuver the enemy with clever positioning or unleash devastating air strikes how you approach each mission is up to you!
Metascore:
63
User Score:
7.5
CastleStorm: Virtual Reality

CastleStorm: Virtual Reality

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 1, 2017
Catapult yourself onto the battlefield like never before in CastleStorm VR, a new take on the tower-defense action-RPG phenomenon. Pit knights, soldiers, archers and even griffins against formidable foes in full VR castle vs. castle combat. See, feel and hear every arrow, battle cry and ballista shot on the battlefield, and get medieval in a whole new way with CastleStorm VR. [Playstation.com]
Metascore:
72
User Score:
4.3
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 1, 2017
The tactical game with stealth elements Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun is a cooperative endeavor of Daedalic Entertainment and Mimimi Productions. The game is a special take on the genre: it takes place during the Edo-Era of Japan in 1615. Within a playtime of roughly 25 hours, 5 characters will face challenging missions, each protagonist with their own special field of expertise. Only if you know the positive and negative qualities of your characters and play tactically and with finesse, will you master the challenges ahead.
Metascore:
85
User Score:
8.4
Orcs Must Die! Unchained

Orcs Must Die! Unchained

Platform: PlayStation 4
July 18, 2017
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them — no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this team-based, fantasy tower defense game from Robot Entertainment.
Metascore:
82
User Score:
7.2
Lock's Quest

Lock's Quest

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 30, 2017
Build and battle in the ultimate construction combat game! Create and customize your own fortress with weapons and traps to help Lock defend his kingdom from evil Lord Agony and his clockwork invaders!
Metascore:
50
User Score:
3.5
Korix

Korix

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 29, 2017
Korix places you deep in space, fighting for your race’s survival after your homeworld is destroyed. With nothing left to lose, you are put in the role of commander, with the sole mission of taking the fight back to the enemy. Build up your defences, capture resources, and build your own army to exact revenge.
Metascore:
69
User Score:
7.0
Siegecraft Commander

Siegecraft Commander

Platform: PlayStation 4
January 17, 2017
Play through the Knight campaign as you battle against the tribal Lizardmen or enjoy the PvP combat system that delivers fast-paced real-time strategy action or tactical turn-based gameplay. The objective of each battle is to destroy the opponent’s keep. Players can decide to either quickly attack an opponent’s base, adopt a more defensive strategy by fortifying their own headquarters, or maintain a balance of offense and defense.
Metascore:
63
User Score:
tbd
Alchemic Jousts

Alchemic Jousts

Platform: PlayStation 4
November 22, 2016
Alchemic Jousts is a 2D action strategy game in which you discover new skills by combining the ones you already know. Command your elementals and support them with a wide variety of skills. Control the arena and crush your opponent in one-to-one encounters. [Playstation.com]
Metascore:
65
User Score:
6.3
The Tomorrow Children

The Tomorrow Children

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 6, 2016
When an ambitious experiment designed to unite the minds of all humanity goes horribly wrong, almost all life on Earth disappears instantly, melting down into the planet to form “the Void”. Years later, a handful of survivors begin to rebuild civilisation, but their endeavours are hampered by “the Izverg”, giant beasts formed from the residue of negativity and nightmares that now roam the land. Fortunately, engineers discover the ability to develop “projection clones” – new life forms capable of venturing deep into the Void in search of preserved human DNA. It is with these clones that mankind begins the long journey back to its former glory …
Metascore:
54
User Score:
5.8
Inversus

Inversus

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 16, 2016
Inversus is a minimalist action-strategy shooter for one to four players. Movement is constrained to opposite colors of a black and white grid. My walls are your paths and your walls are my paths. Each shot flips tile colors in an attempt to block, trap, and close in on the enemy. Firing a bullet opens up a path for you while also closing off a path for me. Both online and local couch play are supported. Fight for high scores on an ever-changing board. [Playstation.com]
Metascore:
79
User Score:
5.7
There Came an Echo

There Came an Echo

Platform: PlayStation 4
May 31, 2016
A real-time strategy game in which the player assumes command of a small squadron, using an advanced voice recognition system to issue orders.
Metascore:
59
User Score:
tbd
SMITE

SMITE

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 24, 2016
Players choose from a selection of mythical gods, join session-based arena combat, and use custom powers and team tactics against other player-controlled gods and non-player controlled minions.
Metascore:
79
User Score:
6.6
Sheltered

Sheltered

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 15, 2016
It’s a post-apocalyptic survival game with some pretty complicated mechanics that brings it snugly into the roguelike arena. In Sheltered you’ll find some familiar mechanics: scavenging for supplies, crafting, building, and maintaining your shelter, but that’s where familiarity ends. Sheltered doesn’t focus on soul survivors, but an average family. Your family. [Unicube]
Metascore:
70
User Score:
6.5
Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault

Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 15, 2016
A frenetic new spin on action strategy gaming. Dig in, plan out and build up your defenses as hordes of hulking monstrosities bombard your heavily fortified city in an attempt to wipe you off the Earth for good. Command the final bastion of humanity as you fight for the survival of the species using fantastic tech, cunning tactics and massive weapons. [Aksys]
Metascore:
57
User Score:
6.5
McDROID

McDROID

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 1, 2016
Defend your shuttle against a variety of crazed alien species as they mutate, corrupt the ground or even turn your crops against you. Load up on weapons, bring your friends (drop-in/drop-out co-op) and take the battle to them. If it gets too crazy, turtle up behind your defensive perimeter and assume direct control of the lasers.
Metascore:
57
User Score:
tbd
Pixel Piracy

Pixel Piracy

Platform: PlayStation 4
February 16, 2016
Presented by the creators of TERRARIA. Lead the life of a pirate captain in this open world rogue like sim. Recruit a crew, outfit them, customize your ship and set sail on the open seas! There you’ll use any combination of aggression, diversion and trade to become the most infamous pirate crew of the seven seas. You can raid, pillage and plunder everything in your path, divert and lie to get what you want, or trade for a quick buck. Adventure awaits... [Playstation.com]
Metascore:
50
User Score:
2.4
This War of Mine: The Little Ones

This War of Mine: The Little Ones

Platform: PlayStation 4
January 29, 2016
This War of Mine: The Little Ones explores the hardships of wartime survival as seen from an entirely new perspective; that of a child. Based on This War of Mine, The Little Ones puts you in charge of a group of adults and children stuck in the middle of hell, trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger. The question is: how far will you go to make it through another day? This War of Mine: The Little Ones focuses not only on the reality of enduring war, but also the fact that even in times of conflict, kids are still kids - they laugh, cry, play with toys and see the world differently. In addition to thinking about survival, you'll have to bring back the kid in yourself to understand how to protect the little ones. Their faith, and their futures, are in your hands. The pace of This War of Mine is imposed by the day and night cycle. During the day snipers outside stop you from leaving your refuge, so you need to focus on maintaining your hideout: crafting, trading and taking care of young and adult civilians. At night, take one of your people on a mission to scavenge through a city for items that will help you stay alive.
Metascore:
78
User Score:
7.6
GUNS UP!

GUNS UP!

Platform: PlayStation 4
December 5, 2015
In this side-scrolling strategy game, players take on the role of a General, managing resources and deploying the right combination of troops, land mines, air strikes, smoke screens, and sniper towers to topple their opponents’ bases. With Cross-Play, Generals can fine-tune their strategy against opponents with turn-based asynchronous gameplay across the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita systems.
Metascore:
54
User Score:
6.2
Grand Ages: Medieval

Grand Ages: Medieval

Platform: PlayStation 4
October 13, 2015
Grand Ages: Medieval is a real-time strategy game from Gaming Minds. Lead your people and advance through the decades by utilising construction, research, expansion and conquest in an area extending from Scandinavia and North Africa; to Portugal, the Caucasus and the Middle East. Rise from the humble role of a simple mayor governing a small settlement and rule over all of Europe. Experience an exciting campaign with elaborately designed cut-scenes, play by your own rules in free play or test your skills in multiplayer against up to 8 players!
Metascore:
64
User Score:
6.6
The Castle Game

The Castle Game

Platform: PlayStation 4
August 4, 2015
Ever played escort missions in a tower defense setting? Imagine using the defenses and walls to keep the enemies out, but also having safe and open paths for your allies to run through. Or how about having all the structures be destroyable? Now, some enemies are pretty dumb and will follow the path you cleverly designed, but the smarter ones will take out any structure that can pose a threat to them. So now you have defenses that can be damaged. To balance things out, you are given a giant hammer that can quickly repair structures. Engineers are also available to auto-repair any damaged structures nearby. [Neptune Interactive]
Metascore:
68
User Score:
6.6
Krinkle Krusher

Krinkle Krusher

Platform: PlayStation 4
April 7, 2015
Krinkle Krusher is an action castle defense in which you cast elemental spells to defend your kingdom from the twisted and hungry creatures called Krinkles. After several generations of peace, they happen to come back exactly when the Ancient Tree bears its first fruits in centuries and of course a cake was made from it.
Metascore:
50
User Score:
6.4
CastleStorm: Definitive Edition

CastleStorm: Definitive Edition

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 23, 2014
CastleStorm features medieval ballista weaponry, allowing players to launch an assortment of explosive weapons including Morningstars, Apple Grenades, Homing Eagles, and even flying sheep to defeat an onslaught of enemies trying to capture your flag and destroy your castle. Deploy a fearsome ground attack of swordsmen, knights, and donkey riders in order to protect your castle games, and if all else fails, call upon powerful spells to help keep the enemy at bay.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.1
DG2: Defense Grid 2

DG2: Defense Grid 2

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 23, 2014
Defense Grid 2, DG2, is the highly-anticipated sequel to Hidden Path Entertainments 2008 Defense Grid: The Awakening. Setting the bar as the definitive tower defense game, Defense Grid 2 introduces new worlds and threats to test your tower placement strategies. With a bold new look, a compelling single-player campaign, and the addition of new game modes, online player-versus-player and multiplayer co-op, every play-through brings fun new opportunities and challenges. DG2 comes with a story campaign featuring 21 stunning maps, dynamic level movement, an expanded story and cast of characters, hundreds of challenge mode experiences, new multiplayer modes, a procedurally driven audio score and the ability for players to build their own levels. DG2 also introduces players to DG Architect, a level creation tool set connected to Steam Workshop where players can create their own unique levels to share and possibly even sell if selected. DG2 for the PC was funded in part by Dracogen, a private investor after a 2012 Kickstarter campaign funded the original game's DLC, Defense Grid: Containment. DG2 is developed by Hidden Path Entertainment and published by 505 Games.
Metascore:
77
User Score:
7.3
Anomaly 2

Anomaly 2

Platform: PlayStation 4
September 16, 2014
In the years following the invasion of Earth in 2018, the planet is overrun by alien machines. Humankind is on the verge of extinction. Banded together in huge convoys, they search the frozen tundra for food and supplies. Since the war, the roles have been reversed: now our species seems to be the Anomaly on a machine-controlled planet. Your convoy, Commander, is called Yukon.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
6.9
Awesomenauts Assemble!

Awesomenauts Assemble!

Platform: PlayStation 4
March 4, 2014
Awesomenauts Assemble! is an online arena game that has two teams of 3 players facing off in battle. The game plays as a classic 2D platformer, but contains all the modern trappings of the genre. Such as a diverse cast of classes, an extensive upgrade system and powerful turrets and creeps.
Metascore:
74
User Score:
7.0
Most Talked About Trailers